Jon Farriss - Smokin Joe (feat. Viv Richards)

DRUM OPERA™

Smokin Joe (feat. Viv Richards)
Executive Producer: Jon Farriss (Drum Opera™)
Producers: Walter Brandt & Jon Farriss
Lyrics & Music: Walter Brandt (Honey Butter Music) & Jon Farriss.
Mixed by: Jon Farriss
Additional production & engineering: Bill Brandt.
Additional engineering: Ted Howard

Spoken Word: Sir Vivian Richards (appears courtesy of Atlantis Connect)
Drums, Percussion, Programming: Jon Farriss
Bass, Guitar, Programming & String Arrangement: Walter Brandt
Saxophone: Mark Rivera
Backing Vocals: Sharlotte Gibson
Piano: Jamieson Trotter
Additional Percussion: Sunil De Silva

Video Editing & Animation: Joe Nappa
Excerpts from the film 'King Of Cricket' licensed courtesy of Darcus Howe (We thank you so much, beautiful footage!)
Excerpts from the film 'King Of Babylon' licensed courtesy of Passion Pictures (Thank you!)
Footage of Jon Farriss playing ACTUAL drum take filmed by Frank Flick (Thanks Frank!)
Footage of Jon Farriss in AREA51 Recordings filmbed by Tony Jaggs (C’mon!)

Special thanks to – Bill Brandt, Chris Thomas, Mark Rivera and Tony Jaggs.

[alenaM]

you are an amazing musician Jon. It's great that you are still continuing your excellent work, INXS was an underrated band.

[PastNowFutureK]

❤❤❤Im late to the convo, but lemme say this...this track has that ol school swag thats been missing in modern music for years.
Loving this groove.
Jon...you got an invitation to the bbq.
Damn good jam.

[RanjitSudan]

Happy B'day Sir Viv Richards. Nice tribute from his fan!!

[stanleykunnakatt]

Long live King Richard!
Great song for one of the greatest sportsman ever! 

[nancygatto]

Love it Jon. Nice to see you back on the drums.

[greyman]

I love Viv and love INXS. I don't love this song but I really want to. It might take ten years.

[tryarunm]

Viv! Still the Man! We need guys like YOU on the ICC. - love from an Indian fan.

[sanjayranasingh]

Master..blaster...Greatest cricketer ever.👍👍👍

[maxaynlewis]

Hi Jon, thanks for sharing this song. I LOVE it! The vocals are great and the track feels cool! Congrats! on the launch of your new endeavor. Looking forward to seeing you again soon.
Best,
Mx

[lepxs]

Great Song and So Cool! We need a vinyl release :)

[vivekpilot]

Love you Master Blaster...!! Trillion tonnes of love from India..!!

[glenner]

Didn't know Viv was a secret lovechild of Barry Whites'..lol. Sounds great. Well done all!

[AussieRockChic]

Smooth Makes you smile :)  Good work Capt

[seasidemana]

sensational hat of to you master blaster 

[dainakazlauskas]

Awesome jon! I hope it goes well for you

[tlln]

GREAT SONG!!!! CONGRATS!!!!....When is the album coming out?

[camillahamilford]

Nice one Jonny... you have been busy! Smokin' Joe is the biz of course but also loving the female vocalist?  

[tonygreenmike]

Is the white chap Jhonty Rhodes sitting next to Viv at 3:27 ?

[peterandruthdent]

I love INXS & Jon Farriss, but I can't take this seriously.  The Lyrics & Vocals are a shambles.  Where are the dozen or so songs Jon Farriss wrote with Jon Stevens??  Now THERE'S a vocalist I can listen to!  Love and peace, everybody.