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Hello. My band’s name is Johannes. The name is a varient of the name, ‘John’, and it’s definition means to have a tight bond with the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s pronounced ‘Joe-Haw-Ness’.

Believe it or not, You ARE the first person to make the joke that our name is very similar to the Jonas Brothers. It’s really funny when you call us ‘the Johannes Bros’. Truly inspired comedy, you have there.

None of us band-members are related by blood. We live in a small town in Oregon and met each other through each other and through mutual friends.

Our town is called Brookings, Oregon. It’s right here.

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As fun as your friend’s in Portland are, or how close you are to your sister in Bend, we’ve probably never met them. We are really far away from most populated areas of our state.

No one guesses this, but Joey is actually older than Lu. Nick is the youngest, but you probably knew that one.

The band tours across the country about 8-10 months out of the year. Our families and loved ones don’t always appreciate our full schedules, but for the most part, they stand behind what we believe the Lord has called us to do. Coincidentally, we have no time for other jobs at home.

We are unsigned to a major record label. Selling out is for chumps. Indie lets us play where we want however often they want.

We love eating pizza. A lot. If you offer, we will probably never turn you down.

Boom. Small talk annihilated.

Week six was rather dull, so I put off doing it for far too long.

We started this week at Stockton. We played some acoustic music for our friends in Springs Christian Fellowship troubled teens group night. I forget what it’s actually called.

Tuesday, we went with our friend Josh to the Gallien-Kruger factory. It is a sweet, but hard to find office building/bass amp factory.

Wednesday, we did some acoustic music for Salida Christian Fellowship’s youth group. Those kids are insane! Always fun.

We spent Thursday through Saturday up at Jenness Park leading worship at a men’s conference learning how to be manly. The camp STILL has snow from when we went up there last time!

From there, we drove to Kingman, Arizona. We played at a school monday, which honestly, was a bit awkward. The jr. highers were too cool for us, and the 2nd graders kept assaulting each other with a beach ball we brought. We spent the day talking to the kids on their lunch break and at their dismissal.

We spent a few nights visiting Joey’s dad out in Bagdad, Arizona. From there, we drove to Las Cruces New Mexico for a youth conference. It was amazing seeing how the Lord moved through those kids.

And now, it’s the next week’s thursday. We are currently working our way home, visiting friends and family along the 1400 miles to get home. I hope this post has been pleasant and informative!