John Ralston (musician)

Infobox musical artist


Name = John Ralston
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Origin = Lake Worth, Florida, U.S.
Genre = Indie rock Acoustic rock
Years_active = 2005–present
Label = Vagrant
Associated_acts = Dashboard Confessional
URL = [http://www.john-ralston.com/ Official website]
Current_members = John Ralston (guitar, vocals, piano) Jeff Snow (drums) Dan Bonebrake (bass) Dustin Dobernig (keys, vocals, programming) Nick Eberhardt (guitar) Nate Gilleran (Drums)
Past_members = Dean Paul David Vandervelde Susan Sherouse (violin)

John Ralston is an American acoustic/electric guitarist singer and songwriter. John is originally from Lake Worth, Florida, and is a member of the band Legends Of Rodeo (formerly called Recess Theory), which is currently on an indefinite hiatus.

Discography

Albums

Needle Bed was John's first album, initially released privately and later re-released under the Vagrant label. A music video was shot for "Gone, Gone, Gone", which was Needle Bed's promo single. 2007 will see the release of John's second album "Sorry Vampire" on October 2nd.

Needle Bed contained the following tracks: 01. No Catcher In The Rye (1:21) 02. It's Not Your Fault (2:49) 03. Hang A Sign (3:16) 04. When We Are Cats (2:23) 05. I Believe In Ghosts (2:33) 06. No One Said It Was Easy (3:03) 07. Gone, Gone, Gone (3:51) 08. Time For Me To Ruin Everything (3:17) 09. Keep Me (2:07) 10. Avalanche (3:14) 11. Our Favorite Record Skips (3:31) Sorry Vampire: 01. Fragile (2:41) 02. The Only Evidence (3:10) 03. When I Was a Bandage (1:56) 04. I Guess I Wasted My Summer Now (3:49) 05. Lessons I & II (3:20) 06. A Small Clearing (3:44) 07. Ghetto Tested (3:07) 08. Beautiful Disarmed (2:44) 09. No One Loves You Like I Do (4:19) 10. Second Hand Lovers (4:16) 11. Haven't Missed You All My Life (3:19) 12. Where You Used To Sleep (6:00) Musicians involved with Sorry Vampire: John Ralston, Dan Bonebrake, Dustin Dobernig, Nick Eberhardt, Jon Wilkins, David Vandervelde, John Lefler, Susan Sherouse, Jay Bennett, Jeff Snow, Daniel Padgett, Tim Yehezkely. Recorded by Michael Seaman. Mixed by Charles Dye. Produced by John Ralston and Michael Seaman Fragile (single) 01. Fragile 02. Love/Exit White Spiders EP 01. White Spiders 02. Blood Thirsty Angels and the Terrible Trumpets 03. Don't Go to Sleep 04. Jenny with the Long, Dark Hair 05. Room With a View

EPs

The re-release of Needle Bed as a Vagrant album included a link to a website from which the "Box of Chocolates EP" could be downloaded. This six song EP contained the following tracks:

1. Bed (2:48) 2. Still Your Son (4:07) 3. Whose Heart Are You Breaking Tonight (4:22) 4. Milk and Honey (demo) (2:50) 5. To Find New Ways Out Of Town (3:25) 6. Fake Emergency (from the Needle Bed recording sessions) (2:20)

Non-album tracks

* "Everything To Be Afraid Of" - played live
* "Blacklisted (Demo)" - released on his MySpace page, no longer available
* "Room With a View" - played on the Studio C Podcast, also released on the White Spiders EP.

Films

The song "Gone, Gone, Gone" is featured in the upcoming indie film "The Other Side of the Tracks".

External links

* [http://www.john-ralston.com/ Official website]
*MySpace|id=johnralston|name=John Ralston
* [http://www.livejournal.com/~johnralston John Ralston authorized lyrics site]