Biography:Biography:
John's career began at the age of 14 playing drums in his fathers big band, but at the age of 20 he changed to bass guitar, and with singer/guitarist Dave Edmunds formed the group Love Sculpture, and soon had their first hit with "Sabre Dance" which reached the # 2 spot in the charts. This was followed a few years later with the massive worldwide hit 'I hear you knocking'. Since then he has had several parallel careers; as a session bass player, recording and performing with name acts, as a solo performer with United Artist and Albion Records, as a producer working for majors and indies as well as independently finding and developing promising new acts for major labels, as a member of the Rockfield studio band Airwaves which had a mega deal with A&M records and chalked up 2 top 100 albums in the USA, and as a songwriter with over 200 covers and many hit singles around the world.
John personally engineers everything that is recorded at Berry Hill, and brings all this experience to bear in his work here. His philosophy is to treat every track as a single and go for a hit. If the artist has other ideas, that's OK. His role, as he sees it, is to try to give the artist exactly what they want.
Session:
Carl Perkins and Friends
A Rockabilly Session
1986
Video UK
Virgin Music Video VVD 133
Geraint Watkins: piano.
1. Boppin' The Blues - Carl Perkins (Perkins/H.Griffin)
2:53
2. Put Your Cat Clothes On - Carl Perkins (Carl Perkins) 2:07
3.
Honey Don't - Ringo Starr (Perkins) 2:54
4. Matchbox - Carl Perkins and Eric
Clapton (Perkins) 2:50
5. Mean Woman Blues - Carl Perkins and Eric Clapton
(C.Demetrius) 2:37
6. Turn Around - Carl Perkins (Perkins) 2:41
7. Jackson
- Carl Perkins and Rosanne Cash (Gabby Rodgers) 2:40
8. What Kind Of Girl
- Rosanne Cash (Forbert) 2:00
9. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby - George
Harrison (Perkins) 2:05
10. Your True Love - Carl, George and Dave Edmunds
(Perkins) 2:48
11. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise - Carl Perkins (Eugene
Lockhart) 1:27 Inst.
12. That's Allright Mama - Carl Perkins (Crudup) 1:31
George guitar solo
13. Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Carl Perkins (Monroe) 1:22
Eric guitar solo
14. Night Train To Memphis - Carl Perkins (Owen Bradley)
2:06
15. Glad All Over - Carl Perkins (R.Bennett) 1:50 George guitar solo.
16.
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Carl Perkins (D.Williams/S.David) 2:29 Eric guitar
solo.
17. Gone Gone Gone - Carl Perkins (?) 2:27
18. Blue Suede Shoes
- Carl Perkins (Perkins) 3:58
Music Produced and Directed by Dave Edmunds.
Recorded
at Limehouse Studios, London, Oktober 1985
Musicians:
Carl Perkins/vocals, guitar.
George
Harrison/guitar, vocals
Ringo Starr/vocals, drums.
Eric Clapton/vocals,
drums.
Dave Edmunds/vocals, drums.
Geraint Watkins/piano.
Mickey Gee/guitar.
David
Charles/drums.
John David/bass.
Rosanne Cash/vocals.
Slim Jim Phantom/
Lee
Rocker/bass.
Earl Slick/bass.
Greg Perkins/bass.
John's
Studio Berry Hill:
John originally built the studio to record his song demos. However over the years he has developed into a multi hit producer/engineer/songwriter. The studio client list includes names like Mark Knopfler, Robert Plant, Dave Edmunds, Shakin' Stevens, the BBC, ITV, Artista, Zomba, EMI, Sire to name but a few. John has also produced many up and coming bands for major and indie labels alike and has recorded all styles of music from classical to punk. He has also written, produced or engineered for all the above as well as Robert Palmer, Cliff Richard, Status Quo, Alvin Stardust, Samantha Fox, Little Richard and more. His songs have been recorded by over 200 artists worldwide. As a musician John has performed with many of the above as well as Springsteen, Clapton, Sting, Bryan Adams, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and many others.
COMPANY CLIENTS OF THE STUDIO include Arista Records, Atlantic Records, Capitol Records, Jive Records, Albion Records, United Artists Records, Riverstate Records, Sierra/WEA Records, Neat Metal Records, HEC Productions, BBC, Rockfield Studios, BAY Records, Tribute Records, Rockmasters Productions.
RECORDING ARTISTS USING THE STUDIO INCLUDE, Mark Knopfler, Dave Edmunds, Shakin' Stevens, Robert Plant, Stephanie Lawrence, Samantha Fox.
Of the 200 plus artists who have recorded John David songs are such diverse names like, Robert Palmer, Cliff Richard, Phil Everly, Status Quo, Alvin Stardust, Little Richard, Shakin' Stevens, Dave Edmunds, The Monkees, The Searchers, T'Pau, Airwaves, Emmylou Harris, Patti Loveless, Showaddywaddy,
The Shadows, The Kings Singers, The Wurzels, and The Harlem Gospel Choir. Current "holds" are by Ronan Keating and Charlotte Church.