::Fire Alley::Arizona's Melodic Rock Band::

Jack "Jaxxon" Schwarz

Jaxxon is the elder statesman of the band. Born in The Netherlands, Jaxxon and his family immigrated to the USA in 1957. He started his career in the music business playing throughout the Southern California area. During his career he has played in groups traveling from Southern California to Alaska and has been involved in many facets of the music business. Among his accomplishments Jaxxon is a well-respected guitar technician and for over fourteen years traveled the world giving seminars and hosting guitar clinics for Fender Musical Instruments . He is the band's main songwriter and arranger. Jaxxon acknowledges that his main guitar influences are the greats...Hendrix, Clapton,and Beck, but make no mistake he has developed a style very much his own. Playing with a fluid melodic style and tone, he also adds his vocal talents to the band.

Place of Birth	The Hague, The Netherlands.
Main Instrument	Acoustic and Electric guitars, Vocals
Equipment	2- Fender "Red Knob Showman heads, 4- Fender 4x12 cabinets w/ Celestion speakers, Fender and Jackson guitars, Guild Acoustics, Tascam recording gear...and too much more to list
Occupation	Director of Customer Service for Fender
Favorite Band(s)	Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck Group w/ Rod Stewart, The Beatles, Aerosmith, Queen, Toto, Journey, Styx, Montrose, and too many more to list
Favorite Song(s)	Little Wing, Side 2 of Abbey Road, Ogre Battle, The Ripper, Still Got The Blues
Favorite Food(s)	Sushi, Chinese, Italian, pork chops and steaks.
Favorite Drink(s)	Cream soda, lemonade, Miller Genuine Draft beer, a great Riesling wine, a great Cabernet
Favorite Movie(s)	The Idol Maker, Spinal Tap, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, For Love of the Game
Favorite Book(s)	The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, any Dean Koontz book, I, Robot, The Illustrated Man,
Favorite Sport(s)	Baseball (The Arizona Diamondbacks), basketball (The Phoenix Suns)
Loves	My family, my friends, recording engineering, music production, and graphic arts
Hobbies	Songwriting, traveling, watching a great baseball or basketball game...live or on TV