American drummer
Musical artist
John Payne Guerin (October 31, 1939 – January 5, 2004) was an American
percussionist . He was a proponent of the
jazz-rock style.
[1]
Biography
Guerin was born in
Hawaii and raised in
San Diego . As a young drummer, he began performing with
Buddy DeFranco in 1960. In the late 1960s, he moved to
Los Angeles where his drum work was utilized by artists including
Frank Sinatra ,
The Beach Boys ,
George Harrison ,
Frank Zappa ,
The Animals ,
Joni Mitchell ,
Them ,
Thelonious Monk ,
Lou Rawls ,
Ray Conniff ,
George Shearing ,
Peggy Lee ,
Ella Fitzgerald ,
Linda Ronstadt ,
Nelson Riddle and many others.
From July 1972 to January 1973, he was the drummer for
The Byrds and joined the
L.A. Express later that year. The band served as
Joni Mitchell's back-up band on tour during the mid- to late-1970s; Guerin had a brief relationship with Mitchell during that time. She later wrote the song Hejira about leaving him.
Guerin was an exponent of the
jazz-rock style and played in many different genres, including for film and television.
[1] Among his contributions to motion picture and television scores, Guerin worked on the soundtrack to the 1988 film homage to
Charlie Parker ,
Bird by
Clint Eastwood . Those are also his drums on the
theme song during the
opening credits for the 1968 television series
Hawaii Five-O .
In later years, Guerin worked with
Oscar Peterson ,
Jon Faddis ,
Jimmy Heath ,
Ray Charles ,
Sonny Rollins , Justin Morell, Andreas Pettersson, David Basse,
David Garfield , Gary Lemel, and
Mike Melvoin .
Guerin died of heart failure on January 5, 2004, in
West Hills, California .
[2]
Selected discography
As sideman
With
David Axelrod
With
The Beach Boys
With
Michael Franks
With
Terry Garthwaite
Terry (Arista, 1975)
Hand in Glove (Fantasy, 1978)
With
David Gates
With
Jack Jones
Harbour (RCA Victor, 1974)
What I Did For Love (RCA Victor, 1975)
With
Peggy Lee
With
Melanie
Photograph (Atlantic, 1976)
Seventh Wave (Neighbourhood Records, 1983)
With
Joni Mitchell
With
Oliver Nelson
With
Aaron Neville
The Grand Tour (A&M Records, 1993)
Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas (A&M Records, 1993)
With
Tom Pacheco
The Outsider (RCA, 1976)
Swallowed Up in the Great American Heartland (RCA Victor, 1976)
With
Howard Roberts
With
Linda Ronstadt
With
Diane Schuur
Love Walked In (GRP, 1996)
Music Is My Life (Atlantic, 1999)
With
Seals and Crofts
With
Bud Shank
With
O. C. Smith
With
Patrick Williams
With
Frank Zappa
With others
Alessi Brothers , Alessi (A&M, 1976)
Gene Ammons ,
Brasswind (Prestige, 1974)
Eric Andersen , Be True To You (Arista, 1975)
Hoyt Axton ,
Southbound (A&M Records, 1975)
Joan Baez ,
Diamonds & Rust (A&M Records, 1975)
Stephen Bishop ,
Careless (ABC, 1976)
David Blue , Com'n Back for More (Asylum, 1975)
Blue Mitchell ,
Blues' Blues (Mainstream, 1972)
Elkie Brooks ,
Rich Man's Woman (A&M, 1975)
Toni Brown , Toni Brown (Fantasy, 1979)
The Byrds , Banjoman - The Original Soundtrack (recorded 1972, released Sire, 1977) (Various Artists, 2 live tracks by The Byrds)
Keith Carradine ,
I'm Easy (Asylum, 1976)
Natalie Cole ,
Stardust (Elektra Records, 1996)
Priscilla Coolidge and
Booker T. Jones , Chronicles (A&M Records, 1973)
England Dan & John Ford Coley ,
Fables (A&M, 1972)
Ned Doheny ,
Hard Candy (Columbia, 1976)
Sheena Easton ,
No Strings (MCA Records, 1993)
Cass Elliot ,
Cass Elliot (RCA, 1972)
Don Ellis ,
Haiku (MPS, 1974)
Phil Everly , Star Spangled Springer (RCA Victor, 1973)
José Feliciano , Como Tú Quieres (RCA Victor, 1984)
Art Garfunkel ,
Breakaway (Columbia Records, 1975)
Cyndi Grecco ,
Making Our Dreams Come True (Private Stock Records, 1976)
George Harrison ,
Dark Horse (Apple Records, 1974)
Monk Higgins ,
Extra Soul Perception (Solid State, 1968)
Elton John ,
Duets (Rocket, 1993)
John Klemmer , Touch (ABC, 1975)
Leah Kunkel , I Run With Trouble (Columbia, 1980)
Patti LaBelle ,
This Christmas (MCA, 1990)
Dave Loggins , Apprentice (In a Musical Workshop) (Epic, 1974)
Barry Mann , Barry Mann (Casablanca Records, 1980)
Bobby McFerrin ,
Bobby McFerrin (Elektra, 1982)
Roger McGuinn ,
Roger McGuinn (Columbia, 1973)
Liza Minnelli ,
Gently (Angel Records, 1996)
Walter Murphy , Rhapsody in Blue (Private Stock, 1977)
Anne Murray ,
Together (Capitol, 1975)
Harry Nilsson ,
Harry (RCA Victor, 1969)
The Oak Ridge Boys ,
Room Service (ABC, 1978)
Danny O'Keefe , So Long Harry Truman (Atlantic, 1975)
Gram Parsons ,
GP (Reprise Records, 1973)
John Pizzarelli ,
Dear Mr. Cole (Novus, 1994)
Bonnie Raitt ,
The Glow (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
Helen Reddy ,
Helen Reddy (Capitol Records, 1971)
Helen Reddy,
Play Me Out (MCA Records, 1981)
Della Reese , Let Me in Your Life (LMI, 1973)
Kenny Rogers ,
Timepiece (Atlantic Records, 1994)
Todd Rundgren , Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (Ampex Records, 1971)
Buffy Sainte-Marie ,
Sweet America (ABC, 1976)
Tom Scott ,
Rural Still Life (Impulse!, 1968)
J. D. Souther ,
Black Rose (Asylum Records, 1976)
Barbra Streisand ,
Butterfly (Columbia Records, 1974)
Gábor Szabó ,
Light My Fire with
Bob Thiele (Impulse!, 1967)
Valdy , Landscapes (Haida, 1975)
Sarah Vaughan ,
Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand (Mainstream Records, 1973)
The Wilsons,
Hey Santa! (SBK, 1993)
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