John Whytock

The hills were alive with the sound of music... as the resounding harmonic strings of musician Jesse John Whytock rang from Big Bear to 29 Palms, and a Joshua Tree recording studio in between.

Whytock, creator of two of our murals in 29 Palms.... had his art career advance to the point where he now has a few hundred murals to his name, including 70 in Las Vegas hotels from The Luxor to Mandalay Bay.

Recently, however, Whytock has been shifting his creative gears to encompass his other favorite lifetime art form. He has revived his passion for Music.

The multi-talented singer, guitarist, composer, artist, mural artist, and writer has been in Joshua Tree since 2006. A member of A.S.C.A.P. and a composer since his teenage years on the California coast, he was playing Bach cantatas at 14, composing concertos at 15, and transposing symphonic master scores to the guitar by age 16. From that point on, he began focusing on the art of composition.

Throughout his art career, he has never left his love for his guitar far behind ... entertaining crowds from concert stages to coffee houses, playing in a band for many years, appearing on TV music specials, and even entertaining our local desert folks....

In public he has been the guy who could play anything from Christian inspirational music to humorous tunes to folks songs to rock and roll, while in private he continued to compose his serious original music.

Recently re-emerging into the music world and taking his musical composition to a new level now...

Whytock’s genius for creating intricate melodic and harmonic pieces... has produced a true musical work of art.

This inspired, evocative music is truly from the heart and soul... suitable for all lovers of great music

Beginning to perform ... new music in public now ... invited ... to play at Apples B&B in Big Bear for a press and promotional gathering for featured cast members of The Bold And The Beautiful and Days of Our Lives soap operas. Three days later, he performed for the first time locally at Roughley Manor in 29 Palms at a mural project dinner in honor of the visiting Baron of Prestoungrange, Scotland. Desert locals in attendance that evening, who remember the humorous folk and rock Whytock music during the mural days, were amazed and enthralled at this new sound ... a creative aspect of this artist they had never heard before. By the end of the evening, demand for the new CD .... had created a waiting list for future copies, a feeling that truly great music was “heard here first” in its budding stages, and a desire to hear much more of the wonderfully innovative sounds of Jesse John Whytock.

We’ll keep you informed of the continuing odyssey of this musical venture. Truly, this could be the start of something big. –VW
- The Sun Runner