John played 2 dates in the Live At Lorimar Series
July 3rd & Oct. 9th 2010
Lorimar Winery & Vineyards in Old Town Temecula, Ca.

Three JV solo sets featuring an emerging crop of new original songs with emphasis on up-tempo americana, toward bluegrass with humor that will become the next JV release, working title: A PIECE OF THE SKY with selections from all 4 JV releases and songs co-written with Venice



LORIMAR WINERY & VINEYARDS
42031 Main St. #C
Temecula, Ca. 92590
(951) 240-5177
http://www.lorimarwinery.com

THE STRONGHOLD
12/1, 12/8, 12/15 - 10:00 PM
1625 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Venice, Ca. 90291
(310) 399-7200
info@thestrongholdla.com
thestronghold.com

Venice, Ca. Folk Americana songwriter

JOHN VESTER & FRIENDS: RICH MANGICARO percussion, CARL BYRON accordion, STAN BEHRENS harmonica, MARIA VESTER harmony vocals, with special guest MARK LENNON (when possible).

Will be in residence at the Stronghold in Venice the first 3 tuesday nights in December working out an eclectic mix of new songs that will become the next JOHN VESTER release on Venetian Records, working title: A PIECE OF THE SKY (with selections from John's previous releases). Local/Global songwriter TOM FREUND played his special brand of Folk Americana to very appreciative, growing audiences in a residency at The Stronghold every tues. at 10:00 in November. Please come out & help us continue this new tradition in December of live original music at this great new venue, & catch the earliest stages of a fun developing underground speakeasy Folk Americana concert scene in Venice!

Opening acts at 9:00 PM:
12/1 ALANA SWEETWATER
12/8 BRUNO with TALKBACK
12/15 ADAM EZRA

$10 donation requested

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The latest release by JOHN VESTER on Venetian Records ALL THE WAY OUT WEST is now on CD Baby's Editors Picks (Folk Americana). Hear all tracks with nice editors review at: cdbaby.com/cd/johnvester

ZOEY'S CAFE
451 E. Main St.
Ventura, Ca. 93001
(805) 652-1137
www.zoeyscafe.com

We'll play a 30 minute set opening for Grammy nominated, great vocalist PERLA BATALLA & master songwriter DAVID BATTEAU

8:00 JOHN & MARIA VESTER
8:45 PERLA BATALLA & DAVID BATTEAU
9:45 JOHN CODY

Please join us for a special evening of original music at our first appearance at this very nice venue in Ventura, Ca.

$15 door

JOHN & MARIA VESTER

Allyn's Cafe
3538 Columbia Pkwy.
Cincinnati Ohio 45226-2140
(513) 871-5779
allynscafe.net

2 sets 6:00 & 7:00 before The Bluebirds at 9:00

Please join us for a special evening of original songs (Folk Americana with widely varying influences) by Venice, California songwriter JOHN VESTER originally from Cincinnati, returning to play for old friends & family for the first time in 35 years!

With MARIA VESTER singing harmony & Special Guests sitting in!

House Concert at EJ & JULIE GLASER'S  

E.J. and Julie are thrilled to present our first ever house concert.

Friday, September 18 at 7:30 PM at our house at 1506 Windridge Dr. Des Peres, MO 63131

You are invited for a very special evening of original music (Folk Americana with widely varying influences) by Venice, CA songwriter and close friend (yes, he’s originally from Cincinnati) John Vester. John will be joined by his new bride, Maria Vester who will be singing harmony along with some other friends sitting in. John and I have been great friends since the age of 15 and have had many escapades together that hopefully have not made it into any of his songs. The evening will open with a few songs by Glaze and the Moonkings and then we’ll settle in for 2 great sets from John.

Beer and wine along with great Hors D’ Oeuvres will be in plentiful supply and the suggested donation for the evening is only $15.00 per person. All the money will go to the feature act (it’s a long way from California).

The house is open at 7:30 and the show will start at 8:00 PM. Please email ejglaser@charter.net or call 314 965 7959 to RSVP. We sure hope you can make it for this special event. If you have any other friends you would like to bring – please do.

Thanks,

E. J & Julie

House Concert at RAY FLORES BOARD GALLERY
1510 Pacific Ave.
Venice, Ca. 90291

JOHN VESTER & FRIENDS will perform the first ever house concert at RAY FLORES BOARD GALLERY 8/29/09

FOR RESERVATIONS email: bluewindow@live.nl
or call: (310) 827-2256
Website: www. rayfloresboardgallery.com

Please join us for an evening of fresh new original Venice music, & help us start up a fun new alternative concert venue at Ray's gallery right here in the heart of downtown Venice, Ca. USA!

7:15 Doors Open ($15 Donation at door)
7:30 Opening set by MAETAR
8:00 JOHN VESTER & FRIENDS Set I
8:50 Intermission
9:10 JOHN VESTER & FRIENDS Set II

JOHN VESTER & FRIENDS (RICH MANGICARO percussion, STAN BEHRENS harmonica, CARL BYRON accordion, JIM WEST guitar & lapsteel, MARIA VESTER vocals, with Special Guest MARK LENNON of the band VENICE) will play 2 sets of mainly new works that will become the next release by JOHN VESTER on Venetian Records, working title: A PIECE OF THE SKY

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MAETAR, brothers Hagai & Itai Izraeli will open with their special brand of 'jazz/funk/world/mideast/classical/free/rock/other' original music, that will contrast nicely from & lead well into the more rootsy 'surf cowboy' Americana of JOHN VESTER & FRIENDS

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Greetings to our friends & family in Holland! from Venice, California USA

Late Breaking News!:

JOHN VESTER will return to Holland in July & will perform a special one show only concert July 2nd 2009 9:00 p.m. at De Harmonie, Edam. For reservations email to: info@harmonie-edam.nl or call: 0299-371664.

Featuring the first ever JOHN VESTER Dutch Quartet! introducing MARIA VESTER on harmony vocals! with the return of ANDREE MANUSAMA dobro & BEN BOUMAN harmonica Two sets with intermission will include a collection of very new songs that will become the next JV release---working title: A PIECE OF THE SKY & some old favorites. Please join us at this beautiful old venue in Edam for a special evening of music, a one night only intimate update on John's latest ongoing works in progress, & a happy celebration of the wedding of John & Maria Vester on our first return to Holland since our American/Dutch wedding!

See you soon! Proost!: jv

TRILOGY GUITARS

143 Culver Blvd.
Playa Del Rey, Ca. 90293

For tickets/info contact Ryan at Trilogy:
(310) 305-7577
ryan@trilogyguitars.com

JOHN VESTER & Friends MARK LENNON, MARIA VESTER, JIM WEST, RICH MANGICARO, PAT LENNON & STAN BEHRENS return to this special venue playing very new works in progress, selections from the latest JOHN VESTER release on Venetian Records All The Way Out West, & some old favorites

Featuring the return of JIM WEST on guitars & lapsteel & introducing MARIA VESTER on harmony vocals! w/Special Guest MARK LENNON!

Trilogy Guitars is a beautiful, intimate (60 max), triangular shaped, great sounding venue, run by very nice people, at the beach in Playa that will sell out, so call/email for tickets NOW!

JOHN VESTER & Friends:
MARK LENNON, JIM WEST,
RICH MANGICARO & STAN BEHRENS
playing songs from All The Way Out West
and some very new works in progress.

Please come out & help us ring in this very
promising new year at this new venue in
our hood with our first show of 2009!

Phoenix Marriott Mesa Hotel
200 North Centenniel Way
Mesa, AZ 85201

contact:
Renee Bodie, Conference Coordinator
(818) 631-8309
bodiehouse@aol.com

New release now available on CD Baby, itunes & amazon.com (full jv catalog will be available at CD Baby & affiliates asap). Don't know why we waited so long to make John's work available on CD Baby --- but as soon as we did --- CD Baby responded with the (brilliant!) review below & put us on their Editors Picks.
It's good to hear that someone out there (at CD Baby) is listening. Thanks CD Baby!

From CD Baby:

John -

We love your "JOHN VESTER: All the Way Out West" CD so much that we're featuring it in our Editor's Picks section from now on.

We're *really* picky about what we feature. We get about 200-250 new albums a DAY coming in here now, (about 200,000 total), and yours is one of the best we've ever heard.

HERE'S OUR REVIEW:

With a seamless blend of Eastern and Western influences, John Vester has created a delightful, thought-provoking album that's reminiscent of George Harrison and Rufus Wainwright. Vester has Harrison's knack for serpentine, sinewy melodies that are wonderfully melodic, yet crafted with enough skill that you'll love to listen to the album on repeat a few times, so that you can sing along. "Put All Your Heart In A Song" features a droning tambura, wiry violin, and some backwards guitars, all working together to give it a distinctly psychedelic folk/rock, late 60s feel. The first five songs on the album continue with the middle-eastern vibe, but the album takes a bit of a turn on the title track, which is straight up countrified Americana, with layered chorus harmonies, like we might hear from the Traveling Wilburys. From there, the album continues with a stronger western feel, with harmonica, pedal steel guitar, and luscious harmonies on songs like "Warm & Tender Lullabye", while "I Wish I Was Back Home In Cincinnati" feels like an early 70s Dylan track, in the best way.

We find dobro, violin, accordion, and even bagpipes adorning the rest of the album, and the rich diversity of instruments help convey the east-meets-west feeling of the album. Vester's vocals have an honest, earnest quality that is, again, reminiscent of the latter days of George Harrison. It sounds like Vester has spent a good amount of time honing his craft, and this album deserves to be listened to.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/johnvester

We're very proud to be selling your music at CD Baby, so if there's anything we can do to help, please let us know.

Thanks!
CD Baby Editors - Brad, Chris, and Peter 5925 NE 80 Ave, Portland OR 97218-2891, USA

The new release & first ever JV Dutch ensemble were warmly received by our friends in the Netherlands---special thanks to Maria, Andree & Debby, Ben, Matthijs, Niek, Koos & Xenia, to the venues, to our new friends we made in in Holland this trip & old friends who continue to come to our shows over there. (JV Holland Tour #6) That was fun! Proost!

JOHN VESTER: ALL THE WAY OUT WEST Holland Tour Nijega 5/3/08: Featuring Andree Manusama on dobro & pedal steel guitar & Ben Bouman on harmonica

1. Sat. April 19, 2008 8:00 p.m.
   Moluks Historisch Museum Sedjarah Maluku (Moluccan History Museum Theater)
   Kruisstraat 313, 3581 GK UTRECHT
   www.museum-maluku.nl
   tickets E. 15,00
   for reservations email to: bluewindow@live.nl
2. Thurs. Apr. 24, 2008 9:00 p.m.
   De Harmonie
   Voorhaven 92-94, 1135 BT EDAM
   www.harmonie-edam.nl
   tickets E. 15,00
   for reservations email to: info@harmonie-edam.nl
or call: 0299-371664
3. Sat. Apr. 26, 2008 7:00 p.m.
   Houseboat Concert in BEEMSTER
   tickets E. 25,00 (including dinner, drinks & concert)
   dinner 7:00 concert 8:00
   (limited seating order soon!)
   for reservations email to: bluewindow@live.nl
4. Fri. May 2, 2008 8:00 p.m.
   Kafee De Splinter
   Dominicanenstraat 6-8, 5911 KA VENLO
   www.kafeedesplinter.nl
   tickets E. 15,00
   for reservations email to: mbaars13@hotmail.com
   or call: 077-3516029
5. sat. may 3rd 8:00 p.m. Kommissiehuys
   Kommisjewei 1, 9712 RL NIJEGA
   www.kommissiehuys.nl
   tickets E. 15,00
   for reservations email: info@kommissiehuys.nl
   or noravisser7@hotmail.com or call: 0512-372972/ 06-46212207

John Vester will return to Holland in april 2008 for his next solo concert tour in support of his new release: ALL THE WAY OUT WEST

In addition to his 4 previous solo tours since 2002, John also toured Holland in 2003 with his friends in the band Venice & in 2005 with the John Vester Mark Lennon duo tour

The John Vester concerts during the upcoming ALL THE WAY OUT WEST tour will feature songs from his new release, along with a colorful mix of songs from his previous releases, songs co-written with Venice, & some very new works in progress

Some shows on the tour will be solo guitar/vocal & on some shows John will be accompanied by Andree Manusama on dobro & or Tollak Ollestad on harmonica

Thanks in advance to all my friends in Holland for coming to my concerts in april/may 2008 at the venues listed below -- I look forward to seeing you all again -- & playing my new (& old) songs for you! Proost!: jv

ALL THE WAY OUT WEST Release Concert
Featuring special guests Michael, Mark, Kipp & Pat Lennon, Rich Mangicaro, Mark Harris, Carl Byron & Stan Behrens

Sun. 3/30/08 7:00 p.m.
McCabes
3101 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, Ca. 90405

Tickets available at McCabes
or by phone (310) 828-4497
or online at www.mccabes.com

Celebrating the 3/30/08 release date of John Vester's best work to date ALL THE WAY OUT WEST. Playing with good friends who played on the record at one of the coolest venues in the world! We'll play songs on the new record, dust off some chestnuts, & reveal some very new works in progress This will be a fun show! The best JV concert ever! & The Release Concert at McCabes is the send-off to the upcoming ALL THE WAY OUT WEST Holland Tour apr. 16th-may 6th 2008!

ALL THE WAY OUT WEST Release Concert at McCabes 3/30/08
The release concert at McCabes was even more fun than than Trilogy --- a really good band, best range of songs old & new, best gathering of friends & musicians, great sound at a great old venue, best JV concert to date---a great send-off to the upcoming ALL THE WAY OUT WEST Holland Tour (APRIL/MAY 2008). From left to right: Michael Lennon, Mark Harris, Mark Lennon, Rich Mangicaro, John Vester, Carl Byron, Kipp Lennon, Stan Behrens

ALL THE WAY OUT WEST Pre-Release Concert
Featuring Special Guests Michael & Mark Lennon, Stan Behrens & Rich Mangicaro

Sat. 2/23/08 8:00 p.m.
Trilogy Guitars
143 Culver Blvd. Playa Del Rey, Ca. 90293

For tickets/info contact Ryan at Trilogy either by phone (310) 305-7577 or by e-mail at ryan@trilogyguitars.com

This promises to be a special evening of introducing new songs on the 2008 John Vester release ALL THE WAY OUT WEST. Produced by Michael Lennon & John Vester. We'll dust off some old chestnuts --- and we'll debut some very new works in progress. Trilogy Guitars is a beautiful, intimate (60 max), triangular, great sounding venue that will sell out quickly - call/email for tickets now!

ALL THE WAY OUT WEST Pre-Release Concert at Trilogy Guitars Playa Del Rey, Ca. 2/23/08

John Vester with Michael, Mark, Kipp & Pat Lennon (not pictured: Rich Mangicaro & Stan Behrens). On a very rainy saturday night in Playa Del Rey---jv doesn't look happy in this shot---but he is: his lifetime favorite concert so far

The cool new label that John Vester has signed with NOVATUNES officially launched 1/14/08.

Go to: novatunes.com & click on John's photo in artist directory (pg. 3) to get to his artist pages at the label. You can do that without signing up. Sign up at novatunes to download the new DP (digital version) of ALL THE WAY OUT WEST!

As of January 2008 the sign up for VESTERTUNES email list is now working again. Please sign up by clicking the VESTERTUNES icon to the right. You will then receive an automatic response requesting to send your e address to VESTERTUNES to be notified of upcoming concerts, releases, and news.

Advance copies of John Vester's 4th solo release now available at STORE -- prior to official release date TBA!

Originals of illustrated lyrics and paintings for CDs #2 and 3 (plus several Venice songs) -- 8/5/07

w/originals of hand printed lyrics w/watercolor pen and ink illustrations for The Devil's Playground

Recording Pat, Kipp & Michael Lennon - night session 6/19/07. Work in progress: All The Way Out West (Fittingly---all 4 Lennons in the band Venice lend their voices to this new snappy little tune about Venice, Ca. USA --- & give it a rousing hometown chorus!). Thanks again to Michael, Mark, Kipp & Pat---Great to have all 4 of you on this record!

After a long, late night session of getting quick mixes of all 14 work tracks 6/27/07. On 1 CD for the first time---John Vester & Michael Lennon toast to: the next John Vester CD: THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND RECORDING: COMPLETED!

w/a few fixes before beginning to mix in july when Michael returns from the road w/Venice)

Venice Fest 6/24/07 John Vester & Friends (left to right): Mark Lennon (vocal), John Vester (guitar, vocal), Stan Behrens (harmonica), Carl Byron (accordion) live debut of 4 new songs on the next JVCD

John Vester merchandise available at Venice Fest left of Venice The Band merch): 3 solo JVCDs (#4 soon!)/JVML DVD/CD (PAL format only!)/JVML promo CD/ JVCD art prints (nice Venice merch girl in photo: Amber)---thanks Amber1

Joined onstage by members of the band Venice---to debut the new John Vester song about his hometown of 20 years---Venice, Ca, USA: All The Way Out West

It was a fitting song for the occasion & location of the The Venice Fest & lighting of the new Venice sign over Windward Ave.---left to right: Pat Lennon (vocal); Kipp Lennon (vocal); Michael Lennon (drums!?!); Mark Lennon (vocal); Mark Harris (bass); John Vester (guitar/vocal); Stan Behrens harmonica); Carl Byron (accordion)

Venice Fest

Free outdoor concert in downtown Venice, Ca. stage at Windward & Ocean Front Walk.

Short set at 5:00 p.m. before Mark Lennon w/Brig Band at 5:20 then Venice at 6:30

Recording the amazing Greg Leisz on pedal steel guitar and dobro, 5/8/07. Work in progress: Lucky You

2/27/07: Happy to be working w/Michael Lennon again who is co-producing The Devil's Playground
And introducing our new 'little friend': Tacoma 12 string papoose

2/27/07: Work in progress - I Don't Want To Say Good-bye
Michael Lennon is great to work with - a serious, no nonsense, nose to the grindstone co-producer who doesn't monkey around in the studio.