The Real Deal

In 1994, Paula VanArsdall, my wife, was diagnosed with an incurable type of kidney cancer and her health was quickly declining. During her remaining few months on this earth, she highly enjoyed being entertained with music and by laughter, even at times she had NOTHING to laugh about or to even smile about, she still smiled and often laughed anyway. During a particularly rough day for her, just before Christmas of 1994, as she lay bedridden and barely able to do much of anything other than read or watch TV, she requested I play her some music to liven up her day. She didn’t want to hear the more often played fiddle music that day but instead requested I play her some tunes on the original canjoe instrument that my good, personal, close friend and associate, Herschel Brown, had personally made and had given to me. I sat in the middle of our large queen sized bed as she lay in a motorized hospital bed across the room as I picked tunes for her on my canjoe instrument by her request. As I picked, her head would bob in time to the rhythm of the notes spilling from the one string out of the can and as I would frequently glance up, I would observe while I picked that there was a prevailing huge smile beaming from her face. That experience taught me that there was some kind of ‘magic’ in that stick with the string and can and as I picked, Paula made the comment, “you’re getting pretty good on that thing, John!”. That is when I made the comment that “I’m only a mediocre fiddler but maybe I can become the ‘world’s greatest canjoe picker'”, and at that moment Paula stuck up her thumb and enthusiastically commented, “go for it ‘CanJoe*John’!!!”… and from that moment forward and forever more, I became “CanJoe*John”. Now, the purpose of this particular post is to explain that this nick name grew to become much more valuable than it began. Quite a lot of men are having trouble in bed the first things they will have in mind is viagra 100mg generika http://www.learningworksca.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/R_313SBR.pdf and other sex pills. These therapies are provided best viagra in india in the safe environment, keeping the comfort of the patient in mind. The doses of this Ed drug is different in different people and the duration of this effect to stay in the body also depends on what kind of food products a man is eating. ordering viagra from canada It uses only natural pharmacy online viagra ingredients which have been proved to play a important function in regulation of the inflammation in the gallbladder. As I introduced my products to the world markets by shipping or selling my instruments in the public venues, I wanted to ensure the public consumers that they were purchasing the authentic, official, original canjoe instruments so I began signing that signature to each and every one of them that I made. As I also began and have continued performing public venues and stages, my professional name was, is, and always will continue to be recognized and acknowledged as “CanJoe*John”. The name and the signature became and continues to be completely synonymous with my identity, exclusive to me only and a trademark that the public recognizes as exclusive to the CanJoe Company products. This same name and signature has also become a legal entity in that it is used as a binding signature for the signing of legal contracts whenever I perform and also is recognized and used by the bank to identify financial transactions pertaining to the CanJoe Company business. Now for the past 17 years, the name “CanJoe*John” belongs exclusively and legally to my person only. My name IS NOT JOE nor is it ‘Canjo Joe’ or any other version. My legal identity and trademark signature is ONLY as CanJoe*John and there are absolutely no others. My person or my products ARE NOT identified by any other signature and no other person, corporation, or business can legally or ethically use any form of my identity to market or sell their products without my written (and signed) permission. To prevent any product ‘canfusion’ please look CLOSELY at any signature or identifying mark found on the instrument before purchasing and if it’s not signed as “CanJoe*John”, it’s NOT authentic.

About CanJoe*John

CanJoe*John began making and marketing the authentic 'canjoe' instruments from their origin. Introduced to them by their creator, Herschel R. Brown, in the early 1990s, John, from the beginning, helped Herschel manufacture them in Herschel's shop. John relocated back to his home state of TN in 1993 and continued, initially with Herschel's direct assistance, to make and market them, establishing the licensed sole proprietorship, the CanJoe Company, in 1994. As a professional musician CanJoe*John became billed as the "world's most unique musician, playing the world's most unique musical instrument, the canjoe" (aka, canjo). Always with his own personal canjoe instrument in hand he was awarded the adult "2007 Male Bluegrass Instrumentalist of the Year" by the North American Country Music Association International (NACMAI), and now having the distinction of being the first and only canjoe picker to ever perform on the Grand Ole Opry, has literally taken the one-stringed thing to the outer limits! CanJoe*John is a master craftsman and artist who designs, creates and crafts these instruments as custom works of musical fine art for those who respect and require the best of the best, truly genuine, original one-stringed musical instruments. He can be reached via email at canjoe@canjoe.com, or by phone at 423-612-4320.
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