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Samuel Bowen & Johnny J Blair THE SKY CRIES (special edition EP)

by Johnny J Blair "Singer at Large"

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Samuel Bowen & Johnny J Blair - The Sky Cries (Sam Bowen & JJB full band version 2011) 03:46 video
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THE SKY CRIES Blood is pounding through your head Nothing makes any sense You have a dark spot, a feeling of dread Tired of sitting on the fence Makes you feel like you're the only one Who ever felt this pain Makes it hard to see the sun When all you see is rain Chorus: The sky cries, the rain falls down on everyone (2x) But it never, never lies, and it doesn't last forever Wish that I could say the proper words And be a comfort too Someone told me to stay right here And pray it through with you Just let it go, just let it fall All these things will fly I'll be listening for the call When the sky it starts to cry Repeat Chorus The rain falls on the just and the unjust The rain falls on the captive and the free The rain falls down on the black and white The rain falls down on you and me ...and the sky it cries, it cries, it cries ...and the sky it cries, but it doesn't last forever. by Johnny J Blair, copyright 2005 Word2Soul Music BMI.
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Samuel Bowen & Johnny J Blair--Lay Me Down 03:14
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Johnny J Blair (song by Davy Jones) - When You Tell Me That You Love Me (demo) 02:38
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Johnny J Blair - The Strange Tale of Taylor Matthew Jordan (rough demo) 05:29
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THE STRANGE TALE OF TAYLOR MATTHEW JORDAN He was a good lookin’ rockabilly singing man Who took a long and strange detour Yet anyone who heard him sing his songs Called out for more and more He made ladies swoon And grown men cry Old folks called him The apple of God’s eye Everybody wonders Why he has no fame Taylor Matthew Jordan was his name He rose out of the Black Hills No parents, not much school They said his head was in the clouds But he was nobody’s fool He had a free spirit Riding on a runaway train When people’d run from cloudburst He’d go dancing in the rain Singing songs Listening for God Dancing on Laughing long CHORUS ONE: He could’ve been a country superstar Or a rock’n’roll wunderkind But Taylor Matthew Jordan Had his own place to find His music took him from east to west With a band that played with skill and flair From ballroom to honky tonk, festivals and fairs He was touching people everywhere His sweet songs could send you into rapture His sad songs soaked up all of your pain But he had something that showbiz couldn’t capture Taylor Matthew Jordan was his name Hollywood and glamor girls came a knocking So did kingpins and big record labels But none of that appealed to Taylor’s soul What happened next is stuff of fables One night after a really great concert He told his band he’d seen the light With his notebook, his masters, and his guitar He vanished into the desert night A mystery spread across the nation The police combed the Western states Some guessed he’d been abducted or got lost in the sand But they never found a body or a trace CHORUS TWO: He could’ve been the next Elvis Or the next Bob Dylan too But Taylor Matthew Jordan Had other things to do Years went by, and people move on But the fans couldn’t forget his sound Stories of sightings and echoes of his voice Gave hope that that he was still around There were rumors he recluded to the Black Hills Or a beach in Mexico Or was that him with a family in Bakersfield? Or was he pumping gas in Tupelo? He was a good lookin’ rockabilly singing man On a long and strange detour Yet anyone who heard him sing his songs Called out for more and more Copyright 2012 Taylor Matthew Jordan, publishing pending
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Johnny J Blair - The Sky Cries (TREADMARKS version) 04:37 video
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THE SKY CRIES Blood is pounding through your head Nothing makes any sense You have a dark spot, a feeling of dread Tired of sitting on the fence Makes you feel like you're the only one Who ever felt this pain Makes it hard to see the sun When all you see is rain Chorus: The sky cries, the rain falls down on everyone (2x) But it never, never lies, and it doesn't last forever Wish that I could say the proper words And be a comfort too Someone told me to stay right here And pray it through with you Just let it go, just let it fall All these things will fly I'll be listening for the call When the sky it starts to cry Repeat Chorus The rain falls on the just and the unjust The rain falls on the imprisoned and the free The rain falls down on the black and white The rain falls down on you and me ...and the sky it cries, it cries, it cries ...and the sky it cries, but it doesn't last forever. by Johnny J Blair, copyright 2005 Word2Soul Music BMI.

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This special edition download EP merges the collaborations of Sam Bowen & Johnny J Blair (released in 2011 on Sam's VERBIS DEFECTIS MUSICA INCIPIT album) along with related recordings by JJB. Highlights include rare cover of a Davy Jones song (made under his auspices) as well as "The Strange Tale of Taylor Matthew Jordan," a new song given to JJB by "a mystery cowboy."

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released June 12, 2012

The Samuel Bowen/Johnny J Blair tracks produced by Samuel Bowen & Bob Evarts and recorded in MA 2010.
"When You Tell me That You Love Me (demo)" produced by JJB & David Jones and recorded in PA 1999. Mixed by Tim Breon.
"The Sky Cries (TREADMARKS version)" produced by Mark Doyon and recorded in VA 2005.
"The Strange Tale of Taylor Matthew Jordan (rough demo)" produced by JJB and recorded in CA 2012.

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Johnny J Blair "Singer at Large" San Francisco, California

"Johnny is a virtuoso"--Brian Wilson
"Pop music with a conscience.”--Goldmine
“the Harry Houdini of rock and roll.”-- Spotlight. Listen to Johnny's fast-paced mix of old school soul, psychedelia, punk/new wave, & classic pop/rock. Singer-songwriter in his own right, he was also a sideman for Davy Jones and The Monkees + performed with David Cassidy, Al Stewart, Buddy & Julie Miller, & others. ... more

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