Artist description John is a contemporary Christian Artist based out of Tonawanda NY and is currently the music administrator and worship leader at Creekside Assembly in Amherst NY..

Music Style Rock / Pop /Progressive Christian

Musical Influences Peter Gabriel, KINGS X, DeGarmo&Key, Tears for Fears

Similar Artists Peter Gabriel, Marc Cohen, Keith Green

Artist History John has worked extensively with Innovative Concepts in Entertainment producing over 30 arcade game themes over the years. In 1998 John recieved a "Telly Award" for writing the screenplay and scoring a short film entitled "Talk To God". Johns work has been featured on many other artists projects as he has been working in between tours as a studio musician. Johns music has taken him to such countries as Denmark, Sweden, England, Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Canada, Nicaragua, Panama and Russia.

Group Members With the exception of his first album, John has recorded all other albums on his own. He tours by himself, but has been known to drag "the couple of others" on various occasions.

Instruments John O'Keefe - vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, programming, Lenny LeBlanc - backing vocals, Joey Holder - keyboards,and bass, Will McFarlane - guitars,Tony Hooper - Electric guitars,Mike Caputy - drums, percussion, sampling, sequencing and sequence editing

Albums ENDS OF THE EARTH (1995) , THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN (1998), JOHN O'KEEFE - LIVE - AT THE UPPER ROOM (1999), John O'Keefe - The Extra's 2000, John O'Keefe - The Christmas Album

Additional Info A single released on the KINGDOM BOUND VANGUARD CD entitled THE RIVER

Location Tonawanda, New York - USA

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