JOHN BLAIR
Genres: RnB, Pop, Art Song, Folk, Classic Fusion • United States

Violinist & guitarist born November 8h 1943 Toledo, Ohio.  Dr. John Blair (or Master John Blair) grew up in California and began taking violin lessons as a child, graduating with honors from Lincoln High School in San Diego in 1961.  Blair became a heavy academic, holding degrees from Eastman and Curtis conservatories. He even founded a school (The Universal Natural System).  He is most known to invent the Vitar, an acoustic combination of violin and guitar. He featured on many jazz funk in the early 70's and released a few sought after psych-funk releases on Mercury, Columbia and CTI.  During the 80's he disapeared of the map never to return.  He died June 3rd 2006 of Heart failure in New York, NY. from discogs