- John Kennedy (Australian Musician)
John Kennedy is an
Australia nmusician , a singer-songwriter with a penchant for strong melodies and "heart on your sleeve" pop songs often withcountry and western influences.Who|Date=June 2008Early life
Kennedy was born John Francis Kennedy in
Liverpool, England on1 July 1958 . His family later moved to Australia.Brisbane
He formed his first band,
JFK & The Cuban Crisis , with former school friend James Paterson inBrisbane in 1980. They quickly established themselves on the small Brisbane scene with their smart Squeeze influenced pop. After releasing two cassette albums and playing support spots withthe Pretenders andIan Dury and the Blockheads , the band moved to Sydney in 1982. Despite this independent success, JFK broke up in 1984 when Kennedy embarked on a solo career, with which he made his mark with hisindie rock , pop and suburban country band "John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong".ydney
Kennedy fronted
John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong , and recorded some of the greatest pop songs aboutSydney .John's 7" singles were often distinguished by the unusual covers. The single for "Miracle (in Marrickville)" featured an actual printed photograph of John standing in front of an auto electrician garage, and for "Big County" a plastic map of Australia was affixed to every cover.who|date=June 2008
With The Mexican Spitfires
In 1989 John Kennedy teamed with another band that wrote often about living in Sydney,
The Mexican Spitfires , for one or two of his solo shows, where he performed a few of his own numbers with The Spitfires acting as his backing band.ydney 2000
Surprisingly only "King Street" made it onto the
SONY Music compilation of songs about Sydney "Somewhere in Sydney ", which was released in the Olympic year 2000 but with no fanfare and seemed to sink without a trace.who|date=June 2008Europe and Asia
In late
1989 , he moved toBerlin in the then West Germany and formedJohn Kennedy and the Honeymooners . In early1994 he moved toHong Kong , then in early1997 he moved toLondon . He moved back to Australia in late1999 .cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/ellavis/ |title= John Kennedy|accessdate=2008-07-02 ]Appreciation
For more detail and a full discography up until 1989 see "Who's Who Of Australian Rock" (2nd ed) Compiled by
Chris Spencer The Five Mile Press .External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trmMpKizwmU King Street - John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong - YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awc9y8-xOc0 Miracle in Marrickville - John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong - YouTube]References
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