Where are they now? - Jon Davison
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| Davison guests on 3 albums from In Continuum (Facebook;
Twitter;
YouTube),
a project by Dave
Kerzner (Sound of Contact,
worked with Jon Anderson, Steve Hackett, Steven Wilson, ex-Giraffe).
Already out is Acceleration Theory Part One and Part
Two, a 2-part, science fiction, concept album about a
female alien named AlienA (Leticia Wolf), who falls in love
with a human, Kai (Gabriel Agudo). She warns the Earth that
we are in danger of being annihilated by aliens who have
been responsible for man's evolution over millions of years.
The project arose from material by Kerzner had originally
written for Sound of Contact, including with Matt Dorsey,
Simon Collins (son of Phil Collins)
and Kelly Nordstrom, before that band split up. The band are
working on a third album and Davison has already recorded
parts for it, Kerzner said in Aug 2020. In a Feb
2021 interview with SOAL Night Live, Kerzner said the
album was "on the back burner" due to the pressure of other
work and because he was keen to record some vocals, e.g.
with Agudo, in person, which has not been possible during
COVID. He talked about a possible 2022 release. Asked whether anything was going on with
In Continuum in a Jun 2021
interview, Kerzner said, "Well, there is. I'm
backlogged", and he went on to say he was currently
mixing a live album from the band (see next paragraph) and
is also busy with several other mixing projects.
He continuned, "Once I'm done with all that, then
the new music will come", but did also say they had
already "started work on" the new album. He mooted a
possible 2022 release. |
We were going to have him on this, this new '90s project that we're doing [A Matter of Time Vol. 1, a digital-only release involving re-recording material the band released in the 1990s], but we talked yesterday: he's tied up. They're in the studio right now, so, with Yes.
[...] And so I told him we'd catch him on the next album. So he's kinda got an invitation [...] to get back in
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Possible future solo
project In the Jul 2020 interview, Davison talked of work with keyboardist Claudio Pesavento (worked with Chris Squire, Frank Marino): "We have [...] some songs sort of in the wings waiting to be further developed and hopefully we can do more together". Asked if this would be a solo project, Davison replied, "I think it would be a solo project [...] solo of mine, but he would be certainly involved [...] I've got a lot of irons in the fire. Not always enough time, but." With John Lodge Davison sang "Ride My See Saw" with John Lodge (The Moody Blues) at a London show by Lodge's band in Apr 2019, and on the Royal Affair tour. Lodge is planning a live album from that tour, The Royal Affair and After, due Sep 2021, and presumably "Ride My See Saw" with Davison will appear. In a Jan 2021 report, Lodge said, "I've been in the studio mixing that, and I just mastered that." At the time, he predicted "release probably in the spring [2021]." Roger Dean is doing the album cover. Davison guested at further US shows with Lodge: in Nov 2019 and Feb 2020 (lead vocals and acoustic guitar on "Nights in White Satin"). Lodge released the single "In These Crazy Times (The Isolation Mix)" (3:41; promo video) about the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Jul 2020. Performing are Lodge (vocals, guitars, keys, drums), Davison (backing vocals), Kristian Lodge (John's son; lead guitar) and Kirsten Lodge (John's wife; backing vocals). John Lodge's daughter (and Jon Davison's girlfriend), Emily, project managed. Another digital single followed 30 Apr 2021, "The Sun will Shine" (3:50), again with Davison on backing vocals and with Lodge's 10,000 Light Years band. (Davison also engineered Lodge's bass and vocal recordings.) "The Sun will Shine", a new instrumental entitled "Sunset Over Cocohatchee Bay", and a 2021 remix of "In These Crazy Times" will then form an EP entitled In Reflection, which will be incorporated into The Royal Affair and After. |
| With Taylor
Hawkins & related projects In an Aug 2014 interview, Davison described how Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) had been working with Chris Squire and that the three had been considering a project together (see under Squire). Back in 1995, Davison, Hawkins and Riz Story had formed the band Sylvia. After Davison and Hawkins left, Story re-formed the band as Anyone. On 21 Aug 2020, Anyone released their third studio album, the 13-track On the Ending Earth... (TogethermenT Records). Story performed nearly all the music, but Davison guests on fretless bass on "Thought I Was". Other projects Cov3r to Cov3r (Radiant Records) is the third in a series of covers albums by Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and Randy George. It includes a cover of Yes's version of "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" with vocals from Davison. The album was released 24 Jul on CD, gatefold 2LP + CD, and digital download. Tracks: "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (version by Yes), "Hymn 43" (Jethro Tull), "Life on Mars" (David Bowie), "Baker Street" (Gerry Rafferty), "It Don’t Come Easy" (Ringo Starr), "Baby Blue" (Badfinger), "One More Red Nightmare" (King Crimson), "Black Coffee in Bed" (Squeeze), "Tempted" (Squeeze), "Runnin' Down a Dream" (Tom Petty), "Let Love Rule" (Lenny Kravitz). The album is also included as part of Cover to Cover Anthology (Vol. 1-3), out the same day, which compiles all three albums. The first two have been re-sequenced and remastered, and there is new artwork. Davison sang harmony vocals and played bass on some of Steve Howe's new solo album, Love Is, out Jul 2020. |
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