John Sferra

Who is John Sferra?

John Sferra is a drummer, best known for his work with the band Glass Harp.

In addition to being a drummer, John is also a guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, composing and singing lead on several songs for each Glass Harp album. The band's debut album includes two Sferra-sung tracks, "Changes" and "Black Horse." "Changes" became a staple of the band's live shows.

After the band parted on amicable terms in the early 1970s, longtime friends Sferra and Keaggy recorded together again in 1993 for what would become Keaggy's solo album Crimson and Blue. The sessions also yielded material that surfaced on the album Blue, a collection virtually identical to Crimson and Blue, Sferra toured with Keaggy in support of Crimson and Blue and is featured on a live version of the song "Shouts of Joy" on Phil's anthology album Time 2: 1970-1995. In 1994, Phil's record label released Blue, an album featuring most of the songs from Crimson and Blue, with a slightly different track listing. In addition to a cover version of Badfinger's "Baby Blue," the album featured an extended instrumental jam between Sferra and Keaggy titled "The Continuing Adventures of ..."