We won the Silver Award for our music video, No. 6 Magnolia Avenue, at the International Singer Songwriters Association 2023 ceremony! Thank you very much to all who voted for us and to ISSA. Special kudos to Dante Ludovici who directed the video, and Ace Acker who produced the record. And thanks to my record company, PeacockSunrise Records, and it’s President, Nick Katona, for believing in me.
Oct 28, 2022, Sun King Rising releases the Short Film, No. 6 Magnolia Avenue based on the Hit Single of the same title from his latest album Signs & Wonders produced and directed by Dante Ludovici, No. 6 Magnolia Avenue is a literal film interpretation of the song’s optimistic, uplifting lyric. It is the story of an unknown, down-and-out musician who attains acclaim and stardom after encountering the beautiful “Girl in China Blue” at a bar gig.
Ludovici’s production ably captures all the emotion, pathos, and humor inherent in the recording. Many of the artist’s New Castle, Pennsylvania friends and family form the colorful cast of characters.
Sun King Rising is the musical moniker and alter-ego of John Blangero, who lives in Port Isabel, Texas. By night, Blangero is Sun King Rising. By day, he is a world-renowned genetic research scientist and professor at the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley.
Watch No. 6 Magnolia Here
Meghan Greenwood, a popular Pittsburgh choreographer/dancer, plays his love interest in the film. Ludovici also featured her in his first Sun King Rising film production, “Free Will in China Blue.” She has retained her “girl in China Blue” identity in the second production.
In addition to the mostly local Newcastle cast, Ludovici also utilizes multiple Newcastle and nearby Poland, Ohio locations to significant effect.
Blangero wrote the song, and producer Ace Acker completed it with a who’s who lineup of Pittsburgh players and singers at David Granati’s Maplewood Studio in Ambridge, PA. Granati engineered Sun King Rising’s first album, Delta Tales. as well.
This is the last song I wrote for this album. I think the opening lines “Is this some Cosmic joke, another year’s gone up in smoke, the days like pages torn out of a book” sum up the shared experience of most of us during the pandemic. It’s only human to stumble and fall, but also human to pick ourselves up and keep walking. I do.
Don Mularz – Florida Street (2023) PeacockSunrise Records – CD, LP, & Digital Don Mularz – Buddha On My Christmas Tree – Spirit of December 7, Songs of Peace Love & Hope (2017) Melodic Revolution Records – Digital
Dark Horse Flyer Discography
Troubleshooting Pandora’s Box – Soldier’s Song – featuring Dark Horse Flyer (2022) Digital Dark Horse Flyer – Hotel Paradise (2016) Florida Street Records – CD, LP, & Digital Dark Horse Flyer – Breakaway (2015) Florida Street Records – CD, LP, & Digital
Split Decision Discography
Split Decision – Radio Hearts (1992) Blue Water Records – Cassette, CD, & Digital Split Decision – Borderline & Mission Blues (1992) Blue Water Records – 7″ single
I Thought I’d put something up a little different. Here is a rough song demo called Lonely Road that didn’t make the cut for my Delta Tales album back in 2020. It didn’t pass the Ace test! But here is a little glimpse of how the sausage gets made and how sometimes it ends up on the floor! – Sun King Rising
Here are the 22 guest musicians (in no particular order) that play on the up-coming Gayle Ellett & The Electromags album, titled: “𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨” (due out later this year):
Issei Takami – BARAKA – Japan Shin Ichikawa – BARAKA – Japan Thierry Passan – Minimum Vital – France Marc Ceccotti – Edhels – Monaco Frederic L’Epee – Shylock – France Lucio Calegari – Electric Swan – Italy German Vergara – Aisles – Chile Juan Pablo – Aisles – Chile Alvarez Ortega Bianchi – Los Pencales – Argentina Paul Richards – California Guitar Trio – USA Alfonso Rodenas – Blue Dolphins – USA Carl Weingaren – Delay Tactics – USA Walter Whitney – Delay Tactics – USA David Udell – Delay Tactics – USA Dudley Taft – USA Barry Cleveland – USA Joee Corso – USA Aquiles Magaña – USA Brian Chapman – USA Jim Crawford – USA Ted Price – USA Bill Polits – USA
Discography
Friends (TBA 2023) CD, Digital & Streaming Shiny Side Up (2022) CD, Digital & Streaming
Don Mularz – Florida Street (2023) PeacockSunrise Records – CD, LP, & Digital Don Mularz – Buddha On My Christmas Tree – Spirit of December 7, Songs of Peace Love & Hope (2017) Melodic Revolution Records – Digital
Dark Horse Flyer Discography
Troubleshooting Pandora’s Box – Soldier’s Song – featuring Dark Horse Flyer (2022) Digital Dark Horse Flyer – Hotel Paradise (2016) Florida Street Records – CD, LP, & Digital Dark Horse Flyer – Breakaway (2015) Florida Street Records – CD, LP, & Digital
Split Decision Discography
Split Decision – Radio Hearts (1992) Blue Water Records – Cassette, CD, & Digital Split Decision – Borderline & Mission Blues (1992) Blue Water Records – 7″ single
We are thrilled to unveil our very first PeacockSunrise Records recording (various) artist sampler called WATERCOLORS, aptly named for the vivid picture each track paints on this release. Featuring 3 upcoming and never before released gems plus 6 previously released popular tracks. The album is free of charge for a limited time. Just ad a 0 for $value at check out.
1. Steve Bonino – Fuchsia Heaven 06:15 2. Allison vonBuelow – Perfect Love 03:47 3. Blake Carpenter – All I Am Asking 05:07 4. Sheverb – Puttamulettonit 03:40 5. Andy John Bradford – The Spider And The Fly 05:40 6. Gayle Ellett & The Electromags – The Many Moods of Morgan (Featuring Brian Chapman) 05:03 7. Don Mularz – Twenty One 04:37 8. Elfin Bow – Mother Said 03:19 9. Sun King Rising – Anchorless 05:48
With that said…on behalf of myself and all our artists we hope you enjoy this release. Cheers Nick
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