John Liddell A.K.A. Johnny Sax

johnny@trilogy-band.com

 

BIO

John Liddell - Sax, Clarinet, Flute, Vocals

John started playing a musical instrument at the age of 8. He originally played the Clarinet, and later switched to the Saxophone in High School. Throughout the years, John has mastered the Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Clarinet and Flute. He studied music at Schoolcraft College and at Michigan State University. In addition, he studied privately with Earl Deforest and Rodney Bonner on Sax. John has also studied vocals for more than seven years with Larry Teevens, Ray Taylor and Phil Hollway.

CLAIM TO FAME

By age 10, John and his twin brother (Tom) were playing for more than 500 people at a Camp Dearborn Talent Show. In High School, a local television show Super Circus, had 14 of the best musicians from Henry Ford High School. John was proud to be among them. John has also been on Kelly & Company several times as well as many cable station specials over the past 20 years.

John played 1st Chair clarinet and 1st Chair sax in high school. At Schoolcraft College, he was again 1st Chair clarinet in the wind ensemble and 1st Tenor sax in the Jazz Band. He played Clarinet in the wind ensemble at MSU and played Tenor Sax in the Jazz Band at MSU.

After college, John toured the country with (Flashback) - Air Command Band and the Starflight Band. The Bands opened for many national acts (The Doobie Brothers, Bob Seger, and many more.)

BANDS JOHN HAS PREFORMED WITH John has performed with various bands including: After-5, Steve King & The Dittilies, The Classics, Stardust Big Band, Mass Transit and The Dittilies 2 Band Air Command, Alliance, Jeff & The Atlantics, Beginnings, Benny & The Jets, Freddy Cannon, Mike Carey Band, Chateau, Jamie Coe Band, Contraband, Andre Crouch, Bobby Darin, Do We Cook and Howe, Elvis Sheldon, Essence, Fabian, Feral, Maynard Ferguson, Flashback, Willie Grim Band, Woody Herman Band, Bobby Lewis & the Cracker Jack Band, John Mallon Band, Mass Transit, Eddie Mish Band, Glen Moon Band, Moose and The Sharks, Odyssey, Denny & The Robots, Safari, Schoolcraft College Jazz Band, Jack Scott, Starflight, The Stride Band, Suite Fury, Swing Shift Big Band, TLC,and many others but now calls Trilogy home.

John also gets calls to fill in with The Reflections, The Contours, The 4 Tops, and many other Motown bands.

John, Linda and Josh (the youngest son) attend Northville Christian Church where John is very active with his church’s music and drama productions and weekly services.

UPFRONT AND PERSONAL

John is married to Linda, and they have 4 children and 5 grandchildren. He has been working for (Ford-Visteon) the Sheldon Road Plant in Plymouth since August 1997, and has lived in Livonia since March of 1997. John loves sports and music. He played baseball and was on the swim team in High School. Majored in Business and Music in college.