John Elefante (USA)
Napísané: 21 Apr 2022, 10:39
John Elefante - The Amazing Grace (2022)
Year : 2022
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 129 mb
Bio:
John Elefante is an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer. He is known for his tenure as frontman of Kansas, from 1981 to 1984.John Elefante was born in New York and moved to Long Beach, California at an early age. He sang and performed drums for family band The Brotherhood in his youth and has always maintained a close working relationship with his brother Dino. His career really took off in 1981 when he auditioned for lead vocals and keyboards for Kansas in 1981. He got the job despite stiff competition and went on to feature on “Vinyl Confessions” and “Drastic Measures”, writing such songs as “Chasing Shadows”, “Fight Fire With Fire” and “Right Away”. He also took lead vocals on the huge mainstream hit song “Play The Game Tonight”. In the mid to late eighties he was involved with some Christian artists such as Sweet Comfort Band and Petra as a producer, etc.John took a heavier direction in the late eighties / early nineties when he formed a record label with Dino, called Pakaderm and went on to create the band Mastedon who enjoyed much success during the nineties. If that wasn’t enough, he continued at breakneck speed as a label owner and producer and turned his hand to a couple of solo releases “Windows Of Heaven” in 1995 and “Corridors” in 1997. In 1999 he released “Defying Gravity”, which was his most rewarding solo album to date, and "Revolution Of Mind". John - also 3 time Grammy award winner and having been nominated seven times - and his brother Dino also wrote and co-produced the song “Young And Innocent” which appeared on the multi-platinum album soundtrack "St. Elmo‘s Fire".By the year 2010 John had been involved with 100 or so major albums in one way or another. His songwriting abilities shone through again in the 2013 release “On My Way To The Sun”, which featured Kansas members David Ragsdale and Rich Williams.It's now 2022 and John is still very much at the forefront of the music scene and here we have “The Amazing Grace”, 11 tracks of the highest quality rock. The song “Stronger Now” has already had an airing on YouTube and has had received many positive reviews. If you haven’t already done so, it’s well worth checking out.
Album:
John Elefante is probably best known amongst rock fans for his time in Kansas in the early 80’s when he replaced Steve Walsh. After leaving Kansas he worked as a producer for Christian artists including Petra and in the early 90’s did two excellent albums with his brother Dino under the Mastedon name (well worth tracking these down for a listen). Since then he has released a series of solo albums and continued with his production work.Now we have his latest solo album where he is joined by drummer Dan Needham, guitarists Dave Cleveland and Frank Boxberger, Eric Darken on percussion, Dave Cleveland on acoustic guitar and Chris Carmichael, who did the string arrangements.The spirit of Kansas is never far away on the sound of some of songs, most notably ‘Little Brown Book’. On this one the riff even sounds like Kansas’s ‘Fight Fire With Fire’!John Elefante’s music is always uplifting, either in the spiritual lyrics or the music, as is the case on ‘Stronger Now’. The backing vocals work well plus you get a George Harrison approved guitar solo, classy stuff. ‘Falling Into Place’ is another similar upbeat song, proving that he still has that distinctive vocal, which is as powerful as it ever was.The title track brings a nice bit of pomp to the proceedings and closer ‘And When I’m Gone’ is a moving ballad, aided greatly by the piano playing of Jimmy Nichols.An album that gets better and better after each play, as what it may lack in instant songs, instead has plenty of high quality tunes to keep the listener coming back again and again.
Line-Up:
Lead and Background vocals - John Elefante / stand out vocal “City Of Grace” Jonell Mosser - See also: ex-Kansas, ex-Brotherhood, ex-Mastedon
Acoustic guitars - Dave Cleveland, Dustin Blatnik (Not Alone)
Bass - Anthony Sallee / Keyboards - John Elefante
Piano on “And When I’m Gone” Jimmy Nichols
Strings and string arrangements…Chris Carmichael
Percussion - Eric Darken
Drums - Dan Needham / Guitars - Dave Cleveland, John Elefante, Frank Boxberger
production:
Produced and engineered By…John Elefante for Kingheir Music
Executive Producer…Frank Boxberger
Mixed by James Joseph / Mastered by Brian J Anthony.
Tracklist:
01. City Of Grace 4:13
02. Stronger Now 4:40
03. The Amazing Grace 5:19
04. Time Machine 4:50
05. Won’t Fade Away 5:15
06. Not Alone 6:39
07. Falling Into Place 5:24
08. We Will Be Fine 4:22
09. Little Brown Book 5:02
10. And When I’m Gone 4:20
11. City Of Grace (long version) 6:16
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/
Year : 2022
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 129 mb
Bio:
John Elefante is an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer. He is known for his tenure as frontman of Kansas, from 1981 to 1984.John Elefante was born in New York and moved to Long Beach, California at an early age. He sang and performed drums for family band The Brotherhood in his youth and has always maintained a close working relationship with his brother Dino. His career really took off in 1981 when he auditioned for lead vocals and keyboards for Kansas in 1981. He got the job despite stiff competition and went on to feature on “Vinyl Confessions” and “Drastic Measures”, writing such songs as “Chasing Shadows”, “Fight Fire With Fire” and “Right Away”. He also took lead vocals on the huge mainstream hit song “Play The Game Tonight”. In the mid to late eighties he was involved with some Christian artists such as Sweet Comfort Band and Petra as a producer, etc.John took a heavier direction in the late eighties / early nineties when he formed a record label with Dino, called Pakaderm and went on to create the band Mastedon who enjoyed much success during the nineties. If that wasn’t enough, he continued at breakneck speed as a label owner and producer and turned his hand to a couple of solo releases “Windows Of Heaven” in 1995 and “Corridors” in 1997. In 1999 he released “Defying Gravity”, which was his most rewarding solo album to date, and "Revolution Of Mind". John - also 3 time Grammy award winner and having been nominated seven times - and his brother Dino also wrote and co-produced the song “Young And Innocent” which appeared on the multi-platinum album soundtrack "St. Elmo‘s Fire".By the year 2010 John had been involved with 100 or so major albums in one way or another. His songwriting abilities shone through again in the 2013 release “On My Way To The Sun”, which featured Kansas members David Ragsdale and Rich Williams.It's now 2022 and John is still very much at the forefront of the music scene and here we have “The Amazing Grace”, 11 tracks of the highest quality rock. The song “Stronger Now” has already had an airing on YouTube and has had received many positive reviews. If you haven’t already done so, it’s well worth checking out.
Album:
John Elefante is probably best known amongst rock fans for his time in Kansas in the early 80’s when he replaced Steve Walsh. After leaving Kansas he worked as a producer for Christian artists including Petra and in the early 90’s did two excellent albums with his brother Dino under the Mastedon name (well worth tracking these down for a listen). Since then he has released a series of solo albums and continued with his production work.Now we have his latest solo album where he is joined by drummer Dan Needham, guitarists Dave Cleveland and Frank Boxberger, Eric Darken on percussion, Dave Cleveland on acoustic guitar and Chris Carmichael, who did the string arrangements.The spirit of Kansas is never far away on the sound of some of songs, most notably ‘Little Brown Book’. On this one the riff even sounds like Kansas’s ‘Fight Fire With Fire’!John Elefante’s music is always uplifting, either in the spiritual lyrics or the music, as is the case on ‘Stronger Now’. The backing vocals work well plus you get a George Harrison approved guitar solo, classy stuff. ‘Falling Into Place’ is another similar upbeat song, proving that he still has that distinctive vocal, which is as powerful as it ever was.The title track brings a nice bit of pomp to the proceedings and closer ‘And When I’m Gone’ is a moving ballad, aided greatly by the piano playing of Jimmy Nichols.An album that gets better and better after each play, as what it may lack in instant songs, instead has plenty of high quality tunes to keep the listener coming back again and again.
Line-Up:
Lead and Background vocals - John Elefante / stand out vocal “City Of Grace” Jonell Mosser - See also: ex-Kansas, ex-Brotherhood, ex-Mastedon
Acoustic guitars - Dave Cleveland, Dustin Blatnik (Not Alone)
Bass - Anthony Sallee / Keyboards - John Elefante
Piano on “And When I’m Gone” Jimmy Nichols
Strings and string arrangements…Chris Carmichael
Percussion - Eric Darken
Drums - Dan Needham / Guitars - Dave Cleveland, John Elefante, Frank Boxberger
production:
Produced and engineered By…John Elefante for Kingheir Music
Executive Producer…Frank Boxberger
Mixed by James Joseph / Mastered by Brian J Anthony.
Tracklist:
01. City Of Grace 4:13
02. Stronger Now 4:40
03. The Amazing Grace 5:19
04. Time Machine 4:50
05. Won’t Fade Away 5:15
06. Not Alone 6:39
07. Falling Into Place 5:24
08. We Will Be Fine 4:22
09. Little Brown Book 5:02
10. And When I’m Gone 4:20
11. City Of Grace (long version) 6:16
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/