Happy Thanksgiving to all the American readers wherever you may be today!
To be fair though, a very Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and anyone who feels the urge to recognize the occasion. I wish everyone a great day to you and yours!
Triumph are doing a little giving themselves ...
Perhaps that should be Frontiers records, as they recently announced the remixed / remastered complete back catalogue of Triumph's material, including the specially packaged "Diamond Collection" ten disc set.
In connection with the release of this set and the complete individual reissued remixed / remastered albums, complete free tracks are popping up for downloads as MP3's.
Classic Rock magazine in the UK has offered two tracks already in first 'Rock 'n' Roll Machine' right here:
They then offered 'Lay It On The Line' too, from the 'Just A Game' reissue here:
If you go to the bands website, you can also get, 'Young Enough To Cry' right here:
So go ahead, what are you waiting for?!
Keep checking at the Frontiers site too, as they seem to have the rights to the reissues:
Triumph were a great band and if they get enough interest, then just maybe they can be coaxed back out on the road again! Here's hoping!
UFO first 2011 dates announced
As mentioned already just a few days back, classic UK rockers UFO are about to embarked on a five date mini UK tour.
Well now the band has revealed their first set of live USA dates for 2011, started in May.
Perhaps they'll be a new album out before then, but nothing on that at this time.
Those first USA live dates are as follows:
May 2011
USA
11th May - Baltimore - MD - Bourbon Street
13th May - New York - NY - B.B. Kings
14th May - Foxboro (Boston) - MA - The Showcase Live
20th May - Chicago/St. Charles - IL - The Arcada Theatre
21st May - Chicago/St. Charles - IL - The Arcada Theatre
Source official band website: www.ufo-music.info/news.htm
ERIC JOHNSON RELEASES EXPANSIVE NEW ALBUM, UP CLOSE, ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2010
Includes Guests Steve Miller, Jimmie Vaughan, Johnny Lang and Sonny Landreth Hits Road with Acoustic Guitar Masters Package and Experience Hendrix Tour
Guitarist, songwriter and singer Eric Johnson brings listeners Up Close to his stunning musicality when the Grammy winning artist releases his sixth studio album on his own Vortexan Music label (via EMI Distribution) on December 7th 2010. The 15-track disc presents 14 new Johnson compositions plus his version of the Electric Flag song “Texas,” and features guest appearances by fellow master players Jimmie Vaughan and Sonny Landreth on guitar and vocals by Steve Miller, Johnny Lang and Lyrical themes of reflection, emotional revelations, personal growth and fulfillment are underscored on the album by Johnson’s most daring, urgent, progressive and at times raw and fervent guitar work to date. As with all of Johnson’s work, his all-encompassing style draws from rock, blues, pop, country, jazz and classic to exemplify his stature as “an extraordinary guitar player accessible to ordinary music fans” (Memphis Commercial Appeal). Malford Milligan as well as Johnson. It returns him to the EMI family where Johnson enjoyed his greatest record success with the albums Ah Via Musicom and Venus Isle.
Praised by All Music Guide as one of the “very few musical artists [to] achieve a true signature style which makes comparisons to other musicians impossible,” Johnson expands, deepens and enhances his sound on his first album release since Bloom in 2005. The title reflects the revelatory and spontaneous performances on Up Close as well as its sonic immediacy thanks to a mix by legendary veteran engineer Andy Johns.
“I decided to let go a bit and allow things to happen and just go with the flow,” explains Johnson of his approach to the album. “I like my work to have a high proficiency, but I also wanted to go for the energy and magic of the performances.” He precedes the album’s release with a special acoustic Guitar Masters tour alongside acclaimed players Peppino D’Agostino and Andy McKee in October, and follows it with his second appearance on the Experience Hendrix tour later this year and another leg of the Guitar Masters tour in January 2011. Lyrical themes of reflection, emotional revelations, personal growth and fulfillment are underscored on the album by Johnson’s most daring, urgent, progres- sive and at times raw and fervent guitar work to date. As with all of Johnson’s work, his all-encompassing style draws from rock, blues, pop, country, jazz and classic to exemplify his stature as “an extraordinary guitar player accessible to ordinary music fans” (Memphis Commercial Appeal).
Track Listing:
1. AWAKEN
2. FATDADDY
3. BRILLIANT ROOM (Malford Milligan -vocal)
4. TEXAS (Steve Miller –vocal, Jimmie Vaughan - guitar)
5. GEM
6. TRAVERSE
7. AUSTIN (Jonny Lang - vocal)
8. SOUL SURPRISE
9. ON THE WAY
10. ARITHMETIC
11.THE SEA AND THE MOUNTAIN
12. VORTEXAN
13. A CHANGE HAS COME TO ME
14. CHANGE - revisited
15. YOUR BOOK (Sonny Landreth - guitar)
Johnson burst into the musical main- stream with his landmark 1990 album Ah Via Musicom, which won him a Grammy, yielded a record three Top 10 instrumental hits like “Cliffs of Dover” from a single LP release, and earned him platinum sales status. Enshrined in Guitar Player’s Gallery of Greats and named one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century by Musician magazine alongside numerous other awards, Johnson’s career has been marked by his gift for writing songs with vivid and indelible melodies and lyrical, concise and adventurous playing that focuses on melody and the song rather than six-string gymnastics. A frequent collaborator with other guitar legends, he has continued to explore the myriad possibilities of guitar-based musical artistry since his debut major label release in 1986, Tones, that landed him on the cover of Guitar Player magazine.
Up Close is energized by Johnson’s continuing focus on broadening and enriching his work “I wanted to bare myself a little further and show myself more,” he says. “I want my music to always grow and have more of a profound meaning and impact.”
For more information, visit http://www.ericjohnson.com/
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