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The Past

J.D Malone was born and raised under a bright blue sky in a small town called Bennington in the Green Mountain State of Vermont, U.S.A. He writes and sings songs about love and hate, angels and demons and the universal struggle to feel safe under the stars.
 

  • Founder and frontman for the pop / rock band Steamroller Picnic from October 1993 to September 2004.
  • Produced and released independent record. Grow. Engineered by Andy Kravitz (Billy Joel, Paul Simon).
  • Featured act on the MTV show Advance Warning - July 2003.
  • January 2005. Produced and released independent record. Malone and McWilliams - Greatest Hits. Engineered by Pete Donnelly (The Figgs, Graham Parker).
  • April 2006. Produced and released independent record. Malone and McWilliams - Los Angeles, engineered by Barrie Maguire (The Wallflowers, Natalie Merchant, Amos Lee). Recorded at Red Star Recording / Los Angeles, CA.
  • May 2008. Produced and released J.D Malone and The Experts EP. Dia de los Muertos. Once again engineered by Pete Donnelly and recorded at Philadelphonic Studios in Philadelphia, PA.
  • April 2010. Produced and released J.D Malone and The Experts EP. Use This Side and Save My Face. Engineered by James Stapleford at Chaplin’s in Spring City, PA.
  • July 2011. J.D Malone and The Experts released a full length record titled, Avalon on the It’s About Music Record label with Grammy Award winning engineer / producer Phil Nicolo and Executive producer Dean Sciarra. Studio 4 in Philadelphia, PA. 
  • August 2014. Produced and released J.D Malone and The Experts EP. Astor’s Pet Horse. Engineered by Ted Richardson at Cedar Street Studios in Philadelphia, PA.
  • March 2016.  Produced and released J.D Malone and The Experts LP. Town and Country. Engineered by Cliff Hillis at The Hacienda in Phoenixville, PA.
  • October 2022. Produced and released J.D Malone and The Experts LP. Even Sunbeams. Engineered by Pete Donnelly at Katonah Sound studios in Katonah, NY. 
  • July 2025. Produced and released 4 singles. J.D Malone and The Experts. Glory in Bloom. Six Days Gray. Souvenirs and Sadness is on Me. Engineered by Jake Hoff at Retro City Studios in Philadelphia, PA. 


J.D has shared the stage with many great acts including: Third Eye Blind, Eve 6, Sugar Ray, Vertical Horizon, Fuel, Familiar 48, Living Colour, The Fixx, July for Kings, Lola Ray, Robert Hazard, Silvertide, John Faye Power Trip, The Martians, The Bogmen, Dee Snyder, John Eddie, Danielia Cotton, Craig Bickhardt, Jim Photoglo, Idlewheel, Eric Andersen, Tom Gillam, Phil Vasser, Terri Clark, Thom Schuyler, Julie Gold, Steve Forbert, Don Henry, Ian Hunter, Jack Sundrud, Marcia Ball, Eilen Jewell, Lizanne Knott, Buddy Mondlock, Anne McCue, The Kennedys, Pure Prairie League, Scot Sax, John Gorka, Pat Green, Marcia Ramirez, Radney Foster and John Fullbright .

J.D has performed at many great venues including: The Trocadero (PA), The TLA (PA), The Bitter End (NYC), Sellersville Theater (PA), The Keswick Theater (PA), World Café Live (PA), 12th & Porter (TN), Kennett Flash (PA), The Queen (DE), Godfrey Daniels (PA), The Bethlehem Musikfest (PA), The Auction House (NJ), Katmandu (DE), The Stone Balloon (DE), The Bottle and Cork (DE), The Pickle Barrel (VT), Puck Live (PA), The Grape (PA), Steel City (PA), The Colonial Theatre (PA), Dennis Flyer Theater (NJ), Steel Stacks (PA), The Wachovia Center (PA), Douglas Corner (TN), 3rd and Lindsley (TN) and many places in between.

The Present

Dad, husband, son, brother, friend, singer / songwriter, recovering philosopher.

- spending time with my family

- writing songs

- listening to music and learning songs

- going to the beach

- doing gigs and shows with the boys in the band

- watching Ancient Aliens and Bigfoot shows

- mowing the lawn

- folding laundry

- washing dishes

- working towards spiritual enlightenment

- being kind as much as possible

- trying to be useful to others

- wondering

- wandering

The Future

Believe in yourself, even when no one else will.
- Sasquatch
 
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
- Henri Bergson
 
Competition is the law of the jungle, but cooperation is the law of civilization.
- Peter Kropotkin
 
People do not decide their future; they decide their habits and their habits decide their future. 
- F.M Alexander
 
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
- Lao Tzu

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
- Liane Cardes

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew. 
- St. Francis de Sales

The superior person is satisfied and composed; the mean person is full of distress.
- Confucius

Two pieces of yeast were discussing the possible purposes of life as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence, they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne. - Kilgore Trout 

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