Jon B.

Jon Alan Bird was born on February 10, 1966 in Battle Creek, Michigan from autoworker Ralph J. Bird and his wife, the former Lucille "Ruth" Gilliam. His dad was a country musician/singing square dance caller performer (Ralph Bird and the Rolling Squares) and stay at home mother feed her growing wrestling prodigy. Jon’s earliest memory was kissing a girl in the sandbox . He liked to play superheroes, pretending to be those Marvelous creations. Growing up in the land of Kellogg’s breakfast manufacturer, he found his first fame winning the state of Michigan wrestling championship and excelled in the Boy Scouts. He was also an accomplished Shotokan karate student. It was here where Bird first learned how to make things happen and have fun along the way. Bird can chirp with anyone any time. He has lived in Florida after Michigan and first came to Athens in 1991. He has been a Combat Medic at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii during the Cold War. He describes his relationship with his wife as “challenging but secure.” They have a six-year old son. Among the many places he has called home include Battle Creek MI. Lake City Florida, Colorado Springs, CO, Hawaii, Gainesville Florida, Kenia, AK, Athens GA, Quezon City, Philippines, Pensacola, Fl and Athens, GA Jon is most proud of getting on the Daily Show recently singing a song for Hillary Clinton. The same clip was played on CNN and countless times at both Jon’s numerous sites (thejonbirshow.com) and at the Hillary contest page. His video collaboration with local attorney Eric Krasle for the Timi Conley video for his band Kite to the Moon and the song “Something for My Baby” is something that Bird would like to do again. He thinks this is his best video yet, On June 2008 Mr. Bird received honors as DOP in the 2008 Sprockets Audience Choice Award for Kite to the Moon's video Tigerz! music video, He was also a set designer in the Philippines for the movie “Mano Po 2.” When asked what the name of that film means, Bird replies “Mano po is a sign of respect, when you place your forehead on the right hand of a person's backhand.” When queried as to what he learned from this effort, the man from Battle Creek offered this sentiment, “I learned about professionalism,” said Bird, “Worry about your own job unless is effects you; I learned how to forget about bad things on a faster basis. The Filipino film industry has a completely different culture than the rest of the country.” Among Jon’s many heroes are Bruce Lee, Bill Clinton, John Belushi, Henry Rollins, Casanova, James Bond, Tommy Chong, Jose Rizal and King Henry the 8^th . He would have an imaginary dinner with Augustus, Simon Bolivar and Xishi if he could pull out the wand and chairs for anyone in history.

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