Little Neutrino – Randy Cooke Drums Transcribed!
September 10th, 2014 § Comments Off on Little Neutrino – Randy Cooke Drums Transcribed! § permalink
Randy Cooke’s drum part in Dee Long’s awesome remake of Little Neutrino has been transcribed! Play along with Randy!
Alice in Buttonville
July 7th, 2014 § Comments Off on Alice in Buttonville § permalink
Such a huge influence on me they were; Dee Long of Klaatu, and Dick Wagner, and Bob Ezrin, and Alice Cooper himself! And both Lisa Dalbello, and Karen Hendricks, sang background vocals. And much more, that I have forgotten, of course! Here is the iTunes page to preview the songs from Alice Cooper’s Dada album, […]
Re-Connecting with Gerald O’Brien in the 21st Century
June 18th, 2014 § Comments Off on Re-Connecting with Gerald O’Brien in the 21st Century § permalink
Back in the day, when time moved slowly, Gerald O’Brien was one of my super talented friends in Toronto. And he still is a great keyboard player, and composer, and songwriter, and one who I looked up to in those olden days, and who I learned a lot from! Gerald joins my blogroll of friends on […]
Living in the past: Silly Boys
February 24th, 2014 § Comments Off on Living in the past: Silly Boys § permalink
Okay, I’ll admit it. Dee Long and Terry Draper were my idols! This Klaatu song is very good!
It was twenty, thirty, forty…old john jones demos on Soundcloud
December 27th, 2013 § Comments Off on It was twenty, thirty, forty…old john jones demos on Soundcloud § permalink
John Jones Music on Soundcloud 1 – Hide Your Love Away – December 24, 1993. The Dell, Hollywood. 2 – No More War II – 1985. With Dee Long. Fairlight at ESP in Buttonville. 3 – Are You Well – 1980. Fairlight at ESP in Buttonville. 4 – Second Stand – 1976 – With Steve […]
Klaatu’s Terry Draper interview from Swamp Manor
November 5th, 2013 § Comments Off on Klaatu’s Terry Draper interview from Swamp Manor § permalink
I was thrilled to see this interview with Terry Draper from a few years ago, talking about Klaatu. Back in the late 1970’s we rehearsed at Shabby Road with our band Funn (Terry, Dee Long, John Bojicic, John Jones, Fred Coutts). We were having a great time until the floor collapsed into the lake! I […]
Burning the Ground – Duran Duran
October 31st, 2013 § Comments Off on Burning the Ground – Duran Duran § permalink
What a great experience it was to make this track! It is one of the best I have been privileged to work on! The original phone call came from Nick Rhodes, who suggested that we get the 2″ master tapes from EMI, for all of Duran Duran’s hit songs, and then sample/record the vocal and […]
Shades of Buttonville. Great Songs from the past.
September 27th, 2013 § Comments Off on Shades of Buttonville. Great Songs from the past. § permalink
Ah, what a delight! Memories by the bus-load! Since the late 1970’s, Gary O and I have shared a number of special things. Seeing him play at my Junior High School dance (St. Andrews), with his band Aerial, and later at the Yonge Street Station (or whatever it was called!), with the awesome Beatle cover-band; Liverpool! (Or maybe it […]
Rational Youth, Bang On
July 23rd, 2013 § Comments Off on Rational Youth, Bang On § permalink
Another 30 year landmark song of mine that was recorded by Rational Youth in 1984 at ESP Studios. The album was Heredity. Certainly one of the best albums of the 1980’s. Produced by Dee Long and Tracy Howe. I did my best to help them. We all produced Bang On. Tracy and I did the […]
Time Traveling with Alice Cooper
July 11th, 2013 § Comments Off on Time Traveling with Alice Cooper § permalink
A long time ago, in a land far away…more than 30 years ago… Alice Cooper came to ESP Studios in Buttonville with Bob Ezrin, Dick Wagner, and Ringo Hrycyna to record DaDa. Dee Long helped with the engineering and the Fairlight programming and I helped Dee and Alice. Listen to it on Spotify here – […]