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High Stone

by JOHNNY CASINO

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    Deluxe 12inch LP of the NEW Johnny Casino album High Stone
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1.
TWENTY TWENTY (John A Spittles) Yeah I wanna do I wanna be but twenty twenty is fuckin me Don´t wanna hear the lies they say I gotta move my way Yeah we wanna love we want some peace we gotta learn turn think fight see the light I wanna be free! yeah I gotta be free They stole the keys so you can´t move tanks on Broadway with loaded news Aint got the game but they still play while you and me we gotta pay And I wanna give, gotta live I gotta learn turn think fight see the light I wanna be free, yeah i gotta be free I want to be free, yeah i gotta be free I´m gunna twist I´m gunna shout I got Apostles and their wiggin´out! On LeHIGH and LivingSTONE Twenty Twenty aint got no bone Yeah the people got the power, and maybe this is our hour We gotta be free, I wanna be free yeah we got to be free, I wanna be free.
2.
IF WE SOW (love will grow) (John A Spittles) Starry eyes i see you and i feel high Long and high may we fly But love can be strange like a cold December day Summertime in a great southern land And with time we can be where we belong If we sow love will grow Sometimes I feel a fear that I can’t hide I’m blind and running wild And any day she could turn and walk away But she rides right by my side And in time we can be where we belong If we sow love will grow When she smiles she´s the summer sun on high But seasons change and days feel grey How how can I simply sit and watch her cry Take my hand and we´ll dance for days And in time we can be where we belong If we sow love will grow
3.
Mr Fastgun 04:00
MR. FAST GUN (John A Spittles/Carrie Phillis/C. Jackson) You´re just a home wrecker heart breaker Not my kinda man You´re a deal breaker soul faker Not my kinda man You know I love you baby and your evil ways You know I can´t resist you all the games you play You´re a sin maker law breaker Not my kinda man You´re an earth mover soul shaker Not my kinda man The day that I first saw you remember what you said You aired your dirty laundry messed with my poor head Don´t you hang your dirty tall talk on me Don´t you hang your dirty tall talk on me Don´t you hang your dirty tall talk on me Don´t you hang your dirty tall talk on me You´re a home wrecker heart breaker not my kinda man You´re a soul seller deal faker not my kinda man You´re a law breaker earth mover not my kinda man You´re a lie tellin´ two timer not my kinda man Not my kinda man Not my kinda man Not my kinda man Not my kinda man
4.
Postcards 04:46
POSTCARDS ( John A Spittles) Lonely days make lonely nights And when you’re gone I lose the fight Yesterday is where I long to be To have your face smiling back at me I see you in the sun and the moon and stars become Postcards memories and stories running thru my mind These days I´m lost in time Thoughts of you there running thru my mind I´m just sitting here on this old guitar And it´s Christmas time you’re not near you´re far And I´m searching up and down thru the streets of your town I got postcards memories and stories rushing thru my mind Yeah i´m searching up and down thru the streets of your town With postcards memories and stories rushing thru my mind
5.
Make Hay While The Sun Shines ( John A Spittles) Instrumental
6.
Anchor 03:25
ANCHOR (John A Spittles) As I sit and wonder with this weight round my chest Time is an anchor And it´s playing with me But if you find me rollin´ on that big open sea I´m just thinkin bout you, thinkin´ bout me It´s the way I am And it´s the way I´m gunna be Yeah I know it´s a long long road Living with me But if you tell me your secrets well I´ll tell you mine day after day, and time after time Solo Well it´s the way I am And it´s the way I´m gunna be I know it´s a long long road Living with me But if fate finds us wandering I´ll remember a time When I held your hand, and you held mine
7.
LOVE OVER FEAR (John A Spittles) These ears they´re ringing With the sound of darkness moving in And i´m told faith is all around But I feel no love only fear It´s time to stop look and listen You´ll see greed and ego is the modern war Everyday I feel another sin When I wanna feel love over fear Time and again I want to hear love over fear Now and then we got to hear love over fear I don´t want to hear no religion You want find me preaching bout a god above I hear words from foreign lands Say it´s time to turn it´s time to stand Time and again I want to hear love over fear Now and then we got to hear love over fear
8.
THE GHOST TRAIN (John A Spittles) I hear that whistle echo for miles around The train kept a rollin way outta town Faith she´s a leaving upon them tracks Well what did I say? What did I do? Those lines seem so blurred cold and untrue And I feel lost I am on the ghost train Well love can be easy alive and free And with the flick of a switch it can be dirty and mean Hope feels weak and outta range My feet are so heavy but my eyes are still blue Searching for light and a song so true And I feel high I'm on the ghost train Well these days are so strange and night time too And I ain't gunna stand in line just to satisfy you People keep a moving with no place to go I´m gunna stand right here and put it all on show And I feel drunk I´m on the ghost train Where did I lose sight? Where did I go wrong? This weight round my neck is a pulling so strong Wasted so much time thinking I could change I see spiders snakes scorpions too They seem to look just like me and you And we´re all riding on the ghost train Well these days are so strange and night time too And I ain't gunna stand in line just to satisfy you People keep a moving with no place to go I´m gunna stand right here I´m putting it all on show And I´m still high riding the ghost train
9.
Eight Miles High (G.Clark/R.McGuinn/D.Crosby)

about

The city of Philadelphia has been good to your old pal Johnny Casino, in between the years of 1997 and 2001 I spent the best part of 3 years living there or being there for extended periods of time, and have returned many times since. I dig the gritty fighting spirit that I believe lives and breathes in Philly and it´s passionate people. The streets feel familiar to me and it feels like home, some of my favorite people live or once lived in Philadelphia, I love the city warts and all.

HIGH STONE was recorded in Philadelphia…….twice!

This album started it´s life in Olde Richmond, Philadelphia, in early March of 2020, then……..well all kinds of ¨road blocks, detours, lost recordings, doubts and distances¨ tried to derail it until we finally finished it in October of 2023 (I recorded and released an album, a singles box set containing 5 singles and bonus tracks, and two other 45´s in between starting and finishing this album!?)
High Stone was recorded by my dear old friend Jamie Mahon (Three 4 Tens, Marah, Mondo Topless, St James and The Apostles) in his studio Greenrock Recorders, with his GREAT band The Apostles as my backing band and Jamie behind the controls. This is not the place to bore you with the ¨how´s and why´s of the stops and starts and lost tapes¨ but we manged to get the recording side of it finished in July 2023
I then took the tracks back home to Spain to have them mixed and Mastered by Mike Mariconda (Raunch Hands, Devil Dogs, 9 Pound Hammer, The New Bomb Turks, Holly Golightly, Jack Oblivian, Barrence Whitfield)

Most of the ideas for these songs where conceived in my home in Spain BUT they most certainly became reborn walking thru my old haunts/streets in Philly, soaking in it´s smell, the way it moves, looks and feels, remembering times from more 20 years of frequenting the ¨city of brotherly love¨ and letting those memories and impulses that struck me shape and mold the songs and performances while recording.

Here´s to hoping you enjoy the album
All the best
Johnny

credits

released May 3, 2024

Recorded at GreenRock Recorders in Philly by JAMIE MAHON
Mixed and Mastered by MIKE MARICONDA
Produced by JAMIE MAHON and JOHNNY CASINO

Featuring the GREAT Philly band St. JAMES AND THE APOSTLES

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JOHNNY CASINO Spain

Classy, rocking and cinematic, with sweeping vision, individualism , big, bold and brassy sounds occasionally bitter and always engaging. I-94 BAR

Johnny Casino should be playing upper-middle-class booze orgies to loosen up and wreck soon to be career women. VILLAGE VOICE New York City

Johnny Casino, anywhere, anytime.This man has one musical fault – he’s too fucking good !BEAT MAGAZINE
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