John Popper

Popper was born on March 29, 1967, in Cleveland, Ohio.{{cite book |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |date=2011 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA2002-IA264 |location=London |publisher=Omnibus |page=264 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8 |quote=...John Popper (b. 29 March 1967, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.)}}{{cite book |last=Krampert |first=Peter |date=2002 |title=The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YRsxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA139

|location=Pacific, Missouri |publisher=Mel Bay |page=139 |isbn=978-16191-1577-4 |quote=Born: March 29, 1967 – Cleveland, OH.)}} His father was a Hungarian immigrant who left Budapest in 1948.[http://www.bluestraveler.net/info/media/media_display.php?pub_id=149 Blues Traveler brings part of U.S. to Pacific forces] Cindy York. Air Force Print News. January 19, 1999 Popper has stated that he is a distant relative of David Popper, a 19th-century Bohemian cellist.{{cite magazine |last=Schenker |first=Joanne |date=April 6, 2011 |title=John Popper – Setting the Records Straight

|url=https://glidemagazine.com/17862/john-popper-setting-the-records-straight/ |magazine=Glide Magazine |access-date=January 9, 2025}}[http://www.tonibrownband.com/bt24-5.html John Popper interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417185355/http://www.tonibrownband.com/bt24-5.html |date=April 17, 2008 }} Toni Brown.

Popper was raised in Stamford, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. He attended Davenport Ridge School, Stamford Catholic High School (now Trinity Catholic High School), and Princeton High School, from which he graduated in 1986.{{cite book|title=The Ultimate New Jersey High School Year Book|date=1998}} He took lessons on the piano, the cello, and the guitar, but none of those instruments appealed to him, and he hated being forced to practice.{{cite web | title = Stamford on stage | publisher = StamfordAdvocate.com | url = http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_9643715 | access-date = June 20, 2008 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

He originally wanted to become a comedian, finding he could use humor to make friends and avoid bullies,{{cite web|title=Blues Traveler's Harmonica Guru |work=John Popper Interview |publisher=The Austin Daze |url=http://www.austindaze.com/archives/52/j_popper.html |access-date=October 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106171338/http://www.austindaze.com/archives/52/j_popper.html |archive-date=November 6, 2007 }} but when he and a friend performed a routine as the Blues Brothers, he found that he enjoyed musical performance. From there, he took up the harmonica. Popper played trumpet in the Princeton High School Studio Jazz Band and convinced the teacher to let him play harmonica instead, after an in-class solo on the song "She Blinded Me with Science."Ragogna, Mike (March 1, 2011). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/the-patagonia-music-colle_b_829495.html "The Patagonia Music Collective Launches – Plus a Conversation With John Popper"]. Huffington Post. Accessed July 2013.

He formed several garage bands with friends in Princeton, New Jersey, one of which evolved into Blues Traveler in 1987. After graduating from high school, the group's members all moved to New York City, where Popper enrolled in the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, along with two of his bandmates as well as high school friend Chris Barron. Popper attended for three years but devoted himself to the band full-time once they signed a record contract, in 1990.

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Popper is a founding member of Blues Traveler, serving as the band's frontman with lead vocals and harmonica. For some songs, he forgoes the harmonica in favor of guitar, most often a 12-string acoustic. In addition, Popper has played the tin whistle on some recordings.

A prolific songwriter, he has composed the majority of the lyrics and music of Blues Traveler's songs.

The band grew a following with its extensive touring, sometimes with over 300 dates a year, and gained a reputation in the jam band scene of the 1990s. Blues Traveler crossed over into mainstream pop/rock radio success with their 1994 album, four, which garnered the group extensive media exposure. The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1996 was awarded to "Run-Around", a song that Popper composed. In 2021, Blues Traveler's album "Traveler's Blues" was nominated by the Recording Academy for "Best Traditional Blues Album" for the 2022 GRAMMY Awards.

In 1990, Popper began to perform occasional solo concerts in addition to touring with Blues Traveler. Several songs that originated as Popper's solo pieces have become part of Blues Traveler's repertoire, and vice versa.

Bolstered by Blues Traveler's mainstream success, Popper released a solo album, Zygote, in 1999, and toured in support of it with his own John Popper Band. The album was produced by Terry Manning, and the backing band consisted of longtime friends Dave Ares, Crugie Riccio, and Rob Clores of Cycomotogoat, with drummer Carter Beauford of Dave Matthews Band. The album's release came less than three months after Popper's heart surgery, and only days after the death of Bobby Sheehan, Popper's bandmate and best friend. The subsequent tour was canceled midway due to poor ticket sales, and Popper instead took the time to focus on his health.{{cite web |title=Blues Traveler |publisher=Rock on the Net |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-b/bluestraveler_main.htm |access-date=October 15, 2007}}

In 2017 and 2018, Popper began to play solo acoustic performances across the United States. He is often accompanied by Blues Traveler keyboardist Ben Wilson and performs songs that span both Blues Traveler and his solo catalog.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

In 1992, Popper conceived the HORDE Festival as a venue to gain exposure for up-and-coming independent musicians. It ran until 1998.

Popper was a part of a one-time studio band brought together in 1997 by New York drummer/songwriter Solomon Deniro. Other players included Trey Gunn, Bernie Worrell, Marc Ribot, and Vernon Reid. The group's only recordings were released as the album Gimme Gimme, under the name the Devotees.{{cite web|last=Cole |first=Samuel |title=CD Reviews |work=Good Citizen magazine, Issue 9 |publisher=Big Heavy World |date=Summer 1998 |url=http://www.bigheavyworld.com/good.citizen/magazine/009/story17.html |access-date=October 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006065625/http://www.bigheavyworld.com/good.citizen/magazine/009/story17.html |archive-date=October 6, 2008 }} The same recording was re-released by Deniro in 2001, under the title Solomon.{{cite web | title = Pop & Rock Reviews, March–April 2001 | work = CD Reviews Archive | publisher = MWE3.com |date=April 2001 | url = http://www.mwe3.com/archive/pastreview/2001/popMarch01.htm | access-date = October 16, 2007 }}

Popper took over in 1998 as frontman of jam-band supergroup Frogwings, which then released the live album Croakin' at Toad's.

Popper later formed a rock/jazz/hip hop fusion group called the John Popper Project with DJ Logic, which released an album in 2006 and performs occasionally. He also performs on the 2008 album Jason Miles: Global Noize: A Prayer for the Planet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/global-noize-a-prayer-for-the-planet-by-jeff-winbush/|title=Jason Miles: Global Noize: A Prayer for the Planet album review |date=November 11, 2011|website=All About Jazz|access-date=February 27, 2023}}

Popper's latest side project is John Popper & the Duskray Troubadours, which plays Americana roots music. The group's self-titled debut from 429 Records was released in March 2011 and was produced by band member Jono Manson, who co-wrote much of the material.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} The first single, "Something Sweet", written by Manson and Bruce Donnola, was released February 7, 2011, on iTunes. Mason and Popper conceived the project after Popper says he was "running out of ideas" for Blues Traveler before they took a short break.{{Cite web|url=https://relix.com/articles/detail/the-core-john-popper/|title=The Core: John Popper|date=April 1, 2011|website=Relix Media|access-date=February 27, 2023}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/05/19/136280419/live-thursday-john-popper-and-the-duskray-troubadours-in-concert |title=John Popper and the Duskray Troubadours in Concert : NPR |website=NPR |access-date=November 2, 2021 |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102204743/https://www.npr.org/2011/05/19/136280419/live-thursday-john-popper-and-the-duskray-troubadours-in-concert |url-status=dead }}

Popper has provided narration for art projects produced by his friends, including Das Clown, an award-winning short film in slideshow style that was screened at the Sundance Film Festival.[http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12058298 John Popper, Others, All Over Sundance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516053717/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12058298 |date=May 16, 2008 }} Craig Rosen. Yahoo! Music.

In 2016, Popper, along with the rest of Blues Traveler, made a cameo appearance in The Meddler.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/04/22/the-meddler-review|title=The Meddler Review|last=Lasser|first=Josh|website=IGN|date=April 22, 2016|access-date=May 13, 2016}}

In 2018, Popper appeared in the "Fully Vested" episode of Pawn Stars."[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=42TY96kKNtI Pawn Stars: John Popper's Harmonica Vest (Season 15, Episode 20)]." YouTube. Retrieved on June 30, 2022.

On November 23, 2015, Popper and his then-wife Jordan Auleb had their first child, a daughter;{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/11/25/john-popper-welcomes-daughter-eloise-ann/|title=Blues Traveler's John Popper Welcomes Daughter Eloise Ann – Moms & Babies – Celebrity Babies and Kids – Moms & Babies|work=People.com|access-date=November 26, 2015|archive-date=November 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126140653/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/11/25/john-popper-welcomes-daughter-eloise-ann/|url-status=dead}} the couple divorced in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2018/12/kyle-meredith-blues-traveler/|title=Blues Traveler on Sex, Drugs, and Bottles of Urine Frontman John Popper also digs deep into divorce and fatherhood|work=consequence.net|date=December 26, 2018}}

In 1999, he suffered a near-fatal heart attack brought on by years of compulsive overeating (he had been diagnosed with diabetes a few years earlier). Doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center{{Cite web|url=http://www.bluestraveler.net/info/media/media_display.php?pub_id=170|title=Info|website=Bluestraveler.net|access-date=February 27, 2023}} performed an emergency angioplasty, which saved Popper's life; he had 95% arterial blockage.Skanse, Richard.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310205340/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnpopper/articles/story/5927037/poppers_inferno "Popper's Inferno"], Rolling Stone, September 7, 1999. Popper later underwent gastric bypass surgery and lost a significant amount of weight.{{cite web | title = "Hollywood's Obsession with Weight" transcript | work = Showbiz Tonight | publisher = CNN.com | date = December 29, 2005 | url = http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/29/sbt.01.html | access-date = October 16, 2007 }}

Popper has a tattoo across his chest that says "I WANT TO BE BRAVE", written backwards.The Howard Stern Show. September 19, 2005. [http://www.howardstern.com/rundown.hs?d=1127102400#3127] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131075405/http://www.howardstern.com/rundown.hs?d=1127102400#3127|date=January 31, 2010}}

In August 2016, he announced a pending surgical procedure to repair collapsed vertebrae in his neck, necessitating the postponement and cancellation of some Blues Traveler shows.{{cite web | url=http://www.jambase.com/article/blues-traveler-cancels-concerts-due-to-john-popper-surgery | title=Blues Traveler Cancels Concerts Due to John Popper Surgery | publisher=JamBase | date=August 5, 2016 | access-date=August 5, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/08/blues-travelers-john-popper-undergoes-emergency-spine-surgery/|title=Blues Traveler's John Popper undergoes emergency spine surgery|last=Kaye|first=Ben|website=Consequencefosound.net|date=August 8, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=August 8, 2016}}

Popper is an avid collector of weaponry, including firearms, swords, and a working $10,000 American Civil War cannon.{{cite web | title = 50 Dumbest Rock-Star Extravagances | work = Blender Magazine | publisher = blender.com | date = December 2005 | url = http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1822 | access-date = October 16, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013234837/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1822 | archive-date = October 13, 2007 }} He cites a fascination with their aesthetic of being "life-savingly efficient" machines.{{cite web|last=Dave |first=DiMartino |title=Blues Traveler Talks Straight on Till Morning |work=LAUNCH interviews |publisher=Yahoo! Music |date=October 10, 1997 |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12047778 |access-date=October 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610112056/http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12047778 |archive-date=June 10, 2007 }} Popper is an advocate of Second Amendment rights and once appeared on an MTV-sponsored roundtable discussion on gun control, which included panelists from the Law Enforcement Alliance of America and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.{{cite news |last=Elber |first=Lynn |title= MTV Continues Anti-Violence Effort |agency= Associated Press |url=http://www.bluestraveler.net/info/media/media_display.php?pub_id=160 | publisher = re-published at BluesTraveler.net | date= May 25, 1999}} He carries weapons in any state where it is allowed, even when onstage.{{cite web|last=Malkin |first=Ryan |title=BNL steals show at H.O.R.D.E. |work=The Michigan Daily |date=July 20, 1998 |url=http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1998/jul/07-20-98/arts/arts3.html |access-date=October 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103142357/http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1998/jul/07-20-98/arts/arts3.html |archive-date=November 3, 2007 |url-status=dead }} On his 2003 Daily Show appearance, he stated that he decided to move away from New Jersey because of the state's restrictive gun laws.{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-5-2003/john-popper | title=John Popper | publisher=The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | date=August 5, 2003 | access-date=July 22, 2013}}

Popper endorsed George W. Bush in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.{{cite web|last=Appleman|first=Eric M.|title=National Endorsements|work= Democracy in Action|publisher=George Washington University|year=2004|url=http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/cands/natendorse4.html|access-date= October 16, 2007}} In November 2008, Popper said, regarding Barack Obama, "this is the first time I've voted for a Democrat, ever."The Adam Carolla Show, November 12, 2008 Popper was a supporter of Ron Paul during the 2012 U.S. presidential election and participated in phone-banking at Paul's New Hampshire campaign headquarters.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf1R3lECaHY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/Zf1R3lECaHY |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|title=John Popper phone banks for Ron Paul |publisher=YouTube |date=December 21, 2011 |access-date=July 23, 2013}}{{cbignore}} He also played a short set during Paul's "We are the Future Rally", an alternative convention for Paul supporters that was held in Tampa the day before the 2012 Republican National Convention.{{cite web|title=John Popper, Ron Paul's most famous fan|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/john-popper-ron-pauls-most-famous-fan/article/2505953|publisher=The Washington Examiner|date=August 26, 2012|access-date=June 7, 2015}}

Popper (with and without Blues Traveler) has played at conventions, fundraisers, and ceremonies for both Republican and Democratic politicians.{{cite web|title=7-10-2000 news|publisher=BluesTraveler.net|date=July 10, 2000|url=http://www.bluestraveler.net/info/news/news_display.php?news_date=20000710.txt|access-date= October 16, 2007}}

He has said, "I was a bleeding-heart liberal, until I got a job," and describes himself as "a libertarian who is a Republican when pushed".{{cite web|title=John Popper–Libertarian |work=Celebrities |publisher=Advocates for Self-Government |url=http://www.libertarianism.com/pop_celebrity/266 |access-date=December 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301152045/http://www.libertarianism.com/pop_celebrity/266 |archive-date=March 1, 2012 }} The singer summed up his political position by saying, "I believe in freedom for markets and freedom for individuals, so I guess that makes me a libertarian."

Popper did not vote for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in 2016.{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=Garrett |date=May 24, 2017 |title=Blues Traveler's John Popper: I voted 'none of these clowns' for president |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/334844-blues-travelers-john-popper-i-voted-none-of-these-clowns-for/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906221817/http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/334844-blues-travelers-john-popper-i-voted-none-of-these-clowns-for |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |access-date=March 16, 2025 |work=TheHill |url-status=live }}

He has toured with the USO, both with Blues Traveler and solo.{{cite web|last=Schatz|first=Robin|title=Blues Traveler's Popper Talks About Air Force, Tattoo|work=Bloomberg|publisher=BluesTraveler.net Media Archive|date=January 10, 2005|url=http://www.bluestraveler.net/info/media/media_display.php?pub_id=248|access-date= October 15, 2007}}

Popper was raised Catholic, and for a time attended Stamford Catholic High School in Connecticut. However, he does not actively practice in his adult life. He has described himself as a "recovering Catholic". He wrote the song "Trina Magna" as an exploration of his religious views.{{cite web|title=FAQ: BT Lore |website=Bluestraveler.com |url=http://www.bluestraveler.com/faq.php?cid=12#123 |access-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608075121/http://www.bluestraveler.com/faq.php?cid=12#123 |archive-date=June 8, 2007 |url-status=dead }}

In 2003, Popper was arrested for possession of marijuana.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/jpoppermug1.html|title=John Popper|work=The Smoking Gun|date=June 12, 2014}} He was arrested again on March 6, 2007, near Ritzville, Washington, by the Washington State Patrol.Associated Press. [http://wbztv.com/topstories/local_story_067130652.html "Singer Busted with Arsenal of Weapons in Car"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310200332/http://wbztv.com/topstories/local_story_067130652.html |date=March 10, 2007 }}, March 8, 2007. He was the passenger in his own vehicle, which was stopped for speeding, and was found to be in the possession of a small amount of marijuana and weapons. Popper was released the same night. The vehicle had a stash of hidden compartments, which contained four rifles, nine handguns, a switchblade knife, a Taser, a set of brass knuckles, and night vision goggles. The vehicle was temporarily seized.Geranios, Nicholas K. [http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420AP_WA_Blues_Traveler_Arrest.html?source=mypi "Manager says Blues Traveler's Popper legally had weapons"]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Associated Press. March 9, 2007.[http://blog.nj.com/timesupdates/2007/03/blues_traveler_rocker_arrested.html "Blues Traveler rocker arrested on gun, drug charges"], The Times of Trenton, March 9, 2007.

No charges were filed for the firearms and Taser, as they were all registered and securely locked away, and Popper was licensed to carry them. He agreed to surrender the brass knuckles and switchblade knife. A deal was reached that allowed the marijuana charge to be dropped if Popper remained free of further drug infractions for one year and attended eight hours of drug counseling.{{cite web | title = Blues Traveler's Popper Settles Pot Case | work = The Huffington Post | date = July 12, 2007 | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/07/12/blues-traveler-singer-set_n_55962.html | access-date = October 16, 2007 }} Popper and the driver had been driving back to Washington from Austin, Texas, and Popper likes to visit gun ranges during long trips.{{cite news | title = Singer John Popper arrested with weapons, drugs | agency = Reuters | date = March 8, 2007 | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN0823031320070309 | access-date = October 16, 2007 | newspaper = Reuters }}

Popper is also known as an avid Twitter user and has caused some controversy on the platform.{{cite web | url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/the-guy-from-blues-traveler-is-having-a-twitter-meltdown-and | title=The Guy from Blues Traveler Is Having a Twitter Meltdown and I'm Trapped in His Canoe | publisher=BuzzFeed | date=May 14, 2014 | access-date=May 14, 2014}} He also has publicly posted the home address and information of a particular Twitter user{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/john-popper-from-blues-traveler-will-not-stop-posting-aerial-pictures-of-my-house | title=John Popper From Blues Traveler Will Not Stop Posting Aerial Pictures of My House | newspaper=The Daily Beast | date=July 31, 2017 | access-date=July 31, 2017| last1=Collins | first1=Ben }} who often made jokes at his expense.{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/blues_traveler/status/890343016661008384 | title=blues_traveler on Twitter | publisher=Twitter | date=July 26, 2017 | access-date=July 26, 2017}} Popper also drew attention for arguing with a bot{{cite web | url=http://www.cracked.com/article_24235_6-celebrities-who-cant-stop-starting-fights-twitter.html | title=6 Celebrities Who Are Surprisingly Angry on Twitter | publisher=Cracked | date=July 24, 2016 | access-date=July 24, 2016}} named "assbott", which had become well-known during the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump;{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/a-twitter-bot-is-beating-trump-fans | title=A Twitter Bot Is Beating Trump Fans | newspaper=Daily Beast | date=June 15, 2016 | access-date=June 15, 2016| last1=Collins | first1=Ben }} it was the co-creator of this bot that Popper doxxed in July 2017.

On March 29, 2016, Da Capo Press released Popper's autobiography, Suck and Blow: And Other Stories I'm Not Supposed to Tell, written by Popper with the help of Relix co-editor-in-chief Dean Budnick. In the book, among band exploits and a variety of topics, Popper discusses the group's rebound from the death of bassist Bobby Sheehan, the creation of the H.O.R.D.E. tour, his relationship with Bill Graham, and his personal battle with being overweight.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6813821/blues-traveler-john-popper-autobiography-suck-and-blow-cover|title=Check Out the Cover for Blues Traveler's John Popper's Autobiography 'Suck and Blow: And Other Stories I'm Not Supposed to Tell' (Exclusive)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 18, 2015|access-date=May 12, 2016}}

File:New Orleans Jazz Fest 2010 John Popper Blues Traveler.jpg.|Popper's trademark hat and custom modified harmonica microphone]]

Popper has expressed a preference for the Hohner Special 20 diatonic harmonica, calling it "the Porsche of harmonicas."{{cite web |last = Rutman|first = Misha|title = Question 10.1|work = Frequently Asked Questions|publisher = bluestraveler.net|date = May 1995|url = http://www.bluestraveler.net/info/faq/btfaq.php|access-date = October 16, 2007|publication-date = 2003}}

He has developed some equipment innovations to accommodate his use of harmonicas during performances. Because each individual diatonic harmonica is tuned to one particular key, he fashioned belts with enough pockets to hold harmonicas in all twelve keys (plus extras) and wore them as a bandolier, or slung over his neck. He switches keys multiple times within one song, and this arrangement has allowed him to quickly trade one harmonica for another without looking. In 2002, he stopped using the belts, as they no longer fit him properly due to his weight loss. One such belt later sold for $2,700 on the History Channel series Pawn Stars.{{Cite web|url=https://play.history.com/shows/pawn-stars/videos/john-poppers-harmonica-vest|title=John Popper's Harmonica Vest | HISTORY|website=Play.history.com|access-date=February 27, 2023}} He now carries his harmonicas in a small black attaché case. He uses a special microphone with switches that change the audio effect of the harmonica as it is played through an amplifier, similar to a guitar effects pedal. Popper was inspired by Jimi Hendrix's guitar playing to make his instrument sound however he wanted.

• Zygote (1999)
• Go Outside and Drive (The Vestal Version) single (1999)

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with The Devotees

• Gimme Gimme (1997)

• Croakin' at Toad's (2000)

• The John Popper Project with DJ Logic (2006)

• John Popper & the Duskray Troubadours (2011)
• Something Sweet single (2011)

• Solo instrumental track "Harmonica Musings" from the soundtrack of Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
• "The Preamble" from Schoolhouse Rocks the Vote! (1998){{cite news|title=Various – Schoolhouse Rocks The Vote |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7342864-Various-Schoolhouse-Rocks-The-Vote |website=Discogs.com |date= |access-date=November 26, 2022}}
• "Northbound Train" from the Broadway musical soundtrack of The Civil War: The Complete Work (1999)
• Duet with Eric Clapton on "Christmas Blues" from A Very Special Christmas Live (1999)
• "Regarding Steven" from the 2000 compilation VH1 Storytellers Live (2000){{cite news|title=Various – VH1 Storytellers |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6775385-Various-VH1-Storytellers |website=Discogs.com |date= |access-date=November 26, 2022}}
• Duet with B.B. King on "Back Door Santa" from A Very Special Christmas Vol. 5 (2001)
• Several tracks from Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert, Volume 2 (2007){{cite news|title=Various – Warren Haynes Presents The Benefit Concert Volume 2 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4676832-Various-Warren-Haynes-Presents-The-Benefit-Concert-Volume-2 |website=Discogs.com |date= |access-date=November 26, 2022}}
• Several tracks from Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert, Volume 3 (2010){{cite news|title=Various – Warren Haynes Presents The Benefit Concert Volume 3 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4224239-Various-Warren-Haynes-Presents-The-Benefit-Concert-Volume-3 |website=Discogs.com |date= |access-date=November 26, 2022}}

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• [https://archive.org/details/JohnPopper John Popper collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive

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Category:Musicians from Princeton, New Jersey

Category:Princeton High School (New Jersey) alumni

Category:20th-century American male singers

Category:21st-century American male singers

Category:American people of Hungarian descent