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- MUSICIANS :
- Jeff Paris (vocals, guitar,
keyboards, bass)
Mike Gray (guitar)
Jan Kuehnemind (guitar)
Michael Thompson (guitar)
Brett Walker (guitar) - Produced by: Jeff Paris
- Engineered by: Jeff Paris
- Mixed by : Jeff Paris
- Mastered by: tbd
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| JEFF PARIS fi rst picked up a guitar at the age of 8, although he had been playing the piano since he was 5. Prior to hooking up on tours with the likes of DAN FOGELBERG and BILL WHITHERS, JEFF had kept a low profile studying music at college. He gained a deal with the band PIECES, touring with STANLEY CLARK and GEORGE DUKE. JEFF met JEFFREY OSBORNE and wrote songs for his early solo albums and also contributed “Go Now Before There’s Trouble” to an album by KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND. With a Mercury deal in his pocket JEFF duly delivered his “Race To Paradise” debut in 1986. Produced by DAVID THOENER the album features ROGER FIETS on bass and future MR. BIG man PAT TORPEY on drums. Ex-THE STRAND vocalist MOON CALHOUN sings back-ups. A second album, the Tony Platt produced “Wired Up”, found Paris working with a new band line-up. Included were bassist GARRY MOON (later to join NIGHT RANGER for the ‘Feeding Off The Mojo’ album), drummer MATT SORUM (who would find more fame and fortune replacing STEVEN ADLER in GUNS N’ ROSES) and the noted session guitarist MICHAEL THOMPSON. The latter already having achieved co-write credits on ‘Race To Paradise’. During 1987 Paris toured in the States on a ‘Double Thunder’ co-headlining package with the Canadian outfi t REFUGEE. Having been dropped by PolyGram in 1987 PARIS settled to work as a songwriter, the all girl band VIXEN recording four of his songs with PARIS also offl oading tracks to the likes of MR. BIG and the Canadian group ALIAS. VIXEN’s rendition of “Cryin’’ was a TOP 20 HIT in America and “Waiting For Love” by ALIAS, which PARIS wrote with BRETT WALKER also scored big. JEFF PARIS´ comeback album, “Lucky This Time”, was essentially a collection of demos that Now & Then Records felt were too good to just leave lying on a shelf. The tracks included featured “Wrong Side Of Love” and “House On Fire” - both written with MR. BIG, “Jump The Gun” (co-written with KISS man PAUL STANLEY), “Baby Break Mine” (penned with SKIN guitarist MYKE GRAY), “State Of The Heart” (with VIXEN’s JAN KUEHNEMUND) and tracks co-written with the likes of BRETT WALKER, RICK ‘MOON’ CALHOUN (from the MOON OVER PARIS sessions, presumably) and TODD MEAGHER. The title track itself had previously been recorded by MR. BIG for the ‘Lean Into It’ album having originally been tapped by JOHN KALODNER for FIONA’s first album for Geffen. | |
