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J O H N H A L L
SINGER-SONGWRITER-GUITARIST FOR CLASSIC ROCK LEGENDS 'ORLEANS'
John
Hall’s path is optimistic. As a professional
performer/singer-songwriter/guitarist, he found himself wanting and needing to
make changes to better the world around him. By advocacy through music, he
segued into politics first on a local level, and then nationally as a member of
the United States Congress. After making a difference for the environment, healthcare,
and even more so for veterans, he returned to the music world.
John’s
memoir STILL THE ONE: A ROCK’N’ROLL JOURNEY TO CONGRESS AND BACK shares a
variety of stories from his life in the musical and political worlds.
Best
known as a member of Orleans, a hit-making pop-rock group with multiple lead
singers and hits “Still The One,” “Dance With Me,”(both co-written by John and
still in heavy use on the radio, streamers, Broadway shows, and TV shows like
Maya and Marty and Hallmark's Movie of the week). “Still” and “Dance” have been
certified by BMI at over 12 million airplays in the US alone. Other Orleans
hits include “Love Takes Time,” "Let There Be Music," and
"Reach."
John
Hall has written songs for music legends ranging from Janis Joplin (“Half
Moon”) and Bonnie Raitt (Good Enough) and to Chet Atkins (Sails). Other folks
that have covered John’s songs include: Bobby McFerrin (Dance with Me),the
Doobie Brothers with James Taylor and Michael McDonald (Power), Bela Fleck with
New Grass Revival (Reach), and Ricky Skaggs and James Taylor (New Star
Shining). He wrote “Ms. Grace,” Number One in England by The Tymes in 1975, and
listed in Rolling Stone's top five of all- time beach music hits.
John
played guitar on record and/or on tour with Seals and Crofts, Taj Mahal, Carly
Simon, Little Feat, and Christopher Cross.
His
environmental concerns led him into community activism, as one of the movers of
the antinuclear movement. John cofounded the activist group MUSE (Musicians
United for Safe Energy) with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and Graham Nash in
1979. His song “Power” became the rallying song and a highlight at the five
NO-NUKES concerts presented by MUSE in 1979. Among the artists that
participated: Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, James
Taylor, Gil Scott-Heron, Crosby Still and Nash, Chaka Khan, Carly Simon, Tom
Petty, Jackson Browne…
Starting
in 1990 John served in the Ulster County New York legislature and the
Saugerties, New York Board of Education. In 2006 he ran for Congress against an
entrenched incumbent in a historically Republican district. John’s musical
colleagues performing at fundraisers made it possible to finance his winning
campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives, for whom he served until early
2011.
In
STILL THE ONE, John shares stories about moments that stand out from both his
musical and political lives.
John
shares childhood memories of being raised to be an optimist, and finding
himself at age 18 in the miles of the ‘60s’ Music Explosion. In STILL THE ONE
shows the cresting of his passion for environmental issues and rolling up his
sleeves to help build several environmental groups.
From
Janis Joplin's birthday party to conversations behind the closed-door caucus in
the basement of the Capitol, from dialog with protesters to sharing elevator
rides with fellow members of Congress, this captivating memoir offers
viewpoints from an earnest and humorous voice.
John
Hall’s life path is jam-packed with intriguing stories, fascinating people and optimism.
Titled
after John’s best-known song, STILL THE ONE: A ROCK’N’ROLL JOURNEY TO CONGRESS
AND BACK is ultimately an ode to engagement in creating a better world. –available now at
amazon.com
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