NOTES
SEPTEMBER 2010
News Flash…..alert the media…..cancel your rumba lesson…..a new CD, “West Coast Revelation,” with lyrics by legendary rock & roll lyricist/ producer Kim Fowley, and music written and performed by John will be released by Global Recording Artists by the end of this year.
It will be available in the US, the UK and Japan. GRA currently also has Maria Muldar, Nick Lucas, Hamilton Camp, Gary Duncan and Bill Mumy in their artists catalog.
John’s next solo CD, “Fanfare For 2,” is finished and waiting to be mastered. It is scheduled for release by GRA early next year.
We are really looking forward to finally having music in stores and on more music downloading websites, thanks to Karl Anderson at Global Recording Artists. And thanks to the magic of web wizard Don Gillespie, on this website we are offering a 5 song package entitled “Cameo” which features songs that do not appear on any other CDs.
“Come Back And Take Me” is a song of alien abduction in the vein of
“Hey Mr. Spaceman” in which the singer laments that the aliens took only
his sweetheart and left him behind alone and missing her.
“Rainbow” written with Roy Swedeen is an impassioned plea to save a wounded relationship.
“Some Days Even The Birds Sing A Sad Song” was written in 1966 and is here resurrected because of requests from friends and family who still remember it’s beauty and emotional impact.
“Achilles Heel” was written for former band-mates with drug and alcohol
problems who sadly did not survive long enough to ever hear this heart-felt message.
“Ghost Flowers” was written after 9/11 and draws a parallel to the atomic bombing of Japan. The singer feels helpless and inadequate and can only offer “ghost flowers.”
Since the last “November Notes” we have had many great concerts with Barry McGuire and some very successful solo shows.
Coming up, there are more “Byrds & Beyond” concerts featuring Billy Darnell from the days of touring with Gene Clark‘s Byrds, and “God’s Bass Player” the amazing Mr. Chad Watson . So, be there…or be square.
www.gragroup.com
www.kimfowley.net
www.chadwatson.us
November Notes from John York
A return from musical adventures with Barry McGuire in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands with memories of truly amazing people and unforgettable places filled with great music, wonderful food, lots of beer and wine , and well-earned jet lag from nearly 4,000 miles in the van of our beloved tour manager, Swiss logistical genius and guardian angel, Jean-Daniel von Lerber, the man who makes us worthy of the word “professionals.”
Thanks to music friend Mike Somavilla for the honor of performing 15 minutes of music at the West Fest 40th Anniversary Celebration of Woodstock in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco with brother Michael Foley chiming in on gorgeous harmony and the backstage camaraderie of many old musical friends like P.F. Sloan, lyricist for Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction,” and new ones like Guitars Not Guns, a worthwhile charity if ever there was one.
Time back home for a while is filled with the work of playing the guitar, hours of slowly learning to play the Irish harp, studying the Japanese language so communication will be improved with the best in-laws imaginable when that ancient volcanic isle finally becomes home to these two inseparable right-brained soul mate artists who nearly always share the same world view despite coming from countries and cultures on opposite sides of our precious green and blue globe that needs art and music now more than ever to help keep alive our human family of lovers and beauty recognizers and fools dancing in the sunset on the lonely beach of you and me.
On the horizon……..recording again with pop-wizard Kim Fowley, and in December the completion of the next CD while Sumi is back in Japan, leaving me with too much time alone best spent on musical endeavors and preparing for more musical adventures.
Until next time……
Photography: Lisa Law
Recommended Links: michaelfoleymusic.com
trippinthesixties.com
http://home.earthlink.net/~sumjo/
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