John was born in Quebec, Canada on October 13th. He was adopted by Jim and Janet Sager in Deshler, Ohio when he was 6 months old. Early in his life, John found his musical talents. At 9 years old, he was already taking piano lessons. He has been singing since High School, winning the best male vocalist award his Junior and Senior years. He sang in the choir and was also involved in band, playing the trombone and the tuba. John has always wanted to learn how to play the guitar and while attending college one of his good friends helped him learn. It was a little different since John plays the guitar left handed.
It all started when people would ask John to sing for their weddings. Eventually it led to John singing at funerals also. John attends Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Deshler, Ohio. One day the Sister from the parish sent him a letter about a singing contest to help battered women in Toledo, Ohio. John never has done such a thing but he thought if Sister thought it was a good cause then he'd try it. He sent in a demo CD and was chosen as one of the top 10 to sing out of over 100 contestants. Well, John won this contest called "The Toledo Idol" in 2003. From there he had the honor to open for Mr. BJ Thomas at the Stranahan theater in Toledo and John received a standing ovation after his performance. From there on, John entered the Erie Street Market Idol and the Findlay Idol contest in 2004 and won both of these as well. John has opened for Mr. Bobby Rydell at the Ritz Theater in Tiffin, Ohio in 2005. He also received another standing ovation for his outstanding performance. John was also on Television on channel FOX 36 in Toledo for the Toledo Idol.
John was also chosen out of over 500 competitors to sing in the Branson Idol competition at the Jim Stafford Theater and he also sang at the Doug Gabriel show, two times and also on KRZK radio in Branson with over 640,000 listeners. You may listen live to the show at anytime by clicking on the link www.BassCountry.FM and just to the right you will see "Click Here to Listen Live". That will open another window and you can listen to the show John will be performing at LIVE, 11:00pm Centeral Time and 12:00am Eastern Standard Time on May 22nd.
In April 2009 John was able to fulfill his dream of moving to Branson Missouri. John is working at Mel's Hard Luck Diner where he get's to sing and perform everyday! Mel's Hard Luck Diner is located right on the 76 Music Strip at the Grand Village. In May 2009 John released his first Branson CD titled "Following My Heart". It is a list of songs that people have most requested of him to sing. He has a total of four CD's with the completion of his Gospel CD, "Watch The Lamb", "The Elvis Tribute CD" and his Christmas CD "A Branson Christmas with the Sagers".
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