Career
He has worked with many well-known musical artists, including Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, David Bowie, Alice Cooper, John Waite, Belinda Carlisle, Julian Lennon, Joss Stone, Katy Perry, The Jonas Brothers, and Elliott Yamin. In 1983, McCurry played lead guitar in the band Cool lieutenant Reba. He was lead guitarist in Cyndi Lauper"s touring band in the early 1980s.
He has also performed in other bands on concert tours, including Anita Baker"s Rhythm of Love World Tour in 1994–1995, and John Waite"s 1985 American tour.
McCurry is visually distinctive because of his naturally red hair. On the website allmusic.com, John McCurry is credited as composer on 119 music albums.
His genres are described as popular/rock and classical, and his styles as vocal music and opera. He is credited with guitar on 67 albums, out of which ten specify electric guitar, nine specify acoustic guitar, and four specify bass guitar.
He is credited with vocals on seven albums, lyricist on one, arranger on one, producer on one, and text on one.
He also has one cr each for coral sitar, banjo and accordion. McCurry is listed as either main personnel, performer, primary artist, or guest artist on 10 albums. McCurry has also written songs for film and television
He has songwriting credits for soundtrack songs: 11 on film soundtracks, 2 on a television film soundtrack and one in a television series soundtrack.
He has a performer cr for one soundtrack song, and has "music department" credits as vocalist on one film, and for electric guitar on one television series. Mr. In a review of John Waite"s album Rovers Return, about the track "Wild One", Brian McGowan commented that the spirit of the song was "defined in stark relief by John McCurry’s freewheeling, razor sharp axework".
Some of the other albums that McCurry has played guitar on are: Cher (1987 album), Cher Heart of Stone, Cher Hide Your Heart, Bonnie Tyler Saints and Sinners, Kane Roberts Circle in the Sand, Belinda Carlisle Heaven on Earth, Belinda Carlisle Over My Heart, Laura Branigan A Night to Remember, Cyndi Lauper, guitar and coral sitar On the Fritz, Steve Taylor Trash, Alice Cooper.
