John Timothy Burton
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Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton (born John Timothy Burton in 1964) is a saxophonist for the band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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Burton grew up on Martha's Vineyard
with two brothers, Steve and Sledge. His father was a minister and his mother was an art teacher. Tim attended Martha's Vineyard Regional High School. After graduating from Emerson College
in Boston, Massachusetts, he and some friends formed a band that eventually became the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
At some point he was tagged with the nickname Johnny Vegas. "When we started we were really young, but I was a few years older than some of the guys in the band," said Burton. "I used to go to the horsetrack, and I drove an Oldsmobile, played golf. And they thought those kinds of activities were pretty funny. It was pretty un-punk. So they just tagged me with Johnny Vegas."
Burton married Kristie Lassiter in Las Vegas in 2002 and they moved to Hollywood, California. In 2005, they relocated to Jacksonville Beach, FL along with his stepson, Noah. Tim continues to work on films, the latest being The Year of Getting to Know Us and HBO's Recount.
Burton is also an avid boater and began volunteering at the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Naval Station Mayport
in Jacksonville during the Bosstones 2004-2006 hiatus. As a volunteer member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Burton was trained to monitor communications radio traffic on the Coast Guard's local channel. At the conclusion of the Bosstones summer 2010 tour, Burton returned to his home in Jacksonville and continued his volunteer work.
Tim produced and performed on Victims of Circumstance
s' 2007 debut album Do It Yourself available on Financial Records.
Tim Burton co-founded Financial Records, an indie record label based in Clearwater, FL.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are an American ska punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1983. Since the band's inception, lead vocalist Dicky Barrett, bassist Joe Gittleman, tenor saxophonist Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton and dancer Ben Carr have remained constant members...
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Burton grew up on Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony....
with two brothers, Steve and Sledge. His father was a minister and his mother was an art teacher. Tim attended Martha's Vineyard Regional High School. After graduating from Emerson College
Emerson College
Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...
in Boston, Massachusetts, he and some friends formed a band that eventually became the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
At some point he was tagged with the nickname Johnny Vegas. "When we started we were really young, but I was a few years older than some of the guys in the band," said Burton. "I used to go to the horsetrack, and I drove an Oldsmobile, played golf. And they thought those kinds of activities were pretty funny. It was pretty un-punk. So they just tagged me with Johnny Vegas."
Burton married Kristie Lassiter in Las Vegas in 2002 and they moved to Hollywood, California. In 2005, they relocated to Jacksonville Beach, FL along with his stepson, Noah. Tim continues to work on films, the latest being The Year of Getting to Know Us and HBO's Recount.
Burton is also an avid boater and began volunteering at the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Naval Station Mayport
Naval Station Mayport
Naval Station Mayport is a major United States Navy base in Jacksonville, Florida. It contains a military airfield with one asphalt paved runway measuring 8,001 x 200 ft. ....
in Jacksonville during the Bosstones 2004-2006 hiatus. As a volunteer member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Burton was trained to monitor communications radio traffic on the Coast Guard's local channel. At the conclusion of the Bosstones summer 2010 tour, Burton returned to his home in Jacksonville and continued his volunteer work.
Tim produced and performed on Victims of Circumstance
Victims of Circumstance
-Early Years :In the fall of 2005, two veterans of the Florida Punk Scene, guitarist Michael Smyth and drummer Glenn Stewart were working together at a debt settlement company...
s' 2007 debut album Do It Yourself available on Financial Records.
Tim Burton co-founded Financial Records, an indie record label based in Clearwater, FL.