Jem Records Celebrates John Lennon
In the words of Jem President, Marty Scott... "It is with great joy I announce the forthcoming release of Jem Records Celebrates John Lennon, an album of unique interpretations of John's songs recorded by Jem artists. I was working from home in April when I realized this coming October 9th would have been John’s 80th birthday and decided to honor him with a special album. From the Bo Diddley beat of “The Word” to the first fully recorded version of “What’s The New Mary Jane?” by The Weeklings to the acoustic “Child of Nature” merging into “Jealous Guy” by our newest signing, NYC’s incredible Midnight Callers, the tracks both hark back to when John first wrote them and to how new they can sound recorded this summer. The Grip Weeds take on “Strawberry Fields Forever” is a stunning guitar-laden performance and Richard Barone takes “Revolution” and adds “Power To The People” in the chorus. How intense can Peter Horvath of The Anderson Council get? Listen to “I Found Out” and Johnathan Push