Well, This Is Odd

From Lita Ford's Twitter: she was given some personalized cheese at a recent stop in Wisconsin. She was at the show supporting Bret Michaels. Warrant also provided support. I still don't quite understand the name of this show: "Nothin’ But a Good Time”— For the Last Time." It's not like Bret is stopping touring anytime soon. Anyway, Wisconsin knows cheese and I guess this is the best, most thoughtful gift the organizers could provide for the acts.

Such a warm welcome from Wisconsin! Something you don’t see very often; Lita Ford cheese in our dressing room in Green Bay! 🧀 pic.twitter.com/JrN7rKiXxN

— Lita Ford (@litaford) April 13, 2019

'What A Fool Believes' - Live

One of my favorite live tracks is Kenny Loggins "What A Fool Believes" on the album Outside: From the Redwoods. Michael McDonald does the duet on this one. Yes, both men famously recorded the song.

Not so long ago, the Wall Street Journal did an article on why it took both Loggins and McDonald to write "What A Fool Believes." Truly a great piece of music journalism. "Fool" as I call it, is one of my favorite songs of all time.

I've often said if I could go back in time to see a concert, Outside: From the Redwoods would be one of them. The others, of course, are Def Leppard's In The Round, In Your Face Hysteria tour and Aerosmith's Texxas Jam '78.

Farewell Paul Raymond

Paul Raymond, guitarist and keyboard player for UFO has died. He was 73. The cause was an apparent heart attack. Raymond had just finished a tour with UFO.

UFO Keyboardist/Guitarist PAUL RAYMOND Dead At 73 https://t.co/M6xHw41iQD pic.twitter.com/xPMNRppWQQ

— BLABBERMOUTH.NET (@BLABBERMOUTHNET) April 13, 2019

To the Late Great
Paul Raymond -
Make more Metal in Heaven Bro !!! 🖤🖤🎸🖤🖤 🤘 #paulraymond #ufo 📷 by @rosshalfin https://t.co/5uwNrcEj2Z

— Kirk Hammett (@KirkHammett) April 14, 2019

Judas Priest send their love to Paul Raymond, his family and fans. We played many shows with UFO and remember Paul as a brilliant musician and friend - may he rest in peace....

— Judas Priest (@judaspriest) April 14, 2019

Absolutely gutted. #PaulRaymond performed and wrote on some favourite albums ever with UFO and MSG (Michael Schenker Group). A truly brilliant musician. Really underrated. Sad day for rock’n’roll. We are losing all the original heroes one by one. 😥
R.I.P. Paul Raymond. 🎼 pic.twitter.com/JKFp51KILU

— 𝕸𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝕬𝖒𝖔𝖙𝖙 (@Michael_Amott) April 13, 2019

Whitesnake Release EPK For 'Flesh & Blood'

Whitesnake will release Flesh & Blood on May 10 via Frontiers. David Coverdale and some other members of Whitesnake sat down for a little behind the scenes "making of" for an electronic press kit. I'm stunned because I didn't think bands made EPKs anymore, but Whitesnake isn't exactly broke, so there's that.

Pre-Order 'Flesh & Blood' Here

Europe 'Turn To Dust' -- New Video

I've been listening to a lot of Europe recently. "Superstitious" is just a banging song. Imagine my surprise when I found a press release about a new Europe video in my inbox.

April 11, 2019 -- EUROPE has released a new video for “Turn To Dust” from their critically acclaimed eleventh studio album, WALK THE EARTH.

 

“Turn To Dust” is the third single from WALK THE EARTH, which was released October 20, 2017 on Hell & Back Recordings (Silver Lining Music). It was recorded at famed Abbey Road Studios in London with Grammy® Award-winning producer Dave Cobb (Rival Sons, Shooter Jennings, Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton).

 

“This song idea has been brewing for over ten years”, explains singer Joey Tempest. “When recording our latest album, WALK THE EARTH, in Abbey Road Studios, the inspiration finally kicked in to finish it. Originally an idea and labour of love of our keyboards player Mic Michaeli, the video was meant to touch on emotions and observations related to the Life and Death of your near and dear ones, the circle of life if you will, but it turned out to be much more than that as it follows the dramatic journey of the character taken from the artwork on our album cover.  Working with Craig Hooper and his animation team was a real pleasure, and after seeing their work on Deep Purple’s ‘The Surprising’, we knew we were dealing with true visionaries.  We’re very proud of the result, especially since it’s our first ever animated video.”

As director Craig Hooper continues, “A video like this is a very difficult thing to get right. The song is layered with emotion and meaning and to capture that in images is tricky to say the least. The band decided the only way to do the song justice was through animation, where images are limited only by your imagination and together we roughed out a treatment.  I then took that to Pete Rogers and Helen Pooler at Bait Studio in Cardiff, Wales, who are amongst the best in the world at this kind of thing and we’d already worked with them before for a video for Deep Purple. They brought on board artist Matt Rooke, who immediately ‘got it,' and between them they gave life to these ideas and images.  It wasn’t until the final frame was finished that we saw we had produced something special, something that I hope does a good enough job of representing such an amazing and heartfelt song. That’s up to viewers to decide."

Purchase 'Walk The Earth' Here

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Is This Love?

I saw this ad while watching TV last night. It was the first thing that legitimately made me laugh out loud in the past few days. Well done, Amazon. Whitesnake makes everything better.

Short version:

Sammy Hagar & The Circle Release "Can't Hang" Music Video

Sammy Hagar & The Circle just dropped a music video for their song "Can't Hang." The band's debut album will be called Space Between and will come out May 10. Sammy Hagar's voice is ageless!

Purchase Space Between Here!