THERE ARE ALREADY PLENTY OF PICS OF JOHN RUSSELL ON THIS, AND THE ACCOMPANYING "FLAKE" BLOG LINKED TO THIS SITE, BUT I HAVENT SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HIM TO DATE. JOHN AND I BOTH WENT TO CANTERBURY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, BUT WE DID'NT REALLY KNOW EACH OTHER AT SCHOOL, IT WASN'T UNTIL WE BOTH JOINED "FLAKE" IN 1969 THAT WE MET PROPERLY. JOHN HAS ALWAYS BEEN SCHITZOPHRENIC WHEN IT COMES TO GUITAR AND MUSIC. HE SPENT SO MANY YEARS WITH FLAKE, GOING THROUGH THE FULL SPECTRUM OF BLUES, POP, ROCK, SOUL/R&B AND ANYTHING ELSE THE BAND PLAYED, ALWAYS SLIPPING IN THE OCCASIONAL SLIDE GUITAR NUMBER. IN RECENT YEARS, HOWEVER, HE PLAYED WITH "THE BELLHOPS" A GREAT BLUES BAND, WITH A BIT OF A SAX/BRASS SECTION. AND NOW, BACK WITH WAYNE & BILLY FROM FLAKE, PLAYING WITH "THE BLUESBUSTERS BAND". JOHN IS A TRUELY GREAT BLUES/SLIDE GUITARIST.
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