JOHN LODGE MOODY BLUES LEGEND RELEASES NEW LIVE ALBUM 'THE ROYAL AFFAIR AND AFTER' EXCLUSIVE ZOOM TV EVENT WITH RAY SHASHO ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

 

M O O D Y  B L U E S

 LEGEND

RELEASES NEW 

L I V E  ALBUM

THE ROYAL AFFAIR AND AFTER

EXCLUSIVE ZOOM TV INTERVIEW

with RAY SHASHO

John Lodge is bass guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the iconic Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2018 inductees, The Moody Blues. Songwriter of such mega Moody Blues hits from “Ride My See-Saw,” to “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock and Roll Band),” “Isn’t Life Strange” and many more. 

Lodge has been performing and recording with The Moody Blues for more than five decades, selling in excess of 70 million albums, as well as releasing his three solo albums ‘Natural Avenue’, ’10,000 Light Years Ago’ and ‘B Yond’ John is passionate about “Keeping the Moody Blues Music Alive”, and John and his 10,000 Light Years Band provide a unique opportunity to continue to experience the magic of the Moody Blues.  2021 will see the release of his live album ‘The Royal Affair and After’ and touring is being planned for 2022. THE ROYAL AFFAIR AND AFTER is to be released on January 14, 2022 on CD and digital download.

  The limited edition, blue vinyl will be released on January 28, 2022. During the summer of 2019, Lodge was delighted to be part of the ‘The Royal Affair Tour’, with YES, Carl Palmer, Arthur Brown, and ASIA, and what followed was an epic summer.  For John it was unique opportunity to bring his electrifying show to both long established fans, and to those new to the Moody Blues.  ‘if you love The Moody Blues, checkout John live. He and the band put on a great show!’

PREORDER 

JOHN LODGE

THE ROYAL AFFAIR AND AFTER

AVAILABLE JANUARY 14, 2022

The new live album from John Lodge

 featuring special guests Graeme Edge from The Moody Blues on "Late Lament" and Jon Davison from Yes on "Nights in White Satin" and "Ride My See-Saw".

Order now at

www.johnlodge.com/the-royal-affair-and-after

Track Listing (CD and Digital)

1. Steppin’ in a Slide Zone 
2. Saved by the Music  
3. Legend of a Mind 
4. Sunset  
5. Late Lament (with Graeme Edge) 
6. Nights in White Satin (with Jon Davison) 
7. Gemini Dream 
8. Isn’t Life Strange  
9. I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) 
10. Ride My See-Saw (with Jon Davison)

For more information

About

JOHN LODGE

Visit

www.johnlodge.com

official website

www.facebook.com/johnlodgemusic

facebook

https://twitter.com/JohnLodgeMusic

twitter

www.instagram.com/johnlodgemusic

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JOHN LODGE

TOUR DATES  2022

Date  Event Location

Tuesday, March 8, 2022 @ 8:00PM

Infinity Hall, Norfolk, CT

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 @ 7:30PM   

Levoy Theatre, Millville, NJ

Friday, March 11, 2022 @ 8:00PM 

Suffolk Theater, Riverhead, NY

Saturday, March 12, 2022 @ 8:00PM      

The Warehouse, Fairfield, CT

Sunday, March 13, 2022 @ 8:00PM

Infinity Hall, Hartford, CT

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 @ 8:00PM       

Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, PA

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 @ 8:00PM 

Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, MD

Thursday, March 17, 2022 @ 8:00PM     

The Tin Pan, Richmond, VA

Saturday, March 19, 2022 @ 8:00PM      

City Winery Nashville, Nashville, TN

Sunday, March 20, 2022 @ 6:00PM        

City Winery Atlanta , Atlanta, GA

Sunday, March 20, 2022 @ 9:00PM        

City Winery Atlanta (Late Show)   

Friday, March 25, 2022 @ 8:00PM 

Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

Saturday, March 26, 2022 @ 8:00PM     

Stage 954 Casino at Dania Beach, Dania Beach, FL

Monday, March 28, 2022

Flower Power Cruise   

Celebrity Summit, Miami Florida

 

JOHN LODGE

DISCOGRAPHY

SOLO

Studio albums

Blue Jays (1975) with Justin Hayward UK

Natural Avenue (1977)

10,000 Light Years Ago (2015)

Live albums

Live from Birmingham: The 10,000 Light Years Tour (2017)

THE ROYAL AFFAIR AND AFTER (2021)

 

With THE MOODY BLUES

Days of Future Passed (1967)

In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)

On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)

To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)

A Question of Balance (1970)

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)

Seventh Sojourn (1972)

Octave (1978)

Long Distance Voyager (1981)

The Present (1983)

The Other Side of Life (1986)

Sur la Mer (1988)

Keys of the Kingdom (1991)

Strange Times (1999)

December (2003)

JOHN LODGE

APPEARS WEEK OF

JANUARY 28TH 2022

on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

with RAY SHASHO

STREAMING at

THE CLASSIC ROCK MUSIC REPORTER

(classicrockmusicwriter.com)

Classic Rock Here And Now

Music Tried And True

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RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK

ENTITLED

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE

CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE

BY RAY SHASHO

 …Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover  or E-book  at bookbaby.com and amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

 

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

The Rock Star Chronicles, by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/   Gold Award Winner

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ANDY SUMMERS LEGENDARY 'POLICE' GUITARIST RELEASES BOOK OF SHORT STORIES & NEW MUSIC COMING SOON! EXCLUSIVE ZOOM TV INTERVIEW WITH RAY SHASHO

 

A N D Y

S U M M E R S

LEGENDARY GUITARIST 

formerly with 

T H E  P O L I C E

New book  OF SHORT STORIES

FRETTED AND MOANING

AND NEW MUSIC COMING SOON!

HARMONICS OF THE NIGHT

The new record will join up with 

Metal Dog and Triboluminescence 

to complete the three-strong sonic collection. 

EXCLUSIVE ZOOM TV INTERVIEW

Andy Summers is most known as a member of one of the most influential and acclaimed acts in musical history, The Police. 

With a catalog that has sold more than 75 million records worldwide and spawned multiple chart toppers including “Every Breath You Take,” “Can’t Stand Losing You,” “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic,” just to name a few, as well as four of their five studio albums making Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, The Police continue to be one of the most important musical acts of all time. Summers is a five-time Grammy® winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and has spent the past five decades performing live to audiences across the globe.  Summers has released multiple solo projects in recent years as well as collaborations with John Etheridge, Robert Fripp, Fernanda Takai, Ben Verdery, and Victor Biglione.  In 2007, The Police reunited for a 14-month global tour becoming the third highest grossing tour of all time.  In recent years Summers has become a noted author including the 2006 release of his memoir, One Train Later, the inspiration for his 2012 documentary film, Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police.

 Summers has also found sanctuary behind the lens as a noted photographer who specializes in capturing a mood, an expression, or a location in striking black and white, with book releases including the stunning Desirer Walks the Streets (Nazraeli Press), I’ll Be Watching You (Taschen), and The Bones of Chuang Tzu (Steidl), while continuing to curate exhibits around the globe including Leica Gallery in Los Angeles, Paris/LA Independent Photo Show, Kunst, Licht Ggallery in Shanghai, and more. Summers is the recipient of the prestigious Chevalier De L’Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres by the Ministry of Culture in France. For more information, visit www.andysummers.com.

Purchase Andy’s latest book 

FRETTED AND MOANING

Short Stories

Musician, composer, photographer, guitarist and… author. Andy Summers has written short stories ever since he became a member of The Police, and they are as smart, witty, and unexpected as his music and photography. Now for the first time 45 are collected in this hardback book. Andy’s stories in Fretted & Moaning reveal a cast of characters drawn from the world of music, chief among them guitarists. Every tale has at its heart music or a guitar and a person whose ambition, hopes, dreams, loves, hates, failures, and successes are revealed in uncanny, funny, and never expected ways.

Available at amazon.com

Also watch for

HARMONICS OF THE NIGHT

by Andy Summers

The new record will join up with Metal Dog and Triboluminescence to complete the three-strong sonic collection. His 15th studio solo record and the final installment in his trilogy of albums.

Expected October 15, 2021 at amazon.com

For more information 

about

ANDY SUMMERS

Visit

www.andysummersbook.com

author site

www.andysummers.com

official website

www.facebook.com/andysummersofficial

facebook

https://twitter.com/asummersmusic

twitter

www.instagram.com/andysummers_official

Instagram

www.thepolice.com

the Police official website 

ANDY SUMMERS

DISCOGRAPHY

Solo albums

XYZ (MCA, 1987)

Mysterious Barricades (Private Music, 1988)

The Golden Wire (Private, 1989)

Charming Snakes (Private, 1990)

World Gone Strange (Private, 1991)

A Windham Hill Retrospective (Windham Hill Records, 1991) (compilation)

Synaesthesia (CMP, 1995)

The Last Dance of Mr. X (BMG/RCA Victor, 1997)

Green Chimneys: The Music of Thelonious Monk (BMG Classics/RCA Victor, 1999)

Peggy's Blue Skylight (BMG Classics/RCA Victor, 2000)

Earth + Sky (Golden Wire, 2003)

The X Tracks (Golden Wire, 2004) (compilation)

Metal Dog (Flickering Shadow, 2015)

Triboluminescence (Flickering Shadow, 2017)

Harmonics of the Night (Andy Summers Music/Cargo Records, October 15, 2021)

Collaborations

I Advance Masked with Robert Fripp (A&M, 1982)

Bewitched with Robert Fripp (A&M, 1984)

Invisible Threads with John Etheridge (Mesa, 1993)

Strings of Desire with Victor Biglione (R.A.R.E., 1998)

Splendid Brazil with Victor Biglione (R.A.R.E., 2005)

First You Build a Cloud with Ben Verdery (R.A.R.E., 2007)

Fundamental with Fernanda Takai (2012)

Circus Hero with Rob Giles as Circa Zero (429 Records, 2014)

Film soundtracks

The Wild Life (MCA, 1984)

2010 (A&M, 1984) (contributor)

Band of the Hand (1985)

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (MCA, 1986)

The Craft (Columbia, 1996)

Singles

"Parade"/"Train" with Robert Fripp (1984)

"2010"/"To Hal and Back" (1984)

"Love is the Strangest Way"/"Nowhere" (1987)

As band member

With The Police

Outlandos d'Amour (1978)

Reggatta de Blanc (1979)

Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)

Ghost in the Machine (1981)

Brimstone and Treacle (1982)

Synchronicity (1983)

Every Breath You Take: The Singles (1986)

Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings (1993)

Live! (1995)

The Police (2007)

Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires (2008)

Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings (2019)

With Eric Burdon and the Animals

Love Is (1968)

With Kevin Ayers

First Show in the Appearance Business (1996)

Too Old to Die Young (1998)

Yes We Have No Mananas, So Get Your Mananas Today (EMI/Harvest, 2009)

With Kevin Coyne

Matching Head and Feet (Virgin, 1975)

Heartburn (Virgin, 1976)

In Living Black and White (Virgin, 1976)

Sign of the Times (Virgin, 1994)

On Air (Tradition & Moderne, 2008)

With Dantalian's Chariot

Chariot Rising (Wooden Hill, 1996)

With Eberhard Schoener

The Book (Ariola 1977)

Trance-Formation (Harvest/EMI Electrola 1977)

Video-Flashback (Harvest, 1979)

Video Magic (Harvest, 1978)

With Strontium 90

Police Academy (Pangaea, 1997)

With Zoot Money's Big Roll Band

It Should Have Been Me (1965)

Zoot! (Columbia, 1966)

Transition (1968)

Were You There? (Indigo, 1999)

Fully Clothed & Naked (Indigo, 2000)

 

 

ANDY SUMMERS

APPEARS WEEK OF

OCTOBER 12TH 2021

on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

with RAY SHASHO

STREAMING at  

THE CLASSIC ROCK MUSIC REPORTER

(classicrockmusicwriter.com)

Classic Rock Here And Now

Music Tried And True

Facebook LIVE

YouTube 

RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK

ENTITLED

THE 

ROCK STAR 

CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE

CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE

By Ray Shasho

 …Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover

 or E-book  at bookbaby.com and amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

 

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES 

BOOK TRAILER

CHECK IT OUT!

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

 

The Rock Star Chronicles, by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/   Gold Award Winner