Joe Kaplow Band

Joe Kaplow Band

"The first 20 years is just to see if you like it or  not," Jerry Lopez, an iconic surfer, joked about the sport and lifestyle  of surfing.   Joe Kaplow has always admired and glorified that type of  Jedi-like dedication.  After 20 years, Kaplow is pretty sure he likes  making music.

Up until now it was easy for California based songwriter Joe Kaplow to  be pushed along. At eight he was getting screamed at by Uncle Jim  for playing out of time. A few years later found him passing almost  every single after school evening getting stoned and jamming with his  band in Bondar's basement. Years later again he was studying music at  college and having to sink or swim in the sea of talent crowding Boston  streets and finally, for the past 5 years, plugging his amp into the  outlet of American music heritage, driving around…