Guitarist Jon Fadem Releases Thankful

‘Thankful’ is the solo debut from Jon Fadem, a talented guitarist who has spent years honing his craft. It consists of all-original, guitar-oriented instrumental songs, telling a collected personal life story through music. The songs cross over many genres, creating a blend of rock, jazz, and soul with echoes of Jeff Beck, Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, and Steely Dan. It is an album of organic melodies and grooves that will find a welcome place in the minds and bodies of its listeners.

• Jon Fadem - Guitars, bass, keyboards, mandolin, and dulcimer
• John Kimock - Drums and percussion
• All songs written by Jon Fadem. Published by Fade Music (ASCAP)
• Produced by Jon Fadem
• Recorded and engineered by Jon Fadem
• Drums and percussion recorded and engineered by Bob Stander at Parcheesi Studio, Huntington, NY
• Mixed by Phil Joly and Jon Fadem at Gatsby House, Allentown, PA
• Mastered by Heba Kadry
• Photos by Ashli Truchon Novak at VillaNovak Creative
• Packaging design and layout by Jon Krop

Jon Fadem on the making of ‘Thankful.’ “This album is a collection of original, guitar-oriented, instrumental songs taken from different periods in my life. After many years of playing and touring nationally with different cover bands, I decided to make an album of my own music, and it is a very personal project to me. It took countless hours over two years to complete this album, and to make sure it sounded exactly how I wanted it to sound. I played all of the instruments myself, with the exception of drums and percussion, which were played by John Kimock, who plays with Mike Gordon of Phish, and Oteil Burbridge of Dead and Company. The template for the overall sound of the album was my favorite music from the seventies, specifically these three albums: Jeff Beck's 'Blow by Blow', Stevie Wonder's 'Talking Book', and Joni Mitchell's 'The Hissing of Summer Lawns.' I wanted it to be an album that people would enjoy listening to. Theoretically, they would be able to either sit down and listen to it carefully and enjoy it, or just put it on and go about their day, allowing the music to become part of the fabric of their life. Either way, I sincerely hope that people like it, and that it finds a welcome home in people's lives.”