John was born in Royal Oak, Michigan just a few miles from the edge of Detroit. Being interested in music from a very young age, he soon discovered the guitar as his favourite instrument and started having lessons at the age of 7.
Throughout the next years, he developed his musical craft and played in several bands in Detroit. When John’s band “The Natural Blues Band” broke up, he went on a holiday to England where he met former Yardbirds Top Topham and Jim McCarty and became the singer and guitarist in their blues band. Playing four to five times a week all around London, John soon became known as “Detroit” John Idan.
In 1994 John left the McCarty Band and formed “Realfire” and started writing songs. When the Yardbirds reformed John was asked to be their lead vocalist and bass player, so he left Realfire, laid down his lead guitar and joined the Yardbirds. Since then, he has recorded two albums, Birdland and Live at BB King’s, with them and toured the world several times.
He finally started recording his own songs some years ago and is now able to show off his great musical talent in his new, completely self-produced and played debut solo album “The Folly”, in which he combines all the music he is “into”.
Including a 20 page booklet with all the lyrics, interesting photography and a personal message from John!
Track List • The Ballad of Myself • I Began to Realise • More to This Than We Know • We All Belong • That’s You and Me • Set Out Before the Sadness Comes • Five More Nights • No Other • Banging My Head on the Wall • Sunny Franziska of the Western World • The Kali Yuga’s Gettin’ Hot • When You Were the One • A Long Time on This Road
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