BLACK COUNTRY

вторник, 19 января 2010

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BLACK COUNTRY - official press release

Jason Bonham, Glenn Hughes, Derek Sherinian, and Joe Bonamassa Form New Super Group BLACK COUNTRY

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A new super group has beenformed with Jason Bonham, Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa and DerekSherinian. They are calling themselves Black Country, taking their namefrom the industrial area in England from which Bonham and Hughes bothhail. The band is currently in the studio with producer Kevin Shirley(Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin) cutting tracks for an upcomingalbum to be released in late 2010 or early 2011.

With Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner) on drums, Sherinian (DreamTheater, Billy Idol, Alice Cooper) on keyboards, Hughes (Deep Purple,Trapeze) on bass and vocals and Bonamassa on guitar and vocals, theband already has six tracks cut. The next recording session will takeplace in March and the band hopes to finish recording in early April.Shirley made the announcement on his website: "So there it is folks -the cat is out the bag! This is Black Country. The songs are alloriginal and what a lineup. They are all the very best players in theworld, for my money!"

Shirley added, "Jason Bonham is a totally unique drummer and a supreme,yet oh-so-tasty powerhouse. Derek Sherinian is super versatile, and isplaying mostly overdriven Hammond organ in this ensemble and is thecolor on the palette. Glenn Hughes plays bass and sings with a rangevery, very few can even get close to, and Joe Bonamassa, perhaps thebest Blues Rock guitarist around, plays hard riffing guitar as well asadding his signature vocals alongside Glenn. You'll just have to wait -we're planning to get this out late summer, and it's promising to bephenomenal!"

Recently named "The Blues Rock Titan" by Guitar World Magazine,Bonamassa's new solo album, Black Rock, will be arriving March 23,2010. Produced by Shirley, who has produced Bonamassa's last six soloalbums, it will be released on Bonamassa's own J&R Adventures label.

For more information:

http://www.jasonbonham.net/
http://www.glennhughes.com/
http://www.dereksherinian.com/
http://jbonamassa.com/

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