heart of a ghost

Soon after John Fenn learned to play guitar he started writing songs. The already published poet then set out to learn drums, bass and keyboards in an effort to enable himself to craft the sound he heard inside. In the spirit of artists such as Pete Yorn and Conor Oberst, he writes, arranges, performs, engineers and produces.

John's folk influenced rock can be strongly based on acoustic guitar rhythms that suggest elements from bluegrass to celtic. Musical influences range from Pink Floyd to Nick Drake to The Carter Family.

In 2000 John teamed up with Aaron Measham of Icabod Crane and Michael McMahon of Swampape to form the rock band Precious Doe. It was from this platform that he trancended the singer\songwriter genre to write and arrange for what was to become one of the greatest rock bands to be labeled jamband in the region.

In 2002 John joined Sandy Herrault of Celtic Soul, Jason Dulin of Neil Anderson and Dennis Shearin to front the progressive celtic band The Merrows.In 2003 they recorded 'Field of Stone', and successively toured the southeast winning regional favor.