Daily Discovery: John Salaway, “Rock N Roll Survivor”

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October 22, 2014 10:55 am

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John Salaway recently produced, composed and performed every instrument and vocal on his album The Song in the Air. He has since released a new single, “Rock N Roll”, which features Stuart Mathis from the wallflowers on lead and electric guitars. Check out his website for a list of performance dates to see if he’s playing near you.

ARTIST: John Salaway

SONG: Rock N Roll Survivor

BIRTHDATE: 4/30/77

HOMETOWN: S.W. FL

CURRENT LOCATION: Nashville TN

AMBITIONS: Rock and or roll

TURN-OFFS: Negativity, racism, prejudice, hate

TURN-ONS: Love, peace, kindness, beauty, music

DREAM GIG: Playing drums for Paul McCartney

FAVORITE LYRIC: “There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be. It’s easy… All you need is love…”

CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW: Me

SONG I WISH I WROTE: Every Beatles & Led Zeppelin song…

5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jimmy Page, Wayne Coyne, Jim James

MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: Bonnaroo

I WROTE THIS SONG: I wrote this song after reading many autobiographies and documentaries from rock stars who survived the drugs, booze, excess and craziness of rock n roll and the music business back in the day. I tried to think about how their perspective is now that they’re older and looking back on all the things that nearly killed them.