{"id":16403,"date":"2021-12-05T19:01:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T19:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=16403"},"modified":"2021-12-05T19:01:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T19:01:44","slug":"elton-john-guitar-legend-davey-johnstone-to-release-first-single-melting-snow-from-forthcoming-solo-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2021\/12\/05\/elton-john-guitar-legend-davey-johnstone-to-release-first-single-melting-snow-from-forthcoming-solo-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John Guitar Legend Davey Johnstone To Release First Single \u2018Melting Snow\u201d From Forthcoming Solo Album!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2022 Brand new solo album from long-term Elton John guitarist Davey Johnstone<\/em><br><em>\u2022 Recorded during the pandemic hiatus that postponed Elton John\u2019s Farewell Tour<\/em><br><em>\u2022 A personal triumph following his debut \u201cSmiling Face\u201d some 48 years after its 1973 release.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Davey Johnstone has been Elton John\u2019s guitarist for 50 years. He has also played with Alice Cooper, John Lennon, Stevie Nicks, Lenny Kravitz and many, many more! In his role as Music Director he will resume the hugely successful Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour with Elton and the band in January 2022.\u00a0<br><br>Davey is releasing the first single \u201cMelting Snow\u201d from his forthcoming solo album \u201cDeeper Than My Roots\u201d!<strong>Watch the video for \u201cMelting Snow\u201d:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iifZyBNWYuE\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/iifZyBNWYuE<\/a><br><br>During the COVID-19 recess, Davey has recorded an album utilizing the incredible talents of his children, plus a few close friends. The album has a wide range and crosses genres.<br><br>Elliot, the youngest Johnstone, is lead vocalist on the record, with Davey supplying one lead vocal himself.\u00a0Charlie Johnstone recorded many of the basic tracks at their home in California. Charlie also supplied keyboard and background vocal parts.\u00a0Jesse Johnstone played drums remotely from his home in L.A. Jesse also joined his father and eldest sibling Tam Johnstone, on writing, recording and producing the album\u2019s two instrumentals, \u201cBlack Scotland\u201d and \u201cWalt Dizney\u201d.\u00a0The beautiful artwork for the sleeve was conceived and designed by Juliet Johnstone.<br>Denny Seiwell, the legendary drummer from Paul McCartney and Wings helped out on three tracks, and Nigel Olsson supplied drums on \u201cMelting Snow\u201d.<br><br>Much of the recording was done by Major Wynn at Marlon Hoffman\u2019s Kenrose Studio in California.<br>Davey Johnstone\u2019s forthcoming full-length album titled \u201cDeeper Than My Roots\u201d will be available on Spirit of Unicorn Records in January 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more information:<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/johnstonedavey\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/johnstonedavey<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SpiritOfUnicornMusic\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SpiritOfUnicornMusic<\/a><br><br><strong>To Pre-order Davey Johnstone\u2019s \u201cDeeper Than My Roots\u201d CD:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cherryred.co.uk\/product\/the-davey-johnstone-band-deeper-than-my-roots\/\">https:\/\/www.cherryred.co.uk\/product\/the-davey-johnstone-band-deeper-than-my-roots\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Brand new solo album from long-term Elton John guitarist Davey Johnstone\u2022 Recorded during the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[2002,2003],"class_list":["post-16403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-news","tag-davey-johnstone","tag-elton-john"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16405,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16403\/revisions\/16405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}