Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel and the Swingin' Demons: Club Deuce

by Jack Bowers
June 19, 2004

Johnny Angel (I’m not sure that’s his given name) wrote to ask if I would review his album, and as I almost never turn aside a request from a musician, I said yes. Johnny, a New Yorker, is a vocalist, one of two on the date. The other is a Texan, Julia LaShae, also known as “the red-headed canary.” Johnny sings on five of the thirteen selections, Julia on three, and they trade one-liners on Louis Prima’s “Absent-Minded Lover.” The ...