J-Henry grew up in a
working class family of 5 boys in
Central New Jersey, listening to
Springsteen, Mellencamp, and Bob
Seger, while fine-tuning his own
version of heartland rock.
While playing as an acoustic artist
in the New Jersey club scene, Henry
was spotted by Anthony Krizan from
the Spin Doctors, who immediately
connected with his simple, heartfelt
lyrics and melodies. Together they
set out to produce a cd and form a
band that would compliment his
sound.
J-Henry's latest cd Code Red is
being released on Adrenaline
Records. With an outstanding live
show - an 8-piece classic rock band
of seasoned players whose members
have toured with the likes of
Meatloaf, Mellencamp, and the
Stones, J-Henry has been asked to
perform at over a dozen NASCAR
events to support the cd.
J-HENRY
is back with his sophomore album
CODE RED, digitally
available on January 29, 2008 on all
major digital service providers.
J-HENRY along with co-producer &
guitarist Anthony Krizan (former
guitarist for the '90s band the Spin
Doctors) added a lot of texture and
instrumentation to this CD. “We
tried some violins, pedal steel
guitar and used lots of vintage
recording equipment and Amps. I am
very happy about the quality of
Code Red.”
The
first Americana single “I Love My
NASCAR Weekends” came about from
J-HENRY’s experience
touring the NASCAR circuit the past
couple years. “We got to meet so
many people and really understand
the NASCAR fans and their incredible
devotion to the sport” says Henry.
Songs
like “I Want You to Stay” and “She
is My Home” touch on the softer side
of Henry and have been slated for a
AAA radio release. “These ballads
are much more melodic than some of
my past songs and are very personal
to me.”
“Code
Red”, the title track is a straight
down your throat rocker that
J-HENRY co- wrote with Anthony
Kirzan. “We hit on this furious
guitar lick and I wrote the lyrics
in one day. Sometimes it happens
like that. It has been by far one of
the most popular live songs
recently.”
In
celebration of this new release,
J-HENRY will be performing at
his CODE RED CD Release party
at New York’s Crash Mansion on
January 31 at 9:00 PM and
Synclive.com (http://www.synclive.com/)
will also be streaming the show live
on their website.
Be sure
to catch J-HENRY live
as he continues to tour both locally
and nationally around the country.