{"id":3215,"date":"2018-04-04T09:51:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T15:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/?p=3215"},"modified":"2018-04-04T09:51:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T15:51:05","slug":"john-ford-coley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/john-ford-coley\/","title":{"rendered":"JOHN FORD COLEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3216\" src=\"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/John-Ford-Coley-Photo-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/John-Ford-Coley-Photo-980x756.jpg 980w, https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/John-Ford-Coley-Photo-480x370.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/>By guest contributor: Christina Kennedy <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dallas-born native, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnfordcoley.com\/home\">John Ford Coley<\/a>, brings his writing and singing expertise to the Wildflower! Arts &amp; Music Festival on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 7:15 p.m. on the UnitedHealthcare Singer Songwriter Stage in the Eisemann Center. Best known as half of the Grammy-nominated duo, England Dan and John Ford Coley, John is a singing legend.<\/p>\n<p>Listening to the Grand Old Opry and early versions of rock and roll, Coley grew up with a love of music. After high school, Coley and schoolmate Dan Seals joined what would eventually become Southwest F.O.B. and toured the Texas music scene. Their hit single \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5jFQHWGU7YE\">The Smell of Incense<\/a>\u201d reached number 43 on the music charts back in 1969. While in the band, Coley and Seals eventually formed their own, England Dan and John Ford Coley. Their big break came in 1972 with \u201cSimone,\u201d an international hit in Japan and France. The two had four Top 10 Hits and two Top 20 Hits and released three albums before disbanding in 1980.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SIMONE - England Dan &amp; John Ford Coley\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Z1v3EWTqSU?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As a classically trained pianist and an avid guitarist, John has spent decades touring, writing, producing, recording and sharing his love for the craft with audiences everywhere. Best known for some of the following hit songs: \u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_QZjJU-mtFU\">Love Is The Answer<\/a>,\u201d \u201cGone Too Far,\u201d \u201cSoldier In The Rain\u201d and a number of hits featured in films and television shows like \u201cNights are Forever Without You\u201d featured in Dickie Roberts Former Child Star, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jxdsk-cFX-k\">I\u2019d Really Love To See You Tonight<\/a>\u201d appeared in Long Kiss Goodnight starting Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson and, most recently, John and England Dan Seals were depicted in the HBO series Vinyl singing their song \u201cSimone.\u201d His songs have an impressive longevity that reach audiences of all ages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JOHN FORD COLEY-&quot;I&#039;D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT&quot;+INTERVIEW\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uE-PKeq4GVI?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>John has shared the stage with many famous industry leaders such as Elton John, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Chicago, Led Zepplin and Steve Miller Band, to name a few. He\u2019s also recently co-produced with Eddie Money, sang along-side country music star Vince Gill, and produced with Tom Wirth and Lynn Bryant. Along with an impressive musical career, John Ford Coley also took to the stage in a different way, working as an actor in the \u201880s with roles in \u201cDream A Little Dream\u201d alongside Corey Feldman and in \u201cScenes from the Gold Mine\u201d featuring Joe Pantoliano, among other television and movie roles. While John still occasionally acts, his passion for music has not faded.<\/p>\n<p>Along with touring, John recently fulfilled a lifelong dream. In late 2016, he released his newest album <a href=\"https:\/\/johnfordcoley.com\/store\"><em>Eclectic,<\/em><\/a> featuring all-new acoustic\/Americana material. He also recorded a live album while on tour in the Philippines that features many of his existing hits, titled, <em>The Best of John Ford Coley.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tickets to the 26<sup>th<\/sup> Wildflower! Arts &amp; Music Festival in Richardson, Texas are available online <a href=\"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\">www.wildflowerfestival.com<\/a> and start at $30 for one-day admission or $65 for a 3-day weekend pass.\u00a0 #WAMFest2018\u00a0 Listen to John Ford Coley on iTunes: <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.com\/johnfordcoley\">http:\/\/itunes.com\/johnfordcoley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: John Ford Coley\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/1ZLXl5tfHeOkeAKCwl84wI?si=PK5pdsRsQdyX0-282fhLew&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By guest contributor: Christina Kennedy Dallas-born native, John Ford Coley, brings his writing and singing expertise to the Wildflower! Arts &amp; Music Festival on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 7:15 p.m. on the UnitedHealthcare Singer Songwriter Stage in the Eisemann Center. Best known as half of the Grammy-nominated duo, England Dan and John Ford Coley, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,22],"tags":[680,210,686,676,687,682,54,93,675,249,677,681,685,649,244,684,30,678,679,31,683,420,689,29],"class_list":["post-3215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-entertainment","tag-chicago","tag-christina-kennedy","tag-corey-feldman","tag-dan-seals","tag-dream-a-little-dream","tag-eddie-money","tag-eisemann-center","tag-elton-john","tag-england-dan","tag-fleetwood-mac","tag-grand-old-opry","tag-heart","tag-joe-pantoliano","tag-john-ford-coley","tag-led-zepplin","tag-lynn-bryant","tag-richardson","tag-simone","tag-steve-miller-band","tag-texas","tag-tom-wirth","tag-unitedhealthcare","tag-vince-gill","tag-wildflower-arts-music-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildflowerfestival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}