We recently got a call a from a band called 'The Honest Johns' from the NE of England asking us to supply them with garment merchandise and we happlily obliged.
So, I got to thinking who are 'The Honest Johns''? What type of music do they play and what are they about and here are my findings.
A Brief History:
'Back in the 1980s a band called 'The Honest Johns' were old school friends that had built up a following by gigging and turning out songs with great lyrics. They produced a demo tape that got the people behind Channel 4’s, 'The Chart Show' talking, and they suggested that they should put together a promotional video.'
'The video was shot but sadly, was never finished (reasons are explained a little further on their myspace history write up).
Shortly after, 'The Honest Johns' split up in 1991, leaving most of their studio recordings unheard. But the music never really went away, a German record label, Firestation Records, asked them via an email if they were the same 'Honest Johns' who released 'Tell Me About Your Childhood’in 1986? they said they were, so they explained that there was still an awful lot of interest in Germany, Japan and America.
The record label wanted to know if there was any more material? and the various band members at the time went off searching for any long lost material of the band's earlier music journey.
Read more on their myspace page here: http://www.myspace.com/thehonestjohns
This inspired them to get the band back together and record some new material to quench the thirst of their beloved fans from far flung places.
Some of the band have moved on, Peter Straughan has gone on to make a name for himself as a successful playwright/screen-writer. However, Mark Lawson and Jon Kennedy remain and are joined by Paul (Jon’s brother) and Richy Corbishley, another very old St Cuthbert's school friend.
They have recently released their new album at the end of January 2011-'Sundance' which can be downloaded from itunes here :
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/the-honest-johns/id417488804?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
with 11 fantastic new songs, one of my favourites being 'Goodbye Lucille'.
'Back in the 1980s a band called 'The Honest Johns' were old school friends that had built up a following by gigging and turning out songs with great lyrics. They produced a demo tape that got the people behind Channel 4’s, 'The Chart Show' talking, and they suggested that they should put together a promotional video.'
'The video was shot but sadly, was never finished (reasons are explained a little further on their myspace history write up).
Shortly after, 'The Honest Johns' split up in 1991, leaving most of their studio recordings unheard. But the music never really went away, a German record label, Firestation Records, asked them via an email if they were the same 'Honest Johns' who released 'Tell Me About Your Childhood’in 1986? they said they were, so they explained that there was still an awful lot of interest in Germany, Japan and America.
The record label wanted to know if there was any more material? and the various band members at the time went off searching for any long lost material of the band's earlier music journey.
Read more on their myspace page here: http://www.myspace.com/thehonestjohns
This inspired them to get the band back together and record some new material to quench the thirst of their beloved fans from far flung places.
Some of the band have moved on, Peter Straughan has gone on to make a name for himself as a successful playwright/screen-writer. However, Mark Lawson and Jon Kennedy remain and are joined by Paul (Jon’s brother) and Richy Corbishley, another very old St Cuthbert's school friend.
They have recently released their new album at the end of January 2011-'Sundance' which can be downloaded from itunes here :
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/the-honest-johns/id417488804?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
with 11 fantastic new songs, one of my favourites being 'Goodbye Lucille'.
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