Bandleader and composer Marcel Illetschko and lyricist John D. Cima met by happy coincidence some years ago. They started talking and discovered a shared love of the Blues and the music that it has influenced for well over a century. This conversation culminated in an impromptu rendition of Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire”, which probably

Bandleader and composer Marcel Illetschko and lyricist John D. Cima met by happy coincidence some years ago. They started talking and discovered a shared love of the Blues and the music that it has influenced for well over a century. This conversation culminated in an impromptu rendition of Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire”, which probably speaks volumes, and a subsequent decision to compose together. “Midnight Moon” is the initial result.