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john on new CD with Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes -"Pills & Ammo"
john provides all the bass tracks on his first record with southside.
mixed by the legendary niko bolas
check out this youtube link to the track that Little Steven just made song of the week on his radio show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6K7MW38nEU

John Returns for 3rd "E.E." Trio Show in NYC
Tuesday, March 9th @ B.B. King's 8 P.M.
237 West 42nd Street NYC
The Early Elton Trio Returns!
Jeff Kazee, John Conte & Rich Pagano play the music of the Elton John, Dee Murray & Nigel Olsson Trio tours of 1970-1972.
A piano-driven Power Trio that combines the free-spirited rocking and intimacy of Elton John's earliest--and best--material.
Burn Down The Mission, Amoreena, Levon, Madman Across The Water, Border Song & much more.
The EE3 performing Amoreena Live on Youtube.
For Tix: Early Elton at B.B.Kings
Follow the EE3 @ twitter.com/earlyeltontrio


JOHN HAS A NEW WEBSITE !
Check out john's new personal website for updated news , gigs , projects , photos , videos , discography , etc......
http://www.johncontebass.com/
or just go to "links" button and you'll find it there as well .

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discography
amy rigby - little fugitive(signature sounds) 2005
rachel yamagata - happenstance (rca victor) 2004
karmine alers - (from cast of rent) for you (airgo records) 2005
ian hunter - rant (fuel 2000) 2001
peter wolf - sleepless (artemis) 2002
peter wolf - fool's parade (mercury) 1998
alana davis - carry on (sony) 2003
keri noble - fearless (emi) 2004
cheryl wheeler - different stripe (philo) 2002
cheryl wheeler - mrs. pinocci's guitar (philo/rounder) 1995
dragon tales - original television soundtrack (rhino) 2001
kevin salem - ecstatic (future farmer/fargo) 2001
sugaro - (w/dr. john, michael brecker & catherine russell)
pierce turner - 3 minute world (punctual records) 2001
carla lothier - 100 lovers (chesky records) 2004
bethany yarrow - deep folk 2003
diego sandrin - ten songs in the key of madness (sirius wags) 2004
amanda kravat - wrong all day 2001
christine kane - rain and mud and wild and green (big fat music) 2002
company of wolves - company of wolves (mercury) 1990
company of wolves - shakers and tambourines (ryf records) 1998
kyf brewer - salvador deli 1998
kyf brewer - me and my big mouth 1994
julianne richards - (geffen) 1999
john flynn - to the point 2001
k-9 posse - (arista) 1988
mick brosnan - co-colo (apollon) 1990
danielia cotton - (hipshake music) 2005
jeff arundel - ghost party (purple records) 2005
brian kelly - receding choir (very good records) 2004
sophia ramos - her majesty (play records) 2003
dana parish - it was beautiful (company records) 2004
patricia ossowski - my best mask on 2002
leslie nuss - action hero superstar 2001
the swingin' tetrahedrons - the cydonia suite 2001
motorbaby - rise (ten wings) 2001
j.j. gillmore - 2001
michael maxwell - 2000
d. wilenski - and then some (speechless) 1997
46bliss - pistachio home

on stage/in studio
marc cohn
joan osborne
david bowie
john waite
billy joel
billy squier
rosanne cash
simon kirke (bad company)
chuck berry
willie nile
johnny winter
david johanssen and the ny dolls
phoebe snow
patty smythe
johnnie johnson
darlene love
chryssie amphlett (divynls)
tony visconti
holly palmer
chynna phillips
howard tate
al kooper
jimmy vivino (conan o’brien)
bernard "pretty" purdie
g.e. smith (bob dylan, hall & oates)
the hudson river rats
southside johnny and the asbury jukes
jeff golub
blood, sweat and tears

on tv
queer eye for the straight guy - bravo/nbc
dragontales - pbs
maybe it's me - wb
undressed - mtv
ed - nbc
providence - nbc
jag - cbs
angel - fox
smallville - wb
glory days - wb
the guardian - cbs
winter x games - espn
jack and jill - wb

on broadway
billy joel and twyla tharp’s “movin’ out”

equipment
basses: 1964 fender jazz
1961 fender precision bass
1977 fender p-bass
fender ’62 p-bass reissue
fender ’62 vintage p-bass reissue
fender american jazz bass w/maple fingerboard
1967 gibson ebo
1978 musicman stingray
1964 hofner
1973 rickenbacker 4001
jerry jones longhorn
1970 ernie ball earthwood bass(accoustic)
kay upright
esp fretless
epiphone rivoli reissue
lakland joe osborne ’61 jazz bass
amplifiers: early 70's accoustic 360
1969 200 watt marshall major
ampeg svt cabinet
1965 fender showman
1970's acoustic 140
fender 400 pro combo
effects: sovtec big muff
mxr envelope filter
mxr flanger
boss bass e.q. pedal
sans amp bass driver d.i.
mutron III
electro-harmonics micro-bass synth pedal
mxr phase 90
strings: ghs boomers, ghs pressure wounds
labella flatwound, d’addario chromes/half-rounds
harmonicas: hohner special 20
hohner golden melody
lee oskar

education
jazz studies at rutgers university
BM in jazz studies and performance from william paterson college

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