John Altenburgh

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Full Name	John Altenburgh
Date Of Birth	Apr 20, 1960(1960-04-20)
Age	64
Birthplace	Wausau
Country	United States
Birth City	Wisconsin
Horoscope	Aries

John Altenburgh Biography

John Altenburgh is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on April 20, 1960 in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States. John Altenburgh (born John Altenburg 20 April 1960 Wausau, Wisconsin, United States) is an American blues and jazz pianist as well as composer, arranger, and producer who lives within Mosinee, Wisconsin. Altenburgh was a student in his school, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Altenburgh is the creator of Altenburgh Records distributed by The Orchard which is a division from Sony Entertainment and has recorded several albums in his solo career and with his blues band, Johnny & The MoTones.

Altenburgh continued with Old City by releasing Volume 2 in 1991. It received plenty of radio airplay. The song “Jim & Ellys Summer Vacation” was featured on The Italian Jazz Charts Altenburgh then followed up with the release of Generations which was the first album from Altenburgh to appear on the Jazz Charts at CMJ. The 1995 release , Heartland ’95 as well as the ’97 version, Legends of Keelerville both made it onto the CMJ Jazz Chart as well as The Gavin Report Jazz Chart. Altenburgh created three videos, under the direction of Chris Seehafer, that were frequently broadcast on shows like National programs like BET’s Bet on Jazz . Altenburgh began to tour in support of his albums, performing at such places like the Black Hill Blues & Jazz Festival, The Jazz in June Festival, The Elkhart Jazz Festival, The Miller Heritage Jazz Festival and many more across all over the United States, including The Big Top Chautauqua in which recordings were made live and broadcast across the country through Tent Shore Radio. The Altenburgh band continued to make albums of jazz throughout the 90s, including”Christmas at Buzz’s Restaurant in which Altenburgh’s rendition of the tune “Amazing Grace” was chosen to be an archive recording within the Library of Congress music archives. Included were also the complete “Christmas at Buzz’s Restaurant” as well as the “Generations” albums. in 2003, Altenburgh released his Latin Jazz album, Far From River Road in which Altenburgh quit his piano for his Classical Guitar. He recorded and performed exclusively on the classical/Latin guitar for the entire album. Altenburgh’s Jazz career was written about in two books: The Jazz Discography by Tom Lords and Music Hounds Jazz, The Essential Album Guide.

In 2004, Altenburgh loaned Sun Studios, Memphis TN some antique recording devices for their museum and in appreciation, John Schorr, President of Sun Studios, offered Altenburgh to come and do a roots type of recording at the famous studio. Altenburgh agreed and the result was the 2005 release, Two Hits for The Kitty “The Sun Studio Sessions.” The album was in the World’s blues chart at Roots Music Report for 18 weeks and the beginning of Altenburgh’s blues group, Johnny & The MoTones was established. To date, the group has recorded five albums, all having spent significant time in the blues charts at Cashbox, Roots Music Report, iTunes, cdbaby and others. The group has also made many videos and documentaries about their time at Sun Studios and Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL where they recorded their second album entitled, Get Gone “The Muscle Shoals Sessions.” Subsequent releases Nothin’ To Lose and Shake It followed in 2010 and 2013 respectively. Both albums spent significant time in every major blues chart and the track, “Maybe Baby” landed in the Roadhouse Blues and Boogie Top 40 Chart as compiled by Cashbox and beachshag.com.

The 2013 release Shake It was heard world wide on such syndicated blues shows as; Blues Deluxe, Confessing The Blues, Smokestack Lightning, The Americana Music Show (several times), The House of Blues Radio Hour with Dan Aykroyd, Main Street Blues and others. It marked the first time that the group, not only appeared in Blues Charts but Americana Music Charts as well. The album not only had straight blues but jumped into many other musical styles. Blues Blast Magazine said, ” Johnny & The MoTones come out swingin’ long and strong with their self-produced collection of soul-based swing, jump swamp and gospel blues. They want you to “Shake It,” and deliver on all counts. Johnny & The MoTones have received international attention as Vincente Zumel producer of La Hora Del Blues Show in Spain wrote: “Johnny & The MoTones come back again with an album full of electrifying rhythm and blues and soul. Gratifying in all senses, Johnny & The MoTones show a complete amazing credibility, engaging all listeners with a bunch of songs performed on an easygoing way, together with an amazing bite and an own personal style, which makes them look different from many of their music colleagues.” Again the group found its way into various blues charts, including; Roots Music Report, Cashbox, CD Baby, and iTunes. When asked, in an interview conducted by the Greek writer, Michael Limnios of Greek Blues, “What is the philosophy of the MoTones?” Altenburgh stated; “I love exploring all music because there is good in every music genre. So for the MoTones, we have no set course. It’s obviously based in the blues but R&B/Soul/Jazz and rock rhythms will always have influence on us.”

In 1981, Altenburgh began her studies as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and studied recording and music technology. Altenburgh was a part of a senior double recital, performing classical voice and guitar. After graduating from college in 1985, Altenburgh returned to his hometown of Mosinee, Wisconsin, bought the Karl Mathie House and built RiverSide Productions Recording Studio. The 1980s saw Altenburgh composed music for production for such big companies as Ski Doo, JI Case and US Cellular.

John Altenburgh Net Worth

John Altenburgh is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Altenburgh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Altenburgh began playing rock music when he was a teenager, from the late 1970s until the beginning of the 1980s, particularly in the Wisconsin rock group, Bad Habit. At the time the band had a chance to join Geffen Records, a record label that had made a deal with John Lennon for his comeback. Altenburgh was recording and writing to his New Wave Rock sound that was only beginning to gain popularity in the early days. After submitting to Geffen an audio sample of some recent songs he recorded and released, his A&R Director of Geffen requested Altenburgh to record additional music. According to Altenburgh, “I took the next six months writing new material. What I didn’t realize, at that time, is they wanted more music immediately, not in six months. When I contacted them with my new recordings, they said I was too late, that that type of music was already predominate in the pop/rock industry. So they didn’t sign me.” Altenburgh, disappointed by the miss-on opportunities, quit the world of rock completely.

In the late decade of the 1980s Altenburgh made his very first album of jazz titled Old City. After the release of his first album around 1989 Altenburgh Records was formed. The early distribution partners of Altenburgh Records included; City Hall Records, MS Distributing, Twinbrook and many others. Altenburgh recorded and signed a variety of bands/musicians across all of the United States including; Mike Metheny, Gary Brunotte, Melvin Rhyne and Rebecca Parris.

Altenburgh is a Wisconsin historian who was an adviser for the Marathon County Historical Museum exhibit, “Long Live Rock & Roll” 1999–2000. He is a founding and current committee member of The Rock & Roll Revival Committee of Wisconsin. He has on loan family Civil War artifacts for the Marathon County Historical Museum’s exhibit ‘The Road to Civil War & Back: Marathon County & Beyond, 1861 – 1865’ Altenburgh has also on loan, at the Sun Studio Museum, Memphis TN antique recording devices from the 1950s. In addition, Altenburgh authored the book, Altenburgh Family History Since 1756 and produced the historical video, Mosinee Wisconsin The Jack Altenburg Film Collection. A collection of films from the 1940s–1970s that explore Mosinee, WI and surrounding areas. Altenburgh also produced the double cd set entitled; Wisconsin Rocks! A collection of recordings from Wisconsin rock bands from the 1950s through the 1970s. Altenburgh currently resides in the Karl Mathie House listed in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

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