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Gary Johnstone

About Me


Before we begin - here's my blues band "Gary Johnstone and the Blues Bandits" playing box in Feb 09. We're there every Saturday from 6-9.
Alright! My name's Gary. I quite like music. It's a fun time to be me. I did have a big spiel up here, but it seems easier to just put a list of stuff I've done - so here it is in order...
Gary's CV
1999 - Regional Young Musician Of the Year
2003 - 'MEXICO' announced winners of Perthshire Battle of the Bands
2004 - 'MEXICO' announced winners of Tayside Battle of the Bands
2004 - 'MEXICO' announced Best New UK Band at Global Battle of the Bands, Mean Fiddler (Astoria II), London
2005 - 'MEXICO' signed to SARM (Warner Music UK)
2005 - Joins "The Elvis Collection" as full time touring session player
2007 - Collaborrates with The Supernatural's James Mcoll on The Hussy's album "Super Pro"
2007 - Performs with The Hussy's for their tour supporting Glasvegas
2007 - 'ROCKETFOX' sign deal with Circular Productions
2007 - 'ROCKETFOX' record with Kaiser Chiefs producer Will Jackson
2007 - 'ROCKETFOX' tour with The Subways
2008 - 'ROCKETFOX' tour with Wheatus
2008 - 'ROCKETFOX' perform at the Carling Academy Glasgow
2008 - 'A JOKER'S RAGE' perform at Manchester's In The City festival
2009 - 'THE GARY JOHNSTONE TRIO' support blues legend Johnny Winter at Glasgow's 02 Academy (formerly Carling Academy)
2009 - 'A JOKER'S RAGE' perform at Liverpool Sound City festival
2009 - 'THE GARY JOHNSTONE TRIO' perform at world-famous 'Blues on the River' festival, Glasgow
So there we have it. My life story. I'll be making more of an effort to put my tourdates up here in the future as i usually play at least 5 gigs a week so I hope to catch you at a show sometime soon! Thanks for reading.
G x

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/09/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/garyjohnstone
Band Members: I've in in a goddamn lot of bands. It's all been fun. Here's a reverse chronological list of the bands and all members who were associated with it during it's lifespan -

THE GARY JOHNSTONE TRIO - Gordon McNeill, George Sinclair, Neil MacDougall, Graeme Glancy

BLUES BANDITS - Colin MacGregor, Gordon McNeill, Graeme Glancy, Roscoe, Brian Gillen, George Sinclair, Ben McCulloch, Neil MacDougall, Alan Drain, Steven (Heavy Mama) + Steesh (Heavy Mama)

A JOKER'S RAGE - Zakk Taylor, Neil MacDougall + Graeme Glancy

ROCKETFOX - Neil MacDougall, Graeme Glancy, Fiona Crawford, Alison Bell, Colin MacGregor

THREE CARD TRICK - Neil MacDougall, Graeme Glancy, Matt Sax

THE JERRY LEE LEWIS EXPERIENCE - Owen T Muir, Alan Drain

THE ELVIS COLLECTION - Billy J MacGregor + his 12 piece band

RAGE AGAINST THE MacCHINE - Craig McGowan, Sam Lumsden, Chris Wilson

CARNATION - Calum McNinch, Gareth Thomson, David Palmer

MEMPHIS - Owen T Muir

MEXICO - Neil Stephenson

Influences: I use...

Clapton Is God.
SRV is depute God (Clapton sometimes has a day off)
John Mayer
Hendrix
Angus Young
BB King
Johnny Winter
Joe Walsh
Robert Cray
Aerosmith
Brad Paisley
Noel Gallagher
Buddy Guy
Matt Bellamy
Chuck Berry
Jerry Lee Lewis

Sounds Like: At the moment - Blues. I reckon in a past life i was a big fat black guy with a guitar on a porch in the mississippi delta.
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Record Label: Circular Productions (ABF Artist Management)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I'm selling some pedals...grab a bargain!

Hi there.I've got a few effects pedals that i'm looking to offload as I realised i hardly use them.  Grab a bargain!Behringer Hellbabe Wah pedal - used once in rehearsal, still with original packaging...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:37:00 GMT

2 FREE pairs of guest list passes worth £10

Hey there blues fans! Hope this blog finds you well.  I've got a few exciting shows coming up with my blues trio, and I'm looking forward to them so much that I've gone into a mad mental guest list...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:30:00 GMT

The Family Tree of Rock...

When those studenty-type guardian music journalist wannabe's used to watch Rocketfox, they'd come up to me after the show to say "you guys are great, but you should check out *insert obscure band name...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:41:00 GMT

I'm supporting Johnny Winter at 02 Academy this Thursday!!!

After an extremely tiring 12 hour recording session at Glasgow's SAE on Saturday night, Dan the Canadian engineer asked me, "why blues?" to which i responded after a moment's pause, "it's just in me."...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 10:39:00 GMT

Gary's first attempt at an unfunny blog. Quite successful!

You know what time it is!  Time for another world famous blog from the best damn blogger who blogs on this page!For some reason recently I've been getting away with taking the absolute piss out of lif...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:49:00 GMT

It's amazing the places that music takes you.

Hello!  Thanks for coming back to my increasingly lengthy bi-daily blog.First up for your perusal - my experience with a pesky 0.005".Strings - I usually use D'Addario 10s (0.10 of a mm thick at thinn...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:58:00 GMT

Two blogs in two days!

Sitting on the dock of the BMA...wastin tiiiiime...Pure boredom right now at work. Had a great jam last night with Roscoe, Ben and Georgie. Got some drums recorded for 4 brand new tracks! ******RECORD...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:22:00 GMT

Respect your art.

You don't need to lose something to know what you've got.  In all honesty, there's never been a better time to be the guy who wears my red trainers and drives my stripey black car.  The only time that...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:59:00 GMT

Blues, Booze and Bargains...

It's been a helluva long time since my last blog update!  Then again who gives a fig.  Quite a bit of shizzle to inform you of tho, and for a change some of it is interesting.  First of all let me run...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:29:00 GMT

All my bands - EVER!

I've in in a goddamn lot of bands. It's all been fun. Here's a reverse chronological list of the bands and all members who are/were associated with it during it's lifespan - 2008 - GARY JOHNSTONE'S BL...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:58:00 GMT