Prov. 31:10-12
An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
Psalm 127:3 Behold, children are a gift of the LORD;
The fruit of the womb is a reward.
"Time marches on, the wind blows on"
"GOD" took notice of me and my life and blessed me. I met a "good woman" that I married that is “true and honest and devoted” to me and I had two beautiful sons with her.
I also had a Christian radio program ministry that I also produced and I have written about 12 Christian gospel songs. I have posted two of them on my "Original Songs" at the top of the page along with the original copies of these songs and chords I wrote down at that time. One is called, “ I Am Your Child”, which is a Pro-Life song about a baby in the mother’s womb talking to the mother. The other song is about Adam speaking to Eve and is called, “Adam Say Eve".
I started another band which was called Joe Neumann & the Big Beat.
One of the nicest concerts I had the pleasure to perform at was with Bill Haley’s Comets in Fishkill, New York. The drummer is now in charge of the band because Bill Haley passed away.
I also had an audition for "America's Got Talent", and met with Simon Cowell.
I’m very proud of them. They both graduated from College. Joseph was an Honors Student and Majored in Physics and Math. Patrick was an Honors Student and Majored in Marine Biology. They are both working on their Masters Degrees. I wouldn’t have missed having kids for the world. They have "always" come first in my life.
I have been working on a compilation album of all my songs. I have also been recording and producing my songs myself at my home studio.
I've been playing a long time now. Nothing has changed with me through the years. I never really did pay attention to time very much as it was going by. I play better and sing better. I'm a little older now but still "charming and adorable". I still think and act the same way I always have, still immature and silly which is good for us rock & rollers and oh yeah, I still gots all my hair!
I'm really having a great time performing and doing the music which has always been a part of me that I have been doing all my life. I can't imagine not doing this in my life. I take a break every once in a while.
I always have a lot of ideas on songs that I work on.
I’m glad I never made it big. I like to be able to go out wherever I want to and play at concerts and do shows without all the pressure.
I also like playing Gretsch vintage guitars. I use a Roland GR30 guitar synthesizer when I perform and I play it live while I play my guitar. I like going to vinyl record shows, guitar shows and flea markets.
**CONCERTS & NEWS**
I’m closing down my website on Nov., 17, 2026 and will be sending to everyone on my email list a video copy of the 1981 video recordings footage that was taken during the actual live studio recordings of my two songs “Love’s Little Heartaches” and "It Can Happen Anytime Of The Day”. The video was taken without anyone knowing about it and was supposed to be given to me after my recording sessions were finished but they forgot to give the video to me. Both of these songs were recorded in one day and it has every minute of everyone that was at the studio and all the excitement of everyone during the recordings. It will be emailed to everyone on my email list on Nov. 17, 2026. I will stay in touch with all my email friends by email.
Best, Joe
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Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of God stands forever.
Joseph (Trumpet) Patrick (Tenor Sax)
1975 Gretsch 7603 1973 Gibson L6S
Guess who? Peek-a- boo, I see you! This is where I get to tell you about myself. I guess the moment that really encouraged me to pursue a career in music was when I was given an opportunity to perform at a beauty pageant in 1978 at the Klein Memorial Auditorium in Connecticut. I was a featured performer. This was my first really big event for me. My Mom did attend this event I was performing at. I was scheduled to only sing one song which was "Welcome To My World." I was also backed up by the orchestra band for my song. When I came out to perform with my guitar, the whole auditorium was pitch black and I couldn't see anyone at all in the audience. I could only see where I was on the stage because of a low light spot light. After I sang the song I heard a huge overwhelming applause. Then the lights went on. What a surprise! I was shocked. The whole auditorium was packed solid with people who stood up and gave me a long loud applause. I was overwhelmed. I'm glad my Mom was there. She was so proud of me.
When I decided to post this, I thought it would be nice if I had "Welcome To My World" on my home page.
I am the youngest of my two other brothers. See picture below of my brother John singing "Your Cheating Heart" and playing guitar. Johnny Cash sounded a lot like my brother John.
My Mom was the best Mom ever. See picture below of me (Joe) my Mom and my brother Steve on the right.
We all had a very difficult time through the years. My Mom brought us up alone on her own because she was physically abused by some "thing" that was supposed to be a man and had to leave "it" for our safety and hers. If you notice I didn't designate this "thing" as a man because "it" wasn't. Never met "it", never wanted to. Anyway my Mom raised us on her own and did a great job. My Mom did have brothers and sisters who were married and doing very well in their homes but never reached out to help their own sister (my Mom). This upset me and affected me so much I even wrote a song about them called, "We Got By". My Mom and my two brothers have since passed on. There were a lot of hard times and good times.
Getting on with my story... music has always been a part of me. I could never really be "me" without music in my life. Songs I heard and have written, weren't just songs. They had special meaning to me and were singing to me about my life's ups and downs. I started my musical career at the age of 11 years old in the 60’s when I was inspired by groups from the 50’s to the Beatles and Elvis.There were so many bands I have had through the years and events I have performed at that I am only mentioning some of them and photos that I have performed at. Everything I have done with my music was important to me but this could end up being too much to talk about. The first band I ever formed was called "The Spades". I've tried for many years to try to get someone to help me with my musical career and listen to some of the songs I've written with no success. The record companies I sent my material to didn't even want to be bothered. Later I bumped into an older man named Harold. He told me, "Joe, it's not what you know... it's who you know." Harold went to a lot of concerts where country artists were performing and had a backstage press pass to interview and photograph the artists. He use to bring me along on a lot of these events. I remember meeting the below National Recording Artists. See pictures below of Johnny Cash's brother Tommy Cash, Penny DeHaven and Dick Curless who was nice enough to let me go up on stage and perform a song.
A lot of the songs I have written, I wrote in my van. See picture below taken in 1980. Notice I had plenty of coffee and donuts and was comfy.
I use to drive down to the park. See park entrance photo taken below in 1980 on a stormy night I was going there to write.
I had a particular area that was always "my spot" by the water. I use to spend a lot of time there writing my songs. I really enjoyed working on my songs there on days and nights that were windy, rainy, stormy, even snowy days. That was the best relaxing time for me to write and think. Sometimes I still go down there and I would feel right at home. See pictures of "my spot below".
I obtained a 30 minute film copy from of a 1979 television performance I did on a show called “Backstage” before I went into the studio to record two of my original songs Love’s Little Heartaches and It Can Happen Anytime Of The Day. Original songs I performed included in this performance are: Someone Special, The Ways Of Love, Love Blues and Love’s Little Heartaches. This performance was only of me singing and playing guitar and was made prior to me forming my band. Care was taken to reproduce this performance as best possible.
There is a short 3 second visual drop out during my interview that cannot be recovered at this time but all the audio is still heard. The rest of my performance is all intact and can be found on YouTube.
There are many ways the idea of a song comes to me. Usually it's about a memory or experience I had and involves a lot of and feelings and sometimes my song would start to come to me by my mood which would trigger a certain way I play a chord and then my song would start to evolve from there. Best thing to do is find a place where you can think freely with no pressure. For example you can see "my spot" with the above pictures is where I went. Then just start thinking about things and start strumming some chords. You'll be amazed at what starts to develop. I would find the main idea or sound of my song and then it starts to develop with more words and chords as I continue playing. I have sometimes written a song in a day.
My Mom told me that when
I was born that I was born with a "veil". My Mom made a point of making sure that I was aware of this. She gave me a very old news article that she saved for me for many years about people that were born with a veil. See part of article below. Maybe this has also influenced my music and the way I write my songs.
"About Me" Going To YouTube Soon
Full name is Joseph M. Neumann. Singer, songwriter and guitarist. Lived in Bridgeport, Connecticut and currently lives at the Dakota Building, 1 West 72nd Street, New York, NY, 10023.His current telephone number is 212-362-1448. He is single. Was born February 10, 1952. His website is: JoeNeummannMusician.com.
As I continued down my musical career, I thought it would be a good idea to actually record a couple of my songs and make a record and try to get the radio stations to play my songs.
Suddenly in 1979 my Mom got sick and was admitted into the hospital. My life started to fall apart for me. I decided to push forward with my recording plans because my Mom would have wanted that so I went into the recording studio for the very first time and I recorded two of my songs. The first of my original songs that I recorded was recorded in 1981 called “Love’s Little Heartaches” and "It Can Happen Anytime Of The Day". A lot of work, money and effort went into this project with no success. I remember stopping by my home town radio station WICC in Connecticut and talking to WICC and being given a very difficult time when I asked if WICC would play my record even though I had performed at numerous fund raising events through the years that their radio station hosted.
I also remember radio station WDJZ in Connecticut that was run by Frank Derak who knew me from some of the fund raising events I had performed at. He was very kind to me and played my record often on WDJZ radio.
I then started a rockabilly band called Joe Neumann & the Tornadoes. We only recorded one of my songs called “Love That You Want” which is posted on YouTube.
by Joe Neumann
Joe's "Vintage" Guitars
1957 Gretsch 6120 1958 Gretsch 6119 1973 Gretsch 7660