Meet John Roseboro | Artist & Father

We had the good fortune of connecting with John Roseboro and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi John, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
My business is existential. Music and art help people to make meaning of their world and my influence has been to strengthen the people’s relationships with God, themselves, their environment and the people above, around, and below them.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
More and more I’m learning my own frailty. I see myself as pretty pathetic and arrogant. I’m impressed with and grateful for the patience people have given me and excited for who I am becoming.

Concerning my art, it is, with no pretense, some of the most innovative work being shared right now.

Because of instability in my upbringing, I’ve never lived anywhere long enough to call home. I make the music and art not so much out of being influenced by my community, but rather from not having a one. I make the art that comes out of my heart, unadulterated and am not afraid of philosophical, psychological, or metaphysical themes.

My educational background is in mortuary science and in that profession we grapple a lot with life and death and life after death. I definitely think some of that perspective is brought to the art, but essentially it’s just an extension of who I am. I don’t want do this art as much as it wants to be done and I am the one doing it. The next album will be called “Johnny.”

It’s very hard, and yet, my path has been set before me.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
For better or worse, I’ve become a sentimental person.

Peter Street Market right in downtown is where I got my first tattoo. After my wife left me and the church to me in, I met a young artist. He had just begun a tattoo apprenticeship. He said “If you could have a tattoo of anything, what would it be?” “A Phoenix” I knew the answer. Less than 24 hours later, I was under the tattoo gun of Andrew Blooms at Peter Street Market. It is a cultural port of music, comedy, painting, and people.

Another spot I have to visit is Valor Coffee in Alpharetta. It’s a pillar in the city representing reliability, competency, integrity, and vulnerability. The owners are approachable and their excellence is contagious.

I have other spots, but the rest are secret.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I wouldn’t be here without the loving support of the local Church.

Six months ago, my ex left me. She took the house and car and our son. I forgive her. I am not bitter. However, I was on the street, penniless, and without provision. I had a guitar and a bag of clothes. The church took me in. One of the brothers was inspired to host a concert, a house show, where they charged everyone like 12 dollars. They gave me all the money and I used it to go to New York, where you don’t need a car.

I now live between here and there, able to work in an impactful way in my community while also being with my son often. Especially now that I’ve just gotten a car, also thanks to the church.

Website: tell.ie/johnroseboro

Instagram: @john.roseboro

Twitter: @johnroseboro

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmk4hsGLLP9lf_rSs1ysew

Other: johnroseboro.bandcamp.com

Image Credits
Christopher Grady David Teo Anthony Carey