High Stone by JOHNNY CASINO

The city of Philadelphia has been good to your old pal Johnny Casino, in between the years of 1997 and 2001 I spent the best part of 3 years living there or being there for extended periods of time, and have returned many times since. I dig the gritty fighting spirit that I believe lives and breathes in Philly and it´s passionate people. The streets feel familiar to me and it feels like home, some of my favorite people live or once lived in Philadelphia, I love the city warts and all.

HIGH STONE was recorded in Philadelphia…….twice!

This album started it´s life in Olde Richmond, Philadelphia, in early March of 2020, then……..well all kinds of ¨road blocks, detours, lost recordings, doubts and distances¨ tried to derail it until we finally finished it in October of 2023 (I recorded and released an album, a singles box set containing 5 singles and bonus tracks, and two other 45´s in between starting and finishing this album!?)
High Stone was recorded by my dear old friend Jamie Mahon (Three 4 Tens, Marah, Mondo Topless, St James and The Apostles) in his studio Greenrock Recorders, with his GREAT band The Apostles as my backing band and Jamie behind the controls. This is not the place to bore you with the ¨how´s and why´s of the stops and starts and lost tapes¨ but we manged to get the recording side of it finished in July 2023
I then took the tracks back home to Spain to have them mixed and Mastered by Mike Mariconda (Raunch Hands, Devil Dogs, 9 Pound Hammer, The New Bomb Turks, Holly Golightly, Jack Oblivian, Barrence Whitfield)

Most of the ideas for these songs where conceived in my home in Spain BUT they most certainly became reborn walking thru my old haunts/streets in Philly, soaking in it´s smell, the way it moves, looks and feels, remembering times from more 20 years of frequenting the ¨city of brotherly love¨ and letting those memories and impulses that struck me shape and mold the songs and performances while recording.

Here´s to hoping you enjoy the album
All the best
Johnny

Tracklist

1.	Twenty Twenty (in 2024)	3:05

2.	If we sow (love will grow)	6:43

3.	Mr Fastgun	4:01

4.	Postcards	4:47

5.	Make hay while the sun shines	3:35

6.	Anchor	3:26

7.	Love over fear	4:09

8.	The Ghost Train	6:53

9.	Eight Miles High	9:52

Credits

released May 3, 2024

Recorded at GreenRock Recorders in Philly by JAMIE MAHON
Mixed and Mastered by MIKE MARICONDA
Produced by JAMIE MAHON and JOHNNY CASINO

Featuring the GREAT Philly band St. JAMES AND THE APOSTLES

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