Josh started playing guitar at age 12, after brief stints playing saxophone and drums. He was instantly attracted to the sounds of progressive rock and heavy metal when a friend bought him the Rush album "2112" for his 11th birthday. He was a self-taught player until 1991 when he started taking lessons with guitar legend Scott McGill.

In college Josh studied music composition and education, with classical guitar as his instrument. It is also in college where he met his songwriting partner Mark.

Today, Josh is concentrating on his jazz and composition studies. His goals are to be able to improvise to his own satisfaction in a jazz format, write that one progressive rock masterpiece, and to someday be able to play everything he hears in his head.

DOB:

July, 1971

Main Instruments:

Guitar, Vocals

Favorite Guitarists:

Scott McGill, Jimmy Bruno, Allan Holdsworth, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Guthrie Govan, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Alan Morse, Joe Pass, Vernon Reid, Ty Tabor, Pat Metheny, Warren Haynes, Duane Allman

Favorite Groups:

Rock: Rush, Spock's Beard, Opeth, King's X, Transatlantic, The Beatles, Jellyfish, BT, Björk, Living Colour, Periphery, Meshuggah

Jazz: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Joey DeFrancesco, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Smith, McGill/Manring/Stevens

Classical: Bartók, Schönberg, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Webern

Favorite Songwriters:

Neal Morse, Paul McCartney, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Kevin Gilbert

Studio:

Yoshi Studios

Guitar Gear:

Other Projects:

The Strawman Syndicate, The Josh Sager Quintet, Amsterdam, Swallow, Snowcrash

Favorite Movies:

Seven Samurai, Ocean's Eleven, Dave, Band of Brothers

Favorite TV Shows:

NCIS, House, The West Wing, Law and Order, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, La Femme Nikita, Stargate SG-1

Favorite Books:

The Charm School - Nelson DeMille
Values for a New Millennium - Dr. Robert L. Humphrey
All of the Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child
The Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling

Favorite Food:

Steak, baked potato, grilled shrimp, and a ton of A-1 sauce! Any of the Thai food my wife cooks.

Favorite Beverages:

Beer: Smithwicks, Hoegaarden, Harp, Yuengling, Guinness
Non-Beer: Sake, Jacquin's Apricot Brandy
Non-Alcohol: Peach Diet Snapple, Caffeine-Free Diet Coke

Other Interests:

Martial Arts, Thai language, Golf, Mountain Biking

Most likely to be
heard saying:

"We sell that."

Guilty Pleasures:

Large Japanese martial arts book collection

Addictions:

Spending money on music crap I don't really need.

Unusual Fact:

I'm blind in one eye. (It enhances my sex appeal.)