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I had a great time at the ASCAP Expo in Hollywood this year!

I got to hang out with old friend and colleague, producer/writer/musician, Rick Hahn!
Rick is doing well, and looking great! We won Grammy’s for producing Dan Hill‘s song, Seduces Me, for Celine Dion, back in the 1990’s! We also worked together on Portrait of a Groove for Bluezeum at my old studio in the Hollywood Dell.

Here are more photos from this year’s ASCAP Expo in Hollywood.

John Jones, Maurice Patist of P.M.C. Speakers, and Frank Oglethorpe of Prism Sound, thinking about Limoncello!

Jeanne and Winn of P.R.S. guitars, with Beth Marlis of M.I., at ASCAP Expo 2014

John Jones and Winston Elliot at ASCAP Expo 2014

Tommy Vicari, Frank, and John at ASCAP Expo 2014

Panorama of the ASCAP Expo 2014 hospitality Suite, which used to be the Holiday Inn revolving restaurant!

Did I mention I used to eat lunch in the revolving restaurant at Hollywood Rotary Club meetings?

I spent three days last week commuting to Hollywood for this year’s ASCAP Expo at Leows Hollywood Hotel.

And what a pleasure it was to hang out with my friend Frank Oglethorpe, at the Prism Sound/Maselec booth, and with next door neighbors, Jeanne Nooney and Winn Krozack, of PRS Guitars! Check out the panels and speakers on ASCAP’s news page.

Frank, John, Jeanne, and Winn at ASCAP Expo 2014

I don’t know who came up with this…

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When I first visited Los Angeles, I stayed at the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood. Grant Black brought me from London to take meetings with record companies because of Ordinary World’s success in North America. I met Chris Evans and Michael Palin, who were headlining at the pool, on my first day.

Chris Evans paying off John Jones by the Sunset Marquis swimming pool in West Hollywood 1993

This past November the Sunset Marquis was celebrating 50 years, and Julian Lennon and Steven Tyler were the headliners by the swimming pool!

I camera’d this video of their performance of their song Someday.