Johnny Favourite - Troubadour - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

You may know Johnny Favourite from the hit CD Holiday Romance that garnered a Juno award, a dozen East Coast Music Award nominations and a Gold album, countless television and media appearances. Johnny Favourite was signed to Universal Music by then A&R Director Brian Hetherman, through a mutual love of Big Band and Swing music, after a few late night cocktails the two recruited Mavericks guitar player Nick Kane to Produce Holiday Romance along with Engineer Jeff Wolpert at the legendary Le Studio in Morin Heights. The international success of Holiday Romance allowed the band to tour non-stop for 5 years from New Orleans, Louisiana to St. John's Newfoundland and from Los Angeles, California to Nassau, Bahamas, over 300 shows a year generating a hip and happening event at each and every venue. Selling out the world famous SUPPER CLUB in Manhattan repeatedly, and doing the same from the Roxy in Boston to the Derby in L.A. Having the word 'swing' in one's moniker, however, became a dirty word in the fickle and cynical world of pop culture. After much heartache and reflection Johnny left the Orchestra determined to explore the possibilities of pop music from, as he says, 'Tommy Dorsey to David Bowie, from Bobby Darin to Morrissey.' Shortly thereafter Hetherman left Universal Music and Johnny ventured into the pop music world with the creation of The Tonight Album, a departure for Johnny that garnered 3 ECMA nominations, shows with Duran Duran, Natalie Merchant and 2 top 10 Canadian singles. Eventually, being a fat bastard (note Johnny insisted that the fat part be in the Bio), too much touring, too many cocktail parties and opportunities outside North America drove Johnny Favourite to Singapore then Portugal and the sea, not as a sailor but on a Cruise ship, as an art dealer and auctioneer. Where he trimmed way down and got his focus back. After he tired of life on the w