Artist description Julian Daze and the PHOTON KARMA is a collaborative studio effort led by Brian Bell that reunites him with fellow Julian Daze founding band member Lonnie Swindell. "Stories Of Old" (released in September 1999) was produced by Brian for Megalodon Records, and it's big on vocal harmonies and guitars. Lush production, Heartfelt lyrics and moving melodies combined with soaring vocals and blistering guitar work make for an experience that flat out rocks!, in true Julian Daze signature style..........

Music Style Melodic Rock

Musical Influences The Beatles, Harry Chapin, Crack the Sky, Todd Rundgren, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zepplin, Rush, The Tubes, Genesis, Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Aerosmith, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Gorden Lightfoot, Soundgarden, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Oingo Boingo, and a whole lot of other stuff .....

Similar Artists collective soul, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Goo Goo Dolls, Journey, Brian Bell

Artist History Julian Daze was born out of a need to write and perform original songs. It was the fall of 1979 and founding members Lonnie Swindell and Brian Bell started to put the band together from scratch with no players and no equipment. In early 1980 they enlisted the creative guitar talents of Mike Miller with whom they both had previously worked with 5 years earlier in a band called Tom Terrific. Brian had also recently worked a short stint with Mike in a band called Aspex. The three formed the triumverate that became the creative framework of the band. Eventually two other members of Aspex (Ron Chrismer, and Charley Bass)would round out the quintet. They persevered numerous personel changes and adversity to become a formidable force on the DC/Baltimore/Northern VA music scene, playing only their own original material... For members of the band, The name "Julian Daze" will always embody that creative spirit that fueled them onward in those early years. Julian Daze and the PHOTON KARMA is a continuation of that creative force.

Group Members Players include:Brian Bell, Ronn Chick, Burke Harris,Lonnie Swindell, Karen White and Tim Scott

Instruments includes: keyboards, acoustic 6 and 12 string, electric, and bass guitars, cello, violin, mandolin, drums

Albums Stories of Old

Additional Info The songs from this album picked up 5 Billboard achievement awards, 2 honorable mentions and a top 10 finish in the Mid Atlantic Song Contest, and 3 top 10 finishes in the Portland Songwriters Contest.

Location Vancouver, WA - USA

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