Michael and Syesha will team up once again for a fabulous FREE show at the picturesque Reveille Peak Ranch in Burnet TX this coming Saturday!! They both bring it when they perform, so if you are in Texas this weekend, you know where the best show is happening!!
Bring your friends and family and come on out to support MJ and Syesha!!
Oct 15 – American Idol Stars Perform Free Show!
Where: Reveille Peak Ranch
When: Saturday, Oct 15, 7:30 pm
What: Michael Johns and Syesha Mercado, two stars from American Idol season seven, will perform a free concert for 250 people!
We’re thrilled that Michael and Syesha are including the RPR concert as part of their weekend tour of Central Texas in support of Border to Border for Kids programs that help children in need on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Local singer-songwriter John Arthur Martinez will join the Idols on stage and serve as emcee. The event is produced by ProLink Live.
Reserve your spot by emailing info@rprtexas.com.There are a limited number of reserved seats available for a $25 donation that will be contributed to the Andy Roddick Foundation’s Granite Shoals Youth Tennis Program and the Border to Border for Kids programs.
Michael and Syesha will also help kickoff RPR’s announcement of the Upper Highland Lakes Music and Sports Fest to be held in May 2012. Stay tuned for details!
Updated blog post 10/5…3 more videos have surfaced from this fantastic show with Michael and the Bryan Brothers Band!! BLACK, TINY DANCER and MY GIRL!! Check out the videos and many thanks again to Michelle and Brad for sharing their videos
Updated blog post to include 3 more videos! BROWN EYED GIRL, HONKY TONK WOMAN, AND SWEET HOME ALABAMA
We all love it when MJ appears on TV and ahead of the Gulf Coast Challenge, he did just that!
Fox 10 in Mobile Alabama interviewed him about the event and the bonus was that he gave them a couple of tennis pointers
Another beautiful National Anthem performance from MJ to start the Gulf Coast Challenge
STAR SPANGLED BANNER thanks to atlrio on youtube…thanks Michelle!!
Enjoy the wonderful videos of the Bryan Brothers Band and MJ! They rocked the VIP party!!
BLACK thanks to atlrio (Michelle) on youtube
TINY DANCER thanks to baddavis75 on youtube
MY GIRL thanks to baddavis75 on youtbe
HARD TO HANDLE thanks to skinman3 on youtube
MARY JANE’S LAST DANCE thanks to baddavis75 on youtube
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU thanks to atlrio Michelle
PROUD MARY thanks to atlrio Michelle
BROWN-EYED GIRL thanks to baddavis75
HONKY TONK WOMAN thanks to baddavis75
SWEET HOME ALABAMA thanks to baddavis75
Thanks again to baddavis75 for this super video of tennis, food, and a great clip “ONE” and a smidge of “BLACK” by The Bryan Brother Band, Mike Haid on drums and of course MJ!
PHOTO CREDIT: @photographymike (Mike Perez) on Twitter
Whenever Michael sings the National Anthem, he absolutely kills it!!! He has the best rendition out there and he is asked so often to perform it at all sorts of large sporting events…the Dodgers have had him back to sing it several times!!
He sang both “The Star Spangled Banner” and “God Bless America” at the September 21st game against the Giants.
Take a listen to the National Anthem and I’m sure you will agree
STAR SPANGLED BANNER thanks to MrDreamer on Youtube
Aside from the fabulous video, some beautiful photos have surfaced!!
Thanks to Maja, our new “gallery keeper”, new photos taken at the game, have been added to the gallery!! Click HERE to see!
We’d all like to say a huge thank-you to Pat who created and maintained the gallery through her last few years at university. It’s a beautiful and she did an outstanding job!!!
Maja has now accepted the “gallery keeper” role going forward and a huge thank-you to her as well!!
We look forward to seeing many new photos of MJ being added in the coming weeks and months!
Both Maja and Pat live across the world from most of us and have never met or seen MJ perform live..our hope is that someday it can happen for them!
Thanks and hugs to them both!!
Friday evening was such a special evening at the Viper Room…Michael just slayed it!! His setlist was nothing short of brilliant, singing fan favourites and two outstanding news songs…each song he performed was amazing..from the most tender to the most rockin’ ever!
I have to say that the band was fabulous and we’d love to see more of this collaboration
Kevin Haaland on lead guitar, Dan on bass guitar, George Holdcroft on keyboard and sax, and Philippe on drums!! Anyone would think they had played together for years..it was awesome! (especially on Ramble Tamble!!)
The room was packed and there was all sorts of support for Michael from fans, friends and other celebrities. I want to add that Stacey looked absolutely beautiful and it was great to see her again!
Michael was in great demand by everyone wanting to congratulate him after the show.. he was just wonderful and thanked everyone for coming out to support him!!
It was such a fabulous night and everyone wants to thank-YOU Michael!!! You absolutely slayed it and I think everyone would agree it is up there with their favourite shows! Both your new songs are so beautiful and we just can’t wait for your single and album release!
PHOTO CREDIT: Sharon
Thanks to everyone who shared their media..if it didn’t make it to the blog, it’s being tweeted and posted on social media sites by us and many other fans
Now on to the the songs!! Posted in order of performance.
COMING DOWN thanks to blueongrey (Pamela)
One of the favourites from MJ’s Rising days along with Kevin!
FIRE fabulous performance was next but waiting to find higher quality video
FOR THE FIRST TIME Thanks to 1LynneLynne
Such a gorgeous and sexy new song..guaranteed it’s already a fan favourite!!
GONE AGAIN Thanks to 1LynneLynne
MJ said this was a favourite of Stacey’s and he sings it with such depth of emotion!
CRY CRY CRY my own poor quality video but will replace it when I find a better quality video
An outstanding new single!!! Beautiful and catchy!! It’s going to go right to the top!!
MISS YOU LOVE thanks to r2hsm (Sharon)
An amazing and beautiful song…a favourite!!
RAMBLE TAMBLE – CCR cover thanks to 1LynneLynne
One of Michael’s favourites and certainly one of ours…the energy was amazing!!What a way to end the night and what a great job by the band!!
Today we remember September 11.
There is a saying that music expresses that which cannot be said…
Across The Universe
National Anthem
Jo, our great friend and moderator from Oz wrote these words that I would like to share with you all as it expresses the sentiment of all of us here.
Just wanted to let all of our MJO family know that we’re thinking of them today
This day didn’t just touch those who were there…or those who were close to the tragedies, it affected everyone all around the world.
But to those especially who lost family, friends or were directly involved in the aftermath – please know that we mourn with you.
Our thoughts and heartfelt support goes out to you all with the hope that an occurrence such as this life changing event never happens again and our thanks go out to the mainly unsung heroes who have helped and continue to help us put the world back together.
Michael performed at Eleven Nightclub with some of his idol pals at “Acoustic Live” Idol Night this past Thursday.
Blake Lewis, Andrew Garcia, Alex Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Katie Stevens were some of the other idols who performed.
Nancy, our friend, MJO member and superfan attended and enjoyed herself immensely! She visited with MJ and Stacey and also brought back a fabulous video of him singing Pearl Jam’s “Black” and Radio Head’s “Fake Plastic Trees”…I recognized some screams in there
MJ dedicated “Fake Plastic Trees” to Stacey
She also tweeted a couple of MJ pictures too. He sounds as outstanding as ever and sings with such passion! These songs are both so popular with fans and “Fake Plastic Trees” has long been one of Nancy’s favourites!
Thanks again Nancy for your video..Michael sounds amazing!
Michael and Syesha (also American Idol Season 7) performed following Celebrity Bowling for Maggies Hope Benefit at IPic Entertainment at Bayshore Town Center Mall in Milwaukee. This benefit on September 2, was to help families with children experiencing autism. Again, MJ gave his time and talent (bowling and singing) to another wonderful charity.
Read more about Maggies Hope HERE.
Fans of both MJ and Syesha attended the performance and tweeted that they had a wonderful time. Tweeters said that MJ did a wonderful version of “Sweet Caroline”!! Keeping our eyes peeled for any videos to appear
Here is another great picture of MJ and Syesha..Enjoy!!
Michael recently participated in the 2-day Liberty Cup Charity Golf Tournament event in Jersey City, NY. Looks like it was such a great time and a very good cause. Not sure how his golf game was, but for sure his performance was amazing as always!
LPGA champion Cristie Kerr hosted the inaugural Liberty Cup Charity Golf Tournament at PhD at the Dream Downtown hotel. The evening served as a pre-party for today’s golfing tournament featuring LPGA and PGA players, as well as celebrities like Kyle MacLachlan , Ray Allen, Andy North, and Michael Johns, who will be teeing off to Benefit Birdies for Breast Cancer.
Cristie founded the Birdies for Breast Cancer Foundation in 2003 and has raised over $1million for breast cancer organizations, including the founding of the Cristie Kerr Women’s Health Center at Jersey City Medical Center. After playing 18 holes of golf today, guests will continue the party with dinner, an awards ceremony and the Caesars Celebrity Poker Tournament.
Randall, the writer of this review and the editor-in-chief of the Midnight Bandwidth Tumblr blog has an outstanding talent for expressing in words, just how we feel about Michael’s singing and music…he captured it perfectly!!
Randall..you have an amazing talent and thank-you so much from MJ and all of us!! This review is every kind of wonderful!!
What He Sounds Like: Vintage jazzy pop/R&B with a velvety soulful voice that leaks tender strength out of every single held note. Sweet enough to make girls sigh and strong enough to make men want to as well.
Why You’ll Love Him: Alright now, hold your darn horses and pull back your pitchforks here, I know what you’re thinking, “That dude was on American Idol! That’s not underrated, under appreciated, underground, under the radar music! You’ve sold out! Damn you to hell!!!” and we would not blame you for your anger. But before you threaten to hit the dreaded “unfollow” button think about this for a minute, even if you’re familiar with Michael Johns’ Idol-related antics have you heard any of his music since he had to suffer the displeasure of being in the same room with Ryan Seacrest? We didn’t think so.
It’s a epic-fail-like shame that more people haven’t heard of this man’s work because you’ll be hard pressed to find an artist with more emotional soul in the current music scene outside of an Adele album. In fact I’ll go as far as to say that Michael Johns is the male counterpart to Adele herself, his music is riddled with pain and tortured heartquaking. With a style reminiscent of Lionel Richie circa 1979 and a chill-causing strain in his upper register that will make you misty eyed if you can relate to the harpsichord melancholy of his lyrcism.
In a world where you have to feature Akon on your track in order to have a number 1 single Michael Johns’ hearkens back to the days when musicians made music to covey their puzzlement of the mysteries of life. Like an echo coming down a foggy tunnel you can hear the heartache of lost love in every breathy note that reverberates off his husky voice. Listen to his music and hear something lost in the over-produced poppycock of present-day musical pandering. Pay attention and you’ll hear it, its quiet, its whispering, its real.
@KevinFrazier Hahaha love ur last tweet. It happens all the time trust me and it's always uncomfortable 6 hours ago
Haha Thanks Nige! RT @dizzyfeet: @michael_johns GOTYE yet another very talented Australian. Well...... Belgian /Australian. 14 hours ago
Haha thanks Nige! RT @MarkRhinoSmith: @michael_johns and @dizzyfeet Two very talented guys. Visionaries, One love! See you guys soon. 14 hours ago
I'm not rooting for anyone in this SB I just think the Giants will win. I don't care about either of these teams. I hope the Pats win Brady! 14 hours ago
Man just saw The Grey holy shit what an intense movie! I loved it but it's not for everyone. So realistic!!! 23 hours ago
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