The winner of the Australian National Songwriting Contest 2005 (rock category) is John Harley Weston with the song 'Last Days Of Summer' featured on the album 'Hope Harbour'.
You walk in to a bar somewhere in the middle of this painted desert and [+]The winner of the Australian National Songwriting Contest 2005 (rock category) is John Harley Weston with the song 'Last Days Of Summer' featured on the album 'Hope Harbour'.
You walk in to a bar somewhere in the middle of this painted desert and there's a really hot'unknown' singer/songwriter ripping it up in the corner. His voice and songs are so good you think to yourself, 'Why haven't I heard of this guy before?' Been there? Well, John Harley Weston is one of those musicians. Who knows why it happens. Fate has a strange way of weaving it's magic. All you need to know is that you found this remarkable talent before the rest of the world cottoned on.
In saying that some parts of the world already know the name John Harley Weston. As lead singer with Scottish group Frontier signed to Polygram UK he worked with some of cream of the music industry including legendary Steeley Dan producer, Gary Katz, as well as members of Paul McCartney's band. Some Australians will know the name since Harley Weston also wrote a song for the Brisbane Lions AFL team in 1999 called 'The Road To Victory' released via Festival/Mushroom Records. (Not your average football song I might add).
Harley Weston now lives on Australia's Gold Coast on Tamborine Mountain (dubbed Music Mountain as it boasts many great musician and songwriters as residents). His relative anonymity (he says he likes the solitude) can only be because the best is yet to come.......and his first solo independent album is the start of it........
'Hope Harbour' is a collection of well-crafted songs from a skilled songwriter who undoubtedly has a lot to offer. It's a music lover's album and a testament to a road well travelled. The songs featured are in a pop/rock genre with a full band sound. Much more than a straight-ahead rock singer this man has a lot of soul and weaves elements of rock, pop, blues and country together in to a classic package. This is a world-class vocalist and songwriter able to quench any musical thirst.
Rave Magazine Australia says of his first independent album 'Hope Harbour' released 2004', '......well crafted rock songs with strong soulful vocals....bluesy rhythms...and a voice that strongly recalls Paul Rodgers on Free's All Right Now.
Tsunami Magazine says, ' ....an
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