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Johnny J. Blair w​/​Beyondo & Mike Garson - Night Garden

from Space Oddity / We're Getting Closer to the Sun (2020 EP) by Johnny J Blair "Singer at Large"

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I was playing cruise ship gigs and a bass line kept flowing out of me. Every time I played this groove, musicians would start jamming, people would start dancing… It turned into this psychedelic Cuban-jazzified pop song. Latin and Caribbean music is animated and easeful to me, rhythmically and harmonically, making me feel I’m moving with confidence no matter what’s going on in the world. My lyrics were inspired after reading an airline magazine article by Lee May, a journalist from Atlanta who was passionate about gardening. His wonderful words about “plant life that blooms at only night” left an impression. As to the lyrics, Donald Fagen says he chooses words because they suit the shape of his mouth and the lure of a melody—words flow and find their own meaning. That was my approach: Like winding tendrils, words and melody twined into “a song novelette” about a pair of lovers heading south of the border, on the lam because of an unspecified crime.

The music bed was recorded in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Williamsport PA (final mix by Xavier Francis). It features the brilliant drum/trumpet/co-production work of Eric Biondo (a.k.a. Beyondo) + magnificent piano by Mike Garson, a composer-artist in his own right but also known as David Bowie’s longtime keyboardist.

Song composed by Johnny J. Blair. Copyright 2011 by Word2Soul Music BMI. Produced by Johnny J. Blair & Eric Biondo. Originally released on the 2011 album I LIKE THE STREET (Wampus Records).

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from Space Oddity / We're Getting Closer to the Sun (2020 EP), released January 5, 2020
Johnny J. Blair: bass, keyboards, percussion, lead & harmony vocals
Eric Biondo a.k.a. Beyondo: drum programs, drums, keyboards, percussion, & trumpet
Mike Garson: lead piano

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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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