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John Coates Beyond The Sun

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Singer/songwriter from Dublin Ireland. In terms of his musical heritage, his mother sang in the Dublin Grand Opera Society and it was she who encouraged John from an early age to sing and write his own songs.
John is related to "Sir Eric Coates" the famous british composer who wrote the theme tune for that classic british movie "The Damn Busters".
John had a lot of different musical influences when growing up, Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Deep Purple all graced the shelves of his music library.John sang with Noel Redding, of the Jimi Hendrix experience in Clonakilty, Co. Cork a few years ago and it was one of the highlights of his career.

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Music:

Member Since: 7/20/2006
Influences:
Cream, Deep Purple,Johnny Cash, Elvis, Dusty Springfield, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Blue Oyster Cult, Eric Clapton, Thin Lizzy, Free, Tony Joe White, Matt monroe, Wizard, 5th Dimension, Stevie Wonder, Burt Bacharach, Freddie Mercury, Steppenwolf and yes William Shatner.
Sounds Like:
My mothers only son.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New video added to video section

A short video clip of me performing Beyond the Sun hasbeen added to the video section.Check it out.bfnJohn
Posted by johncoates on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:37:00 PST

Mountain Gorillas are almost extinct

Spare a thought this Christmas for the mountain Gorilla.The mountain gorillas of Central Africa are one of the closest relatives of humanity, and they are endangered. They are dwindling in number--onl...
Posted by johncoates on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:51:00 PST

One giant parking lot

Well here it is! nearly the end of the weekend and I've seen so many near collisions on the roads ofour great little city. People in a mad rush to get home from work I guess.I think the driving situat...
Posted by johncoates on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:16:00 PST