Today for Alt Rewind we played Run-Around by Blue’s Traveler in honor of their founding member and frontman John Popper’s birthday! The Grammy-winning artist was born in Chardon, Ohio 56 years ago today!
Popper originally wanted to become a stand-up comedian, that is, until he performed a Blues Brother’s routine for his high school talent show. Once he graduated, he headed to New York City to enroll in the New School for Jazz but dropped out in 1990 when the Blues Traveler signed their first contract.
Where does their band name come from, you ask? Well, they went by Blues Band for a bit until they changed it, getting the second word from the main demon in Ghostbusters, Gozer The Traveler.
Happy Birthday John Popper. Thanks for making Northeast Ohio proud!