Yeh we had the gags about Mom & Dad :-)

Only the occasional live appearances are possible these days as most of his time is spent in the studio, on both sides of the Atlantic.

Until the recent bit of asset stripping by the major labels, leading to the demise of mp3.com, the internet has been a great leveller between the independent artist and the power promotion of major labels. What happens now remains to be seen, but meanwhile you can find the music from these labels on multiple sites - CDs from CDBaby..com, tower Records.com etc and digital rights mp3 files here and wma files at usasounds.com

It would have to be something really special, or possibly a licensing or distribution deal.

John Perkins has been in the music business for many years and has worked in close association with many artistes on four record labels. Most notable bands he's been in include The Romantics, Pure Silk, along with Indi Hawkes & The White Eagle Band.

John is originally from Hereford but like many he moved away to the big cities out of necessity "My first professional music years" says John, "were spent in Dawnwind with co-writer Jon Harflett, and we were under the same management as groups like Blonde On Blonde and UFO and eventually released an album called "Looking Back On The Future" on the Amron label - now listed in Record Collecters Guide at $105 (Shame I'm not getting the money)."

Around that time (1976) he met and teamed up with his now long time friend and singing partner Vicky Gilbert and initially went through some name changes and varying line ups before recording as Pure Silk and the resulting single was mastered at Abbey Road Studios in 1984, which got airplay on many stations in the UK.
In 1990 he teamed up with Vicky's son Simon and his own sons to form The Romantics (European version - unaware of the American band with same name) and the album Mon Amie spawned a single "Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder" which got airplay all over Europe, most notably on BBC Radio One, and other BBC Network stations in Scotland and Ireland, and Atlantic 252 along with lots of local stations".

Then followed a spell where that band became inactive and John worked mostly in the studio 'til he met up with Indi Hawkes. The White Eagle Band was born, alongside the album "Beyond the Plains" which he co-wrote with Indi and produced."We began gigging" John continues, "with me taking Indi to the Fete de la Musique in Paris - France to make her debut and the result was a number of radio and festival appearances".
Then another Romantics single & video followed called "The Wonder Behind Your Eyes" but this time with only two (Simon and John) on the road. He explains, "In a rest from that, I begun compiling tracks I had written for an album with the working title "Lonely Heart", but hit on the idea of using versions recorded by the various friends who had covered my songs to become a various artistes compilation album."

Then John & Barb met on the internet........................ See Barbara McDonald with John Perkins at this site.

The Beatles, Byrds, Bob Dylan in early days then Joni Mitchell. More recently got into the music of Sarah mcLachlan, Pink and Avril Lavigne since forming partnership with Barbara McDonald.

Paris, Provence, Amsterdam and Philadelphia, PA

all sorts of guitars, Martin, Sagadia and Ibanez acoustics, + strat and ibanez 7 string electric.

In the background between all the production work JP has been putting together some tracks for a solo album, still featuring all his friends.
Check out these new additions to the labels:
Kari J. Murphy, already with a #1 on UK Alternative Country chart - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=538422
and From The Ashez a progressive rock band on White Eagle label.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=532108

SEVEN #1 HITS WITH BARBARA ...Barbara McDonald & JP had 7 #1 Hits, first with 'FEEL YOU' (twice a #1) and 'MARIE ELENA' at UKSounds.com followed by '(HE'LL NEVER BE A) ONE WOMAN MAN' under the banner of THE McDONALD-PERKINS BAND and LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN reached #1 for a third time in Nov 2002. We also had the first #1 of 2001 at that site with Indi Hawkes & The White Eagle Band.
Barb & JP also recently reached # 2 on AAA chart at mp3.com with MARIE ELENA and # 3 on soul chart with 'I Never Lived This Day Before.' and in Oct 2002 reached 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart with 'Lay Me Down'

Meanwhile the Paul Boyce rendering of JP's song 'It Must Be Love' appeared on the Top Twenty Love Songs at mp3.com during Oct 2002
and 'Shadow Of The Cat' reached # 12 on AAA, 'Treat You Like A Lady' reached # 43 on the Classic Rock chart and 'Don't Kiss Heaven Goodbye' by Pure Silk entered the Spiritual Rock chart at 27 during the Easter holiday in 2000.

Colette Nicholls also reached the Top Ten on UK Sounds with 'IN MEMORIUM' and 'SPLIT ASUNDER.'

Check out her new single CANDY JONES featuring backing vocals by Bo Walton, and now also a UK SOUNDS TOP TEN HIT at her page on this site!

NIXX joined the roster of hitmakers as TIME BOMB Hit the UKSounds TOP TEN, before they did away with it.

http://www.myspace.com/johnperkinsmusic