new STANLEY CLARKE fusion project recording 2009...
special guest appearances by members of Dave Matthews Band, Smashing Pumpkins, The Police and System of A Down.
new POP TART MONKEYS 2009
new HEARTSFIELD featuring Take 6, Jim Peterik and the Hooters-coming in 2010
new THE SOFTSILENCE coming in 2010
new GOODNIGHT CAULFIELD coming in 2010
new BEATNIK CASTLE (exec producer) hitting clubs in 2009
new FINLAY MORTON (StoneRoom Recordings UK) remix-2009 release
new STARVING FOR GRAVITY-URGENCY
new AMBER QUINTEIRO (King Records Japan) *
earlier releases:
SANTANA- Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame 1998
BEST OF (Columbia) Multi Platinum world-wide
SANTANA-SHANGO (Columbia) Gold; "Hold On" Top 10 Single/USA
SANTANA-ESSENTIAL SANTANA (Columbia)
"JASON'S LYRIC" -SOUNDTRACK (Mercury) Platinum + USA*
1 R&B Album; "U Will Know" Top 20 Pop/ Gold Single
CLIMAX BLUES BAND- FLYING THE FLAG (Warner Bros/Russ Thyret/Mo Ostin) "I Love You" Top-10
BADFINGER- THE SECRET SESSIONS with Nicky Hopkins (Chicago Kid)*
LYNYRD SKYNYRD-LEGEND (MCA/Irving Azoff) Gold
STEVE GAINES solo album-ONE IN THE SUN (MCA)*
Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame with Lynyrd Skynyrd 2006
STYX II (RCA) -RIAA Gold- CRIA Platinum
"Lady" Top-10 Single/USA
THE BEST OF STYX- RIAA/CRIA Gold
STYX-MAN OF MIRACLES
COME SAIL AWAY-THE STYX ANTHOLOGY (A&M) Gold
STYX:LADY (RCA)
STYX:THE COMPLETE WOODEN NICKEL RECORDINGS (A&M)
STYX:SERPENT IS RISING/MAN OF MIRACLES (RCA)
VINCE GILL & PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE- FIRIN' UP (Casablanca/Bruce Bird)
Top-20 LP; "Let Me Love You Tonight" single Top-10; f/David Sanborn
ANIMOTION "OBSESSION" (Mercury/Russ Reagan) Gold album* 'Obsession' Top-10 hit world-wide
DOOBIE BROTHERS/PATRICK SIMMONS- ARCADE (Elektra/Joe Smith/Bruce Lundvall) Top-10 Club Hit "So Wrong" f/ Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND- Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame 1995
BROTHERS OF THE ROAD (Clive Davis/Arista) f/Charlie Daniels
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND-STAND BACK:THE ANTHOLOGY (Hip-O)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND-DREAMS (Polydor)
DAMESVIOLET - ROOM 107 (Independent) 2005
DAMESVIOLET-UPSIDE DOWN 2007*
GET BACK LORETTA 'Mary Sunday' (Indie)
IKE AND TINA TURNER-Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame 1991
THE BOLIC SOUND SESSIONS
WET WET WET (Mercury UK/DaveBates) f/ Robbie MacIntosh (Pretenders)
SHOP ASSISTANTS (Rough Trade UK/Geoff Travis)
SOVORY (Polydor/Nick Gatfield)*
"THE FAN" (Robert Deniro/Wesley Snipes) SOUNDTRACK (TVT) f/Sovory
DOUCETTE- THE DOUCE IS LOOSE (Mushroom) CRIA Double Platinum
CLIMAX BLUES BAND- LUCKY FOR SOME (Warner Bros/Lenny Waronker) f/Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple)
BLACKOAK ARKANSAS- TEN YEAR OVERNIGHT SUCCESS (MCA) f/ The Memphis Horns
GREG GUIDRY-OVER THE LINE (Badland/CBS)*
"Goin' Down For The Last Time"Top-10 Single; f/Dan Huff
SUN RA & HIS INTERGALACTIC ARKESTRA- 'IT IS FORBIDDEN' (TOTAL ENERGY)
THE KARATE KID SOUNDTRACK (Polygram)
THE GAP BAND (Tatoo/RCA) f/Les McCann, Leon Russell and Rev..James Cleveland
THE ANN ARBOR BLUES AND JAZZ FESTIVAL (Atlantic/Ahmet Ertegun)
f/ Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sun Ra, AACM and Bonnie Raitt
THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO-BAP-TIZUM (Atlantic)
JAMES DEBARGE-Independent singles; f/ Brad Buxer (Michael Jackson)
TODD SHARP-WHO AM I (MCA/Steve Moir/Irving Azoff) f/Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
THE HAWKS- 30 SECONDS OVER OTHO (Columbia) f/Clarence Clemmons (Bruce Springsteen/E Street Band)
WEIRD SCIENCE- MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK (MCA) f/ Taxxi, Oingo Boingo
TAXXI- EXPOSE' (MCA) f/Randy Jackson pre-'Idol"/bass
LUTHER ALLISON- Luther's Blues (Motown)
BROKEN EDGE (Mercury/Russ Reagan)*
A=440 (Mercury/Russ Reagan)*
ROOSEVELT SYKES & VICTORIA SPIVEY-Grind It (Total Energy)
LOST VOICES COMPILATION(Polygram/Mark Fine)
CHICAGO ROCKS- Best Local Bands-WLUP-FM Radio
GREGG WRIGHT-WAKE UP CALL (Motown) Michael Jackson Guitarist; f/Aynsley Dunbar (Bowie, John Lennon, Frank Zappa); Roger Capps (Pat Benatar)
CARL KING-CARL KING (Scotti Bros)*
LARRY LEE- MAROONED (Columbia) Ozark Mountain Daredevils singer; f/Rick Danko (The Band)
TANTRUM -RATHER BE ROCKIN' (Ovation)
TARGET - A&M/Jordan Harris*
RARE EARTH-BAND TOGETHER
RARE EARTH-GRAND SLAM (Motown)
"Warm Ride" Hit Single written by Bee Gees
KENNETH MANGRAM (Qwest/ Quincy Jones)*
BILL WRAY-BILL WRAY (EMI)
TAKA BOOM-TAKA BOOM (Ariola)"Night Dancing" Top-10 Dance f/her sister Chaka Khan
IRON BUTTERFLY-SUN AND STEEL (MCA) eng Mike Clink
GAVIN CHRISTOPHER- LIFE IS A DANCE (Island/Chris Blackwell/Lionel Conway)
f/ Chaka Khan, Donna Summer, and Earth, Wind and Fire horns
BILLY RANKIN- GROWIN' UP TOO FAST (A&M)
ROBIN GEORGE-DANGEROUS MUSIC- (Bronze/Island UK) f/Adrien Lee (Mike and the Mechanics), Pino Palladino (The Who, John Mayer, Simon&Garfunkel)
HEARTSFIELD-HEARTSFIELD (Mercury) *
HEARTSFIELD-THE WONDER OF IT ALL (Mercury)*
HEARTSFIELD-FOOLISH PLEASURES (Mercury)*
JONATHAN GREGG (TEMBO UK) f/Hal Lindes (Dire Straits)
BRAD FIEDEL-Independent singles
ELTON DUCK (Arista/Bud Scoppa/Michael Lipman) f/ Michael Steele (Bangles)
MELISSA ELLIOTTE-solo record- f/Chris Hillman (The Byrds)
* record deals also made by Chicago Kid
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Finally! The time has come! Our 5th album "Count to Zero" is here! You can purchase your copy of the album right now at any PTM show, and in the weeks to come, you'll be able to purchase them on our website www. thepoptartmonkeys. com, myspace. com/poptartmonkeys, at FYE, Best Buy, Itunes, Rhapsody, etc. We'll keep you all posted as new developments arise.
We will be having CD release parties at the following venues:
Friday, Feb 13th- West Shore Hardware Bar in Mechanicsburg, PA Saturday, Feb 14th- Cell Block in Williamsport, PA Thursday, Feb 19th- Electric Cowboy in Johnson City, TN Friday, Feb 20th- Phoenix Hill in Louisville, KY Saturday, Feb 21st- Woody's in Evansville, IN
Of course, EVERY show from here on out is a "CD Release Party" so to speak, but these are the venues that have requested the parties in February.
We would like to thank all of our fans, friends, and 'junkies' for your support, patience, and love. Let's celebrate!
Hey JR! Wanted to let you know that "Urgency" won the "Seany Lewis Rock Award" for Best Rock Song last night at the Hollywood Music Awards. The guys sent a hugh "Thank You" out to you! This win is for you as well. Thank you JR for everything! Your friends, Alex and the entire SFG Family
Thanks JR for being in our corner. In the crazy world of music it's great to have someone in our corner who works harder than we do and we can trust 1000% Your a rare bird in a flock of wacky biz folks who as it turns out, are mostly vultures. Damn there's another song idea, back to my recorder! Here's to this year being our best.
John, I am so happy with the sound of our new record! Jeeze... I also would like to thank you for your awesome direction through the entire project. Couldn't have done it without you!
Hi John great job you with PTM they had said you gave me some good thoughts, thank you. I'm also tossing you a line to look at the pictures that me and my wife took at the first show they came home to.. grant you it took the little road crew 16 minutes to set up for them.... PTM Ed
Congrats on the great production of Starving For Gravity's cd "Urgency"!!!
I would say:
Urgency UNwind your tongue Omaha
and
shotdown
are my to pics in that order I like the entire album, and I say this because I'm amazed on how a "metalhead" like myself (Metallica, Pantera, Manson, Rammstein, White Zombie, etc, etc) has become to loved this cd. Starving is my top pick amongs "new" bands I've discovered and followed over the past 2 years like Sick Pupies, The Dreaming, Unset, Cromwell, etc, etc.
But Starving's music is a new level and has set a new bar level on my taste.
Thank you very much for everything you have done and continue to do!! I have forwarded your message to Lucas, and will have him call you asap! Again, can't thank you enough.
Hey John, Just wanted to write and let you know that I received a GREAT compliment today about you from Bernard Baur of "Music Connection Magazine"..."John Ryan did a remarkable job putting "Urgency" together for 'Starving For Gravity'..." Thank you again for all of your hard work John...Alex
hey john! all YOUR work is absolutely amazing!!! thanks for everything! you're a massive help and influence in my life and music! great to have such a talented friend! talk soon man!
wow amazing track record would like to talk with you about some new KIDD COMET trax kiddcomet@hotmail.com please hit us here so we may send you some of our current tracks rock on good sound
Happy New Year... Just want you to know John that the feedback I have been getting from "Urgency" has been AMAZING!!THANK YOU for all your wonderful help with everyone!!!!Your the best John..... Kat
Wow! When I first saw your logo on Blackout 101's profile, it all came back like yesterday, being 15 years old, sitting in my room with headphones on listening to the Styx "Man of Miracles" album (which I still have)... just staring at the cover, wanting to be a rock star and wondering who Chicago Kid Productions was.
Well, I never became a rock star, but I'm doing my best to help others reach their dreams in music today.
Thanks for all the joy and inspiration you've brought me through your projects all these years.
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