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HOME GAMES Julian Fauth joins Billy Boy Arnold and the Chicago Blues AllStars, Fathead and Harrison Kennedy on the Silver Dollar bill on Saturday (November 3).
NICKNAME David Rotundo calls him J-Minor.
POSITION Vocals, piano and foot.
TEAM MEMBERS James Thomson and Sam Petite (bass), Bob Vespaziani (drums), Jason Danley and Donné Roberts (guitar), Ken Yoshioka and Wayne Charles (harmonica).
ROOKIE YEAR Started playing piano at six. Shortly after, tried to make his own record by dipping cardboard in wax and setting up a paper funnel connected to a needle, but he used paraffin wax, which is flammable, and almost burned down his mother’s kitchen.
LEAGUE Barrelhouse blues with a twist of insanity.
STATS Juno-nominated Songs Of Vice And Sorrow (05) The World You Live In (01).
SPECIAL TALENTS A cartoonist with an M.A. in philosophy, he’s also an enthusiastic experimental cook (despite not having a working stove).
