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Phil Johnstone

Phil Johnstone (1 September 1957 – 31 May 2021)[1] was an English songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist,[2] and record producer, best known for his work with singer Robert Plant. His songwriting credits include Plant's number-one Mainstream Rock hits "Heaven Knows", "Tall Cool One" and "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)".[3]

Biography Edit

Johnstone first worked with Plant on the 1988 album Now and Zen,[4] which Johnstone co-produced. Johnstone co-wrote most of the songs on the album; he also wrote songs for Plant's follow-up albums Manic Nirvana (1990) and Fate of Nations (1993).

Following his work with Plant, Johnstone wrote songs for singer Alannah Myles' 1995 album A-lan-nah.[3] Recorded and produced Freeborn John by Rev Hammer 1996 on Cooking Vinyl. Johnstone also co-wrote the whole of The Levellers' 2000 album Hello Pig. Johnstone also headed the popular all-star musical festival act, "The Fabulous Good Time Party Boys", which featured members of the Levellers, Irish singer/songwriter Dan Donnelly, American musician Roy Harter, and two of his children, Alex Johnstone and Emily Johnstone.[5]

Death Edit

Johnstone died on 31 May 2021 at the age of 63, after a few years of bad health.[6] His funeral service was held on 2 July at St James' Parish Church in Exeter.[7]

References Edit

  1. ^ "Phil Johnstone Dies. - Pre / Post-Zeppelin Forum". Forums.ledzeppelin.com. June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ Yonke, David (16 November 1993). "Robert Plant explosive at UT". Toledo Blade. p. P-1. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Phil Johnstone, Songs Composed By". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  4. ^ Hochanadel, Michael (17 October 1989). "Phil Johnstone ecstatic over new Plant band". Schenectady Gazette. p. 37. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. ^ "pressreader". Retrieved 11 August 2021 – via PressReader.
  7. ^ "facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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