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Jon Fadem has been playing guitar since the age of 13, and went on to study music at Oberlin College and Conservatory in Oberlin, OH. His primary musical inspirations are Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Sly and the Family Stone, Parliament/Funkadelic, Jerry Garcia, and Frank Zappa.  Jon is a founding member of the acclaimed Talking Heads tribute band Start Making Sense, and tours nationally with the band as both lead guitarist and musical director.  When he is not on tour, he plays with his original funk band Post Junction, which was featured in the book ‘Jam Bands - North America’s Hottest Live Bands’.  Jon has been nominated for Best Electric Guitarist in the Lehigh Valley Music Awards for five consecutive years.

Most notably, Jon has played guitar with music greats such as George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, Buddy Miles from Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys, Bernie Worrell from Parliament/Funkadelic and Talking Heads, Ike Willis, Ray White and Napoleon Murphy Brock from Frank Zappa’s band, Larry Graham from Sly & the Family Stone, Steve Kimock, George Porter, Jr. of The Meters, Juma Sultan and Jerry Velez from Jimi Hendrix’s Woodstock band, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Devon Allman, Project Object, and many others.  He is also a dedicated educator, teaching guitar and bass at The Lesson Center in Bethlehem, PA and The School of Rock in Easton, PA. 

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