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Jun 11 2021

CHANGING STRINGS JAMS

Well it's finally happening: gigs are slowly opening up again, and I'm slowly preparing to re-emerge. 

As I cope with some post-COVID social anxiety, I take comfort in a familiar ritual by replacing my dead quarona lockdown strings (I…

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Dec 9 2020

REMEMBER 1980

John & Yoko photographed by Kishin Shinoyama at Café La Fortuna, New York, 18 August 1980.

To be honest I don’t remember much about the morning of December 9, 1980. My mother woke me up and broke the…

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Oct 6 2020

EDDIE VAN HALEN RIP

I'll always be grateful to Tommy Strazza for inviting me onto his Van Halen tribute show at Berklee in the 90s. Up until then the only VH I knew was "Jump" and the Hagar-era stuff (don't judge). But Tommy's thing…

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Jul 21 2020

"Fresh As A Daisy," for Emitt Rhodes (1950-2020)

Many years ago I recorded a cover of Emitt Rhodes’ “Fresh As A Daisy,” for possible inclusion on my solo EP Senza. It didn’t make the cut, but this mix has been sitting on a hard drive since then and…

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Jul 18 2020

SUNSET GRILL: use it or lose it

“Ready to be my personal Pino Palladino!!!??” 

That was the text from Steve Murphy - drummer, singer, one of the finest musicians on earth and my rhythm section road brother since we joined the Alan Parsons Live Project in…

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May 16 2020

Bass Magazine Lockdown Check-In With John Montagna

Bass Magazine's "Low End Lockdown Check-In" feature is reaching out to bassists around the globe as we adjust and maintain during the quarantine.

Thanx to Chris Jisi, Jon D'Auria and the whole BM team for welcoming me into the…

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May 13 2020

DON'T STOP THE MUSIC (quarona remix)

I don’t always play “private event” gigs, but when I do it’s usually with these rock stars. 

I wanted our “isolation collab” video to look and feel like we’re in the same room.

So I had everyone…

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Apr 24 2020

I Ain't Got You (but I got me!)

First it was the cancellations. Fest For Beatles Fans…Concert For Bangladesh Revisited…Flower Power Cruise…all gone within 72 hours. Then it was the bars and restaurants closed, so no more of those mid-week “stacking” gigs I did for the hang and…

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Apr 15 2020

Murray

This is a blog I dreaded writing.  But it’s the most effective way that I know to organize my thoughts, so here we are.  My stepfather, Murray Becker, passed away on Sunday, April 5th from a brief but severe (non-COVID)…

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Oct 2 2019

Radio 418 podcast: Better Days with JOEY MOLLAND

The Liverpool-bred guitarist, singer and songwriter brought his tough, rock and roll edge when he joined Badfinger in 1969. But that legendary group is only a part of Joey Molland’s story.  He has survived the ups and downs of…

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That Was Me.....?

It's the end of an era, but the beginning of a new one!

In 2004, one year after joining the Alan Parsons Live Project, I launched the first version of johnmontagna.com.  This was before the social media explosion; YouTube and Twitter were still a year away, and Facebook had only just launched.  Among my peers, I was "Future Boy" with my fancy website!  I shared photos and audio clips, blogged about my experiences on the road (and at home in NYC), sent out email blasts, and generally enjoyed the ability to "maintain a presence" with an audience beyond the bandstand.

Fast forward 12 years, and the world is a much different place.  We're all connected, all the time, thanks to multiple platforms that mostly co-exist and feed off of one another.  To quote The Guess Who: seasons change, and so did I.  And so it was time to re-boot johnmontagna.com for the times we're in now, versus a decade ago.  I welcome you to the new version of the site, and I hope you enjoy what you find here.  Check out the photos, listen to some music (and make a purchase if you're feeling generous), watch the videos, and keep up with where I'll be performing and when and with whom.

I'm as eager as ever to stay connected to you all as I enter this newest phase of my life and career.  But as I look forward, I also am looking back on the 12 years since I first launched my "online presence" with a mixture of wonder and nostalgia.  Is that really me in Tokyo with Denny Laine?  Or in Atlantic City with Todd Rundgren?  The "WTF With Marc Maron" theme song...that was ME?  

Enjoy, and thank you all for your continued support and enthusiasm.  
Be well
JM 



     
Sept. 22, 2016 TALKING BEATLES: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years ______________________________________________________________
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