| Fleming and John | |
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| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Label(s) | R.E.X. Records Universal Records |
| Members | |
| Fleming McWilliams John Mark Painter Sean McWilliams |
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Fleming and John is a musical husband and wife team, Fleming McWilliams and John Mark Painter, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music REX Records was an Independent record label that operated from 1987 until running into financial difficulty in 1995. Fleming McWilliams is a singer and songwriter who is best known for being half of the husband and wife Rock and roll duo Fleming and John. John Mark Painter (born c 1970 is an American Musician and Songwriter. Fleming McWilliams is a singer and songwriter who is best known for being half of the husband and wife Rock and roll duo Fleming and John. John Mark Painter (born c 1970 is an American Musician and Songwriter. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States.
The couple met while attending Belmont College in Nashville, and immediately began collaborating on songs. Belmont University is a private, Coeducational Liberal arts university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States While pursuing a record contract, Painter began playing in studio sessions for artists like dc Talk, Sixpence None the Richer, Indigo Girls, Jars of Clay, Nanci Griffith, and Jewel. dc Talk is a prominent Christian rock / Rap band partly responsible for the rise in popularity of the Contemporary Christian music Genre Sixpence None the Richer (Shorter Sixpence NTR is a Grammy -nominated American Christian pop/rock band that formed in New Braunfels Texas, eventually Indigo Girls are an American Folk rock duo consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. Jars of Clay is a Grammy Award winning Christian rock band from Franklin Tennessee. Nanci Caroline Griffith, (born July 6, 1953 in Seguin Texas) is an American Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974) is an American Singer-songwriter, actress, and Poet, generally known just by her
In 1994, the band recorded "Harder to Believe than Not To" for I Predict A Clone, a tribute album to Steve Taylor. Roland Stephen Taylor (born December 9, 1957) is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record producer and Film director The following year, the couple released their first album, Delusions of Grandeur on Universal Records. Friend and fan Ben Folds, who called Fleming and John the "The Carpenters of the 1990s with Led Zeppelin's rhythm section", invited them to open for his band. Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966) is an American Singer-songwriter and the former frontman of the Band Ben Folds Five The Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental duo consisting of Siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. Led Zeppelin were They continue to perform and record with Folds from time to time.
In 1999, Fleming and John released their second album, The Way We Are, which spawned a minor hit with the single "Ugly Girl". for the 2008 Hong Kong film see The Way We Are (film. The Way We Are is an Album by Fleming and John, released
The duo has what is essentially a secondary career as a cover band, providing recordings of other peoples songs for tribute albums, soundtracks and compilations. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Songs covered by the band include "Winter Wonderland" (to the tune of Led Zeppelin's "Misty Mountain Hop"), "Eldorado" (Electric Light Orchestra), "California Dreamin'" (the Mamas and the Papas), "Somebody to Love" (Jefferson Airplane), "After the Lovin'" (Engelbert Humperdinck). Led Zeppelin were The Mamas & the Papas (credited as The Mama's and the Papa's on the debut album cover were a Vocal group of the 1960s. Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold George Dorsey, May 2 1936, Madras India) is a well-known British - American A longtime concert favorite has been Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" to the tune of Zeppelin's "Black Dog". Sonny & Cher were an American Pop music duo made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 1960s and 1970s
The band has been dormant since the tour for The Way We Are finished in the late 1990s. However, they recently began putting up new songs for purchase on their page on MySpace, stating that if they finish enough songs they may consider putting out another album. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and
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