John Wesley

Born: Tampa Florida

John Wesley is/was the Guitar Technician of Marillion, who also has become an artist himself. 

First Band : 1991 - Autodrive : Southwestern Music Conference's showcase act
1992 - Solo
1998 Joins ex-White Lion frontman Mike Tramp as the premier North-American opening act for Peter Frampton/Lynryd Skynyrd Tour. 
The Classic Rock CD in the September 2000 issue has "Missionary Girl" by Katherine Crowe. The guitar is played by none other John Wesley.
2000 John Wesley helped Fish in his live band and later that year Fish asked him to help him with his solo album "Felliny Days".

Discography:

-= Autodrive =-

AUTODRIVE 1991
================
CD USA: long island records LIR 00075

  1. Turn me on [03:49]
  2. Bordeline [03:41]
  3. You've changed [03:08]
  4. Take care my love [03:45]
  5. Keep us out of danger [03:48]
  6. If there was a way [04:27]
  7. Stay with me [03:22]
  8. She's a little selfish [03:39]
  9. Move on [03:58]
  10. Foreign force [03:31]
    Bonus Tracks:
  11. New world machine [04:31]
  12. Best in you [04:26]
  13. Going down the hard way [02:06]

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY AUTODRIVE

JIMMY MURDOCK. lead vocal & bass
PAUL PRATOR . keyboard & b.vocals
MARK PRATOR. drums& vocals
WES DEARTH. guitar & b.vocals

-= John Wesley (Solo) =-

1994: Album UNDER THE RED AND WHITE SKY
CD - Racket Records - RACKET 4

Under the Red and White Sky Cover

  1. Into the night [04:46]
  2. None so beautiful [04:26]
  3. Thirteen days [04:50]
  4. Waiting for the sun [05:01]
  5. She said no [03:41]
  6. The last light [04:48]
  7. To reach out [05:27]
  8. Rome is burning [03:04]
  9. Our hero [04:39]
  10. What you really want [04:11]
  11. Cuttin the tree [04:09]
  12. Silver [03:42]

TOTAL TIME [52:57]

Several people have asked about a "digital glitch" on the Red Sky CD in track 6 ("The Last Light") at 1:43.

[JJ Sargent: If they have the Racket version, this is true.  A minor production error.]

Credits:

John Wesley - Guitars and vocals,
Mark Kelly - Keyboards and piano,
Mark Prator - Drums and percussion,
Dave Wehner - Bass,
Ian Mosley - Drums on "None so beautiful", "Thirteen days",
Steve Rothery - Guitar Solo on "Thirteen days",
Shawn Malone - Fretless bass,
Paul Prator - Keyboards on "Into the Night", "What you really want", "To reach out".
Russell Farrow - Crash chords on "The Last Light"
Leroy Myers - Backing Vocals on "The Last Light", "Waiting for the sun".
Brian Benscoter - Percussion on "None so beautiful"

Produced by Mark Kelly and Jim Morris
Engineered by Jim Morris
Asst. Engineers - Judd Packer, Steve Heritage, Brian Bescoter, Mark Prator, Dave Wehner, Shawn Malone.
Recorded at Morrisound Studios, Tampa
Cover Art by: Bill Smith Studio, Don Quoxote
Image by: Bob Dorsey
Photography: Dennis Osborne

All songs by John Wesley except "Ito the Night" and "Waiting for the sun", by John Wesley and Paul Prator.

Guidance: John Arnison, To Morris, Mario Medious, Warren Wyatt, Julie Hines and Walt Verson

Thanks to: Thoroughbred Music, Paul Reed Smith, Russell Farrw.

Wes plays: PRS, Takamine, and Fender Guitars
Mark Prator Uses: Drum Workshop and Paiste Cymbals

Special thanks to the members, families, and crew of Marillion, for their unending faith and belief in this project.

 

1994 "The Last Light"
CDS - F : CNR 300 726 (Promo)

lstlight.jpg (48829 bytes)

  1. The last light [04:54]
  2. Gold Mine [04:08]

 

1994 "John Wesley"
CDS - F : CNR 300 727 (Promo given with a magazine)

jwesley.jpg (48760 bytes)

  1. Domino  [03:12]
  2. So Bad  [02:09]
  3. I Know, I Know [03:36]

 

1995: Mini-album THE CLOSING OF THE PALE BLUE EYES
CD - F : CNR 30 0004-2 (Promo given with the album UNDER THE RED AND WHITE SKY)

pale.jpg (29809 bytes)

  1. Right Here Inside Me [03:57]
  2. To Share A Dream [01:35]
  3. Alone - Together [02:46]
  4. In Ohio [02:33]
  5. Say Goodbye To The Pale Blue Eyes [03:09]
  6. A Long Way Down [03:50]
  7. Death Of A Friend [02:27]
  8. Right Here Beside Me [02:41]

 

09-October-1998: Album WAITING FOR THE SUN TO SHINE IN PARIS
CD - WesFest Productions - wesfest 1 (Limited numbered edition on CD-R of 100 copies all signed)
Live @ Arapaho - Paris, France - 06/04/95
(featuring Shawn Malone on bass & Mark Kelly on Keyboards)

paris.jpg (64766 bytes)

  1. Domino [03:54]
  2. Alone Together [04:53]
  3. Goodbye to the Pale Blue Eyes [03:38]
  4. Death of a Friend [02:26]
  5. To Reach Out [04:54]
  6. Waiting for the Sun [07:29]
  7. She Said No [03:44]
  8. The Last Night [04:33]
  9. Into the Night (1st attempt) [02:35]
  10. (Mark Kelly keyboard interlude) [01:11]
  11. (tuning up) [00:41]
  12. Into the Night [05:54]
  13. Thirteen Days [04:02]
  14. Rome is Burning [03:36]
  15. Cuttin' the Tree [05:22]
  16. The Hollow Man [04:55]
  17. Warm Wet Circles [05:10]
  18. Sugar Mice [04:54]

TOTAL TIME [73:50]

 

1998: Album THE EMPEROR FALLS
CD - UK : Dream Catcher - CRIDE 7 (5 036436 001729)

emperor.jpg (70841 bytes)

  1. Out of your league [04:30]
  2. Come and gone [04:25]
  3. An ordinary man [06:04]
  4. Days that won't let go [04:13]
  5. There I go [04:58]
  6. One step behind [03:31]
  7. Last man by your side [04:46]
  8. Gift of a woman [02:46]
  9. The emperor falls [08:05]
  10. Someone for a day [02:50]
  11. Are you alive [03:40]
  12. The desperation angel [04:20]
  13. So bad [02:09]
  14. A time to dance [04:56]

TOTAL TIME [61:13]

Credits:

Produced and Engineered By - Mark Daghorn
Mastered By Peter Mew at Abbey Road
Recorded at New Rising Studio, Peldon, England, August 98
Tape Op - Will Elliott
Steve Hogarth - Recorded and Engineered by Stewart Every
Wyatt Management Worldwide - Warren Wyatt and Julie Hine
Catering by- Vernice Riley-Daghorn

John Wesley - Guitar and Vocals
Tracy LaBarbera - Vocals, Piano on "Gift of a Woman"
Mark Prator - Drums and Percussion
Andy Irvine - Bass and Fretless Bass
Steve Hogarth - Backing vocals on "So Bad", "An Ordinary Man"
Steve Rothery - Outro Solo on "Gift of a Woman"
Tony Turrell - Hammond Organ on "Days That Won't Let Go", "Someone for a day",
"Come and Gone", "Last Man by Your Side"

All songs written by John Wesley
Published by Warner Chappell Music

Thanks to:
The members, families and crew of Marillion.
Adrian Mulcahy of Marshall Amplifiers
Russell Farrow
Martin Hooker and Liz Fairweather

John Wesley uses:
Marshall Amps
Fender Guitars
Paul Reed Smith Guitars
Langejanes Acoustic Guitars

Special Thanks to Family and Friends:
Jamie Dearth, Jay and Doris Dearth, Sarah Riley, Sherri Townsend, Denise Doyle, Stewart and Paula Every, Dean Rosenberger, Val and Kit Smith, Kim and John Pace, Andy Karp, Mario "M" Medious, Russ and Jan Vance,  Metal Mike and Mary Van Ryswyke, Eric Neilson, Tas Sturdevant, Mike Tramp, Tom and Jim Morris, Michael and Charlie LaBarbera, Dave Wehner, Phil Peplinski, The Oleson Family, JJ Jester, Rob Galardi, Rob and Alexis Crossland, Rinus Van Doveren, Michel Koolian, All the WEB fan clubs, George Harris, Maggie Council, Beanstalk, Masa Itoh, Tatsu Hirano, Stephan Ettiene, Olivier Garnier and to all of those that helped me in bringing this project to life.

Wyatt Management World Wide
phone 1-714-839-7700
fax 1-714-775-4300
email wmw@wyattworld.com
web site http://www.wyattworld.com

Photography- Paul Harries
Back Cover Artwork  JJ Sargent

Visit us on the WWW at http://www.jesterweb.com/wes/
Subscribe to our e-fanzine at wesweb@snet.net -- It's FREE!
Web Credits: JJ Sargent, Peter Gilson, Denise Doyle, Hermann Sabal, Don Becker

HOPE FOR THE FUTURE April 1999
===========================
CD USA: Out of this World Records OUT1

  1. John Wesley - Fallin' From the Moon [05:00]
  2. Timescape - The Space [05:45]
  3. Braintree - Going Under [04:48]
  4. And Again - Out of This World [07:25]
  5. Evil Genius - Just for the Record [03:00]
  6. Chicken Fried Funk - Cannibal Surf Babe [05:10]
  7. Scott Jones - Sugar Mice [02:59]
  8. Accelerated Decreptitude - Afraid of Sunlight / That Time of the Night [05:23]
  9. Twist of F8 - Tux On [08:08]
  10. Body - She Chameleon [07:22]
  11. The Wish - The Answering Machine [02:46]
  12. Tracy LaBarbera - Beautiful [05:34]
    Total Time [63:20]

 

WESFEST '98 LIVE IN NEW YORK 1999
===============================
CDR USA: WesFest Productions - wesfest 1
(Limited numbered edition on CD-R)
Recorded at Wesfest (2nd night) live in "the Tralf" Buffalo New York 10-Oct-98

  1. Thirteen days [05:42]
  2. Last man by your side [05:26]
  3. Into the night [05:20]
  4. Out of your league [06:07]
  5. Waiting for the sun [06:23]
  6. So bad [02:13]
  7. The emperor falls [09:43]
  8. King of sunset town [05:20] (orginal by Marillion)
  9. Easter [06:39] (orginal by Marillion)
  10. Sugar mice [08:00] (orginal by Marillion)
  11. Run like hell [11:25] (orginal by Pink Floyd)

 

UNDER THE RED AND WHITE SKY/THE CLOSING OF THE PALE BLUE YES 1999
===============================================================
Remastered 2CD UK : Dream Catcher - CRIDE 14

Disc 1:

  1. Into the night [04:46]
  2. None so beautiful [04:26]
  3. Thirteen days [04:50]
  4. Waiting for the sun [05:01]
  5. She said no [03:41]
  6. The last light [04:48]
  7. To reach out [05:27]
  8. Rome is burning [03:04]
  9. Our hero [04:39]
  10. What you really want [04:11]
  11. Cuttin the tree [04:09]
  12. Silver [03:42]

Disc 2:

  1. Right Here Inside Me [03:57]
  2. To Share A Dream [01:35]
  3. Alone - Together [02:46]
  4. In Ohio [02:33]
  5. Say Goodbye To The Pale Blue Eyes [03:09]
  6. A Long Way Down [03:50]
  7. Death Of A Friend [02:27]
  8. Right Here Beside Me [02:41]

THE JOHN WESLEY BACHELOR PARTY 09-Sep-00
========================================
CDR USA: Ltd Edition of 100
CDR USA: Re-print December 2000
Recorded Live at the 9:30 Club, Washington, DC January 15, and the CoNA party
at O'Neals Saloon, Philadelphia, PA, January 16, 2000.

  1. Out of your League [06:06] 15-Jan-00 Electric Set
  2. Days that won't let go [04:45]
  3. Into the Night [05:54]
  4. Are you alive? [03:41]
  5. The Emperor falls [07:17]
  6. Waiting for the sun to shine [06:01]
  7. Last Man by your Side [06:05]
  8. Crazy [05:59] (orginal by Seal)
  9. Rome was burning [04:25] 16-Jan-00 Acoustic Set
  10. Alone, together [03:30]
  11. In your Eyes [05:16] (orginal by P Gabriel)
  12. Showing happy to the world [07:22]
  13. Thirteen Days [03:39]
  14. Vera Lynn - Goodbye blue sky [03:59] (orginal by Pink Floyd)

 

STARTING THE ENGINE II 22-Dec-00
=============================
CDR USA: Ltd Edition first batch contains an extra CDR:
the rejected "STARTING THE ENGINE I"

STARTING THE ENGINE I:

  1. To Reach Out [04:22] Show I
  2. Waiting for the Sun to Shine [05:38]
  3. Domino [03:34]
  4. Our hero [04:33]
  5. Rome is Burning [02:49]
  6. Magdalena Don't [03:36]
  7. Thirteen Days [03:39]
  8. Are you Alive [05:04]
  9. The Desperation Angel [03:58]
  10. Last Man by your Side [05:27] Show II Cleveland?
  11. Days that won't let go [03:53]
  12. The Emperor Falls [06:35]
  13. Out of your league [05:31]
  14. Death Of A Friend [02:28]
  15. Waiting for the Sun to Shine [05:26]
  16. Run like hell [04:04] (orginal by Pink Floyd)
    Total Time [70:39]

STARTING THE ENGINE II: Recorded during the Marillion Brave Tours.

  1. Domino [03:55]
  2. Into the Night [03:14]
  3. To Reach Out [05:25]
  4. Waiting for the Sunto Shine [05:59]
  5. The Last Light [04:27]
  6. Once I had a Job [03:10]
  7. Cuttin' the Tree [04:29]
  8. Silver [04:36]
  9. Magdalena Don't [03:38]
  10. Rome is Burning [03:39]
  11. The Desperation Angel [03:53]
  12. Round Here [07:08]
  13. The Emperor Falls [06:35]
  14. Thirteen Days [04:13]
    Bonus Tracks:
  15. No Blood [04:33] Demo version
  16. Strong [03:11] Demo version

 


Last Modified: 11 Jan 2001