New York guitarist Joel Hoekstra is a musician on the rise as both a consummate sideman and an innovative solo artist. Joel's cd's 'undefined' and 'The Moon is Falling' have found a strong cult following and critical acclaim. Recently, he completed his third cd '13 acoustic songs' and is currently performing with Night Ranger and rocking NYC in the Broadway hit 'Rock of Ages'.

Joel has worked on/with the following....

ARTISTS/MUSICANS (LIVE, RECORDING & WRITING):

• Night Ranger
• Scrap Metal
• The Turtles
• Big Brother and the Holding Company
• Eric Martin (Mr Big)
• Alan Parsons
• Martha Davis (The Motels)
• Mickey Thomas (Starship)
• Rik Emmett (Triumph)
• Tommy Shaw (Styx)
• John Waite
• Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls)
• Beth Hart
• Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple)
• Donnie & Johnny Van Zant
• Don Barnes (38 Special)
• Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon)
• Gunnar and Matthew Nelson (Nelson)
• Mike Reno (Loverboy)
• Jimi Jamison (Survivor)
• David Pack (Ambrosia)
• Constantine Maroulis (American Idol)
• Dave Bickler (Survivor)
• Mark Slaughter (Slaughter)
• Hugh Jackman
• Chan Marshall (Kat Power)
• Henry Paul (The Outlaws, Blackhawk
• Ray Parker Jr.
• Ari Hest
• Nellie McKay
• Jim Peterik (Ides of March, Survivor)
• Tom Keifer (Cinderella)
• Kip Winger

THEATRE:

• Rock of Ages (Broadway, off-Broadway)
• Love, Janis (New York, San Francisco, Phoenix, Cleveland, Louisville, Cincinnati,
• Tucson, Sag Harbor)
• The Boy From Oz (Broadway)
• Tarzan (Broadway)
• La Cage Aux Folles (Broadway)
• It Ain't Nothin But the Blues (Tucson, Phoenix, Kansas City, Seattle, Chicago*)
• A Chorus Line (Broadway Cast Recording 2006)
• Lovely Day (off-Broadway)

* nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for 'Best Musical Direction'

TV

• Tony Awards (2009)
• Visa Signature Tony Preview Concert
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Last Call with Carson Daly
• Live with Regis and Kelly
• The Sandra Bernhard Experience (A&E)
• 20/20 (ABC)
• Nick Cannon (Nickolodeon)
• FOX Morning news (New York, Chicago, Tucson, Kansas City, Atlanta, Louisville, Cincinnati)
• WGN Morning News (Chicago)
• ABC's View From the Bay (San Francisco)
• The Loose Leaf Report (LA)
• WB Morning News (New York)
• The New York Today Show
• ABC's New Years Eve Countdown (Chicago)
• NBC "Good Company" (Cleveland)
• UPN: Live at the Taste (Chicago)
• I-90 North (Chicago)
• NBC Morning News (Louisville)
• Barry Z Show (New York)
• Guitar Talk (Chicago)
• NBC's 'The Bay Area Today' (San Francisco)
• NBC's 'Arizona Midday'
• NY1

FILM:

• Resurrection Mary
• The Last Winter
• May the Best Man Win

OTHER:

• Played the national anthem for a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden
• Guitar Player magazine feature (May '09 issue)
• Guitar World magazine feature (30th anniversary issue-Fall '09)

ENDORSEMENTS:

• Gibson guitars
• Suhr amps & guitars
• EVH amps
• Taylor acoustic guitars
• Schecter guitars
• Nady wireless systems
• Ernie Ball strings
• Big Bends Nut Sauce
• Seymour Duncan pick-ups
• Star Access picks
• Mono Cases
• Head straps
• Morpheus Drop Tune pedal
• G7 Capos