Max is an on-camera talent, most recently hosting and providing most of the original music for the Discovery Channel's CARnivore, which aired numerous times on DC's Velocity network in Dec. 2011.
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Josh Max is a Manhattan-based writer, test-driving and reviewing fine automobiles and motorcycles as well as covering travel destinations and publishing first-person tales of adventure in the city and elsewhere. He has written for the NY Times, Salon.com, Glamour, Newsweek and other magazines and newspapers, in print and online. Max is a columnist at the NY Daily News, covering all things auto-related, and writes a weekly column, "I, Max" at Forbes.com.
Read Josh Max's column, "I, Max" at Forbes.com.
Max is represented for all things print by Kirby Kim at William Morris Endeavor.
Josh Max is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and singer who writes words and music and performs in New York City and the surrounding areas. Max is represented for pre-cleared licensing of his original songs with MPL Communications, the publishing company owned by Sir Paul McCartney. Max is the leader of "Josh Max And The Smash And Grab Band," an NYC trio performing his music as well as about 3000 popular and obscure songs, arranged to his style of melody, drama, twang and the shake 'n shout.
Max has released 4 albums, one of which, "Make It Snappy," has sold over 8,000 copies at live gigs. You can find Josh Max songs on iTunes by searching "The Maxes" or by going to MPLCommunications.com and searching JOSH MAX. (Songs at MPL Communication are not available for purchase or download, however. Email for details.)
Max is the grand-nephew and archivist of the music and life of Al Hoffman (1903-1960) who was a popular songwriter of the 1930s, 40s and 50s and whose music was recorded by Frank Sinatra ("Close To You," "I'm Gonna Live Until I Die,") Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong ("Takes Two To Tango," "Who Walks In When I Walk Out") Nat "King" Cole ("Papa Loves Mambo,") Django Reinhardt ("Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day,") Patsy Cline ("Heartaches") and other stars of the era. In 2008, Max assembled a big band and recorded an album of Al Hoffman material, as-yet unreleased.
Max is largely self-taught and his favorite guitarists are Cliff Gallup, Freddie King, Nick Drake and Jeff Danneman. His favorite vocalists are Enrico Caruso, Billy Murray, John McCormick, Sarah Vaughn, Frank Sinatra from 1950 to '66, Robert Plant from 1968 - '71, and John Lennon from 1962 - '70.
Max is known for his energetic live performances, his rockabilly shredding, his loud tenor voice, high crooning and falsetto, boisterous clothing and songs about cats, silent movies, money, God, sex, dreams, big beautiful women, Olive Oyl, hamburgers and (other.)
Arlene Grocery
Atlantic Antic
B.B. King Blues Club
Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, TN
CBGB’s 313 Gallery
Cap 21
Central Park Summerstage
Dumbolio
Fez Under Time Cafe
Joe's Pub
Makor
Manhattan College
Mermaid parade, Coney Island
Mo Pitkin’s House of Satisfaction
Presidential ball, Kazahkstan
Princeton University
Sidewalk Café
St. Regis Hotel, Manhattan
Starbucks’ "artist in residence" program
The Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, TN
The Brooklyn Academy Of Music
The Cutting Room
The Living Room
Sirius XM "Broadway's Best", Times Square
The Martha Stewart Living Radio Show