John Jones Music

I was dreaming of the past…

Thanks to humans only having two hands, I was able to help keyboard ace Spike Edney, by climbing through the choir, to get to the Hammond B3, and hold the opening note for Liza Minelli, only letting go at the ultimate moment, her ‘spot’, the one that we rehearsed at Bray Studios in Berkshire, U.K.

I found this link to a Backstage video of the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, that includes the musicians arriving in their cars for rehearsal. Who was that in the blue Aston? Did Elton drive his black Turbo Bentley? It looks live George Michael drove his.

I remember being terrified when I got to rehearsal! I was pretty much the only person that no one knew (although no one knew Nick Faldo either). The band were Roger Taylor, Brian May, John Deacon, and Spike Edney. Queen were playing their songs with the many guest singers, who were coming and going through the day. Queen were going to be everyones back up band! And Freddie was going to be everywhere.

I had my camera with me, but they stopped me after a few pictures. I was taking one of George Michael, who was singing his ass off with the band, when his large assistant grabbed my Minolta 7000i, and pushed it off the shot. No photos!
Later when he saw me playing with Liza, George was nice to me, so I forgave him. It was an amazing scene.

Here is a fresh link to a video of Queen and Liza Minelli performing We Are The Champions in the finale of the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness at Wembley, on April 20, 1992, with me guesting on organ.

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