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Artist: Goodtime John Select Artist Jape Redneck Manifesto Beautiful Unit Si Schroeder Goodtime John Somadrone The Warolords Of Pez David O'Doherty   Goodtime john is mainly Dublin born John Cowhie. We would describe his music as gentle, bright, mellow, lively, uplifting, sometimes sad, sometimes drifting between emotions. Lets just say it has many different shades.With just his voice and guitar he began to articulate the music in his head onto tape via a cheap mobile 4-track recording machine. He made tape after tape of songs, half songs, doodles and gradually he began to weed out what he didn’t want. He passed these tapes around amongst his friends. They asked him for more. Goodtime John was up and running. In an age of homogenized music here we have a world where every instrument has a personality of its own. Listen to the rickety rim-shots and gently surging bass guitar that courses through Dust Blows Like Sand. Listen to the interweaving ba-ba-ba harmonies and oscillating organ that drift in and out of Arrows. Listen to the insightful and impressionistic lyrics that flow throughout the album’s shape-shifting centerpiece, By The Shelf It Sits On. Late 2003 Goodtime John made his first visit to the United States to perform six shows. Playing with fellow musical free spirits such as The Microphones and Tigersaw has helped Goodtime John embrace the possibilities of performance, breaking down the barrier between audience and entertainer and playing either solo or with numerous configurations of instruments. 2004 saw him back to the U.S. for a full month of shows including the What the Heck? festival in the Pacific Northwest. I’ll Sing ‘til the Sun Turns Cold is Goodtime John’s second album. He invites you to come and listen to where his musical journey has taken him so far. Out of the nest and into the wilds. www.goodtimejohn.com