Johnny J Blair "Singer at Large" - Air Raid "Noir Reggae Version" (remastered)

from EXOTIC ANIMALS & BEACHES OF PENNSYLVANIA Expanded Reissue by Johnny J Blair--with Davy Jones (Monkees), Mike Roe (77s), & other guests

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This is an outtake from FIRE. It's one of the most somber songs I've ever written (I call it "reggae noir"), It's also one of my personal favorites. I first demo'd it in a Rolling Stones "Some Girls" style, then took it into a Bowie-ish space-reggae direction. Chris Bovard was slotted to play guitar on this session but he couldn't make it, so I did it, imagining Stevie Ray Vaughn doing surf guitar with a dose of ISLANDS-era Robert Fripp. I also played the nifty Farfisa organ. The lyrics were influenced by arguments over creationism vs. evolution and the plays of Charles Williams. I'm thinking of re-cutting this song someday with a harder reggae rock beat, like Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved?"

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from EXOTIC ANIMALS & BEACHES OF PENNSYLVANIA Expanded Reissue, released September 11, 2001
JJB: bass, drum/percussion program, guitars, keyboards, percussion, production, songwriting, vocals.
Tim Breon: mixing

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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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