Australia’s one of the top guitar slingers Johnny Casino has released a new single and a music video for the single titled ‘The Ghost Train.’ The album which the single is a part of, is called ‘High Stone.’ The album would see the light of this world on Friday, 3rd May.
Previously, Casino was a part of a ’90s rock and roll band named Asteroid B-612. Johnny now says Spain is home to him and also performs all across Europe and the US as well. This album ‘High Stone’ was recorded entirely in Philadelphia, while he was on a US sojourn. The album has been played by taking help from the members of the bands St James and The Apostles.
” The Ghost Train ” – Johnny Casino
Said Johnny Casino about his latest single.”I had the chords and changes for The Ghost Train for a couple of years, and I had what could be called a word salad ̈ scribbled down on some paper, I even had a couple of melody lines written on the guitar BUT nothing was coming together until while visiting some good friends in Virginia, I spent a week waking up at around 4 am and not knowing why. Once or twice, I woke with the dream of a train whistle on my mind, it wasn’t until after about a week that I realized that it was an actual train whistle from a local cargo train passing by each morning that was waking me up!!”
Johnny Casino further said. “One of those mornings I woke and looked at the word salad on that paper and the lyrics just came together fast! I mean REALLY fast, it all just made sense, so I sat there at 4 or 5 in the morning lightly strumming the guitar and mumbling the lyrics in my head and knew I had a song… what I call a keeper!! And the song kept falling into place while recording it with Thee Apostles, it felt easy and inspired at the same time. Jamie did a great job on some noise effects (made with real instruments) and the train whistle at the end really ties the room together doesn’t it?”
You can pre-order the album “High Stone” by Johnny Casino from here.
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