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Godfrey Townsend: A Brief Discography
The recording debut of "The John Entwistle Band" was a CD single from the "Music from Van-Pires" CD. It contained a song entitled, "When The Sun Comes Up" that was written and sung by Alan St. Jon and Godfrey Townsend. It also contained the track "Horror Rock", which was the theme from "Van-Pires".
"Music From Van-Pires" was a full-length CD with 14 tracks. It was the soundtrack for a computer animated kid’s series that aired on Saturday mornings on Fox. Leslie West of "Mountain" appeared as a guest on the CD. The TV show ran for only one season and the soundtrack album was never officially released. Godfrey co-wrote 4 tracks on it.
The John Entwistle Band toured often and this live compilation CD entitled, "Left for Live" chronicled the band’s high energy shows from it’s 1998 "Left For Dead" tour. It was released in 1999 on J-Bird Records and was mixed at Entwistle’s own Hammerhead Studios in England by Bob Pridden, long time monitor engineer for The Who.
"Left for Live" Deluxe" was a double CD set containing a compilation of previously unreleased "live" tracks from The John Entwistle Band’s "Left For Dead" tour, along with the complete previously released "Left for Live" CD. It was released on Koch Records several months after Entwistle’s untimely passing in the summer of 2002.
Godfrey was also asked by Jack Bruce to play some guitar on a new album he was recording in New York City. In between rehearsals for the BB King’s shows, they laid down tracks for several songs. Only one, "Kelly’s Blues" made it to the final track list. Godfrey plays acoustic guitar on this track. The title of the CD is also a reference to Godfrey.
Godfrey sang backup vocals on "We Will Survive" and "Game Of Rock’n’Roll" from Joe Lynn Turner’s "Hurry Up And Wait" CD. (Pony Canyon Records, 1998)
Godfrey played guitar on Bad Company’s "Movin’ On", from Joe Lynn Turner’s "Under Cover 2" CD (Pony Canyon Records, 1998). Other guitarists featured on the album were Rick Derringer, Leslie West, Vernon Reid, Al Petrelli, Joe Bonamassa, Tony Bruno and Jeff Golub.
Godfrey played guitar
for several tracks on Murray Weinstock's "Tails of the City" CD (Love Notes Records, 2004),an album dedicated entirely to songs about dogs. Other musicians featured on the album were
Hugh McCracken, John Sebastian, Joe Lynn Turner & Phoebe Snow.
Godfrey's own debut solo album, "Easy Journey To Other Planets" (Misty Bridge Records, 2007) was finally completed
and released in March of 2007.
This is a DVD of The John Entwistle Band, filmed in High Definition
in 1999 in Manchester, Tennessee at the Itchycoo Park Festival. Includes: Horror Rock, The Real Me, Had Enough, Success Story, Trick of the Light, Shakin' All Over, Summertime Blues, and Young Man Blues.
This is a DVD of The Alan Parsons Live Project, recorded live in 2004 at the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain. The 48 tracks of digital audio were mixed by Alan Parsons himself. The band performed to a crowd of over 15,000 people. This DVD is currently only available at APLP shows and on Alan's website. www.alanparsonsmusic.com
In 1998, I was asked by bassist Bobby Held to help out on a movie that he had written a screenplay for.
It was my task to provide back line gear and sound equipment for any of the shoots that included musical
performances. I'm credited as "live stage consultant".. The shoots took place at Wetlands in NYC,
Russo's On The Bay in Howard Beach, Queens and Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City.
This is also where I first heard the great vocal sounds of Kenny Vance & The Planotones.
Not much later I was asked to join the group and stayed with them for several years.
Just recently, in August of 2006, this John Entwistle documentary "An Ox's Tale", was released.
It features interviews with Peter Frampton, Billy Squier, Chris Squire,
Pete Townshend and more...also, as a bonus feature it contains our entire performance
at Woodstock '99...I'm going to buy a copy myself just for that...click on the link
above to go to Amazon.com
Bootlegs
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The John Entwistle Band Live at JAXX Springfield, Virginia October 23rd, 1998
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The John Entwistle Band Live at Juanita's Little Rock, Arkansas October 26th, 1998
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The John Entwistle Band Live at Trump Marina Casino Atlantic City, NJ June 2nd, 2001
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The John Entwistle Band Live at BB King's New York City, NY June 8th, 2001
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The John Entwistle Band Live at BB King's New York City, NY June 9th, 2001
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A Walk Down Abbey Road Live at the Montalvo Winery Saratoga, CA June 19th, 2001
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A Walk Down Abbey Road Live at Westbury Music Fair Long Island, NY July 19th, 2001
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A Walk Down Abbey Road Live at Fukuoka Sun Palace Fukuoka, Japan November 13th, 2001
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A Walk Down Abbey Road Live at The Chronicle Pavilion Concord, CA June 28th, 2002
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A Tribute to the Nazz & Utopia Live at The Triad Theater New York City, NY October 2nd, 2002 (DVD)
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The Cream of Jack Bruce Live at BB King's New York City, NY October 18-19, 2002
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Denny Laine Live at The Cotton Club Tokyo, Japan January 2006
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There are several other bootlegs circulating around out there from the John Entwistle Band and Walk Down Abbey Road tours...I'd be interested in obtaining any of them... Please contact me through this site if you have any...
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