Interview with Brett Callwood-City Slang/Metrotimes
Meet Tam Johnstone, son of Captain Fantastic. Dad played with Elton in England. Here's how Tam, his guitar and career came to Detroit. "I just try to fuse it all together. This is the first time I've put a collection of songs together without hiding behind a pseudonym or band name. It's snapshots of moments in my life. My music sounds like me."
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Album review by Brett Callwood-City Slang/Metrotimes
Tam Johnstone is a dude I can relate to. Like myself, he moved from England to Detroit, and is now settled here, loving the local music. Johnstone’s album, Fantastic Animals (self-released) is fucking superb, straddling the line between Adam Ant and the Arcade Fire. His father Davey has played with Elton John since ’72, and much of that swagger and glam has rubbed off. No filler tracks at all. Check this guy out.
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Friday Video – “We Are Animals” by David Medsker/Bullz-Eye.com
"The lead track from his new album Fantastic Animals, “We
Are Animals” is a spot-on Adam Ant tribute and in fact
bests everything Ant’s released since “Friend or Foe.”
Tribal drums, check. Plucky acoustic guitar backed by heavy
bar chords, check. High-pitched vocal, checkmate.
Curiously, Ant himself is doing his first US tour in ages.
He’d probably get a standing ovation if he played
this."
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