John Heussenstamm

John Heussenstamm
Born (1953-12-28) December 28, 1953 (age 70)
Los Angeles, CA, United States

John Heussenstamm (born December 28, 1953) is an American guitarist and music educator. He was the original lead guitarist in the Surf Punks,[1] toured with the Deniece Williams Band in 1977,[2] and was a band member of Innocent Bystanders. He is the author of Guitar Workout, a book published by Hal Leonard Corporation in 2010.[3] He is featured as an author and guitarist in The Gold Mine Series, as a coauthor with Chad Johnson in 100 Blues Lessons and with Paul Silbergleit in 100 Jazz Lessons.[4] Heussenstamm was also a featured guitar instructor in three DVDs published by Hal Leonard: 200 Blues Licks, 200 Jazz Licks and 200 Country Licks.[5] His YouTube channel has received over 10 million total hits and has over 15,000 subscribers since 2008.[6] As of February 2015, Heussenstamm resides in Laguna Beach, California.[7]

  1. ^ "Surf Punks - Biography". IMDb.
  2. ^ "John Heussenstamm, Instructor Bio". GuitarInstructor.com.
  3. ^ "Guitar Workout". Hal Leonard Corporation: The World's Largest Music Print Publisher.
  4. ^ "John Heussenstamm search". Hal Leonard Online.
  5. ^ "Press Release". Hal Leonard Online.
  6. ^ "Popular Uploads". YouTube: JohnHGuitar.
  7. ^ Wheeler, William (February 9, 2006). "Laguna's quintessential guitar man". Orange County Register.