fbpx
Wikipedia

John Goodsall

August 23, 2023

John Goodsall (15 February 1953 – 10 November 2021[Notes 1]) was a British-American progressive rock and jazz fusion guitarist[1] most noted for his work with Brand X, Atomic Rooster,[2] and The Fire Merchants.

Life and career

Goodsall was born in Middlesex, England in February 1953, and has lived in England, Los Angeles, Milan and Minnesota. He began playing guitar at age 7. At 15, he became a professional musician and joined Carol Grimes' Babylon, with members of Joe Cocker's Grease Band, Juicy Lucy and Jon Hiseman's Colosseum. He then went on tour with The Alan Bown Set and, now 18 years old, formed his first own band, Sandoz, in his hometown. The group was mainly influenced by Captain Beefheart and The Grateful Dead. Goodsall, with Jim Mercer (bass) and Gary Lonsdale (drums), recorded 3 tracks at a local recording studio with financial support from their parents, which were released as a limited edition EP of 350 copies on Shagrat Records in January 1995 under the title Pay Attention. Colin Hill writes in his liner notes to the EP:

The three remarkable recordings presented here for the first time (each of them is over eight minutes long) prove that Sandoz were at least one step ahead of most of their contemporaries, their musical hedonism, replete with all manner of complex time changes, intricate ensemble passages, rapid instrumental workouts and polytonal counter-rhythms, suddenly drifting off on spectacular tangential trips.

— [3][4]

For a time Ric Parnell also played for Sandoz, but then moved to Atomic Rooster. It was Ric Parnell who brought John Goodsall to Atomic Rooster a year later in 1972. For his stint with Atomic Rooster, he adopted the pseudonym "Johnny Mandala".[5] Goodsall was a member of this band for a total of 4 years.[4]

In 1974, Goodsall played frequently with guitarist Pete Bonas (credited as Pete Bonus on numerous recordings), drummer John Dillon and percussionist and vocalist Phil Spinelli at the recording studios of Island Records (London) in jam sessions. Through the intercession of young studio technician Paul "Sheds" Jackson at PSL Studios, Goodsall and Bonas came into contact with Percy Jones (bass) and Robin Lumley (keyboard). Jackson arranged for Jones and Lumley to audition with the A&R in charge, Island Records manager Richard Williams, who eventually offered the two to join the still-unnamed "Island Band". In the summer of 1975, this "Island Band" eventually crystallised into Brand X with Phil Collins as drummer.[6]

That same year, Goodsall collaborated with Robin Lumley on the album Peter and the Wolf, a pop adaptation of the Prokofiev classic Peter and the Wolf, and the following year, 1976, on the album Marscape. Both albums were produced by Jack Lancaster.

In 1977 Goodsall was involved in the making of the album Pleasure Signals by Wilding/Bonus. Danny Wilding, like Pete Bonas (aka Pete Bonus), was part of the "Island Band" and is credited with giving Brand X its name. Other contributors were Phil Collins, Michael Shrieve and John Giblin. The album is flute-oriented progressive rock.

After Brand X's 1979 world tour (the last with Phil Collins), Goodsall moved to Los Angeles and worked as a session musician and as a member of the band Zoo Drive (1980–1987) which included Doug Lunn, Paul Delph and Atomic Rooster drummer Ric Parnell. Goodsall also performed and/or recorded with Bill Bruford, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams and Toni Basil. In 1992, he also toured with bandmate Percy Jones and Ronnie Ciago, accompanying Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz.

John Goodsall's next project, The Fire Merchants, released two albums, Fire Merchants and Landlords of Atlantis before Goodsall and Percy Jones re-formed Brand X as a trio in 1992 with drummer Frank Katz. Katz was in Jones' band Tunnels with whom Goodsall also recorded on their album Progressivity. This Brand X line-up released X-Communication and Manifest Destiny, which also featured Tunnels' midi-vibes player Marc Wagnon and some keyboards and composition by Franz Pusch. John Goodsall and Franz Pusch continued to work mostly in studio, recently on Franz's music with drummer Ronnie Ciago and Yes bassist Billy Sherwood. Pusch produced The Fire Merchants self-titled debut album with Goodsall, Doug Lunn (bass) and Chester Thompson (drums). This trio was featured on Tamiya Lynn's self-titled album and other projects.

Most of the keyboard/synthesiser sounds however in the Brand X and Fire Merchants trios were triggered by Goodsall's MIDI guitar. In 1997, Brand X embarked on a three-month tour of Europe and Japan as a quartet with John Goodsall, Percy Jones, keyboardist Kris Sjobring from Goodsall's L.A. based group Trancendental Medication, and drummer Pierre Moerlen from Gong. Later versions of this group released The X-Files and Missing Period. They played the west coast again in 1999 including a headline show at Progfest in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

He played live with his new band Ghost Society in 2008. Later albums featuring Goodsall included Franz Pusch Only Visions and Leon Alvarado Strangers in Strange Places. During his last years, Goodsall continued to record on sessions for international projects in Japan, Germany, England, the U.S. and France.

Goodsall was married twice and had two daughters, Germaine and Natasha. He died on 10 November 2021, at the age of 68.[7][8] The cause of death was determined to be COVID-19 disease.[Notes 2] John Goodsall's ashes were scattered in the sea off the coast of Santa Catalina (California) on 20 January 2022 in a burial at sea with immediate family and friends.[Notes 3]

Performance history

John Goodsall:[Guitars, Midi Guitar] Performed live and-or recorded with Brand X, Bryan Adams, Jeff Beck, The Alan Bown Set, James Bracken, Leon Alvarado, Loughty Amao, Rod Argent, Atomic Rooster, Toni Basil, King Sunny Adé's African Beats, Bill Bruford, Carol Grimes' Babylon, Celebrity Skin, Ava Cherry, Eric Clapton, Mike Clark, Billy Cobham, Todd Cochran, Phil Collins, Paulinho da Costa, The Cruisers, Lisa Dal Bello, Desmond Dekker and The Aces, Paul Delph, Michael Des Barres, Dr. John, Mick Fleetwood, The Fire Merchants, Flea, Andy Fraser, Peter Gabriel, Roscoe Gee, Kevin Gilbert, Donni Harvey, Rupert Hine, Eddie Howell, Diana Hubbard, Billy Idol, Mark Isham, Liquid Junior, Quantum Jump, John Kay, Cheryl Ladd, Gasper Lawal, Karen Lawrence, Long Beach Mercenaries, Tamiya Lynn, Melissa Manchester, John Martyn, Junior Marvin, Bette Midler, Patrick Moraz, Billy Preston, Franz Pusch, X-Ray Spex, Chester Thompson, Alphonso Johnson, Jan Hammer, Anthony Phillips, The Reactors, Nona Hendrix, Sylvia St. James, Jack Lancaster, Terry Reid, Katey Sagal, Sandoz, Hunt Sales, Tony Sales, Jamie Sherriff, Michael Shrieve, Jimmie Spheeris, Blue Thunder, Top Topham, Tunnels, Chuck Turner's Turneround, Lee Ving, Bill Ward Band, The Weather Girls, Wilding/Bonus etc.

Goodsall also played on several film scores including No Small Affair, The Doorman, Can't Buy Me Love, North Shore, Anal Intruder 9, Wave Warriors 2, Wave Warriors 3, and Point Break.

Discography

Brand X

Studio

Live

  • Livestock (1977)
  • Live at the Roxy LA (1979, released 1995)
  • But Wait, There's Still more! (2017)
  • Locked and Loaded (2018)

Compilation

  • X-Files: A 20 Year Retrospective (1999), compilation including side projects
  • Timeline (2000)
  • Trilogy (2003)

Atomic Rooster

Bill Bruford

Fire Merchants

  • Fire Merchants (1989) John Goodsall/Doug Lunn/Chester Thompson
  • Landlords of Atlantis (1994) John Goodsall/Doug Lunn/Toss Panos

Long Beach Mercenaries

  • Greasy Fingers [Long Beach Mercenaries](2000)

Tamiya Lynn

  • Tamiya Lynn

Franz Pusch

  • Only Visions (2010)
  • Lustig and Munter (2016)

Leon Alvarado

  • Strangers in Strange Places (2011)

Cymbalic Encounters

  • Cymbalic Encounters (2012)
  • Exploration of the Southern Constellation (2015)

Session work with Zoo Drive

References

  1. ^ Prown, Pete; Newquist, Harvey P.; Eiche, Jon F. (1 March 1997). Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 89–. ISBN 9780793540426. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  2. ^ Bonini, Alessandro; Tomagnini, Emanuele (2004). Enciclopedia discografica. Dal rock al soul, dal pop alla new wave, dal punk al metal al jazz (in Italian). Gremese Editore. pp. 38–. ISBN 9788884403148. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Sandoz - Pay Attention". discogs.com. 1995. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b Anil Prasad. "John Goodsall". innerviews.org. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Johnny Mandala". discogs.com. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Brand X, a History". officialbrandx.com. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  7. ^ "John Goodsall Passed Away". dmme.net. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  8. ^ "/ Brand X: John Goodsall has died". genesis-news.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

Notes

  1. ^ As far as the exact date of death is concerned, numerous false statements are circulating on the internet. The only reliable reference is the photocopy of the death certificate provided by John Goodsall's daughter Natasha Kaneda.[1]
  2. ^ In relation to John Goodsall's illness and the cause of death, erroneous information was initially given on the internet. It was known that John Goodsall had to go to the hospital for pneumonia in September 2021, but this was not the reason for his demise.[2]
  3. ^ In order to initially pay for the body's repatriation, cremation and burial at sea, Goodsall's daughter Natasha Kaneda set up a fundraising campaign that ultimately raised US$8,511. [3]

External links

  • John Goodsall discography at Discogs
  • John Goodsall at IMDb
  • John Goodsall's channel on YouTube
  • John Goodsall on Myspace Music
  • Atomic Rooster John Goodsall page at angelfire.com
  • Brand X on Allmusic.com
  • John Goodsall - Blazing new trails (interview at innerviews.org)

August 23, 2023
john, goodsall, february, 1953, november, 2021, notes, british, american, progressive, rock, jazz, fusion, guitarist, most, noted, work, with, brand, atomic, rooster, fire, merchants, contents, life, career, performance, history, discography, brand, studio, li. John Goodsall 15 February 1953 10 November 2021 Notes 1 was a British American progressive rock and jazz fusion guitarist 1 most noted for his work with Brand X Atomic Rooster 2 and The Fire Merchants Contents 1 Life and career 2 Performance history 3 Discography 3 1 Brand X 3 1 1 Studio 3 1 2 Live 3 1 3 Compilation 3 2 Atomic Rooster 3 3 Bill Bruford 3 4 Fire Merchants 3 5 Long Beach Mercenaries 3 6 Tamiya Lynn 3 7 Franz Pusch 3 8 Leon Alvarado 3 9 Cymbalic Encounters 4 Session work with Zoo Drive 5 References 6 Notes 7 External linksLife and career EditGoodsall was born in Middlesex England in February 1953 and has lived in England Los Angeles Milan and Minnesota He began playing guitar at age 7 At 15 he became a professional musician and joined Carol Grimes Babylon with members of Joe Cocker s Grease Band Juicy Lucy and Jon Hiseman s Colosseum He then went on tour with The Alan Bown Set and now 18 years old formed his first own band Sandoz in his hometown The group was mainly influenced by Captain Beefheart and The Grateful Dead Goodsall with Jim Mercer bass and Gary Lonsdale drums recorded 3 tracks at a local recording studio with financial support from their parents which were released as a limited edition EP of 350 copies on Shagrat Records in January 1995 under the title Pay Attention Colin Hill writes in his liner notes to the EP The three remarkable recordings presented here for the first time each of them is over eight minutes long prove that Sandoz were at least one step ahead of most of their contemporaries their musical hedonism replete with all manner of complex time changes intricate ensemble passages rapid instrumental workouts and polytonal counter rhythms suddenly drifting off on spectacular tangential trips 3 4 For a time Ric Parnell also played for Sandoz but then moved to Atomic Rooster It was Ric Parnell who brought John Goodsall to Atomic Rooster a year later in 1972 For his stint with Atomic Rooster he adopted the pseudonym Johnny Mandala 5 Goodsall was a member of this band for a total of 4 years 4 In 1974 Goodsall played frequently with guitarist Pete Bonas credited as Pete Bonus on numerous recordings drummer John Dillon and percussionist and vocalist Phil Spinelli at the recording studios of Island Records London in jam sessions Through the intercession of young studio technician Paul Sheds Jackson at PSL Studios Goodsall and Bonas came into contact with Percy Jones bass and Robin Lumley keyboard Jackson arranged for Jones and Lumley to audition with the A amp R in charge Island Records manager Richard Williams who eventually offered the two to join the still unnamed Island Band In the summer of 1975 this Island Band eventually crystallised into Brand X with Phil Collins as drummer 6 That same year Goodsall collaborated with Robin Lumley on the album Peter and the Wolf a pop adaptation of the Prokofiev classic Peter and the Wolf and the following year 1976 on the album Marscape Both albums were produced by Jack Lancaster In 1977 Goodsall was involved in the making of the album Pleasure Signals by Wilding Bonus Danny Wilding like Pete Bonas aka Pete Bonus was part of the Island Band and is credited with giving Brand X its name Other contributors were Phil Collins Michael Shrieve and John Giblin The album is flute oriented progressive rock After Brand X s 1979 world tour the last with Phil Collins Goodsall moved to Los Angeles and worked as a session musician and as a member of the band Zoo Drive 1980 1987 which included Doug Lunn Paul Delph and Atomic Rooster drummer Ric Parnell Goodsall also performed and or recorded with Bill Bruford Desmond Dekker amp The Aces Peter Gabriel Bryan Adams and Toni Basil In 1992 he also toured with bandmate Percy Jones and Ronnie Ciago accompanying Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz John Goodsall s next project The Fire Merchants released two albums Fire Merchants and Landlords of Atlantis before Goodsall and Percy Jones re formed Brand X as a trio in 1992 with drummer Frank Katz Katz was in Jones band Tunnels with whom Goodsall also recorded on their album Progressivity This Brand X line up released X Communication and Manifest Destiny which also featured Tunnels midi vibes player Marc Wagnon and some keyboards and composition by Franz Pusch John Goodsall and Franz Pusch continued to work mostly in studio recently on Franz s music with drummer Ronnie Ciago and Yes bassist Billy Sherwood Pusch produced The Fire Merchants self titled debut album with Goodsall Doug Lunn bass and Chester Thompson drums This trio was featured on Tamiya Lynn s self titled album and other projects Most of the keyboard synthesiser sounds however in the Brand X and Fire Merchants trios were triggered by Goodsall s MIDI guitar In 1997 Brand X embarked on a three month tour of Europe and Japan as a quartet with John Goodsall Percy Jones keyboardist Kris Sjobring from Goodsall s L A based group Trancendental Medication and drummer Pierre Moerlen from Gong Later versions of this group released The X Files and Missing Period They played the west coast again in 1999 including a headline show at Progfest in San Francisco s Golden Gate Park He played live with his new band Ghost Society in 2008 Later albums featuring Goodsall included Franz Pusch Only Visions and Leon Alvarado Strangers in Strange Places During his last years Goodsall continued to record on sessions for international projects in Japan Germany England the U S and France Goodsall was married twice and had two daughters Germaine and Natasha He died on 10 November 2021 at the age of 68 7 8 The cause of death was determined to be COVID 19 disease Notes 2 John Goodsall s ashes were scattered in the sea off the coast of Santa Catalina California on 20 January 2022 in a burial at sea with immediate family and friends Notes 3 Performance history EditJohn Goodsall Guitars Midi Guitar Performed live and or recorded with Brand X Bryan Adams Jeff Beck The Alan Bown Set James Bracken Leon Alvarado Loughty Amao Rod Argent Atomic Rooster Toni Basil King Sunny Ade s African Beats Bill Bruford Carol Grimes Babylon Celebrity Skin Ava Cherry Eric Clapton Mike Clark Billy Cobham Todd Cochran Phil Collins Paulinho da Costa The Cruisers Lisa Dal Bello Desmond Dekker and The Aces Paul Delph Michael Des Barres Dr John Mick Fleetwood The Fire Merchants Flea Andy Fraser Peter Gabriel Roscoe Gee Kevin Gilbert Donni Harvey Rupert Hine Eddie Howell Diana Hubbard Billy Idol Mark Isham Liquid Junior Quantum Jump John Kay Cheryl Ladd Gasper Lawal Karen Lawrence Long Beach Mercenaries Tamiya Lynn Melissa Manchester John Martyn Junior Marvin Bette Midler Patrick Moraz Billy Preston Franz Pusch X Ray Spex Chester Thompson Alphonso Johnson Jan Hammer Anthony Phillips The Reactors Nona Hendrix Sylvia St James Jack Lancaster Terry Reid Katey Sagal Sandoz Hunt Sales Tony Sales Jamie Sherriff Michael Shrieve Jimmie Spheeris Blue Thunder Top Topham Tunnels Chuck Turner s Turneround Lee Ving Bill Ward Band The Weather Girls Wilding Bonus etc Goodsall also played on several film scores including No Small Affair The Doorman Can t Buy Me Love North Shore Anal Intruder 9 Wave Warriors 2 Wave Warriors 3 and Point Break Discography EditBrand X Edit Studio Edit Unorthodox Behaviour 1976 Moroccan Roll 1977 Masques 1978 Product 1979 Do They Hurt 1980 Is There Anything About 1982 Xcommunication 1992 Manifest Destiny 1997 Missing Period 1998 Live Edit Livestock 1977 Live at the Roxy LA 1979 released 1995 But Wait There s Still more 2017 Locked and Loaded 2018 Compilation Edit X Files A 20 Year Retrospective 1999 compilation including side projects Timeline 2000 Trilogy 2003 Atomic Rooster Edit Nice n Greasy 1973 Bill Bruford Edit Feels Good to Me 1978 Fire Merchants Edit Fire Merchants 1989 John Goodsall Doug Lunn Chester Thompson Landlords of Atlantis 1994 John Goodsall Doug Lunn Toss PanosLong Beach Mercenaries Edit Greasy Fingers Long Beach Mercenaries 2000 Tamiya Lynn Edit Tamiya LynnFranz Pusch Edit Only Visions 2010 Lustig and Munter 2016 Leon Alvarado Edit Strangers in Strange Places 2011 Cymbalic Encounters Edit Cymbalic Encounters 2012 Exploration of the Southern Constellation 2015 Session work with Zoo Drive EditLifetimes Diana Hubbard 1979 I m Only Human Michael Des Barres 1980 Drastic Measures Lisa Dalbello 1981 Streetcar Named Desire Ava Cherry 1981 Targets Jamie Sherriff 1982 Word of Mouth Toni Basil 1982 featuring Hit Single Mickey Spheeris Jimmie Spheeris 1984 Tamiya Lynn Tamiya Lynn 1992 A God That Can Dance Paul Delph 1996 References Edit Prown Pete Newquist Harvey P Eiche Jon F 1 March 1997 Legends of Rock Guitar The Essential Reference of Rock s Greatest Guitarists Hal Leonard Corporation pp 89 ISBN 9780793540426 Retrieved 22 April 2012 Bonini Alessandro Tomagnini Emanuele 2004 Enciclopedia discografica Dal rock al soul dal pop alla new wave dal punk al metal al jazz in Italian Gremese Editore pp 38 ISBN 9788884403148 Retrieved 22 April 2012 Sandoz Pay Attention discogs com 1995 Retrieved 5 June 2023 a b Anil Prasad John Goodsall innerviews org Retrieved 25 May 2023 Johnny Mandala discogs com Retrieved 5 June 2023 Brand X a History officialbrandx com 27 August 2022 Retrieved 25 May 2023 John Goodsall Passed Away dmme net Retrieved 18 November 2021 Brand X John Goodsall has died genesis news com Retrieved 18 November 2021 Notes Edit As far as the exact date of death is concerned numerous false statements are circulating on the internet The only reliable reference is the photocopy of the death certificate provided by John Goodsall s daughter Natasha Kaneda 1 In relation to John Goodsall s illness and the cause of death erroneous information was initially given on the internet It was known that John Goodsall had to go to the hospital for pneumonia in September 2021 but this was not the reason for his demise 2 In order to initially pay for the body s repatriation cremation and burial at sea Goodsall s daughter Natasha Kaneda set up a fundraising campaign that ultimately raised US 8 511 3 External links EditJohn Goodsall discography at Discogs John Goodsall at IMDb John Goodsall s channel on YouTube John Goodsall on Myspace Music Artist biography from Buckyball Records Atomic Rooster John Goodsall page at angelfire com Brand X on Allmusic com John Goodsall Blazing new trails interview at innerviews org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Goodsall amp oldid 1165626050, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.