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Fleming and John

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Genres
  
Rock

Genre
  
Rock music

Years active
  
1994–present

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Past members
  
Shawn McWilliams Stan Rawls

Origin
  
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (1994)

Albums
  
Delusions of Grandeur, The Way We Are

Members
  
John Mark Painter, Fleming McWilliams

Record labels
  
Universal Music Group, R.E.X. Records, Universal Records

Similar
  
Steve Taylor & The Perfe, Fear of Pop, Steve Taylor, Chagall Guevara, Chris Roberts

Profiles

Fleming and John is a musical husband and wife team, Fleming McWilliams and John Mark Painter, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

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The couple met while attending Belmont College in Nashville, and immediately began collaborating on songs. While pursuing a record contract, Painter began playing in studio sessions for artists like dc Talk, Sixpence None the Richer, Indigo Girls, Jars of Clay, Nanci Griffith, and Jewel.

In 1994, the band recorded "Harder to Believe than Not To" for I Predict A Clone, a tribute album to Steve Taylor. The following year, the couple released their first album, Delusions of Grandeur on Universal Records. Ben Folds, who called Fleming and John the "The Carpenters of the 1990s with Led Zeppelin's rhythm section", invited them to open for his band. They performed and recorded with Folds for many years.

In 1999, Fleming and John released their second album, The Way We Are, which spawned a minor hit with the single "Ugly Girl".

The duo has recorded many cover songs, including "Winter Wonderland" (to the tune of Led Zeppelin's "Misty Mountain Hop"), "Eldorado" (Electric Light Orchestra), "California Dreamin'" (the Mamas & the Papas), "Somebody to Love" (Jefferson Airplane), "After the Lovin'" (Engelbert Humperdinck). A longtime concert favorite has been Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" to the tune of Zeppelin's "Black Dog".

The band has been dormant since the tour for The Way We Are finished in the late 1990s. However, they have made songs available for purchase on their page on MySpace, and they are currently running a Kickstarter campaign to record a new album.

John and Fleming continue to run IHOF (International House of Fleming) studios and the DWEEB recording label, blogging about their latest projects.

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Discography

  • Delusions of Grandeur, 1995 debut album - R.E.X. Music
  • Delusions of Grandeur, 1996 debut album - remixed and released by Universal Records
  • The Way We Are, 1999 album - Universal Records
  • Ugly Girl / The Pearl, 1998 CD single - Universal Records
  • Compilations

  • I Predict A Clone, Various Artists, 1994 - Song: "Harder to Believe Than Not To"
  • Vietnam: A Musical Retrospective, Various Artists, 1998 - Song: "California Dreamin'"
  • Traveling Light - Songs from the 23rd Psalm, Various Artists, 2002 - Song: "Savior Like A Shepherd Lead Us"
  • Lynne Me Your Ears, Various Artists, 2002 - Jeff Lynne tribute album - Song: "Eldorado" :)
  • Other Albums

  • Volume 1, Fear of Pop (Ben Folds, William Shatner, etc.), 1998
  • Music for Corporations Vol 1, Headmint, 2000
  • Movie Soundtracks

  • http://www.hoodwinkedthemovie.com
  • Songs

    Ugly GirlThe Way We Are · 1999
    I'm Not AfraidDelusions of Grandeur · 1995
    Rain All DayDelusions of Grandeur · 1995

    References

    Fleming and John Wikipedia