John Young (musician)

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John Young (musician)
John Young at "Baltic Progressive festival" in Lithuania.
Background information
Birth name	John Young
Born	? Liverpool, England
Genre(s)	progressive rock, rock, jazz, pop
Occupation(s)	Musician, Performer, Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Keyboard
Years active	1974 - present
Label(s)	Heritage Records
Associated acts	John Young Band, The Scorpions, Bonnie Tyler, Greenslade, Asia, John Wetton, Fish, The Law, Paul Rodgers, Qango, Uli Jon Roth, Roy Wood, Lucio Battisti
Website	myspace.com/johnyoungband

John Young performance at "Baltic Progressive festival".

John Young is a British progressive rock keyboardist and singer from Liverpool who spent his early years at the Liverpool Cathedral where he was classically trained on the keyboard and voice.

[edit] Biography

His first bands were mainly semi-pro jazz rock bands, and he played in these right into the mid 1980's. His first major break came in 1985 when he auditioned and became part of Uli Jon Roth's Band (ex-Scorpions). After the World Tour John Young spent his time doing studio and session work with artists as diverse as Steeleye Span and Bon Jovi. Since that time his career has seen many highs and a few lows. One of his biggest regrets was that the band he formed in with Jon Camp (Renaissance) failed to achieve the success it undoubtedly should have done. A band born for great things and signed to Warner Bros failed to produce anything material before the project was disbanded. John went on to play with the MTV band in London and during this time he met a musician called John Wetton who asked him to join Asia for two European tours. Shortly after that he joined Paul Rodgers and Kenney Jones in a very short lived band called The Law. They played one show at the Bowl in Milton Keynes with Bryan Adams and ZZ Top, but that was as far as it went.

John Young joined Bonnie Tyler about 15 years ago and has since worked with her all over the world^{[citation needed]}. Unfortunately they rarely play in the UK, but are very popular through out Europe. In 2001 John joined The Scorpions for a world tour of their CD Acoustica^{[citation needed]}.

Over the years John Young has also played with some notable people from the world of progressive rock. 2001 saw him co-writing the Fish album Fellini Days with John Wesley and also appearing on the resulting live album Fellini Nights.

John Young has also worked as part of the re-generated Greenslade appearing on the albums Large Afternoon and also the Live 2001.

In 2002 John formed his own band and released albums "Life Underground" and "Significance". The John Young Band still continues to play and has a fairly fluid line-up depending on the availability of its various members, all of whom are accomplished and acclaimed musicians in their own right.

As we enter 2008 John continues to work with many artists both old and new including recently working with Jon Anderson Yes. The first product of that union has seen Jon Anderson touring Europe and including the song Sooner (than later). This was a track co-penned with John Young and although at an early stage shows promise for future material.

In addition he continues to work as part of Bonnie Tylers band with whom he recently played an outdoor festival on New Years Eve to 15,000 people^{[citation needed]}.