Spotlight: Johnny Bennett

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Webpage: http://www.johnny-bennett.com
Location: Los Angeles, CA, US
Description: Johnny Bennett is a quality bit of singer-songwriter kit. Muscular, gonad-goading, slickly tricky rock-pop monsters come screaming out of the traps like Jason Morphew on a diet of Dr Feelgood…
Biography: Johnny Bennett is one of those rare, but highly sought after artists - the breed of singer/songwriter who has lifetime experience and wisdom that literally gushes into the meaning and sentiment of every song he writes. Having previously held residency in San Francisco, New York and currently Los Angeles, Johnny Bennett is well equipped to draw on varied walks of life, adding a precious depth and quality to his work. Johnny Bennett is a raw, honest and talented performer delivering pockets of awesome music with every song he performs. 'Gone Missing' is another 10 song offering from Bennett and includes songs co-written by amazing talents Chris Julian, Ali Nikou, Jeff O’Rourke and Peter Foldy with arrangements by Duane Lundy, Emily Hagihara, Brandon Judd and Justin Craig. 'Gone Missing' was produced just outside London, England and this will surly make a huge impact on the release. The listening public can expect a high energy and passionate release that speaks of love, loss, travel and generally taking the long way around.
Press Release: Johnny Bennett releases ‘Gone Missing’ Johnny Bennett’s latest effort has just released on the independent label ‘False Momentum’. ‘Gone Missing’ is a 10 song album produced by Duane Lundy at The Doghouse Studio in Shiplake, England. We are all very proud of this album and hope you will take the time to check it out. www.johnny-bennett.com “The Lonesome Highway has had a lot of casualties over the years. Few survivors like Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Gram Parsons and Jackson Browne have found a way to capture that struggle, longing, and pain into music that has captured even the most blackest of hearts. Well, it’s time to let little more love into your black heart. His name is Johnny Bennett; his music: sparse and engaging; his lyrics: dark and cutting; his voice: aged with cigarettes, whiskey and broken dreams. It’s only a matter of time that Johnny Bennett will take his place amongst the mavericks, gunslingers and troubadours mentioned above. His new career-defining record, Gone Missing, not only showcases his best vocal performances to date, but also his large range of songwriting and music ideas that have set him far apart from his fellow singer-songwriter peers." Royal Flush Magazine, 2010 “And muted to villagers in revolt against the other but not against the rules so in the space age the village idiot rules” - Iggy on Zombie Birdhouse (“The villagers”) "Sometimes you don’t know why you like an artist and the music he creates. This album, called “Gone Missing”, the followup to last years 'The Violet Hush' (his forth full length), is no exception, it’ s just good music, great melodies, and i honestly can not say exactly why i like it. I don’t know if i have to, anyway. I suppose it is because Johnny never gives up, he continues to put all his energy and time into these albums, and we know it will probably not happen anything “more”, not any worldwide recognition, any “superfame” we just have to enjoy the ride while it lasts, and it’s fine that way, the message has been sent, and also been recieved, it’ s in our heart, the songs have come into us as a whistle on the way to the bus, a humming in the supermarket and a silent reflexion in the sofa when the day is done. Nothing extraordinary, and yet so complicated and refreshing at the same time. A skilled musician with the best intentions. This is exquisite rockn’roll, something’s hidden here, iggy definately comes to my mind. A James, without the Asheton’s. Just take your time and you’ll learn to appreciate it. Sweet memory. On “Gone missing”, again, the beauty is in the small details. For example, the ending part of “i’ll show you out”, when the minor comes in and changes the mood of the song, or in the intro to “gone missing” with the short extra quiet guitar-parts added to the background. details like that does it to me every time. You can tell that someone (Johnny and cowriters Chris Julian, Jeff O’Rourke, Ali Nikou and Peter Foldy), took the long time needed into deciding the final arrangements of these songs, nothing more, nothing less. Less is more means it won’t get boring. Duane Lundy produced and there’s a lot of talent behind the scenes also this time (including the musicians involved, Justin Craig, Emily Hagihara and Brandon Judd). You might especially love the sounds of the drums on this english recording, and that could very probably be because they used the old set of master drummer Barriemore Barlow (used on the classical Thick as a Brick-album!). Johnny Bennett sings great, even better this time if you ask me. You can feel it’s authentic music, hungry but not weird, made for us, made with the purpose to make you feel better. Not to promote a new cellphone or a lipstick. A mature record, i think i will keep it to myself though, you know the feeling. With artists like this, let it be our little secret in a world full of spotify-lists, cheap paté, and bestselling records served on a petrol station." Gunnar Ederfors 1 Gone Missing 2 You played it well 3 Sweet memories 4 Out of nowhere 5 Simple sugar 6 I’ll never be this high again 7 The shape of Maria 8 The car is waiting 9 I’ll show you out 10 New war countries Produced by: Duane Lundy Executive Producer: Derek Jones Johnny Bennett – Vocals, Guitars Justin Craig – Guitars, Piano, Keyboards, Drums Emily Hagihara – Bass, Piano, Percussion, Backing Vocals Brandon Judd – Drums, Percussion Duane Lundy – Guitars, Keyboards Recorded at The Dog House, Shiplake, England Engineered by Mike Silverston Mixed by Duane Lundy at Shangri-la Productions Mastered by Trevor Sadler at Mastermind Productions Studio Assistant: Mike Burress Design by Jim Hollingsworth Cover Photograph by Helen Park-Weir All other photography by Jeff Forney Original demos by Chris Julian and Steve Cochran Track 1 written by Julian/Hollingsworth-Bennett Tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 written by Hollingsworth-Bennett?Track 3 written by O’Rourke/Hollingsworth-Bennett Track 4 written by Foldy/Hollingsworth-Bennett Track 9 written by Nikou/Hollingsworth-Bennett False Momentum Songs ASCAP All Rights Reserved – Copyright 2010