John Popper

John Popper

actor, music department, composer

John Popper was born on Mar 29, 1967 in USA. John Popper's big-screen debut came with Kingpin directed by Bobby Farrelly in 1996, strarring Bowling Tournament Announcer. John Popper is known for Z Rock directed by Mark Farrell, Lynne Koplitz stars as Dina and Joey Cassata as Self. The most recent award John Popper achieved is Grammy Awards. The upcoming new movie John Popper plays is The Meddler which will be released on Jun 03, 2016.

One of the greatest harmonica players in rock, John Popper formed his band, Blues Traveler, along with his high school friends Bobby Sheehan (bass), Chan Kinchla (guitar) and Brendan Hill (drums), in the late 80s, in New York City. They released their eponymous debut album in 1990 and hit the charts with 1994's "Four". Meanwhile, Popper started to appear as a cameo in several films: the Farrelly Brothers' Strike (1996) (which included a Blues Traveler performance at the end), Howard Stern's Parties intimes (1997) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998). The year 2000 was a tragic one for the band. Popper had to canceled some tour dates due to some hard pain in his chest. Then, later that year, bassist Bobby Sheehan died of a heroin overdose. That same year marked Popper first actual role in movies. He acted in the indie film, Just for the Time Being (2000), with supermodel Eva Herzigova. He also released his first solo album in 2000, "Zygote". After all that, he went through a gastric surgery to reduce his weight and Blues Traveler rejoined forces with two new members, and released the album "Bridge", a new beginning for the band.

  • Birthday

    Mar 29, 1967
  • Place of Birth

    Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Grammy Awards
1996
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Winner - Grammy

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