The Moorestown Music Collective is excited to welcome John Train back to the Music On Main concert series on Thursday night, June 13, 2024. John Train will perform a special “Sugar Ditch and other Euphemisms” show and will be joined by special guest Tom Heyman. This will be a great night of music!!!

Venue: The Library at The Moorestown Community House
Doors at 6:30, Show at 7:15 
Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 cash/Venmo day of show at the door
Parking: Free parking available in the Community House lot behind the building
Entrance: Please use the dedicated entrance for The Library room at the back of the Community House

About John Train

It's a band, not a person. Country-folk-roots sextet led by Philadelphia singer-songwriter Jon Houlon.

Jon Houlon - vocal, acoustic guitar 
Mike Brenner - steel guitar, dobro 
Mike Frank - bass 
Bill Fergusson - mandolin, bouzouki 
Mark Tucker - lap steel,various guitars, piano 
Mark Schreiber - drums, shaky things

About Tom Heyman

Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tom Heyman started playing and recording in the late 1980s with the Philadelphia based band Go To Blazes. He wrote songs, played guitar, and the band released 5 full-length records and toured the US and Europe extensively before breaking up in 1997. After relocating to San Francisco in 1998, he began working as a sideman, eventually joining local favorites The Court and Spark, as well as Chuck Prophet’s band in addition to work touring and recording with John Doe, Alejandro Escovedo, Sonny Smith, Hiss Golden Messenger, and many other artists. All the while he was discovering his voice as a solo artist and bandleader. His second solo record Deliver Me, was critically acclaimed, receiving 4-star reviews in both Mojo and Uncut magazine, and songs from the record were heard in the TV shows True Blood, Justified and Damages. Heyman recorded his sixth solo record, 24th Street Blues, in Portland, Oregon with Mike Coykendall (M. Ward) producing and Rusty Miller (Kelley Stoltz, Jason Lytle) and himself covering the musical bases. The intention was to create a sound that combined the loose, late night, low down groove of JJ Cale with the bittersweet melancholia of late period Nick Lowe and the melodic storytelling of Heyman’s hero Gordon Lightfoot. The record was written mostly at night, after long bar shifts,  and is an examination of the loneliness and alienation of a city in flux, and the true cost of love. In addition to the vinyl, compact disc and digital formats the release also includes a  60-page illustrated songbook, with artwork by his wife, the oil painter Deirdre White, who teaches fine art at CCSF and UC Davis. 24th Street Blues will  be released October 6, 2023.