Secondhand serenade biography

American rock band

Musical artist

Secondhand Serenade is the one-man band of American rock vocalist, pianist and guitarist John Vesely. Vesely has released four studio albums to date under the name Secondhand Serenade.

His debut album used multitrack recording to create the sound of a band using technology,^[5] while his second album took a different path, using a proper band and synthesizers.^[6]

History

Early history, first release (–)

John Vesely (born February 5, ) started performing as Secondhand Serenade in his home town of Menlo Park in California in Vesely was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area as the son of a jazz musician.^[7] He started getting into music at the age of He spent 8 years playing bass in local bands, featuring in a number of acts ranging in style from ska and hardcore to rock and pop.^[8] One of the bands he played in, Sounds Like Life, included Ronnie Day.

After years of playing bass, h