Steve Ferrone’s Birthday Bash!

April 25th, 2019 § Comments Off on Steve Ferrone’s Birthday Bash! § permalink

What an amazing time we had in old Pasadena thanks to Jason and Alan and Becky and everyone who helped to get so many great friends from all over the world together to celebrate Stephen’s 60th birthday.

Steve and the Band

The list of friends who came to play included Nathan East, Greg Phillinganes, David Pack, Brian Auger, Alex Ligertwood, Benmont Tench, David Garfield, Malik Pointer, Steve Postell, Danny Halperin, Tim Scott and many others.

Brian Auger and John Jones

Songs included Josie and the Biggest Part of Me and some very serious funk!

David Pack, Nathan, Steve & the band

I managed to commandeer the piano in the sitting room for the gentle after hours show. After a few Beatles and Beach Boys numbers we floated back to earth. Happy Birthday Steve!

Becky and Steve
Steve Ferrone and John Jones at NAMM Los Angeles circa 1998

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Twenty Five Years Ago in Hollywood with Alan Frew

April 6th, 2019 § Comments Off on Twenty Five Years Ago in Hollywood with Alan Frew § permalink

By April 6, 1994, Alan and I were heading to the Record Plant to start mixing his solo album, “Hold On.”

Alan Frew’s comments on the state of the songs as of March 5, 1994
John Jones and Alan Frew at the Treehouse in the Hollywood Dell