John Dennis Maloney Jr. “J.D. Malone” is a singer and songwriter of life experiences. Born and raised in Bennington, Vermont USA.
| J.D. Malone | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Denis Maloney |
| Born | 1965 |
| Origin | Bennington, Vermont, USA |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Labels | Label |
| Associated acts | Craig Bickhardt, Thom Schuyler |
| Website | [1] JD Malone Also [2] Do What You Can Do |
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J.D. Malone born in 1965, grew up in a small town of Bennington, Vermont, USA. Malone has said "he has great memories of his childhood with his mother being his biggest influence on him with her love of music". J.D. Malone has three siblings, two brothers and a sister. He was very involved in sports when attending high school and played varsity football and varsity baseball. After high school graduation in the year of 1983 from Mount Anthony Union High School,[1] J.D. Malone had enlisted with the Navy, July 3, 1983. Malone spent one year in San Diego, California in Navy schools and then five years on a guided missile cruiser/ USS Biddle CG-34 / based out of Norfolk, Virginia. J.D. Malone became a sonar technician and attained the rank of E6, Petty Officer First Class. Married Carolyn Ann Breckley on May 23, 1988 and since have two children. On July 4, 1989 he had completed his 6 year enlistment with the Navy. Then soon after moved to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. J.D. Malone worked as a Burglar Alarm technician for “Security Link” Burglar alarm systems when he first moved to Pennsylvania. Then worked at Ensoniq Corp.[2] making musical keyboards.
J.D. Malone officially started his career as a singer/songwriter, getting involved with the local music scene of the Philadelphia area in the early 1990s. Malone founded the pop/rock band Steamroller Picnic in October 1993, in which he sang and fronted the band until September 2004. During this time, the band was sponsored by Coors Light from 1996-2000 with billboards on the I-95 and I-76 corridors in the Philadelphia area. Bud Light also sponsored the "Steamroller Picnic" from 2000-2004.
J.D Malone, with his band released an independent CD, “Grow” (2002), produced by Andy Kravitz at the Brick- house recording studio/production company, located in Philadelphia, Pa. and went on to make an appearance in July 2003, as the featured band on MTV, Advance Warning.[3]
J.D. Malone started to perform as "Malone and McWilliams" in September 2004, and released "Malone and McWilliams Greatest Hits" in 2005. "Malone and McWilliams, Los Angeles" was released in 2006, it was listed on the Freeform American Roots Chart in June 2007.[4]
May 2008, J.D. Malone released his first solo recording, "Dia de los Muertos", which was recorded at the Philadelphonic studios in Philadelphia, PA. August 9, 2009 J.D Malone appeared at the Bethlehem Musikfest, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.[5] Malone went on to make an appearance on 6 ABC "Tuned In" on January 28, 2010 which featured J.D Malone as a singer and song/writer in the Philadelphia area.[6] J.D. Malone released a second solo recording in April 2010, entitled, "Use This Side and Save My Face", with The Experts which included Tom Hampton, Avery Coffee, Jim Miades and Tommy Geddes and engineered by James Stapleford at Chaplin’s in Spring City, PA. On March 12, 2011, J.D. Malone appeared with Thom Schuyler, Craig Bickhardt for a performance that included original music from all three artist.[7]
May 7, 2011 J.D. Malone appeared at Chaplin's Music Cafe to perform with friends of the late Robert Hazard. With Malone was Fred DiTomasso, Ken Bernard, Larry Broido who flew in from Hawaii to be at this event, Tom Hampton, Michael Vernacchio, Rick Bell, Tommy Geddes, also Nik Everett, Scott Birney, Jan Ward,and Randy Glinton who performed "Escalator of Life".
J.D. Malone and the Experts released a new recording with a DVD on July 12, 2011, entitled "Avalon". Produced by J.D. Malone, Dean Sciarra and Phil Nicolo at Studio 4 Conshohocken, Pa. Exectuve Producer was Dean Sciarra for ItsAboutMusic.com.