Just how George Harrison wrote Here Comes The Sun in Eric Clapton’s garden, I wrote this sitting outside on a sunny spring day (though it was my own place, not Eric’s).  Normally I have a notebook with me to write my lyrics down, but the song came pouring out of me so I had to memorize the lyrics as I didn’t want to run inside to get my notebook in case I lost the muse. This song is from my album Six Ways To Sunday, which comes out April 17th.

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I wrote this song right after my dog Roxy got diagnosed with cancer and it’s probably the most honest thing I’ve ever written. And while it’s about my dog, it’s really for anyone who is experiencing an impending loss of a loved one. I was going to call it ‘How Do I Say Goodbye?’, but in tribute to her it’s called ‘Roxy’s Song’. And while it’s a sad song, I tried to touch on some of the things that made her special. 

It’s available on all the streaming services as of today.

Out today is the debut album RUM AND JASMINE by Bamtone & Lewitt.  This Yacht Rock inspired collection has been tailor made for the upcoming summer months as it pays homage to the smooth sounds of The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins and more. These 10 songs were written in 10 days (though we took the weekend off). It features Bamtone on all vocals and the congas, with me picking up the remaining slack. This freedom allowed me to search out the craziest chord combinations he could think of.  So kick back and enjoy these tunes over and over again, all summer long!

On May 9th, 2025 Canadian recording artist Bamtone & Lewitt will release their debut album RUM AND JASMINE.  This Yacht Rock inspired collection has been tailor made for the upcoming summer months as it pays homage to the smooth sounds of The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins and more. These 10 songs were written in 10 days (though they took the weekend off). It features Bamtone on all vocals and the congas, with John picking up the remaining slack. This freedom allowed John to search out the craziest chord combinations he could think of.

The first two singles are out now on all streaming services.

Worth The Fight: https://found.ee/jN0a0

Dancing In Your Seat: https://found.ee/75c8UZ

Out today is a brand new song by myself and Gregg Mandel.  Started in a hotel room in LA, this track bounced from Chicago to Toronto and back again before being finished off in Toronto.  It’s not a sappy love song, but rather it’s a love statement, hence the reason we are releasing it on Valentine’s Day!  We'd love it if you gave it a listen (or 12), added it to a playlist, loved it and shared it with everyone you know!  The song is called BETTER TO BE and it's available on all streaming platforms.  
 

Out today is the 10th Anniversary Edition of my debut album GOOD INTENTIONS.  First off, yes I’m aware that I’m one year late in celebrating the 10th anniversary - if you have the actual CD, it says 2013 right there on the back of it.   I started remixing and remastering this album over 2 years ago, with the good intention (no pun intended) of releasing it last fall.   However I quit after getting 80% of the way there, basically I lost interest.   Then one day this spring a song of mine called ‘My Monopoly’ was Shazamed a tonne over a 24 hour period and I soon found out why.   It had been used in a CBC radio contest called Riffed from the Headlines.  This gave me the kick in the ass I needed to finish the project and it got me reflecting on the beginning of my professional music career.  Some of the highlights include…

• ‘Nothing Can Stop Me’ was the first song I ever signed to a sync music library (basically a company that pitches my music to film and television opportunities).
• ‘Go On’ was picked up by CBC radio and played across the country.  The CBC program Fresh Air did a little spotlight of it and one of my wife’s friends heard it and emailed her.  She actually didn’t think it was me, and that she’d misheard, but her daughter was in the car and recognized the song (I’d done a songwriting class at my kids school and gave everyone a CD so she knew my music!).  
• ‘Cast A Shadow, Cast A Doubt’  has been pitched to more Film and TV shows than any other song I’ve written on my own (though it still hasn’t been used in one!)
• ‘My Monopoly’ was used in a CBC radio contest called Riffed from the Headlines.
• Right before releasing this, I was at a music conference in LA and I had given a CD with three songs on it to a music publisher.   I was a complete neophyte and was just learning the music business.   The next day she tracked me down in the hotel lobby to tell me that she’d listened to the CD the night before and loved it.  She called the music honest.   Two of the songs on this album are just that - ‘Good Intentions’ and ‘Turn Out The Lights’. I usually rely on the fictional end of things when writing, but these two tracks were exactly where my head was at the time and I still love them.

So for the first time ever, you can now stream the album that started me down this musical journey that I’m still on.   Listen here.