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John Wesley 'The Journeyman Guitarist' Exclusive on Interviewing the Legends!

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REVERED AMERICAN GUITARIST/SINGER/SONGWRITER/JOHN WESLEY ON TOUR WITH ALT ROCK BAND VERTICAL HORIZON:

EXCLUSIVE ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS WITH RAY SHASHO!

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho.

John Wesley has built a long and varied career as a songwriter, “sideman” guitarist, and recording artist. His music has been called lyrically sensitive and musically dynamic. His songwriting style incorporates emotionally charged vocals that evoke the honesty and intimacy of Roger Waters and Patty Griffin coupled with a melodic yet intricate guitar style reminiscent of David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson, Jeff Beck, and Warren Haynes.

Wesley’s guitar-driven acoustic and electric songs represent the cultivation of many inspirations — alternative, progressive, art, and classic rock genres intertwined with poignant lyrics drawn from the poetry of the common man. What really appeals to Wesley’s fans worldwide is a spark of sincerity and sensitivity so oft absent in today’s mainstream music

In 2021, Wesley began touring as a guitarist and backing vocalist for alternative rock band from D.C. Vertical Horizon.

PLEASE WELCOME REVERED AMERICAN GUITARIST, SINGER, SONGWRITER THE JOURNEYMAN GUITARIST JOHN WESLEY TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS…

PURCHASE

THESE TWO INCREDIBLE ALBUMS

BY

JOHN WESLEY

A WAY YOU’LL NEVER BE

AND

DISCONNECT

available at amazon.com

 

ALSO

THE LATEST RELEASE

BY

VERTICAL HORIZON

entitled

THE LOST MILE

amazom.com

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

JOHN WESLEY

VISIT

https://www.john-wesley.com/

Official website

https://www.facebook.com/johnwesleyofficial

Facebook

https://www.instagram.com/johnwesleymusic

Instagram

https://x.com/johnwesleymusic

Twitter

https://x.com/johnwesleymusic

Twitter

https://www.verticalhorizon.com/

Vertical Horizon official website

https://www.facebook.com/officialverticalhorizon/

Facebook

https://www.instagram.com/officialverticalhorizon/

Instagram

https://x.com/VerticalHorizon

Twitter

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBMoHtYNfZkQ0x5nc3NNwMg

YouTube

 

VERTICAL HORIZON

TOUR 2024

Upcoming Dates

Fri, SEP 20  Thunder Valley Rally

Cottonwood, AZ

Sat, SEP 21 Haute Spot

Cedar Park, TX

Sat, OCT 5 MusicFest El Dorado

El Dorado, AR

Fri, OCT 18 Des Plaines Theatre

Des Plaines, IL

Sat, OCT 19 Homer Stryker Field - Donut & Beer Festival

Kalamazoo, MI

Sun, OCT 20 Flagstar Strand Theatre

Pontiac, MI

Tue, OCT 22 City Winery

Pittsburgh, PA

Wed, OCT 23 Weinberg Center For the Arts

Frederick, MD

Fri, OCT 25 Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun

Uncasville, CT

Sat, OCT 26 Sunfest

Ocean City, MD

Wed, NOV 6 Ardmore Music Hall

Ardmore, PA

Thu, NOV 7 Racket NYC

New York, NY

Fri, NOV 8 Blue Ocean Music Hall

Salisbury, MA

Sat, NOV 9 AURA

Portland, ME

Sun, NOV 10 Empire Live

Albany, NY

Tue, NOV 12 WORKPLAY Theatre

Birmingham, AL

Wed, NOV 13 City Winery

Atlanta, GA

Thu, NOV 14 The Ramkat

Winston-Salem, NC

 

JOHN WESLEY

Discography

Studio albums

1994 – Under the Red and White Sky

1995 – The Closing of the Pale Blue Eyes [EP]

1998 – The Emperor Falls

2002 – Chasing Monsters

2005 – Shiver

2011 – The Lilypad Suite [EP]

2014 – Disconnect

2016 – A Way You'll Never Be

Studio albums with other artists

With Mike Tramp: Songs I Left Behind: (Guitar on "What If I", "Falling Down"), This & That (But A Whole Lot More): (Guitar on "Wait Not For Me")

With Fish: Fellini Days: (co-writing and recording credits)

With Porcupine Tree (recording credits): In Absentia, Fear of a Blank Planet, The Incident

With Ruud Jolie: For All We Know (lead guitar on "I Lost Myself Today")

With ÚMÆ:Lost in the View: (lead vocals on "Turn Back Time", "Echo", "Running Away")[13]

Compilation

2004 – John Wesley: TEN

Singles

1994 – The Last Light

1995 – Into the Night

1995 – Domino

2003 – Fly Boy

Live releases

1998 – Waiting for the Sun to Shine in Paris

1998 – Wesfest 98

1999 – Starting the Engine II

1999 – WesFest 1999

2000 – The John Wesley Bachelor Party Tour

2002 – The Chicago and Frisco Bootlegs

2006 – Live at Katie Fitzgerald's

2009 – Oxford

2010 – Live at the L'Olympia

2013 – Live at Morrisound 30th Anniversary Show

 

Vertical Horizon

Discography

Studio albums

There and Back Again (1992)

Running on Ice (1995)

Everything You Want (1999)

Go (2003)

Burning the Days (2009)

Echoes from the Underground (2013)

The Lost Mile (2018)

 

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  • John Wesley Interview
  • Porcupine Tree
  • Vertical Horizon
  • Mike Tramp
  • Sound of Contact
  • Edisons Children
  • Interviewing the Legends,
  • Ray Shasho
  • The Rock Star Chronicles
Show notes

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The Zoom interview can be seen at www.youtube.com/c/InterviewingtheLegends in its entirety.

 

 

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