[Displaced Flames fan]

With our 16th round pick, #326 overall (I think), AliceLoveGarden is proud to select in the Wildcard Singer category, Damon Johnson.

http://www.damonjohnson.com/

Damon Johnson is awesome. I was a big fan of Brother Cane and as a big fan of Queensryche I stumbled upon a side project of QR drummer Scott Rockenfield called Slave To The System. This little group released one album in 2002 and Johnson played guitar, wrote and sang on it. It is excellent! I look forward to getting into his very early stuff and maybe even taking a taste of his country project, Whiskey Falls.


Damon Rogers Johnson (born on July 13, 1964) is an American born guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, best known for his work with the hard rock band Brother Cane, and as a guitarist for Alice Cooper. He is currently the lead guitarist and backup vocalist for the country music group Whiskey Falls.
It was Brother Cane that would bring Damon genuine national notoriety. The band released three albums on Virgin Records (the self titled debut which sold 250,000 copies, "Seeds," and "Wishpool") that would yield three #1 singles on rock radio ("Got No Shame," "And Fools Shine On," and "I Lie in the Bed I Make"). "And Fools Shine On" was also featured in the horror film "Halloween 6." Brother Cane toured extensively as a headliner and also as a supporting act on tours by Van Halen, Aerosmith, Robert Plant, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Candlebox. After what Virgin Records considered an unsatisfactory yield for record sales, the band was released from their contract, and amicably disbanded in 1998.

[edit] Discography

Albums

1. Witness - debut (1988) (Arista Records)
2. The Delta Rebels – debut, 1989 (Polygram Records)
3. Brother Cane – debut, 1993 (Virgin Records)
4. Brother Cane – Seeds, 1995 (Virgin Records)
5. Sammy Hagar – Marching to Mars, 1997
6. Brother Cane – Wishpool, 1998 (Virgin Records)
7. Damon Johnson – Dust, 2000 (independent)
8. Damn Yankees – 3rd album (unreleased)
9. Slave To The System – debut, 2002 (independent)
10. Faith Hill – Cry, 2002 (Warner Bros. Records)
11. Red Halo – Dead Man’s Vitamin, 2003 (independent)
12. John Waite – The Hard Way, 2004
13. Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds, 2005 (Eagle Rock)
14. Chris Scott – Hard Livin, 2005 (independent)
15. Slave To The System – debut (re-issue), 2006 (Spitfire Records)
16. Alice Cooper – Live At Montreux 2005, CD & DVD, 2006 (Eagle Rock)
17. Whiskey Falls-Whiskey Falls 2007, CD (Midas Records)

Got No Shame, Brother Cane


And Fools Shine On, Brother Cane



Leaves, Slave to the System



Stigmata, Slave to the System



There are several other great tracks I'd love to post here but alas...no youtube videos for them.

Specifically, check out the entire Slave to the System record, but I'm thinking of Abyss and Walk The Line. Brother Cane's Make Your Play is probably my favorite from his early stuff.

Enjoy!