“One of the things about living in LA, is you have the fortune (or misfortune) of doing a lot of driving. This gives me a lot of time to listen to music. A CD that I can’t stop listening to lately is Orphan Jon and the Abandoned, Over the Pain. This is no cookie-cutter blues band. This is a serious musical aggregation with great songs, hip players and a vision. Jon English is one of the finest vocalists I’ve heard in a long time. He has his own style and his soul comes across in his tunes and in his writing. The band is tight, honest, and Bruce Krupnik is a superb guitar player who plays for the song and still manages to blow you away with his knowledge of his instrument. This is a band worth going to see. In the larger picture, if they can stay together, these guys are going places.”

Rip Cat Records Artist

Barry Levenson