Background
Lefler was born in Houston, Texas, moved to Amarillo, Texas, for a year when he was 4, went to Elementary School in Edmond, Oklahoma, and then moved to Sugar Land, Texas, where he grew up and went to Junior High and High School.
Lefler was born in Houston, Texas, moved to Amarillo, Texas, for a year when he was 4, went to Elementary School in Edmond, Oklahoma, and then moved to Sugar Land, Texas, where he grew up and went to Junior High and High School.
He went to the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with a degree in Artist However, most of his time in college he was a Chemistry major.
He has 2 brothers, Bill and Kevin. John started playing guitar in 1989, and piano shortly thereafter. He still has his first guitar, a Peavey T-60 (that he keeps under his bed), which his dad got at a pawn shop for $50.
He started writing songs when he about 18 years old, after seeing the John Lennon bio-pic, "Imagine".
One of the first songs he wrote is called "Liberace"s Christmas." John had piano lessons while in High School for a few months. “My recital piece was Bruce Hornsby"s, "The Way lieutenant Is".It was terrible.
I"ve never had another lesson (or recital) of any kind since.” A curious fact also happened in 1996. “I severed the tendon of my right pinky on a glass of milk.
Thus, I play the piano with seven fingers and two thumbs.” Dashboard Confessional Lefler joined Dashboard Confessional in 2002, having flown out to meet the rest of the band in Florida.
Lefler and Carrabba "clicked" when Carrabba sighted Lefler wearing the same Gap jacket that he was also wearing. After a week of quick study on the albums, Lefler made his first official appearance as a Dashboard Confessional member on the Music Television Unplugged recording. Thereafter, he has been an integral member, as lead guitarist and keyboardist.
The Wimbledons After much infighting between the brothers, the band completed an European Parliament, with Lefler contributing vocals and guitars and Kevin contributing vocals on "Apologies" and "Long Way from Home".
After the release of the album and with Lefler"s moving to Dallas, Texas, The Wimbledons have no plans for a forthcoming second European Parliament. Personal life When not playing music, John enjoys playing softball and pickling Brussel Sprouts in his current city of Dallas, Texas. THE WIZERDS (2003) THE WIMBLEDONS (2005) Rhett Miller - "Rhett Miller" John Ralston - "Sorry Vampire" Salim Nourallah - "Beautiful Noise", "Snowing In My Heart".