Davey Johnstone Solo Album

[dougs]

Elton's guitarist and musical director Davey Johnstone is releasing a solo album slated for February 4th, 2022:

Some early info:

* Artist:          The Davey Johnstone Band
* Album title:  DEEPER THAN MY ROOTS
* Album info:  12 songs including instrumentals
                      2 songs were written years ago
                      Bassist and EJ band member Bob Birch's last performance is on this album
                      The band is actually a family affair - playing instruments, vocals, production, and album cover artwork
                      Nigel Olsson appears on this album
                      The track "Melting Snow" has recently been released to YouTube

Previous albums:  Davey joined forces with guitarist, friend, and band member John Jorgensen to write the instrumental acoustic CROP CIRCLES during THE BIG PICTURE tour with Elton and released the album in 1998.  Prior to that, Davey's only other true solo album was SMILING FACE in 1973.

More to come...

Doug

[dougs]

Davey Johnstone interview:

Here is the link to an excellent 34 minute interview done in late January with Davey Johnstone while he was in Little Rock.  They talk about Davey's career with Elton, Davey's involvement with the album and tour (FROM THE INSIDE) with Alice Cooper in 1978, and Davey's new album DEEPER THAN MY ROOTS due out February 4th:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h28ONCbcgyg

The interview was done with Mitch Lafon and Jeremy White who do superb interviews and are well worth subscribing to.

Check it out!

Doug

[dougs]

Release day for the Davey Johnstone Band and their new DEEPER THAN MY ROOTS album - February 4, 2022:

I have so far listened to the two instrumental tracks named "Walt Disney" and "Black Scotland" and both sound very good.

Check it out.

Doug

[dougs]

Davey Johnstone being interviewed about joining Elton for the first time...on MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER in 1971 right up through to the release of his new album DEEPER THAN MY ROOTS:

Check out the new interview (posted February 6, 2022) by John Beaudin of ROCK HISTORY MUSIC.  He has interviewed EJ band members before and does excellent interviews and music stories on his podcasts/channels.  Lots of great stories.



UPDATE:

Here is the full 49-minute Davey interview with John Beaudin who, as you will see, really did a knowledgeable & well-prepared interview with Davey and is well worth subscribing to:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab1QqytGX9U

Enjoy!

Doug