Orphan Jon

The Gypsy Highway welcomes back Rip Cat Records Artist, Orphan Jon for a night of red hot smoking blues. $5 Cover. Orphan Jon is an American Roots and Blues artist originally from Bakersfield, California. OJATA; often referred to by fans of Orphan Jon while touring with his band The Abandoned, was formed in 2015 by Jon English. In the Fall of 2017 he was signed to SoCal’s highly respected and well established blues label Rip Cat Records; a label that has such legendary and iconic blues artists as The Blasters, Kid Ramos, Lynwood Slim, Barry Levenson, White Boy James, KK Martin, Blue Lunch, as well as contemporary artists as John Clifton, Black Market III, Alastair Greene, Johnny Mastro and Mamas Boys, Jade Bennett and Gino Matteo.

OJATA is quickly becoming a go to band because of the high energy and passion they display while performing. Roots and Blues is their life blood, and it shows in their ever popular originals; and the few selective covers, they bring to every show. It is the bands goal to captivate the audience from the first note struck until the last chord is played while entertaining them both musically and visually.

Orphan Jon simply put, is a very unique artist. Unique in that he expresses himself in such a way; that’s so different; both vocally and physically, that many have said after seeing him perform live, they’ve never seen nor heard anyone like him before. And along with his touring band The Abandoned there’s an energy that not only captures the traditional fans of the blues; which they so love and cherish, but also have been gaining more and more of a younger audience due to the Roots style of music they showcase everywhere they’ve been honored to play.