Johnny J. Blair
Alternative Rock
San Francisco, California, USA
Discography
1980 | Dancin’ So Hard (single) | |
1983 | Care Packages EP | |
1985 | Door in the Water | Morada Records |
1986 | Johnny J. Blair ("The Green Album") | |
1988 | 000 (promo) | |
1988 | Yellow House | |
1988 | Train Tracks in the Snow (Christmas Songs & Other Matter) | |
1989 | Normal Songs & Near Hits 1978-1989 (compilation) | |
1989 | Care Packages (expanded) | |
1989 | Love Love Alone (single) | |
1990 | 12 Songs About Love, God, Money | Narrowpath Records |
1991 | Suspension Britches in San Francisco (Works 1989-1991) | |
1997 | She's Not Some Animal (single) | |
2000 | Fire | |
2001 | Exotic Animals & Beaches of Pennsylvania (limited edition maxi-EP) | |
2001 | Exotic Animals & Beaches of Pennsylvania (expanded reissue) | |
2002 | Snapshots | |
2003 | After Hours - a Tribute to the Music of Lou Reed (contribution) | |
2005 | Treadmarks | Wampus Multimedia |
2005 | Word 2 Soul Project | |
2005 | Word 2 Soul Project: Volume I (expanded) | |
2007 | Grateful | Wampus Multimedia |
2008 | Nothing Like Williamsport (single) | |
2010 | Door In The Water (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) | |
2010 | Snapshots: Live & Half-Plugged (expanded reissue) | |
2010 | Woody Guthrie’s America (single) | |
2010 | Precious Gem (Christmas single) | |
2011 | Death, God, Love, & Money (a compilation 1990-2000) | |
2011 | I Like the Street | Wampus Multimedia |
2011 | San Francisco Suspension Britches (Audio Diary Entries 1990-95) | |
2012 | The Sky Cries (special edition EP) | |
2013 | Halfway To Dakota (limited edition EP) | |
2013 | If I Could Dress Like Clive Owen (Music For Films Not Yet Made) | |
Dancin’ So Hard (single)
1980 Independent
Produced by Rick Anderson (The Tubes)
Care Packages EP
1983 Independent
Co-produced by Jeff Lloyd
Ya Gotta Care
Circles And Cycles
Ouch!
Door in the Water
1985 Morada Records
Reissued: 1988
Welcome to the Open Door
Ya Gotta Care
One Planet-One Utopia-One Helmet
Seven Long Years
Eternal Life
The Compleat Angler
Circles and Cycles
Please Don't Wait Too Long
Everybody Needs Jesus Instead
Open Door
Sequel
Johnny J. Blair ("The Green Album")
1985 Independent
Johnny J. Blair – Banjos, basses, drums, guitars, organs, percussives, pianos, synthesizers, and lead vocals, except:
John Wilson – Bagpipes on “True Ecclesia”
Curt Hansen – Bass on “Politics and Religion Act One” and “(We're Still) Bobbin' for Apples, Adam”
Jonny V – Drums on “Goodbye Cruel Playground”; drums, mandolin, and vocal harmonies on “The First Stone”; drums and lead guitar on “When I was Out To Glorify Myself”
Scott Anderson – Drums on “Politics and Religion Act One,” “(We're Still) Bobbin' for Apples, Adam,” and “Names”
Tim Michaels – Drums on “I Love You Lord”
Dan Yacoubian – Lead guitar on “Ya Ya Ya,” “Politics and Religion Act One,” and “Politics and Religion Act Two”; lead guitar and vocals harmonies on “I Love You Lord”
Andrea Yacoubian – Vocals harmonies on “I Love You Lord”
Rick Savetto – Lead guitar on “Wind-Up Doll” and “Asteroid Danse”
Richard Sonquist – Kalimba and piano on “Scissors, Mercury, and Glass”
Bob Hogins – Piano and synthesizer on “Microscopic Coda”
Dave Barrett – Saxophone on “(We're Still) Bobbin' for Apples, Adam”
Cassandra Blair – Tambourine on “Locusts”
Mark Jones – Tambourine on “Microscopic Coda”
Scott Spenser – Trumpet on “Ya Ya Ya,” “Politics and Religion Act One,” “Politics and Religion Act Two,” and “Another Compleat Angler”
Goodbye Cruel Playground
The First Stone
Weirder Than Money
Eternal Life #2
Desert Ruby
Ya Ya Ya
Politics and Religion Act One
Rebellion Comes On
When I was Out To Glorify Myself
Locusts
(We're Still) Bobbin' for Apples, Adam
Politics and Religion Act Two
Microscopic Coda
I Love You Lord
Names
Eternal Life #3
Him of Me
Another Compleat Angler
Scissors, Mercury, and Glass
Wind-Up Doll
Asteroid Danse
Centered
Someone Close
Something's Happening to Your Heart
True Ecclesia
Birds
1988 Independent
October was:
Johnny J. Blair – Mostly lead vocals & guitars, but also banjo, bass, keyboards, & percussives
Ron Davis – Mostly drums, congas, and timbales
Chris Haggerty – Mostly guitar and vocals, occasionally saxophone
Victor Valverde – Mostly bass and lead vocals, but also guitar, harmonica, and keyboards
Bridget Purifoy & Anna Valdez – Harmony vocals and occasional percussives
Love, Love Alone (DJ-demo 1988)
Spirit (outake 1986)
Apathy (live 5/5/86)
Seven Long Years (live 5/5/86)
Dancin' by the River (unreleased 1986)
One Fine Day (unreleased instrumental version 1986)
Ready and Willing (unreleased 1986)
Do Ya Wanna Know It? (alternative version 1986)
And Nobody Else (alternative version 1986)
Everything is Everything (alternative version 1986)
Real Planet - Real World - Real Peace (unreleased 1986)
Desert Ruby (rehearsal 3/86)
One Fine Day (unreleased 1986)
Love is Strange (rehearsal 3/86)
Fascist Architecture (demo 1984)
KUSF Interview 1985
Welcome to the Open Door (alternative version 1984)
Yellow House
1988 Independent
Dmitri Karamazov Escapes (Blair) (2:21)
Open The Book (Blair) (1:48)
Journalistic Girl (Blair) (3:13)
Teen Reporter Meets the King of African Rockabilly (Blair) (3:35)
Prayer for a Dying Rhino (Blair) (1:14)
Apathy (Blair) (2:23)
Ya Gotta Care (1983 version) (Blair / Lloyd) (2:24)
Peter Lawford’s Last Words (Blair / Jergesen) (1:06)
Sho Hideyo (Blair) (2:17)
Yellow House (Blair) (5:16)
Eros Obedient (Blair) (2:30)
Polemics and Derision (Blair) (1:05)
Do You Wanna Know It? (Blair) (4:59)
Out of the Noisy Planet (Blair) (1:19)
Permanent Vacation (Blair / Lloyd / Taylor) (3:47)
Seems Like Its Time (Blair) (2:25)
Richard Quatermaine Was There (Blair / Davis / Lloyd / Valverde) (2:26)
Holds Me With The Muse (Blair) (3:20)
Desert Ruby (Blair) (3:58)
Dreams and Sermons Volume One (Blair) (4:51)
Dreams and Sermons Volume Two (Blair) (2:15)
Train Tracks in the Snow (Christmas Songs & Other Matters)
1988 Independent
Johnny J. Blair – Lead vocals, harmony vocals, guitar, bass, banjo, drums, drum programs, keyboards, percussives, and violins. Except where noted.
Open the Presents
Green-on-Red / Frontiers of Love
Silent Night
When the Snow Came Down
Jingle Bells 1 & 2
What's Been Done
Lose It – Find It
Winterlude
I Love You So Much
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Do Ya Want To Know It?
We Pay Our Dues
A Frosty Picnic on Aran
Sequel to the Sequel
Circles and Cycles
Helicopters Over the Glacier
A Small Atlas is a Perfect Gift
Seems Like It's Time
I've Been Workin' on the Railroad
Train Tracks on White Fields
Normal Songs & Near Hits 1978-1989 (compilation)
1989 Independent
Journalistic Girl (Blair) +
When the Snow Came Down (Blair) ++
(I Wanna Bein) Pennsylvania (Blair) ‡
Permanent Vacation (Blair/Lloyd/Taylor) +
Please Don't Wait Too Long (Blair) ‡‡‡ ‡‡
Welcome to the Open Door (Blair) ‡‡‡
Sequel To The Sequel (Blair) ++
When I was Out to Glorify Myself (Blair) +++
Lose It-Find It (Blair) ++
Desert Ruby (Blair) +++ ‡‡
Just as I Am (Bradbury/Elliot)‡
The First Stone (Blair) +++ ‡‡
Dreams and Sermons Volume One (Blair) +
Apathy (Blair) +
Ya Gotta Care (Blair/Lloyd) * ‡‡
One Planet-One Utopia-One Helmet (Blair) ‡‡‡
Eternal Life #2 (Blair) +++
‡ - previously unreleased
‡‡ - 1989 remix
‡‡‡ - Door in the Water
* - Care Packages
+ - Yellow House
++ - Train Tracks in the Snow
+++ - Johnny J. Blair (“The Green Album”)
Care Packages (expanded)
1989 Independent
Ya Gotta Care (Blair/Lloyd)*
Circles And Cycles (Blair)*
Ouch! (Blair)*
Apathy (live) (Blair)‡
Seven Long Years (live) (Blair)‡
Fascist Architecture (cockburn)‡‡
One Fine Day (Haggerty/Blair)+
Dancin' By The River (Blair/Davis)+
Ready And Willing (Haggerty)+
Real Planet-Real People-Real Peace (Blair)+
Spirit (Scott)+
KUSF Interview 1985
Welcome To The Open Door (Blair)‡‡
Everything Is Everything (Valverde)+
WBRB Promo 1988
Love, Love Alone (Hardy)++
Love Is Strange (Smith/Baker/Robinson/Valverde)+
Weirder Than Money (Blair)+++
Eternal Life #3 (Blair)‡‡
One Fine Day (Instrumental) (Haggerty/Blair)+
(I Wanna Bein) Pennsylvania (Blair)++
Roll Me Home (Valverde)#
Heart Of Gold (Young)++
Dmitri Karamazov Escapes (Blair)+
The Colonel`s Only Daughter (v1) (Blair)++
The Colonel`s Only Daughter (v2) (Blair)++
Sigh (Blair)++
In Your Heartbeat (Blair)++
Toy Parade (Leave It To Beaver) (DeVol)++
My Bonnie (Traditional) (Traditional)++
* Care Packages EP
‡ Concert 5/5/86
‡‡ Demo 1984
+ October Sessions 1986
++ Demo 1988-1989
+++ Alternative Mix 1985
# Alternative Mix 1987
Love Love Alone (single)
1989 Independent
Produced by Dan Reilly
12 Songs About Love, God, Money
Suspension Britches in San Francisco (Works 1989-1991)
She's Not Some Animal (single)
1997 Independent
Four songs
Fire
2000 Independent
Reissued 2006 on Foldback Records/Wampus Multimedia
With John Bechdel, Davy Jones, and Jab’O Starks
Dancin' by the River (Urban BBQ Mix)
People Medley: Everyday People/Fishers of Men/One for the Pastor
Fire
All Things are Possible
One Wonderful Smile
Love, Love Alone
A Little Industrial Nachtmusik
Lighten Up
Dancin' by the River (Tex-Mex Garage Band Mix)
Throw the First Stone
Man of Sorrows
Exotic Animals & Beaches of Pennsylvania (limited edition maxi-EP)
2001 Independent
She's Not Some Animal (3:17)
One Wonderful Smile (Edit-Remix) (5:08)
Exotic Animals & Beaches of Pennsylvania (2:46)
Air Raid (6:34)
Lighten Up (Edit-Remix) (4:38)
No Be No Yes Be Yes (4:39)
Dumb Angel (2:33)
(I Wanna Bein) Pennsylvania (3:50)
(I Wanna Bein) Pennsylvania (Accappella Mix) (3:49)
Exotic Animals & Beaches of Pennsylvania (expanded reissue)
September 2001 Independent
She's Not Some Animal (RR Mix) (3:18)
Dumb Angel (Narrowpath Mix) (2:34)
(I Wanna Bein) Pennsylvania (RR Mix) (3:52)
Exotic Animals & Beaches of Pennsylvania (Breon Edit) (2:48)
Silver Moon (4:03)
One Wonderful Smile edit-remix (5:10)
No Be No Yes Be Yes (4:40)
Air Raid (6:36)
Lighten Up (single edit) (4:41)
(I Wanna Bein) Pennsylvania (Acappella) (3:49)
Swing Low Sweet Chariot/Swing Down Chariot (demo) (7:01)
Nobody's Fault But Mine (live 7/4/03) (3:10)
Workin' on a Building (live 7/4/03) (5:10)
Love Love Alone (live 7/4/03) (3:35)
I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass (live 7/4/03) (3:02)
Dancin' by the River (live 7/4/03) (3:07)
Snapshots
2002 Independent
Workin' On a Building (5:12)
Love, Love Alone (3:16)
Unresolved (3:17)
Like A Father to A Son (4:07)
Steinbeck Found the Valley (1:31)
Desert Ruby (3:24)
Weirder Than Money (4:18)
I'm Too Ugly for CCM, Too Stupid for TBN (5:09)
For What It's Worth (3:28)
Ya Gotta Care (4:19)
I'm a Jerk (3:03)
Dancin' Barefoot (4:11)
Dancin' by the River (3:36)
The Story of Desert Ruby (1:42)
After Hours: a Tribute to the Music of Lou Reed
2003 Independent
cover version of “Sunday Morning,” backed by members of The Badlees
Sunday Morning
Treadmarks
2005 Wampus Multimedia
Produced by Mark Doyon
One Planet–One Utopia–One Helmet (3:51)
Music Up Inside of Me (4:05)
The Sky Cries (4:37)
Somebody Loves You (Like Dino Said) (4:03)
Sam Said (4:24)
She's Not Some Animal #3 (3:30)
One Wonderful Smile (2 A.M.) (4:44)
I Like the Street (4:18)
Prelude: Green-on-Red/Frontiers of Love (6:27)
Word 2 Soul Project: Volume I
A Neo-Soul Rockin' Gospel Celebration of Singers & Players
2005 Independent
With Chris Bovard and Tim Breon
Reach (5:41)
Symphony of Praise (4:23)
The Benediction (3:36)
He Wants to Bless You (4:17)
In His Kingdom (3:53)
I'm Fine With That (3:49)
Jesus Divine (Fine Line) (3:47)
Carpenter's Kid (4:19)
There He Stays (5:06)
Even In The Night (3:48)
Who Do You Say I Am? (4:27)
The Standard (4:21)
Free Me (8:13)
Word 2 Soul Project: Volume I (expanded)
A Neo-Soul Rockin' Gospel Celebration of Singers & Players
2005 Independent
Reach (5:40)
A Symphony of Praise (4:23)
Benediction (3:36)
He Wants to Bless You (4:17)
In His Kingdom (3:53)
I am Fine With That (3:49)
A Fine Line (3:47)
Carpenter's Kid (4:19)
There He Stays (5:05)
Even in the Night (3:48)
Who Do You Say I Am? (4:27)
The Standard (4:20)
Free Me (8:13)
Just One Victory (demo) (3:41)
First Flame (outtake) (5:09)
United (4:21)
Voices (outtake) (8:50)
Grateful
2007 Foldback Records/Wampus Multimedia
With Davy Jones, Michael Miller, Michael Roe, and Chris von Sneidern
I'm So Glad U Let Me In (4:07)
My Bonnie (3:24)
Journalistic Girl (3:32)
One Planet-One Utopia-One Helmet (3:23)
Grateful (1:10)
She's Not Some Animal #2 (3:13)
The Sleeping Giant (Of Love) (5:26)
Drive a Nail (2:23)
The Brakeman's Dead (5:08)
Unresolved (Graham Greene's Script for Laurel & Hardy) (3:19)
Please Don't Wait Too Long (3:12)
Exotic Animals and Beaches of Pennsylvania (2:52)
Dumb Angel (2:30)
(I Wanna Be In) Pennsylvania (3:49)
Desert Ruby (3:54)
Nothing Like Williamsport (single)
2008 Independent
Nothing Like Williamsport (4:56)
Nothing Like Williamsport (Grand Slam Mix) (6:26)
Door In The Water (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
2010 Independent
Welcome to the Open Door (3:57)
One Planet One Utopia One Helmet (3:28)
Please Don't Wait Too Long (3:14)
Ya Gotta Care (SimpleMindFunk Mix) (2:53)
Eternal Life (5:34)
The Compleat Angler (3:45)
Rebellion Comes On (4:03)
Seven Long Years (2:26)
Locusts (1:17)
Open Door (4:07)
Circles & Cycles (Big Country Version) (2:18)
Sequel (0:52)
Spirit (4-track demo) (3:47)
One Planet One Utopia One Helmet (live 1986) (3:39)
Apathy (live 1986) (2:23)
Seven Long Years (live 1986) (2:29)
Desert Ruby (band rehearsal 1986) (3:14)
Everybody Needs Jesus Instead (2:48)
KUSF-FM (San Francisco) interview 4/86 (6:44)
Please Don't Wait Too Long (instrumental 2-track demo) (3:57)
Sequel to the Sequel (1:09)
Snapshots: Live & Half-Plugged (expanded reissue)
2010 Independent
Workin' on a Building (live 9/02) (5:12)
Love, Love Alone (live 9/02) (3:15)
Unresolved (Graham Greene's Script for Laurel & Hardy) (3:19)
Like a Father to a Son (4:09)
Steinbeck Found the Valley (1:33)
Desert Ruby (TV broadcast 8/01) (3:26)
Weirder Than Money (live 10/90) (4:20)
I'm Too Ugly for CCM, Too Stupid for TBN (Church Basement Mix) (5:09)
For What it's Worth (live 9/02) (3:28)
Ya Gotta Care (live 9/02) (4:21)
I'm a Jerk (3:05)
Dancin' by the River (CSN Gypsy Lizard Mix) (3:38)
Dancin' Barefoot (live 8/02) (4:13)
The Story of Desert Ruby (TV broadcast 8/01) (1:42)
(Don't Let Them) Changes (live 10/90) (2:20)
One Planet One Utopia One Helmet (live 10/90) (4:00)
Please Don't Wait Too Long (live 10/90) (3:16)
The Check is in the Mail (live 10/90) (3:13)
Back in the U.S.S.R. (live 10/90) (3:17)
People Medley (live 8/01) (5:19)
Nobody's Fault but Mine (live 9/02) (3:15)
Throw the First Stone (live 9/02) (5:48)
Woody Guthrie’s America (single)
2010 Independent
For Akron/Family “Woody Guthrie Project”
Precious Gem (Christmas single)
2010 Independent
Precious Gem (4:01)
Train Tracks in the Snow (2:14)
Death, God, Love, & Money (a compilation 1990-2000)
April 2011 Independent
The Sleeping Giant (of Love) (early mix) (5:26)
I Can't Help Falling in Love With You (4-track demo) (3:01)
Keep Sharing the Crayons (early mix) (4:46)
She's Not Some Animal (Cove Mix) (3:13)
Oh! Noel (4-track demo) (3:29)
And I Love Her (4:27)
Only Fools (Instrumental, 4-track demo) (3:55)
The Check is in the Mail (2:46)
Ruby Tuesday (4-track demo) (3:40)
Tapioca Tundra (Kraftwerk Mix) (3:25)
Spying, Surfing, & Dancing (demo) (3:41)
Autobiography 1957-79 (4-track demo) (5:46)
Cassandra, Can Ya? Part II (4:38)
Meet Me at the Summer Place (3:55)
I Like the Street
2011 Wampus Multimedia
I Like the Street (Electric Velvet Version) (4:40)
What Goes On (3:00)
If I Could Dress Like Clive Owen (3:39)
Spying in Barcelona (2:03)
Kept on Walkin' (Pivotal Moments in Time) (4:04)
Big Town Winding Down (3:26)
Even in the Night (3:56)
Night Garden (3:58)
Love That's Here to Stay (4:19)
It's in Your Hands + Variations on Satie (6:39)
San Francisco Suspension Britches (Audio Diary Entries 1990-95)
April 2011 Independent
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) (4-track demo) (5:00)
I'm So Glad U Let Me In (early mix) (4:07)
The Brakeman's Dead (early mix) (5:08)
Fascist Architecture (3:37)
Don't Let it Bring You Down (4-track demo) (3:34)
(Don't Let Them) Changes (2:19)
My Bonnie (early mix) (3:24)
Cast Your Fate to the Wind/Hey Gyp (rehearsal 3/90) (3:59)
Pipe of Peace (Chippewa Indian Song) (rehearsal 3/90) (3:51)
One Planet/One Utopia/One Helmet (rehearsal 3/90) (2:56)
(We're Gonna Take a) Permanent Vacation (rehearsal 3/90) (3:26)
Heart of Gold (rehearsal 3/90) (2:37)
Fascist Architecture (Slow Version, rehearsal 3/90) (3:23)
Dylan Warm Up (rehearsal 3/90) (0:24)
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (rehearsal 3/90) (4:09)
Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) (sound check 12/95) (4:19)
Dancing With the Possums (4-track demo) (3:01)
The Sky Cries (special edition EP)
2012 Independent
Samuel Bowen & Johnny J Blair
The Sky Cries (Sam Bowen & JJB full band version 2011) (3:46)
Lay Me Down (3:14)
When You Tell Me That You Love Me (demo) (2:38)
The Strange Tale of Taylor Matthew Jordan (rough demo) (5:29)
The Sky Cries (TREADMARKS version) (4:37)
Halfway To Dakota (limited edition EP)
January 2013 Independent
Love That's Here to Stay (4:19)
Love Love Alone (single edit) (w/Davy Jones) (3:04)
Halfway to Dakota (3:36)
Night Garden (w/Beyondo & Mike Garson) (3:58)
Man of Sorrows (5:24)
Pictures of You (blue guitar version) (4:01)
If I Could Dress Like Clive Owen (Music For Films Not Yet Made)
July 2013 Independent
If I Could Dress Like Clive Owen (3:39)
Spying, Surfing, Dancing (3:41)
It's in Your Hands (single edit) (3:52)
Big Town Winding Down (instrumental) (3:31)
Kept On Walkin' (CVS dub mix 2013) (4:19)
Exotic Animals & Beaches (2:52)
Love, Love Alone (3:31)
A Little Industrial Nachtmusik (3:23)
If I Could Dress Like Clive Owen (remix single edit) (3:19)
Spying in Barcelona (complete unedited improvisation) (20:20)
(to be continued)
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