Tony Johns
Australia, Arcadia Vale
Tony Johns
Hi everyone !
Just a quick "Thankyou" for your continued support and for liking my music, especially my song "Tribute" from my latest album called "Natural " !
It's so exciting to have people from all around the world enjoying my music !
Regards,
Tony Johns
Hi everyone, this is a quick Thankyou for you're kind comments regarding my song [Tribute] !
I'm so glad you like the song.
If you'd like to hear more of my music and maybe buy my albums just go to (expired link)
Regards,
Tony Johns
Hi, this is just to say Thankyou for all your kind and beautifull comments about my song "Tribute" !
It's a song I wrote 20 years ago while my father was dying with asbestos related lung cancer. I recorded it the day after he died so it could be played at his funeral. I'm sure my father is looking down and smiling at how popular his song has become after all these years ! I'm gratefull to all of you for keeping the memories of my father alive !
Tribute by Tony Johns
Just an ordinary man, a worker all his life
provider for his children, life partner for his wife.
I took so much for granted about this hard but loving man
and never knew that one day I'd be as grateful as I am.
And this is my tribute it was easier this way
to open up my heart to him before he goes away.
'Cause there's no one else quite like him
in all the world there's only one.
He is my father
I am his son.
Such a thoughtful easy man, it comes as no surprise
it's like looking in a mirror when I look into his eyes.
There are mysteries about him, things I'll never know
but all men have their secrets to take with them when they go.
And this is my tribute it was easier this way
to open up my heart to him before he goes away.
'Cause there's no one else quite like him
in all the world there's only one.
He is my father
I am his son.
The scars will fade like the time we had
but there's time to say;
"I love you dad".
Just an ordinary man, a worker all his days
he's done his best, he's earned his rest, respect and praise.
And this is my tribute it was easier this way
to open up my heart to him before he goes away.
'Cause there's no one else quite like him
in all the world there's only one.
He is my father
I am his son.
He is my father and I'm proud to be his son.
This is the song "Tribute" by Tony Johns from his new album "Natural"
The song was written for his father who was dying at the time with asbestosis cancer [ a work related desease]. The song was recorded the day after his father died so it could be played at his funeral !
The raw emotion on that day is obvious in Tony's voice !
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About Tony Johns
Tony Johns, at the age of 21, began performing in Pubs and Clubs around the Hunter Valley in NSW Australia in the early 1980’s. He sang and played guitar and harmonica to popular covers as well as his own material. A highlight at that time was being support act to Roy Orbison . His career was given a boost when a song he’d penned about the evils of drunk driving called “PCA The Easy Way” reached the top 10 in the local Newcastle Music Charts. This encouraged him to concentrate more on his song writing and over the next 10 years he wrote and recorded 4 albums of his own songs including “The Way I Live” in 1988 and “The Valley” in 1994. Songs from “The Valley” album such as “Campin in the Barringtons” and “Fishin’with Jack” still receive occasional airplay ! He also travelled extensively in this period, performing and promoting his songs throughout Australia, Europe and the UK.
In the mid 1990’s while beginning to record another album he contracted a vocal disorder called Spasmodic Dysphonia which causes spasms in the muscles surrounding the vocal chords. This illness ended his singing career and put a halt to the albums’ recording. Almost 20 years later he resumed the recording process using other singers to complete the songs on this album. This album is called “Natural” and was released on 1st October 2016. It is available for digital download through most internet outlets such as Itunes and Amazon etc, as well as being available in hard copy CD at Tony’s Facebook Page…Tony Johns @tonyjohnsmusic.
Currently, Tony performs in various line-ups as an instrumentalist playing acoustic and electric guitar and harmonica.
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