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John Montagna: Photos

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April 2, 2008: Alan Parsons Live Project hits Irving Plaza in NYC, featuring special guest Richie Cannata on tenor. (Special thanx to Bernard Ente for the ringside photo!)
Marquee outside the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara, CA. As you can see, we've shared the stage with some of the biggest names in show business.
Dig this amazing APLP live shot, taken by our magnificent lighting director, Martin Thomas. It's not enough that Martin makes visual music with his lighting designs (as you can see), but he also manages to take photos in action. You're the man, Dog.
Recording at Cove City Sound with Manny Focarazzo, summer 2006.
With Chris Orbach @ CB's Gallery in NYC, October 2006.
WTF? Zoom-lens shot from a hot, sunny soundcheck in Madrid. Production manager Juan Garza has just informed me that the power supply for my ZOOM effects pedal has been fried by the excessive European voltage.
Onstage with guitarist Godfrey Townsend in Houghton, Michigan with the APLP and the Keewinaw Symphony. (Photo by David Ronat; many thanx David!)
Deep in concentration, laying down rhythm tracks at Cove City Sound with guitarist Rob Guthrie and drummer Wally Gator.
B&W shot captured at Plan B by Avril Korman.
Me and the boys of Four Eighteen rocking the Cutting Room on 7.1.06; L to R: JM, Rich Zukor, Michael Leonhart and Vinny Raniolo.
Deep into it at the Cutting Room with Four Eighteen.
Captured by the lens of Avril (av-REEL) Korman, live at the Rockwood Music Hall with Chris Orbach, "in grainy black-and-white." (Check his lyrics for the reference.)
Live with the APLP in Sacramento, summer 2005, on stage AND on the screen.
At the Central Park Bandshell w/Eren Cannata, on a hot summer afternoon (7-29-04). L to R: Richie Cannata, Eren, Kevin Bregande, me (w/Guadalajara soccer jersey) and Cousin Joe Montagna.
Special acoustic gig at Canno's Swiss Tavern. L to R: me, Steve Murphy, Tommy Williams, and Farmer Godfrey.
Meet & greet in Costa Rica. The people in Costa Rica were wonderful; warm, respectful AND knowledgeable about the music.
La-sers above the heads of the orchestra in Florida, at the third and final APLP orchestral show; I took this photo from the wings just before we came out for the encore.
Taking our bows at Walk Down Abbey Road, Atlantic City 2004. L to R: me, Todd Rundgren, Godfrey Townsend.
Live at BB King's in NYC with Alan Parsons, 11-10-04 (front row photo by Jeff Bourke; thanx Jeff)
Taling our bows with the APLP in Valencia, Spain, having received the local soccer jerseys. Valencia's team had won an important game the previous day.
APLP live in Mexico, December 2005. (Looks like we're playing "I Robot," the instrumental show-opener, hence nobody's at the mic and PJ's sipping mint tea stage left.)
Recording w/Eren Cannata at Cove City Cound Studios (not that you can see him; maybe he took the picture?).
Photo taken by Godfrey Townsend of me jamming on a Monday nite with Richie Cannata at Le Bar Bat, NYC. This was an historic nite; Godfrey has just asked me if I wanted to join the Alan Parsons Live Project.
A rare shot from a soundcheck, in Montevideo, Uruguay. L to R: PJ Olsson's head, JM, lighting director Martin Thomas (w/back to us), monitor engineer Joe Walsh (in hat), and local crew member running power to my pedal.
At the Bitter End with Eren Cannata (far right) and Spyro Gyra guitarist Julio Fernandez (center). I'm wearing the Guadalajara soccer jersey again.
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