The Paul and John Comes to the Rockit Room

This Saturday night, two of my favorite musicians will join forces and debut their recent collaboration at the Rockit Room on Clement Street. "The Paul And John", is a new project by guitarist John Moremen in collaboration with fellow songwriter Paul Myers. They'll be playing songs from their upcoming album "Inner Sunset". The lineup for this show will be John Moremen - Guitar & Vocals, Paul Myers- Guitar & Vocals, Mike Levy - Bass, Daniel Swan - Drums. This show is also part of the International Pop Overthrow Festival. Also on the bill are good friends The Bobbleheads and the Corner Laughers. The duo informs that, "Since we are old people, we go on at 7:30pm." The full lineup is: 7:30 The Paul And John 8:00, Sentinel 8:30, Pleasure Trip 9:00, Eric Friedmann and The Lucky Rubes 9:30, Walter Clevenger and The Dairy Kings 10:00, The Corner Laughers 10:30, The Bobbleheads 11:00, The Brink 11:30, and the Preoccupied Pipers. In the words of my man Dean Preston, "Don't Miss This!"

"A true journeyman, Moremen has had a varied pop-oriented career, playing at various times with Half Japanese, The Neighbors, (Jimmy Silva's) Goat 5, and The Orange Peels (as their drummer!) in between his own solo side projects. While a powerhouse lead guitar player and more than capable songwriter, Moremen's proficiency at drums adds a lot of rhythmic backbone to his playing, adding an unmistakable quality to his fretwork that bolsters his soloing above the ordinary. Mind you, he is not a guitar wanker on the Malmsteen bandwagon. Moremen plays concise pop songs with a minimum of baggage but maximum hooks and brief, striking guitar leads that cut to the point and leave you breathless, wanting more. Even though Moremen seemingly gets too bogged down in other bands to put a full-length album together, this 4-song EP has a plethora of hooks and packs as much melodic wallop as anything put out today by the so-called power pop mafia. Very melodic and rocking."--scott homewood (aiding & abetting)

In 2008 Myers got together with John Moremen, to form THE PAUL AND JOHN and recording is under way in the Bay Area for their tuneful collaboration. Myers was born in Toronto, where his band THE GRAVELBERRYS made a bit of noise in the mid-90's. He moved to San Francisco in '97, continued to keep his hand in music while simultaneously developing as a journalist and author. In the Fall of 2007, Myers launched www.pulmyears.com. Pulmyears is an anagram of the name "paul myers". In the spring of 2008, his critically acclaimed "Pulmyears Music Blog" went live: http://pulmyears.wordpress.com/. A must read for music fans and part of my daily diet. Apocryphally, Paul was a founder member of the world's least successful Beatles cover band, "1972" who dramatically recreate the Beatles during the time they were suing each other and not speaking. (Paul played dual roles of George Harrison and legal counsel David Jacobs) As for ACTUAL accomplishments, Paul was asked to write the authorized biography of his pals, Barenaked Ladies which was published in two countries under the title: BARENAKED LADIES: PUBLIC STUNTS PRIVATE STORIES.

In 2001 Myers went on six month journey through Asia and India, before relocating to Vancouver, BC where he continued to play sporadically while flourishing as a writer and broadcaster. Myers returned the Bay area in 2006, this time to the East Bay where he lives with his wife Liza and their cat, "Buddy Guy." Besides his work with GRAVELBERRYS, Myers has been recording for the last few years under the band name, FLAM! which is the moniker for his original electronic and instrumental compositions. (Drummers may know this, a Flam is the sound of one hit followed rapidly by another). Paul Myers' biography of seminal English bluesman Long John Baldry, IT AIN'T EASY: LONG JOHN BALDRY and the BIRTH of the BRITISH BLUES, was published in Fall 2007 by Greystone Books and is distributed in the USA by PGW.

Should be a great evening y'all!

THE PAUL AND JOHN
International Pop Overthrow Festival
August, 16 2008 at The Rockit Room
406 Clement Street, San Francisco, California 94121
Cost : $10.00

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