John Parr

Songwriter: Tom Whitlock John Parr

Producer: John Parr

Burnin up the highway, chasin shadows in the night
He was on the road to freedom, passin everything in sight
In the middle of the fast lane, on the wrong side of the road
Slipped her into fifth, and goodbye was all she wrote

Ghost driver, ghost driver in the night

Never saw the warning, of the danger up ahead
He was headin fast to nowhere, with the needle in the red
Saw a blue light in the rear view, sayin stop, but he said no
Then he saw a strange reflection, of a man he used to know

Ghost driver, ghost driver in the night

Heaven is a highway, with the Devil at the wheel
Three hundred crazy horses, in black designer steel
The neon sign said fifty, not a hundred and fifty five
But it really didn't matter, he was learnin how to drive

Ghost driver, ghost driver in the night
He was a ghost driver, ghost driver in the night

John Parr (born 18 November 1952) is a Grammy-nominated English musician, best known for his 1985 US #1 single “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)” and for his 1984 single “Naughty Naughty” (US Rock #1). Parr was nominated for a Grammy award for “St Elmo’s Fire” in 1985.

Parr first entered the music scene when he was 12 years old and formed a band with two fellow schoolmates, which they named The Silence. The band had achieved some success. They eventually became professional and started to tour Europe. He then joined a band named Bitter Suite who were a huge success in the working men’s clubs in Yorkshire, he then formed a “Super Band” with musicians from other working men’s club bands, and named the band Ponders End , a band that set a new precedent for the bands in the north.

Parr secured a publishing deal with Carlin America in 1983 and in the same year Meat Loaf asked him to write some songs for his new album. It led to a fateful meeting with John Wolff, who was tour manager for The Who. Foreseeing the initial demise of The Who, Wolff was looking for a new venture and considered Parr to be a suitable partner. Parr first visited America in 1984 and worked with Meat Loaf on Bad Attitude. Meanwhile, Wolff secured Parr’s solo Atlantic recording deal in New York.

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Letter to America

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Man with a Vision (1992)
Letter to America (2011)

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