John Arthur Bigham (j.b.) bio Growing up in Chicago and Atlanta John Arthur inherited a deep knowledge of Blues,Soul and Rock music. Landing in Los Angeles in the late 80’s,his first tour was with El Debarge. Also playing with vocalist Mary Clayton (20 ft from stardom) John did a club stint with L.A. blues legend Barbara Mason. An introduction to Miles Davis led to being assigned by Tommy Lipima “former VP of Warner bros”to work with Jeff Lorber writing songs for Miles.also touring with the Miles Davis band. John played guitar and touring and writing with legendary Los Angeles band Fishbone. JB got to tour the world with tv star/singer Cree Summer opening up for the great Lenny Kravitz. Good luck got our guy a gig playing guitar with super producer Dr. Dre on Eminem’s Marshal Mathers record. In 2000 JB toured with Everlast on his biggest tour with Santana. John also toured with funk diva Nikka Costa. Leading to a great run with John’s own band the Soul of John Black. JB found works at home in Los Angeles Kurt Farquhar,creator for tv shows like King of Queens starring Kevin James, Being Mary Jane starring Gabrielle Union to the Neighborhood starring Cedric the Entertainer. Those are just some of the highlights to John’s fun run of good luck in the city of Angeles. Now he’s come full circle releasing his first record under his own label and real name. “Allow me to reintroduce myself” I Am John Arthur Bigham