John Lennon for President

by David Peel, David Peel & The Apple Band

Overview

In view of subsequent events, this album and its title now possess an unintended eeriness. But in 1980 it was just part of the landscape. In case no one remembers, in 1980 the U.S. went nuts. Not that this hadn't happened before, even during some recent campaign years, but this was the first time it coincided with a presidential race in which two incompetents were running against each other, and politics became the medium through which a lot of that nutsiness was expressed. In that environment, how could David Peel, master satirist, topical songwriter, marijuana advocate, peace activist, and musician provocateur, possibly resist the impulse to join in? The result is more mixed media than is usual for Peel, alternating between music, interviews, and speeches, all of it focused, and assuming that one has the tolerance for absurdity necessary to appreciate it, it's a fine coda to Peel's earlier Lennon-produced and Beatles-inspired work. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	01/01/2000
Label:	Performance / Orange Music
UPC:	0095451600220
Rank:	103964

Tracks

1. The John Lennon for President Speech
2. John Lennon for President, Pt. 1
3. The Yoko Ono Interview
4. Amerika
5. The Rock 'N' Roll Preamble/John Lennon for President Speech
6. John Lennon for President, Pt. 2
7. Imagine
8. The John & Yoko Interview
9. John Lennon for President
10. Imagine
11. The Pope Smokes Dope

Album Credits

Performance Credits

David Peel & The Apple Band   Primary Artist
David Peel   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Acoustic)
Yoko Ono   Vocals,Percussion
Steve Rosenthal   Vocals,Keyboards
Tom Doyle   Bass,Guitar,Vocals
Margot Day   Flute
John Hagel   Guitar
Bill Downing   Vocals,Percussion
Eddie Criss   Guitar
Mark Truthe   Vocals,Tambourine
Donna Schall   Vocals,Keyboards
Joe Bozza   Percussion
B.B. Gun   Percussion
Phyliss Lee   Vocals,Percussion
Harold C. Black   Vocals,Tambourine
Pepe Valentine   Guitar,Vocals,Percussion
Naged Abell   Guitar,Vocals
Hank Nuesslein   Vocals,Tambourine
Floyd Avery Fleming   Percussion
Andrew Lloyd   Conductor
Yes Levy   Guitar,Vocals
Ed Perper   Vocals
Ron Blotter   Vocals
Mitch Blotter   Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion
Curtis Fields   Saxophone,Percussion
Bob Gurtlrt   Vocals
Gary Dorfman   Vocals
Adele Evans   Guitar,Vocals
John Stasic   Vocals,Percussion
Gabriel Rexach   Bass,Vocals
Ian Small   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

John Lennon   Producer,Composer
Yoko Ono   Producer
Steve Rosenthal   Engineer
Roy Cicala   Engineer
Wayne Vlcan   Engineer
Gary Dorfman   Engineer
Murray Brenman   Reissue Art
Jimmy Cross   Cover Layout
Jack Douglas   Engineer
David Peel   Design,Mixing,Editing,Composer,Engineer,Musician,Producer,Sequencers,Cover Graphics,Cover Art Concept