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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Fleming and John| image =| caption = John Mark Painter and Fleming McWilliams| image_size = 250| background = group_or_band| birth_name =| alias =| origin = Nashville, Tennessee , United States|USA | instrument =| genre = Rock music|Rock | occupation =| years_active = 1994& ndash;present| label = R.E.X. Records Universal Records | associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Fleming McWilliams John Mark Painter Sean McWilliams | past_members =| notable_instruments = Fleming and John is a musical husband and wife team, Fleming McWilliams and John Mark Painter , currently living in Nashville, Tennessee , United States.
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 (singer)|Jewel .
In 1994, the band recorded "Harder to Believe than Not To" for I Predict A Clone: A Steve Taylor Tribute|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 record with Folds for many years.
In 1999, Fleming and John released their second album, The Way We Are (Fleming and John 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'" ( EngelbertHumperdinck (singer)|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 http://www.myspace.com/flemingandjohn their page on MySpace , and their website suggests plans to record a new album.
John and Fleming continue to run http://web.me.com/johnflem/IHOF/Studio.html IHOF (International House of Fleming studios and the http://web.me.com/johnflem/Dweeb/Home.html DWEEB recording label, http://web.me.com/johnflem/IHOF/Blog/Blog.html blogging about their latest projects.
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 (Fleming and John album)|The Way We Are , 1999 album - Universal Records, Review: http://web.archive.org/web/20010713015104/www.hmmagazine.com/issue77/77Albumrevs.htm HM Magazinecite journal |last=Van Pelt |first=Doug |year=1999 |month=May/June |title=Album Reviews: Fleming & John the way we are |journal= HM Magazine |issn=1066-6923 |issue=77 |pages=
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
Fear of Pop: Volume 1|Volume 1 , Fear of Pop ( Ben Folds , William Shatner , etc.), 2000
Music for Corporations Vol 1 , Headmint, 2000
Movie Soundtracks
http://www.hoodwinkedthemovie.com
References
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Further reading
cite journal |last= |first= |title=Fleming & John |month=November / December |year=1995 |issue=3 |journal= 7ball
External links
http://www.FlemingandJohn.com Fleming and John official website
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