Full Name   John Elwood Sahs

Birth Date   May 4

Birth Place   Hinsdale, IL

Height    5’ 9’’

Weight    180
Eyes    Hazel

Hair    Brown (rapidly graying)

Parents    Ralph & Louise

Siblings   Jim

Spouse    Karen

Children   Mikey (4 yrs old)
& Danny (1 yr old)
Instruments   Drums, percussion, vocals

Biggest influences  John Bonham, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Doug Clifford, Mick Avory, Ginger Baker, Micky Dolenz
, Bobby Graham, Neal Smith, Mike Gibbins, Peter Criss, Phil Rudd, Garry Peterson, Brian Vogel
Education   Illinois State University - BA
, University of Colorado Boulder – PhD program

Musical education  Rudimentary

Age entered show biz  16

First public appearance Some church dance - don't remember which church - wasn't Scientology...
Occupation   Administrative Assistant - but I was a paid philosopher for quite some time!

Hobbies   Baseball, record collecting, drum destroying..err..rebuilding

Fave color   Red sparkle

Fave singers Robert Plant, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop
, Frank Sinatra
Fave bands/instrumentalists Beatles, Rolling Stones, Monkees, Who, Kinks, Badfinger, Led Zeppelin, Small Faces, Pretty Things, Rutles, Beach Boys
Fave actors   Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, Om Puri, Jack Lemmon
, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy
Fave movies   Life Of Brian, Spinal Tap, A Hard Day’s Night, Still Crazy
, Jesus Christ Superstar, Head, All You Need Is Cash (The Rutles)
Fave TV shows  Family Guy, Mythbusters, Monty Python
's Flying Circus, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Simpsons. The Office (US)
Fave food   Indian cuisine
, Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream, dried veggie chips
Fave drink   Bass Ale, Old Peculier
(that IS how it's spelled!), Jagermeister, tea
Fave song writers  Lennon/McCartney, Ray Davies, Pete Townshend, James McMurtry, Neil Innes, Simon Levene, Mike Nesmith, Boyce/Hart, Richard Thompson, Harry Nilsson

Tastes in music  60s/70s Rock, Hard Bop Jazz, Indian Ragas, Brazilian Music, English Folk
Likes    Colorado, intelligent people, funny people, people with funny intelligence

Dislikes   Illinois, strong perfumes or colognes, people who feel entitlement w/o having earned it, people who don’t know how to earn entitlement

Dream car   1969 Chevy Chevelle