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Johnny "V" Vernazza
6+ albums
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about
Johnny Vernazza - Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Vocals Mark Bentley - Keyboards, Vocals Jim Reeves - Bass guitar, Vocals Brian "Nucci" Cantrell - Drums, Vocals Johnny "V" Vernazza was born in San Francisco and raised in Daly City. As we all know, the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960's was a hotbed of music. Clubs were everywhere and to go out and jam at four or five clubs a night was the norm, not to mention the Fillmore, Avalon Ballroom and concerts in Golden Gate Park. Starting out playing guitar in 1963, Johnny Vernazza also played bass for a time with a rock band that worked the Fillmore and toured as the opening act for Quicksilver Messenger Service, War, and Big Brother and the Holding Company. About 1970, he joined the gospel band" Gideon and Power", which toured the United States, and appeared on the Sonny & Cher Summer Show on NBC TV. "I joined San Francisco’s Local 6 in 1963 with a note from my mom," says guitar god Johnny Vernazza. Born in San Francisco and raised in Daly City, California, his bands Fox and Day Blindness both included Bostonian and future guitarist Gary Pihl. In the 1970s, he toured with a gospel band and recorded with blues players like Commander Cody, Luther Tucker, Sunnyland Slim, Gregg Allman, Chuck Berry, Steve Miller, Charlie Daniels, and George Thorogood. Vernazza also spent years with blues-harp player Norton Buffalo and his band the Knockouts, with whom Vernazza still occasionally tours. As the blues scene gathered nation
