​Johnny Iguana (from the album At Delmark

​Johnny Iguana (from the album At Delmark

​Johnny Iguana (from the album At Delmark available on Delmark Records) (by Danny McCloskey)
As leader for The Claudettes, Johnny Iguana carved a musical niche for the Garage Band Cabaret genre. As a composer, he created the score for the television series, The Bear (along with writing partner, JQ). For his recent release, Johnny Iguana is solo, sitting behind the piano for the instrumentally sound album, At Delmark. Much like his piano-playing hero, Otis Spann, Johnny’s keyboard playing is grounded in Chicago Blues. In 1994, Johnny Iguana was summoned from his New York City home to Chicago to join the Junior Wells Blues Band Each and every note of At Delmark echoes with the Blues, as his piano playing forms a big band sound with just eighty-eight keys. 
Opening At Delmark with a rowdy bounce, “Bass Key Boogie” busts open the door of the album, setting the standard for the tunes and bringing on the beat for dancing feet. A slowly, measured piano ramble scores “For Dancers Only” as fingers fly on the ivories to deliver “You Belong to Me” while bass notes gather like thunderclouds to hammer out “Riff Raff” and playful not patterns float across the deep rhythms of “Welcome Distractions”. Johnny Iguana presents a keyboard master class with At Delmark, showcasing the many moods and melodies that can be coaxed, pounded, and conjured on piano keys. The tone is as chaotic as the thought of “Tripping in a French Ambulance” as piano notes are shaken like dice for “Roll ‘Em” while the playing is loose for the freeform fantasies of “One More for the Cleaning Crew” and rattles with rhythm in “Messin’ with the Kid”. At Delmark presents re-worked classics from a handful of other artists when Johnny Iguana offers a somber take on Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” and barrel-rolls Chuck Berry with his cover of “You Never Can Tell”. (by Danny McCloskey)
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