{"id":6018,"date":"2016-05-17T11:47:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T11:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/05\/17\/damon-johnson-black-star-riders-releases-a-new-ep\/"},"modified":"2016-05-17T11:47:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T11:47:16","slug":"damon-johnson-black-star-riders-releases-a-new-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2016\/05\/17\/damon-johnson-black-star-riders-releases-a-new-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Damon Johnson (Black Star Riders) releases a new EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/bdb1a8377ea3eeb263b993237\/images\/a9ee7feb-7d7f-4c86-8e0b-c7e604e2da76.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"209\" height=\"314\" \/><br \/>Damon Johnson (Black Star Riders, Brother Cane, Thin Lizzy, Alice  Cooper) is pleased to announce his first solo electric project with the  \u2018Echo\u2019 EP, released in March 2016. \u00a0  <!--more-->  <br \/> Recorded throughout 2015, the 5 track EP sees Johnson taking the lead  with vocals, guitars and other instruments alongside drummer Jarred Pope  and bassist Tony Nagy, and is the perfect showcase for Johnson\u2019s  songwriting and guitar playing. Big riffs sit alongside driving rhythms  and the instant melodies. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u2018Echo\u2019 was produced and mixed by Nick Raskulinecz \u2013 whose credits  includes Rush, Alice In Chains and Foo Fighters \u2013 at Rock Falcon Studio  in Nashville.\u00a0 Johnson says \u201cWe worked together on Black Star Riders  \u2018Killer Instinct\u2019 album. A few weeks later Nick asked me if I had any  solo songs I wanted to record and we were off and running. His  contribution to \u2018Echo\u2019 is immense. I\u2019m very proud to share this music  with the world,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p> <strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463481781880_23107\">The EP tracklisting as follows: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p> 1. Dead, \u00a0<br \/> 2. Nobody Usin\u2019, \u00a0<br \/> 3. The Waiting Kills Me, \u00a0<br \/> 4. Scars, \u00a0<br \/> 5. Just Move On \u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Damon Johnson has a rich history as a rock guitarist. The Alabama native  first came to prominence with his band Brother Cane before moving on to  play guitars for Alice Cooper and contributing songs to the likes of  Stevie Nicks, Ted Nugent, Skid Row, Queensryche and Carlos Santana.  Damon left Alice Cooper to play alongside the legendary Scott Gorham in  Thin Lizzy (the band is playing a series of shows in 2016).<\/p>\n<p> Most recently Damon has been a founding member and songwriter with the  critically acclaimed Black Star Riders. The \u201cEcho\u201d EP is the next step  of his rich musical pedigree. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Purchase the \u201cEcho\u201d EP here :<br \/> http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/h3zhugu and here http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/zsyfyzz<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: www.damonjohnson.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damon Johnson (Black Star Riders, Brother Cane, Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper) is pleased to announce&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6018","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=6018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}