American touring show running throughout the year by Chicago band, The Ambassadors, who have been performing the music of Elvis since 1974, 3 years before he died. The show is built around Shaun Klush, who was the very first Ultimate Elvis and World’s Best Elvis. Shaun plays Vegas Elvis. Other[…]
The Graceland Band are the busiest Elvis band in Europe and have toured with everyone who is anyone in the Elvis world! On drums is Cliff Preece, considered to be Europe’s premier Elvis drummer. On backing vocals are the legendary Mills & Boone. In November, Jon got the call to[…]
The Inner Light is a tribute to the music of George Harrison and the spiritual philosophy of Hare Krishna, which was an integral part of Harrison’s life. The 7-piece is fronted by Matty Dread, himself 30 years a follower. In 2023, The Inner Light headlined the 50th Hare Krishna Festival,[…]
In February 2023, Jon toured with Ben Thompson, Ultimate Elvis 2018 winner, on a 9-date schedule. Ben sold out 7 out of 9 shows and was at the top of his game. Audiences were buoyed by the recent Elvis film release, which has ushered in a whole new generation to[…]
THE SUPERCHARGED FUNKY SOUNDS OF THE SOLID GOLD DISCO ERA. Bringing the Supercharged Golden Disco Music back in a big way! Club 54 Band is a non-stop all-Solid Gold Disco repertoire featuring over 2 hours of 1970’s Disco Music. With 3 Powerhouse vocalists guaranteed to blow the roof off any[…]
mango bone grew out of the collaboration of Jon Mellor and DJ Oomz. The pair launched mango bone in 2020 as a home for the house tracks that were coming out of the deliBass project. The first track to be released was the wonderfully mellow Pure Beauty. Featuring Jonny Tobin,[…]
Jon played bass and sang backing vocals on the show during December 2016. It was a special Christmas show featuring Ben Thompson, one of the world’s top Elvis tribute artists. The 17-date theatre tour of Holland played to 500 to 1500-seater venues throughout the country. Ben, who was voted Europe’s[…]
In 2016, Jon played a 34-date tour of Holland with the British Pop Invasion show. It’s a well established production, playing British music from the 1960s, featuring artists such as the Beatles, the Kinks, the Hollies, the Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, Cilla Black, Lula and Petula Clark. The production ran[…]
deliBass is a collaboration of Jon Mellor AKA Funky Dad and DJ Oomz. The pair began writing together in December 2013 and released their debut track the following year. “Magic And Diamonds” is a chillout tune given a touch of Bond by Mandy Meadows’s wonderful vocal. Oomz’s groove, Jon’s bass[…]
Strada9 was the brainchild of Italian businessman Peter Valentino. He scoured Melbourne to assemble a collection of musicians to fuse ska and rap into his dream band. Jon was part of the ensemble, which, at its largest, comprised 3 singers, a rapper, 3 brass players, keyboards, guitar, bass and drums.[…]