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UPCOMING SHOWS:
New Years Eve, 2007
at the Painted Lady
Hamtramek, MI
Rockers Reunion - London, England
Jan. 19, 2008
with Chris Casello
Wild Cat Weekend Festival
Richie Gee - 4th of July
Pakefield, Soffolk, England<,br> with James Kirkland
Kike's Hayride Festival
Barcelona, Spain
Dec. 6, 2008
Johnny Powers' MySpace Page
Johnny Powers on YouTube
JOHNNY POWERS (www.myboomerplace.com/profile)
Johnny Powers reflects on Johnny Cash on the Detroit News article.
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A Note from Johnny Powers
I would like to say to all my fans, "Thank You" for bringing me back. And to all the promoters and the press, "Thank You." And to the artists who I have inspired, with my early and new records, "Thanks for Listening."
A special "Thanks" to the musicians and studio engineers who have worked and recorded with me. Thanks guys for kicking butt whenever I call on you.
There are no words that I can say to all of you to express my feelings for all that you've done for my career. "Keep on Rockin'."
Sincerely, Johnny Powers
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Welcome to my web site. I've tried to gather all the things that my loyal fans have come to expect from me. I even have my own retail stores through my company, Jet-Eye Music Inc. You will also find some great pictures from my career in the music business. These include people I've met out on the road, out on tour, my long time friends and the people who have made my career possible.
This site is dedicated to the eras of the '50s and '60s ... more specially, to the evolution of Rock and Roll and the offshoot of Rockabilly. My new web home will be undergoing lots of changes as times goes on. I will have great links to other artist's sites, updated pictures, tour information, hard to find records, memorabilia, a fan club, contests and great sponsors.
Also visit our record stores and find all the music in the world. We have more than 100,000 titles and 100s that are considered rockabilly. See other interesting offers from time on this site. We hope you enjoy this site as much as we enjoy bringing it to you. Meantime, E-mail us.
About Johnny
"I WAS THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED"
(I SAW THE BIRTH OF ROCK AND ROLL)
ROCK-A-BILLY RENAISSANCE MAN
This Detroit cult hero played his part in thy history of rock and roll and recorded for Sam Phillips Memphis Tenn. Sun Records in the 50's and Motown Records in the 60's and continues to Record and perform today.
This entertainer was there when Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Roy Orbison were re-writing American History. --DAVID SOKOL, EDITOR: NEW COUNTRY MAGAZINE
The only singer, so far as we know, ever signed to both Sun and Motown Records, the two most historic independent, legendary record companies in the world. What's most remarkable is that Johnny Powers is no second-generation revivalist: He was wrapping his rich, early voice around similarity unfettered melodies back in 1954 - 15 year's before Sha Na Na trivialized the genre and 25 years before it was billed by the Stray Cats. --Kevin Ransom & Dan Cooper - New Country Magazine
Johnny Powers boasts a career that encompasses every facet of the music industry. The ever-youthful Powers continues to tour the United States and Europe today, performing new and classic recordings with a voice recently described by the LA Time's music critic, Mr. Robert Hilburn, as "big as Lake Superior."
"With all the rebel sideburn cool of early Elvis and Gene Vincent, his recordings make Powers' historical obscurity unfathomable." --Entertainment Weekly
Powers confesses that his first love is performing this music in front of live audiences. Each visit he says results in a growing legion of international fans. One of his favorite memories is playing a country music festival in France, which was hosted by a TV star, Patrick Duffy. The enthusiastic audience response resulted in Powers receiving an invitation to the event's VIP tent, where high-ranking French politicians and celebrities entertained him.
Power's reputation as one of Michigan's preeminent progenitors of rock'n'roll, was secured by a May 1999 article in the Detroit News, in which he was included with Bob Seger, Berry Gordy, Jr., and the MC5 in a "Michigan at the Millennium" list of the state's musical heroes. --Sue Whitall Detroit News
Powers is perhaps best known as the music legend who recorded a rock'n'roll classic seminal hit, "Long Blond Hair," a song that continues to thrill rockabililly aficionados witnessing Powers' live performances, listening to reissues of the original recording, or tapping their feet while enjoying the song's appearance on the soundtrack to the ShowTime Cable Network's film, Reform School Girls.
The song's infectious popularity is evidenced by the anecdote Powers relates in which he was approached after a Detroit gig. "I just finished a show with Aaron Tipin, and a fan told me he finally got a chance to hear me do "Long Blond Hair." It was one of his all-time favorite songs." The fan turned out to be Ed Salamon, Westwood One's radio network president of programming at that time. Johnny Powers performance of a song "Say It" is in the Film production of Mosquito also on DVD which air's on SiFi and Cable Network's and it continues to air on U.S and International Television Networks today.
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