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John Platania is a session musician, guitar player, and record producer. He was born in 1948 in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley, in Ulster County, near Woodstock.
Platania is best known for his work with Van Morrison, beginning on Moondance, and most recently on 2016's Keep Me Singing. In 1973 he toured with Morrison as a member of his band... meer