#60 - Davey Johnstone Interview | Greatest Music of All Time Podcast with Tom Cridland

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• WI

  @willih007 · 5 years ago

  Davey Johnstone Rocks!!! So humble and under-rated.

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• BA

  @bagginshates · 3 years ago

  What a sweet guy Davey Johnstone is!

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• AI

  @Aiila23 · 5 years ago

  This group is a cut above most groups.  Loyalty, unity and pure love of the music.  Love the insights.

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• JA

  @jamesmonroe8412 · 3 years ago

  Gotta love Davey Johnstone....great musician,  great guy.

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• KN

  @KnightsandWeekends · 3 years ago (edited)

  Nigel Olsson is probably the most underrated drummer in music history, perhaps along side Ringo. Nigel's playing on Elton's best albums is literally the glue that binds the songs together. Listen carefully to the entirety of Captain Fantastic and tell me that Nigel is not pure genius. I've always considered Nigel's fills to be the perfect punctuation to the words and phrases created by Elton and Bernie.

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• BR

  @briancurran4705 · 5 years ago

  Great to hear Davey talk about his involvement with Elton. I have fond memories of his contribution on the British folk scene.

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• JO

  @jordifox · 4 years ago

  The Elton John band have to get on the rock n roll hall of fame!!!!

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• DA

  @DavidJohnSongwriter · 3 years ago

  Davey is as cool as he is talented. I Love that he keeps Gus and Dee's memories alive. Well done.

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• FI

  @FishinChickin · 3 years ago

  I saw Davey Johnstone perform at the Elton John show at Madison Square Garden when John Lennon sat in. He was one of the most awesome players I ever heard.

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• ST

  @stevemora7845 · 3 years ago

  I've loved Davey Johnstones's playing since I was 12 or 13. Huge influence on me and made me love guitar and music! Thanks Davey and God bless you. 🙏

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• DX

  @dxwell99 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I didn&apos;t know about this guy until I went to an Elton John concert in 2019. Elton said that in his first tour of the USA in 1972 he asked his manager for a crack guitarist. The manager said &quot;I know this mandolin player who might suit&quot;. In reality, Davey contributed to Bernie Taupin&apos;s solo album in 1971 and in August 1971 Davey played on Elton&apos;s Madman Across The Water album.<br>Regardless, Davey is the BEST guitarist I have ever seen.<br>It was as though the instrument was an extension of his body. The sound emanated from his fingers rather than a device. It was beautiful. Thanks Davey for adding to the quality quotient of my life.

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• GA

  @garyhenson117 · 3 years ago

  Fascinating to hear Davey Johnstone, the musical genius who would soon improvise the epic electric-guitar riffs that turbo-charged Elton John&apos;s rise to pop-rock superstardom, say that in 1971 he was a &quot;folkie&quot; originally hired to play banjo on Madman&apos;s &quot;Holiday Inn&quot; - what a seminal moment in music history <i>that</i> was!

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