Phil Johnstone

Phil Johnstone is an English songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist[1] and record producer, best known for his work with singer Robert Plant. His songwriting credits include Plant's number-one Mainstream Rock hits "Heaven Knows", "Tall Cool One" and "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)".[2]

Biography

Johnstone first worked with Plant on the 1988 album Now and Zen,[3] which Johnstone co-produced. Johnstone co-wrote most of the songs on the album; he also wrote songs for Plant's follow-up albums Manic Nirvana (1990) and Fate of Nations (1993).

Following his work with Plant, Johnstone wrote songs for singer Alannah Myles' 1995 album A-lan-nah.[2] Recorded and produced Freeborn John by Rev Hammer 1996 on Cooking Vinyl. Phil Johnstone also co-wrote the whole of The Levellers' 2000 album Hello Pig. Johnstone also heads the popular all-star musical festival act, "The Fabulous Good Time Party Boys", which features members of the Levellers, Irish singer/songwriter Dan Donnelly, American musician Roy Harter, and two of his children, Alex Johnstone and Emily Johnstone.

References
  1. Yonke, David (16 November 1993). "Robert Plant explosive at UT". Toledo Blade. p. P-1. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  2. "Phil Johnstone, Songs Composed By". allmusic. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  3. Hochanadel, Michael (17 October 1989). "Phil Johnstone ecstatic over new Plant band". Schenectady Gazette. p. 37. Retrieved 5 December 2010.


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