Been a while since I was last here. Wow your music is still fantastic. Excellent writing and song arrangement. Perfect vocals and harmonies. Got a great hook to this song. Nice. I'm taking this song with me for my station. Excellent work!

WOW blow off my flip flops !!! Thats incredable Johnny..You took be back there boy...its got to be the secret of youth good ole music...l saw a group in Europe called Graceland & l never thought l'd say this but this guy was better than Elvis himself ( at least on the songs he sang) my nephew went back to the hotel to get one of those old now movie cameras lol forgot what they called them now lol..but got lost in the Berlin traffic in time to get these guys on tape, anyway those are my sentiments about this song...Big Congrats & a Very Happy Easter to you & yours. Everbody out of the pool!! L&P Always Debra aka ms 007 kgtf Really nice job Johnny

Listening to Pool Party. I needed a taste of summer.
Funny how you mention bringing a case of Pop. Must be showing your cumberland roots. Didnt think anyone called it that but back here in Western PA/Western MD.

Hi Johnny,
Not sleeping well tonight thought I would come over and hear some great tunes. Pray is such a beauty.

you sure you aren't the beach boys? man you got it nailed here. just an all around excellent job on this song. the vocals are so cool.

Dude, I appreciate your very thoughtful comments on my cover of David's song.

I can understand very well what you are saying about David's timing/melodies; but even your own melodies are sometimes complicated; although the timing is where it needs to be in each one.

David always teased me about bringing the collaborations we did into proper timing; and She Is the Reason was one of those...the piano, drums and bass were mine; his guitar added a good flavoring that rounded out the whole melody.

He always heard one thing, I heard another.

Johnny, honestly, I don't believe your musical days are done; as I believe God has more new songs for you to create and put together...they just haven't arrived yet.

I'm doing better though I haven't put together anything else just yet.

I'd known you hadn't come to SC for some time, but somehow I knew you'd show up shortly whenever you got ready to.

God still has His Hand upon you just as He always had; and always will.

May God continue to work with you; within your life, and within the lives of your family.

I do look for some more music from you; given some time...and if not, it would be because you were fighting His gentle encouragement.

Thanks again for coming by my friend.

Blessings to one and all,
Tammy

Dropped by to spin some of your music tonight. Always inspirational, no matter what you think or even say, Johnny.
Dude, don't worry about being in a different phase of your life at this point. The music will return given time, inspiration and inclination.

I can remember being there a few times in my life. But the inspiration, etc. has always returned with something new.
It will for you, too.

Usually, God's intention is to allow us to experience a few more things that will contribute in a positive way to the new songs He wants to give us in the future.

I've seen where He wanted me to live something through, and I have indeed seen the experience come "alive" within the next songs He gave me.

In other news:

I had thyroid surgery on July 22nd; they removed my thyroid; it was greatly enlarged and I had 5 nodules; neither would quit growing; not to mention I was suffering from Hyperthyroidism.(overactivity of the thyroid gland)

From what the doctor said it was so big the "legs" of it reached halfway up the front of my neck; it took both surgeons pulling and tugging to get it all out.

He said it had been slowly choking and smothering me to death, not to mention it was deep within my neck. I knew, but I'd had to take the anti thyroid meds first for a period of time, to get the levels down to as near normal as they could go before I could undergo any procedure.

That was the reason I'd dropped out of the musical scene for a good while...it was becoming a hard strain for me to sing; not enough air to work with.

I felt so bad some days it was all I could do just to get up and work.

Tell you what, death by thyroid would NOT have been a good thing. Bad enough I'd had the feeling of a constant "lump" in my throat; and by the time I underwent surgery, I could barely sing though I could still talk; but even that was a strain on me.

But you know, the most important thing was the fact that the Lord was with me throughout; He'd been with me beforehand, and He said He'd bring me through it all; and though I suffered some serious complications after the surgery, I came through, just like He said I would.

Anyhow, to see if I could even sing again, I made an attempt to cover David Lunbeck's song She Is the Reason a few days ago. I did the sanging with no practice to speak of; it started as a little experiment, because I was unable to sing lower, like I did before; so I went higher, because that was easier for me.

Surprisingly, it seems I've found a voice within me that I hadn't heard since I was young, dumb, and about stupid. LOL!!

Thought I'd let you know so you can critique me; and shoot me dead for covering such a sad song...but you know, I always liked it; and was determined that I would be brave enough to cover it some day, LOL!! So, either give me a medal or shoot me at sunup! LOL!!

I had to figure out how to fit my vocal to the song in its original key without killing myself, LOL!! I think I accomplished that much. Well, I could have re-keyed it for a better fit; but that would have meant taking out David's guitar, and I didn't want to do that; he was and is too good to just cut out. So, I worked with it as it was and is.

You always did like the higher ranges out of me when I reached those; and you get plenty of that in this one.

Well, crap, it might help if I told you where the song is...I've got my cover uploaded to my page, and David has his copy of my cover at Mixposure under his band name, The Full Quid.

Just incredible!!Seems like I can't get enuff of your version of this great Tony's number! What an obnoxcious vocal.Great!! Proud to be your friend,Johnny.

Could be the "Beatles"

Johnny does it again!!!
Fantastic job!!!
Love the added modern rock flare in the chorus!!!
An add for sure!!!

Nice song, It's great to hear some guitar driven power pop.

Hi Johnny,
Merry Christmas to you and the family. I came by to listen to your christmas offerings. Baghdad is quite amazing.

I am off today and been listening to some of your songs. Your production is through the roof. It is amazing with what you are using. Sounds like the radio.

A great toe toe tappin, butt boogie romp. great job!

Just had a listen to the Johnny Proctor song. Wow what a hoot! Loved it.