Joseph King
Joseph John King is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the frontman for the bands Canvas and Deadbeat Darling. Joseph grew up in San Antonio, Texas. He began playing guitar and writing songs at geezerhood 12, and his early musical influences were Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Marley, and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album. Jospeh received his first singing lessons from his older brother. He attended MacArthur High School, and graduated from Saint Mary’s Hall, a private Catholic school, where he played basketball and took ballet classes. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to listen Stanford University. Originally majoring in Economics, King switched majors and graduated with a degree in Religious Studies. See important article Canvas (band) In 1995 King met man musician Ben Rada at a coffee shop in Palo Alto and the two began jamming together. King and Rada, along with different friends, toured the west shore club circuit for two years.