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 Johnny Mercury's Profile |
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NEW CD AVAILABLE "Real Gone Rockin'" |
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| Location: | Seattle, Washington |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 21, 2008 (114 days back) |
About Me |
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| NEW CD NOW AVAILABLE!!! "Real Gone Rockin'; an all-original 12-song album full of Rockabilly and Rock & Roll from Johnny Mercury!!! You can order the new CD for $12 via PayPal by clicking the BUY NOW button below! Orders are shipped within 24 hours of payment received and comes with a free sticker! Real Gone Rockin' - Johnny Mercury 1 Hillbilly Rave-Up 2 Wrapped Up In Your Love 3 Let's Do The Bop 4 You Better Be My Baby 5 Blue Boy 6 Rock & Roll with Every Girl 7 No Money Honey 8 Get Gone 9 Since You're Gone 10 Rock-it Baby 11 I Need To Rock 12 Let's Rock & Roll Johnny Mercury's influences run as deep as the country roads he was raised on back in West Virginia. On the surface one may say "Rockabilly" or "Rock & Roll" but when you listen to his music, a lot of what you hear doesn't figure into the paint by numbers scheme so often heard on today's records. Cutting is hit teeth in tent revival bands in Pentacostal churches at the age of 15 may have had something to do with...or maybe it's listening to country and 50's vocalist records at home...one might also say it's come from collecting records of just about everything good prior to the mid-1960's. Anyway you slice it, it's something original and "Johnny Mercury". The music runs the gamut of Country, Blues, Jazz and Gospel, the four building blocks of Rock and Roll. Since the bands inception in 1995, there have been big jumps from the coal miner and bikers bars he started out in. Johnny has played venues and evnts susch as the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend (NV), once under his own name and three time backing artists on guitar such as Rockabilly Legend Ray Campi, Rockabilly traditionilist, Marshall Scott Warner, as well the debut appearance of The Casey Sisters. Other events include, the world-famous CBGB's, KEXP's Shake The Shack featuring himself as well as playing guitar for Rockabilly Legend Sid King and the Five Strings, Pep Torres and others at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle, Washington, South Carolina's LoDown HoDown, San Francisco's Rockabilly Circus, Hot Rod-A-Rama Car Show (Wa), Rainin' Blood (Or) and many other Rockabilly and Rock & Roll events! A live Johnny Mercury show leaves you entertained with his stage presence, in awe with his guitar playing and swooning with his voice. It's really a good package that you never get tired of becasue it's never the same twice. Just listen to what some folks have to say about him: "i would have loved to had a guitarist like you back in the 50's" - Wanda Jackson (Queen of Rockabilly and Rock and Roll legend) "Throughout my travels, Johnny Mercury is closest to the raw rockabilly sound I've ever heard!" - Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell (original Sun/Starday/Capitol Records rockabilly artist) "Johnny Mercury himself plays that sizzling lead guitar and sings his heart out." - Blue Suede News "these guys are rockin' true to their roots" - Lux Interior (The Cramps) "An ace...one of the best guitar players I've seen in years." - Billy Poore (original rockabilly artist and author of 'Rockabilly: A Forty Year Journey) "most energetic show we've seen (webcast) this year..." - collegemusic.com The band has released 3 full length CD's; Introducing... (1996), Atomic Guitar Boogie (2001) and the newly-released Real Gone Rockin' (2007), one EP; Shank Hands, Shack Up! (2005) and has been featured on 8 CD compilations ranging from Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Rock & Roll and Punk bands. Johnny has also written and contributed for film and television as well starting the independant film Just a Sweater (1997), Stray Dogs (tv pilot 2005), Flyin Saucer Rock and Roll (2006) and he just recorded several television commercials for The Kroger Company and their subsideraries (April 2007) as well as other films and and multimedia projects. With the release of Real Gone Rockin' in March of 2007, it marks a maturity in his songwriting with songs like Since You're Gone, Blue Boy, Wrapped Up In You're Love and You Better Be My Baby but maintins the witty and playfulness of songs such as I Wanna Rock and Roll With Every Girl, Get Gone and No Money Honey, a song about prostitution. This album was both recorded and produced by Johnny in his recording studio, Hypnolab Studios, to allow him the freedom to get both the lo-fi sound and artistic vision he wanted for this album. He's really hit the mark with this record and we think you'll agree. Johnny has shared the staged with many bands both contemporary and legendary both as a featured srtist as well as a sideman playing guitar. He's shared the stage with bands and artist as: Brief list of Artists we have backed up or play with regularly: Wanda Jackson Sid King and the Five Strings Rudy "Tutti" Grazell Ray Campi Pep Torres Marshall Scott Warner Justin Curtis Trudie Falls Rip Carson Bands that we have shared the bill/stage with: Barbara Pittman Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys Hasil Adkins Sleepy LaBeef The Blasters Cave Catt Sammy Deke Dickerson Rockin' Lloyd Tripp Lil Bit' and the Customatics Paul Galaxy & the Galactix The Bop Kings Dusty 45's Nick Curran & the Nitelifes Mojo Nixon Twistin' Tarantlas The Blue Moon Boys Jackie & the Cedrics The Go-Devils Dropkick Murphys Cult of the Psychic Fetus The Bottle Rockets Lords of the Highway Jack Black Belmont Playboys The Cowslingers The Flyin' Saucers and many more... Johnny Mercury forges on to make more music and new records to express what he has felt in life but keep it fun and entertaining in the process. Listen to his music and you'll see what we mean. - Gene Ledbetter CONTACT email: johnnymercury@gmail.com OR Write to us or send us your money to: Johnny Mercury Po Box 17472 Seattle, Wa 98127 .. |
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Music:Member Since: 10/1/2003Band Website: johnnymercury.com Influences: Vocal: Gene Vincent, Rick Nelson, Carl Mann, Elvis, Webb Pierce, Roy Brown and Ivory Joe Hunter, Guitar: Cliff Gallup, Les Paul, Roy Clark, Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Oscar Moore and Chuck Terry Other: booze, pills, country records, girls, failed relationships, strip clubs, pentacostal tent revivals drowned with ethynol Sounds Like: Johnny Mercury backed by Roy Kay Trio 2007 Rockabilly Ball Sun Records Tribute Night 2005 Backing Wanda Jackson @Capital Theater Olympia, Wa Rockabilly Fever - Wanda Jackson Add to My Profile | More Videos 2002 Nadine and the Boogiemen Record Label: Hypnolab, self-released Type of Label: None |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Rockabilly) |
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Review of our latest CD, "Real Gone Rockin" in the new issue of Blue Suede News |
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| I was at the record store earlier this evening and picked up the latest issue of Blue Suede News and to my surprise I found a review of our new CD it! For those not familiar with it, Blue Suede News i... Posted by Johnny Mercury on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:28:00 PST |
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Our new CD 'Real Gone Rockin'...how to order and other info!!! |
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| At the bottom is info on the new CD and how to get your copy!
Ok folks, things are starting to pick up again. I wanted to blog about the new CD that we released on 02/26/07, 'Real Gone Rockin'. I post... Posted by Johnny Mercury on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:15:00 PST |
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recorded for tv commercial last night plus more! |
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| Hi folks, it's been a while and although it seems quiet, things are moving right along nicely. The new CD is doing very well and in fact, we only have about 5 CD's left before we've sold out of our fi... Posted by Johnny Mercury on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:58:00 PST |
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