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Jon Herington: City Of Lights

By Mike Jacobs
August 10, 2023
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"City of Lights" has a bit of lineage. From

Jon Herington

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Jon Herington's Pulse And Cadence (ESC, 2008)—which itself is a reissue/repackage of his Japan-only debut album The Complete Rhyming Dictionary (Glass House, 1993)—the song was originally titled "Paris On Mine" and is a musical retort/homage to the

John McLaughlin

guitar
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">John McLaughlin classic "New York On My Mind" [from Electric Guitarist (Columbia, 1978)]. Additionally, the track features the A-List support of

Jim Beard

piano
1960 - 2024

" data-original-title="" title="">Jim Beard,

Victor Bailey

bass, electric
1960 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Victor Bailey and

Peter Erskine

drums
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Erskine and goes a long way to show why Herington's guitar has been in the employ of one

Steely Dan

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Steely Dan for over two decades.

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