Johan Asherton: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Some Piano...
Influences
Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Marc Bolan, Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Jimi Hendrix, John Cipollina, Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Robert Johnson, Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers, John Martyn, Bert Jansch, Ralph McTell, Nic Jones, Phil Ochs, Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Anne Briggs, Sandy Denny, David Blue, Tim Hardin, Fred Neil, Judee Sill, Eric Andersen, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Jorma Kaukonen, John Hammond, Koerner, Ray & Glover, Eric Taylor, Donovan, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, Guy Clark, Neil Young, Stephen Stills & Manassas, CSN&Y, Gordon Lightfoot, Scott Walker, Shelagh McDonald, Keith Christmas, Bridget St John, Duncan Browne, Nico, Heidi Berry, Fairport Convention, The Waterboys, The Lilac Time, Nikki Sudden and Dave Kusworth (The Jacobites), The Cowboy Junkies... (to be continued...)
Pre-Raphaelite painters; the poetry of Elizabeth Siddall; the films of Werner Herzog, Luchino Visconti, Roman Polanski, Mike Leigh and Jane Campion; classic-romantic-gothic writers and poets (Maupassant, Theophile Gauthier,Thomas Hardy, the Brontë sisters, Anne Radcliffe...); vintage Frontier wear; great American writers ( from Faulkner, Steinbeck, Thomas Savage... to Cormac McCarthy, Siri Hustvedt, Paul Auster, Craig Lesley...); Deirdre Madden, Jennifer Johnston, Neil Peart, Henning Mankell...
Johan Asherton was born in Paris, France, 1958, into a family of classical musicians and took to the guitar while listening to Jimi Hendrix, T. Rex and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Asherton met producer/engineer Patrick Chevalot while recording his first single "Harlequin" in 1981. He then formed The Froggies who released two albums in 1984 and 1985. After a short time with The Liquid Gang, Johan switched to his current solo, acoustic format.
His first album, "GOD'S CLOWN", was released in 1988, and was included in French magazine Les Inrockuptibles as one of the best 60 albums produced in France over the last 25 years. Johan followed "God's Clown" with a dozen more albums and compilations, to date.
His passion for UK/US folk songs are showcased on "AMBER SONGS" (2005), and recordings of traditionnal songs with friends Charlotte Greig and Julian Hayman, from Wales. Two tracks from these sessions are featured on the recent "JOHN BARLEYCORN REBORN" anthology of British folk.
His other interests include electronic music, poetry, painting, litterature and films.
Over the years, Johan Asherton enjoyed working with musicians like Nikki Sudden, Dominique Laboubée (Dogs), US producer and former Tim Buckley bassist Jeff Eyrich, and UK prog-rock luminaries John Greaves and Pip Pyle. He has toured Europe, the USA and the UK mostly as a solo-acoustic performer, opening for The Waterboys, Peter Case, Rory Gallagher, Daniel Lanois, and Elliott Murphy.
He has gotten to meet and talk with some of his musical heroes, including Townes Van Zandt, Dave Van Ronk, Loudon Wainwright III, and Bert Jansch.
Johan Asherton has also published a Marc Bolan biography (in French - 1994), and several collections of poetry. "COSMIC DANCER: A TRIBUTE TO MARC BOLAN" , consisting of 11 covers recorded between 1981-2006, was released in 2007. The limited-edition CD "LIVE AT CINEMA JEAN-VIGO" is available now. Infos at www.asherton.hinah.com
A solo acoustic studio-concert and interview can be seen at: http://www.meltinglivetv.com/article.php3?id_article=119
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J'espère que tout va bien pour toi, j'écoute toujours avec autant de plaisir tes albums cela fait du bien , donc c'est cool ...
Si tu as le temps et l'envie, bien que leur style musical soit un peu différent de celui qui tu proposes (mais je n'oublie pas tes premières amours dans le Rock :), tu pourrais faire un petit tour sur la page de mes amis The Dude (www.myspace.com/thedudetheband) car j'ai mis tout récemment en écoute 3 de leurs derniers morceaux ...alors mais vraiment si tu n'as rien d'autre à faire , jettes-y une oreille ou les deux , it's up to you !
i don't know if you remember but im the one that ask you about that cup of coffee, you had a picture of you setting at a table with a cup lol its been a while but hope you doing well.
Bonjour les amis! Avec Laurence et Nicolas on a la joie et le privilège de donner un coup de main sur scène à une légende vivante: Henri-Paul. Il a fait le tour du monde avec Johnny Thunders, poussé le riff dans les Maniacs, Little Bob Story, les Mavericks (avec Jean-Paul Crunchy Prieur et Indian Drummer), côtoyé les Sex Pistols, Thin Lizzy, les Only Ones, les Hot Rods, Sean Tyla, Willy Deville et plein que j’oublie Venez mercredi, il se fera une joie de vous raconter tout ça autour d’une bonne bière après le concert!!!
Concert HENRI PAUL MAVERICKS au Gambetta, mercredi 30 septembre 2009 à 20 h 104, rue de Bagnolet 75020 Paris Métro Gambetta ou Alexandre-Dumas PAF : 5 euros
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