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.
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)
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)
Jimi Jamison (Survivor)
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:
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:
Last Call with Carson Daly
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'
FILM:
Resurrection Mary
The Last Winter
OTHER:
Played the national anthem for a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden
ENDORSEMENTS:
Suhr amps & guitars
Nady wireless systems
Ernie Ball strings
Dimarzio pick-ups
