ABOUT JOSH GOOCH

18-year old music prodigy Josh Gooch has been surrounded by music his entire life, including playing, listening to, and reading anything he could get his hands on. His widespread love of all things music has led him to cultivate his own uniquely beautiful sound, whether playing acoustic, slide or electric guitar. His homegrown, self-taught style spans many genres, from blues and jazz, to rock and funk. Born in Seattle, Washington, Josh relocated to San Diego with his family at the age of seven. Following in the footsteps of his father, who always kept guitars around the house and composed music, Josh began playing when he was thirteen years old. He quickly became addicted to the guitar, often times playing for six to seven hours per day. He considers playing the guitar a passion, not a job. Within three years, Josh recorded his first major work for legendary producer Johnny Sandlin on the Highly Kind album,Don't Wake Albert. He then followed up with a stint on Bonnie Bramlett's latest Gospel album. In 2009 Josh beat out over 4000 guitar players to reach the national final of Guitar Center's King Of The Blues. In early 2010 Josh played on the Las Vegas Hilton's Mainstage for the opening of legendary photographer Robert Knight's Gallery. Josh recently joined Koshi Inaba's band and will soon be touring Japan. Koshi is the singer for B'z, one of the best selling Japanese bands in history. Having sold over 100 million records they were the first and only asian band to be inducted in Hollywood's Rockwalk.