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Love That's Here to Stay

from I LIKE THE STREET by Johnny J Blair "Singer at Large"

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I was taking a break from a cruise ship gig, disembarking on the Caribbean island of Eleuthera. I ventured away from the tourist-y area to walk on a long, quiet highway. Then I came across an abandoned church, now a hurricane-blasted shell. There was something calmly defiant and timeless about that church scene, and that informed this song.
The song title refracts on the George & Ira Gershwin song, "Love is Here to Stay." From there my lyrics draw from public conversations I overheard from people talking about how they rose above their problems + some Bible verses and a C.S. Lewis essay ("...evil cannot stand alone in the blaze of a glorious light”).

The music is a flamenco-glam rock groove built on a re-working of the bass line from "The Model" by Kraftwerk. On a cosmic jukebox, this song would playlist between T. Rex, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, and tango legend Carlos Gardel.

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from I LIKE THE STREET, released November 23, 2020
JJB: bass, drums, guitars, keyboards, production, & songwriting
Scott Francis: mixing & tech support

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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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