May 31st, 2014 § Comments Off on Duran Duran MTV Unplugged 1993 New York City § permalink
What a treat it was!
We rehearsed for a week in Los Angeles at S.I.R. Studios on Sunset boulevard in Hollywood. And then we rocked it on the stage, and around the world, at Sony Studios New York, on November 17, 1993.
Warren was an unbelievably good music director, and this was a great band!
I’m the guy with all the buttons on the piano!
And what you hear is what we did. No overdubs or fixes. Live. Unplugged. I think that’s what they meant it to be! I had tears in my eyes. Magic!
This video is the entire show, I think…
May 26th, 2014 § Comments Off on 2014 PBS SoCal. Gala § permalink
J.T. & Friends provided the music for an evening of dancing at the PBS Galain Orange County last weekend.
Peter Asher was the honored guest, and special performer. He brought priceless stories and photographs, and played his hits, some produced by John Burgess, from his days with Peter and Gordon, and from his time at Apple Records.
Peter Asher with J.T. & Friends at the 2014 PBS So Cal Gala
May 26th, 2014 § Comments Off on Anthony J. Resta, up and running in L.A.! § permalink
AJr has completed the move with his family and colleagues to Los Angeles from Boston, and is now fully ensconced in his new room at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. The hit of the evening was AJ‘s new album; Dreaming in Subtitles.
The other night a celebration was held, and AJ and I managed to sneak a little pic of the two ex-Duran Duran-ites in the big control room on Santa Monica Boulevard. We’ll look for a photo of us both looking at the same camera…
Somehow the father and son were destined to meet, and to pose for my photo. I took it in 1992 in Monaco harbour on the boat Operetta, that James Hunt was renting for the weekend.
From the Worth’s basement on Bayview avenue listening to Clear rehearse, to his time with the Canadian band FM, with my former bandmate, Cameron Hawkins, we crossed many paths. Nash the Slash was a master musician and innovator. A true rebel without a cause. I’m not sure he could be born today… R.I.P. Jeff Plewman.
May 12th, 2014 § Comments Off on These Strange Times – Ray Kennedy § permalink
Between the dark and the light.
I was looking for a video of a song that I worked on with Mick Fleetwood and Ray Kennedy, to remember the feeling of those days in the 1990’s, in the Hollywood Hills, and I found that my friend Ray had passed away back in February.
Rest in Peace Ray. We had some great times and great laughs together!
John Jones, Ray Kennedy, Mick Fleetwood, Jimmy Hotz at Oceanway 1995