Press release 2018 John Covert and Crystal Image John Covert formed the Crystal Image band in 1968. A grand prize winner in the Nashville Music City Song Festival and multi-finalist in the American Song Festival, Covert's songs have been featured on “The Sopranos” (a&e network tv), TNN (The Nashville network), VH1 “Driven” (featuring Grammy winner, Usher), “The fabulous life of country stars” (VH1), MTV, abc tv “General Hospital” and in Hollywood movies. He has done shows with War, Tower of Power, Sons of Champlin, Simon & Garfunkel, Chad & Jeremy, Gary US Bonds, Lady Bo (Bo Diddley's lady guitarist) and performed with members of Sly and the Family Stone, Pam Tillis', Tommy Castro's and John Lee Hooker's bands. Crystal Image also backed a popular touring act featuring the “Patsy Cline Tribute Show”. Crystal Image is a variety band that plays classic rock, country, blues, ballroom and much more. Current members of Crystal Image are John Covert (keyboards/vocal), Jerry Tamburino (drums/vocal), Mike Samaritano (guitar/vocal), Dorothy Sills (sax/harmonica/vocal). They have released over 27 albums. Visit Crystal Image at www.crystalimageband.weebly.com.
I started touring when I was 16. It's been good to me but I decided early on to involve myself in all facets of it. Performing, recording, production, marketing, licensing, teaching and more.
already did it. published by a major, toured with headline acts, songs placed on abc, vh1, mtv, tnn, a&e and others.
no hate allowed, only peace and love. I'm an old hippie.
Elvis, hound dog (big mama Thornton)
Eagles, James Taylor, Dylan, BB King, Clapton, Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Bob Marley
Love and money
Listen to the words and learn the craft. The tech end of music has over ridden the creative aspect in many cases.
very comfortable and warm.
there's lots of opportunities for those who think out of the box. It doesn't matter what I think. Money and "timing" controls the market. It always has. One needs to accept music as an industry and treat it as a profession, not a hobby. I've survived and made a nice living from music because I embraced many genres and aspects of the industry.
Excellent tool.
nothing.
no. I still tour, only regionally instead of nationally
Hunger.. Get airplay, establish the specific regions where your music is loved and in high rotation and tour there. Loretta Lynn , Sonny and Cher, and many of today's artists started by selling their records from the trunk of their cars at gigs and visiting radio stations. James Brown and others did the chitlin' circuit where they played major radio station promoted shows for free for huge airplay in major cities. The Beatles and Stones hit the Ed Sullivan show for mass exposure. Bonnie Raitt did the college circuit. There's no one way. There are many.
Tommy Emmanuel is not a household name but he's awesome. There are fantastic artists our there today in all genres that don't fit the "cookie cutter" image or sound of today's marketing "suits". The market is very flooded. I've never wanted that kind of fame. I've seen first hand what it takes to achieve that . I consider success to be still doing music professionally at the young age of 74 and being married to a wonderful lady for 47 years.