JT_Curtis

JT Curtis

JT Curtis

American musician

Joseph "JT" Curtis is an American musician, producer and actor based in New York City. He was an original cast member of the Broadway musical, Let it Be as the lead guitarist.[1] He has played guitar with Shooter Jennings, Oscar Brashear, Rosie Flores, Becky and the Blu-Tones, and Starlight Orchestras. On YouTube he is known for his History of Rock & Roll series. He is the son of author and producer Jay Curtis.

JT Curtis grew up in Los Angeles where he produced production music for CBS, ABC, FOX, The Super Bowl and for the NCAA's March Madness.[2] In 2008, Curtis produced the 7th Sun album From the Beginning, featuring notable musicians Adam Kury, Stephen Quadros, and Michael Russeck. The album was released independently through CD Baby and was nominated "Best Independent CD" by Southbay Music Awards and lauded by critics.[3] In 2009, he performed for Jimmy Carter's 85th Birthday with the award-winning St. Genevieve High School chorale.[4]

Before relocating to New York in 2010, Curtis produced his "One Man Band" single "Make it to the Bridge." A YouTube video for the song features Curtis playing all instruments (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and vocals). In New York, he formed the band, Mad Mongoose, and produced his next single "Shake it Off" in December 2013. The single was independently released through TuneCore.[5]

In the beginning of 2015, Curtis produced his debut solo album "One Last Stand" which was also released independently.[6] A song from the album, "Home (Last Stand)" was featured on Reverbnation. A music video for the song also appeared on YouTube.[7] In 2019, JT Curtis produced a progressive rock piece entitled Elements sampling poetry from his late father Jay Curtis.[8] Recent releases include Never Let the Bastards Grind You Down and You and Only You.

From July to September 2013, JT Curtis performed in Let it Be on Broadway. The show's rendition of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", which Curtis sang and performed the guitar solo, was praised by critics as the highlight of the play.[9] He also toured with the production since 2015 in North America, New Zealand, and Asia.[10]

In 2014, JT Curtis started an online music education show on YouTube called History of Rock & Roll, initially directed by Jay Curtis (who also plays the "Annoying Hippie Bum") before his passing in 2018 where JT assumed direction duties. Each episode focuses on one decade at a time, highlighting songs and stories of the time between scripted comedic segments.[11] Other videos produced by Curtis focus on specific rock artists, bands or albums.

In 2021, Curtis produced a podcast musical called Atomic Rod Reunion featuring original music.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    "Vault".
  2. [2]
    "PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "Strawberry Fields Forever..." A Two-Show Day at Broadway's Let It be with Singer/Guitarist JT Curtis - Playbill.com". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  3. [3]
    "South Bay Music Awards - Nominees". Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Biography". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Amazon.com". Amazon.
  6. [6]
    "One Last Stand". Archived from the original on October 31, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  7. [7]
    "JT Curtis - Home (Last Stand)" – via www.youtube.com.
  8. [8]
    "JT Curtis - ELEMENTS". YouTube.
  9. [9]
    Gates, Anita (September 2013). "Returning to Ensnare Old Rockers and Young". The New York Times.
  10. [10]
    "Let It Be; A Beatles Celebration, Civic Theatre, Auckland, March 26 2015". March 27, 2015.
  11. [11]
    "Drop the Mic with Daron Jenkins: JT Curtis on Apple Podcasts".
  12. [12]
    "Atomic Rod Reunion - the Podcast Musical". YouTube.

Sources
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article JT_Curtis, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.