| I have survived many careers in one lifetime.
Starting with the 70's as a recording artist with Batdorf and Rodney
and Silver. I made records and toured this country and Canada for
most of the 70s. We headlined many shows, but as an opening act we
got to play with a lot of great groups like America, Seals and Crofts,
Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Fleetwood Mac, The
Doobie Brothers, Bread, The Youngbloods, Hall and Oats, Cheech and
Chong, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Pure Prairie League, Harry
Chapin, John Prine, Dave Mason, Kris Kristofferson just to name a
few! A great time was had by all. I
spent the 80's as a staff songwriter writing songs for America,
England Dan, The Curry sisters and Kim Carnes, and as studio singer
singing on hundreds of jingles, movies, and TV shows. I sang on
four main titles including, "Doctor, Doctor", "Tom
and Jerry Kids", "Garfield and Friends" and "Promised
Land". I sang background vocals on some really great recordings
by Rod Stewart, Motley Crue, Dave Mason, Eric Anderson,The Jefferson
Starship, Berlin, Donna Summer, Dwight Yoakum, Boy Meets Girl, Mickey
Thomas, Stan Ridgeway, James Lee Stanley, David Lee Roth, The London
Choir Boys to name a few.
Then came the 90's and I started producing
records and commercials. During that time I met and went on to write
some great songs with my friend, Michael McLean. We have recorded
4 CDs together. In 1996 I got my first chance to score a CBS TV
prime time show, "Promised Land". I composed all the music
underscore for three years until the show came to an end. I went
on to compose music for another CBS drama, "Touched By An Angel"
which after nine very successful seasons is no longer in production.
TBAA and Promised Land reruns still appear somewhere on the planet
every day of the week. Soon after, I composed the entire musical
score for a 2 hour made for PAX TV movie called "Book of Days"
which appeared January and March of 2003. "The Best Two Years",
which I also scored and wrote songs with Michael and Scott McLean,
had a successful theatrical run in 2004 and is now available on
DVD as well as the soundtrack on CD.
Now into the second half of the new millennium,
John has recorded a new CD with James Lee Stanley "All Wood
And Stones" (a highly original take on early Rolling Stones
songs, done acoustically with tight harmonies) along with his first
solo EP, "Side One." His latest solo CD,"Home Again"
is comprised of seven new originals and three songs for the Batdorf
and Rodney days. This CD is an acoustic guitar and vocal enthusiasts
dream come true! Come listen to John sing songs about things that
really matter to him, and you'll understand why they mean so much
to his fans that have spanned three decades.
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