2012 Winter NAMM Photos No.1
January 19th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink
Photos by John Jones/Jimmy Leigh – Art Direction by John Jones
Copyright©2012 johnjones
Something in the air tonight…
January 5th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink
Notwithstanding the fantastic million selling Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman from the movie The Magic Christian (1969), here is another song from the same album;
Accidents
Vocals & Drums: John Keen (the chauffeur) – Keys: Andy “Thunderclap” Newman – Guitars: Jimmy McCulloch – Bass: Pete Townsend – Produced by Pete Townsend
Sir George Martin Day 2012
January 3rd, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink
All the best to Sir George on his 86th birthday!
Here are a couple of shots from inside Studio 5 at AIR Studios on Oxford Street in the 1980s.
After another wonderful and…
December 30th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
After another wonderful and sad year on our little blue ball, I ask myself, “is this the best we can do?”
I am anything but “Comfortably Numb”, but, I love this music!
St. Andrews Junior High School
December 23rd, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
I don’t want to date myself, but, this was a long time ago.
Bruce Cowie, Mary Meighan, John Jones, and Gary Lipton
Finale – Freddie Mercury Tribute
December 23rd, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
That’s me playing the low organ note off the top for Liza Minnelli.
We rehearsed it! I’m the guy in red playing the B3.
Dalbello
December 16th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
30 years later (1984), and I’m still in awe!
Lisa Dalbello was a huge influence on my life!
And an ultra-awesome musician, poet and philosopher.
And what a cool song!
There was an earlier and more standard version of it, recorded at ESP with the Gary O band…Dee, Frank, Ken, JJ…
But the final version is rockin’ too! With LDB and Mick Ronson and John Forbes! AWESOME!