Having reached a milestone birthday on October 17, 2020, which also happened to be the day the album was recorded, Johnny Tucker is set to release his new opus, 75 and Alive, in partnership with Blue Heart Records. Bob Auerbach selected Kid Ramos to produce this collection of twelve originals. Ramos assembled The Allstars band, featuring Carl Sonny Leyland, John Bazz, Jason Lozano, Bob Corritore and Ron Dziubla.
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“SEVEN DAY BLUES” BUY IT AT https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/johnnytucker2 On this gem of an album, Johnny Tucker delivers the command performance of his lifetime, handing over 15 original songs, his heart and soul, and leaving all doubters behind. Though this album was recorded in a series of 2017 sessions, it is a throwback to the old-school approach.… Continue Reading
BUY JOHNNY TUCKER AT https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/johnnytucker. Johnny Tucker is the tenth child born of nineteen siblings to a seasonal sharecropper and his wife. His interest in music began when he would sit on the porch and hear his father play the guitar for his mother. Johnny started playing drums and was first influenced by Lowell Fulson’s… Continue Reading
Floyd Dixon “Time Brings about a Change DVD” HighJohn Records receives nomination from the 35th Blues Music Awards… Continue Reading
A HIGH JOHN RECORDS PRODUCTION Recorded June 1 & 2, 2006 at the Rhythm Room, Phoenix, AZ Filmed on Location June & August 2012, Los Angeles, CA… Continue Reading
(HOLLYWOOD, CA)—Robert Auerbach, Founder and CEO of HighJohn Records, is pleased to announce the premiere of the documentary film, and simultaneous DVD release of Time Brings About A Change…A Floyd Dixon Celebration. Floyd Dixon is the pianist/singer/writer often credited with putting the “jump’ in the growing 1950s Los Angeles jump blues scene with a string… Continue Reading
A High John Records Production Director Phillip Cruess Executive Producer Robert Auerbach Producers … Continue Reading
Floyd Dixon honored with the Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) in the July / August edition of Living Blues Magazine Critics Poll Award.… Continue Reading
On July 26, 2006, a mere eight weeks after the events described below, Floyd Dixon passed away in Orange, California from cancer. Floyd’s life was one of celebration and love. He expressed that love through his music and that music will continue to inspire and delight audiences around the world for eternity. If the blues… Continue Reading
(ORANGE, CA)—Robert Auerbach, founder/CEO of HighJohn Records, LLC is saddened to announce that Floyd Dixon, the blues pianist generally credited with starting the jump blues scene on the West coast, has died of cancer at age 77 in Orange, CA at Chapman Hospital. Born in Marshall, TX on February 8, 1929, Floyd toured extensively with… Continue Reading