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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'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 classic "New York On My Mind" [from Electric Guitarist (Columbia, 1978)]. Additionally, the track features the A-List support of Jim Beard, Victor Bailey and Peter Erskine and goes a long way to show why Herington's guitar has been in the employ of one Steely Dan for over two decades.

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