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Highly respected German guitarist Christian Tolle is releasing “Now & Then“, the fourth installment of his C.T.P. (Christian Tolle Project) seeing the musician revisiting some of his best tunes plus new material in the company of some Rock giants leading to a really enjoyable release. Tolle was part of many celebrated AOR / Melodic Rock records as session musician including...
* This one is for ’80 freaks: finally, after years of unceasing requests by fans, JOHN PARR has made available for the first time ever his song “The Best”.Also known as ‘The Best A Man Can Get’, the track was penned by Parr as soundtrack / single for a Gillette razor ad during the Eighties, but never before released or...
Eighties UK Aorster JOHN PARR seems focused in the American market lately. His new album “The Mission” is a tribute to the men and women in the Military, released in close conjunction with the Armed Forces related organizations.
As heard in the last year CD, Parr’s style and sound now is oriented to a more American sound combining rockers with ballads.
However, “The Mission” is genuine Parr. There’s no distortion or alteration in his signature songwriting, and his voice is as solid as in the eighties and nineties works. Parr has created each song to tell a story and each story relates to the overall theme of the album, which is life centered around military service. Although on paper this looks boring, each track stands by its own…
* In the late eighties, England born Mick McConnell was part of a rock band in Germany and lived there for almost 2 years, and it was here that he met veteran rockers Smokie for the first time and immediately joined the band, where he still continues today as permanent guitarist.While Smokie continue to enjoy regular tours, Mick still manages...
John Parr, who is a native of England, first found fame in America with the AOR song he is probably best known for, ‘St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)’ , the popular ’80s tune that he wrote and performed for the movie of the same title.Around that same time, he had another hit song that climbed the charts, called ‘Naughty,...
