Jon Sherwood
Singer-Songwriter/Guitarist/Recording Artist/Performer
Hometown: McMinnville, Oregon
Currently living in the Portland, Oregon metro area
I grew up in the once small town of McMinnville, Oregon. I was a very “active”
boy-lol, as a child. My neighborhood friends and I would ride our bikes into the
woods and across town. As teenagers we partied way up in the Oregon Coast
Range Mountains-miles west of town.
We love to use our imaginations to explore, pretend, impersonate, make our own
sports shirts, and make instruments and have “air-band” concerts for our
neighbors. We even had our own language!
We would wear costumes, (with make-up) wear funny outfits, light firecrackers,
blowing up models we had worked hard on, and made up fun games. We were
always outside, creating some kind of humorous and creative fun. We would say
“If it’s not funny then why do it?”
We were always covered with dirt and often mud from the rough games we
played…all the time. The ages of our neighborhood tackle football games at the
local school was 10-16. I was one of the 10 year-olds. Sure, I got hurt sometimes
but that was just part of it.
My parents were from La Grande, Oregon. (North Eastern Oregon)
My dad was a career educator for over 40 years in the local school district, and
my mom worked at a local bank. I have 3 siblings.
All four of my grandparents played music professionally. They had musical
instruments everywhere in their homes. I was very intrigued with music at a very
young age. They encouraged me to love and play music.
