Whitesnake will release a new collection next month that features remixed and remastered versions of the English rock band's best blues-rock songs.

The 14-track collection, titled The Blues Album, is the third in the band's "Red,White and Blues Trilogy."

The first two editions in the series of compilations organized by musical the mesare titled Love Songs (red) and The Rock Album (white).

The Blues Album is available for pre-order now and will be available on February19 digitally and on CD and as a double-LP set pressed on 180-gram, blue vinyl. All the tracks on this album have been revisited, remixed, and remastered.

Whitesnake's singer-songwriter David Coverdale says, the music reflects how blues artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and the three Kings (Albert, B.B. and Freddie) continue to inspire him.

In the album's liner notes, he writes, "It's hard to find the words to show how profoundly they connected with my soul. But 'blues' to me is a beautiful word that describes emotional expression… feelings, be it feelings of sadness, loneliness, emptiness… but, also those that express great joy, celebration and dance, sexiness and Love!!!"

The new compilation delivers a mix of hits and deep tracks that originally appeared between 1984 and 2011 on six Whitesnake studio albums and Coverdale's solo album, Into the Light.

The Blues Album showcases two of the band's biggest hit songs: "Slow An' Easy,"and a new guitar-based remix of "Give Me All Your Love."

Credits: By RTTNews Staff Writer / https://www.rttnews.com/

With Jeopardy! airing the late Alex Trebek's final episode last night, we thought we'd remember the time he dressed up like Gene Simmons from Kiss.

It was done to celebrate Halloween in 2018. As you can see in the video below, Trebek tells his studio audience that, on the show's website, there is a photo of "a certain game show host made up exactly like Gene Simmons ... tongue and all. "That's followed by Trebek striking a Simmonsesque pose. That's followed by footage of the duo together in the green room, and Trebek examining the codpiece he's about to don.

Then comes the process of transforming the Canadian into the Demon with a wig, costume and, of course, the face paint.

"Boy, I hope I got this Kiss makeup right," Trebek says upon its completion. "Is there anybody here who can tell us if I got this right?" At which point Simmonsenters and deadpans, "You nailed it. Don't worry." Simmons then presents him with platform boots and shows him how to properly make devil horns. It closes with the two wishing everybody a happy Halloween.

A shot of Trebek in full Kiss regalia made its way into a video tribute to Trebek that was broadcast during yesterday's episode. The clip featured entertaining moments from throughout his 36-year run, and closed with a title card that read," “Dedicated to Alex Trebek: Forever in our hearts. Always our inspiration.”

The program had been taped less than two weeks before his death on Nov. 8,2020. Beginning next week, Jeopardy! will use interim hosts, with Ken Jennings, the show's most famous champion, taking the reins first.

CREDITS: DAVE LIFTON / https://ultimateclassicrock.com/

B.B. King is the godfather of the blues, one of the most integral figures in shaping the genre and creating rock ‘n’ roll as we know it today. Although he played such a pivotal role in creating that sound, the late guitarist was exceedingly thankful for The Rolling Stones adopting his early work and taking it to new horizons.

The Rolling Stones, in their formative years, found themselves criticized for gentrifying or commodifying the sound that Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Little Richard and other black American artists had created during their early years. However, The Stones never claimed to be originators and were honest about wearing their influences firmly on their sleeve, a factor that helped recognize the forementioned artists.

It’s an unavoidable fact that the Stones were a group of white guys from England, making them more palatable to the masses, an undeniable aspect which aided their bid to become stadium conquering stars. On the other hand, their songs acted as a gateway drug into the world of rock ‘n’ roll.

The Stones were more than happy to help give the likes of King and Berry the love they quite rightly deserved and, in return, B.B. was forever grateful for how their success helped aid his career. The one album that he pinpointed as a turning point moment for the blues was 1968 effort Beggars Banquet, a record which helped confirm their status as one of the world’s premier acts and truly made the blues a mainstream phenomenon.

Speaking to The Guardian in 2008, King named that album as the record that broke down people’s prejudices. He fondly said: “The Stones were superstars. I supported them on tour in 1969 and to be able to do something with them was a god send for me. It probably didn’t mean much to them, but it meant a lot to me.Keith [Richards] was always playing something and looking at me as if to say, ‘You can’t play this!’

King continued: I loved working with them, and I’d work with them tomorrow if they’d let me. The Stones opened a lot of eyes – white and black – because many people didn’t know about the blues. I wanted them to think of it as music in the same way as I wanted them to think of us as people.”

After flirting with psychedelia on their last two records, Beggars Banquet was a home coming to blues and definitive proof of what they were on this earth to do. Through enlisting King as their support in 1969, The Stones ensured that each night was a conquering celebration of the blues and for many fans in the audience, their first time seeing a black rock musician even though, King was a pioneer of the genre.

Following King’s death in 2015, Mick Jagger poignantly remarked: “I was just looking at a picture of me and B.B. backstage at Madison Square Garden [in 1969]…He played with us at a lot of gigs on that tour. We last played with him at a Blues concert in the White House. It’s sad. He had such a huge, long career. It’s sad that we won’t be listening to him live anymore.”

Keith Richards also movingly noted: “He was one of the greats. Great style. B.B. was a great guy. He was one of the true gentlemen, and I shall miss him a lot, we always had a great time with him when our paths crossed,” he said. “At least we have his records. Farewell, B.B.”

King was one of Richards’ great heroes and the admiration being reciprocal says everything there is to say about the impact that The Stones’ music had. Even though their backgrounds couldn’t have been anymore disparate from one another, they both lived and breathed rock ‘n’ roll — which they both helped spread the word of far and wide, making it the behemoth that is still is today.

CREDITS: Joe Taysom - https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/

More of what the Internet was invented for...

YouTuber Garren Lazar is back with another of his prog rock meets Peanuts pastiches. This time you can watch the cast of the popular Peanuts cartoons tackling the 1971 Yes classic Roundabout in the video below.

"With this horrible year finally coming to an end, I thought that I would make another Peanuts Parody video to help celebrate this holiday season," says Lazar, who posted this latest clip just before Christmas. "All of you, my friends and fans, have been so supportive of me and my videos since the beginning and especially during this terrible year. Your dedication to my YouTube channel has been mind-blowing! For that, I just wanted to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I honestly cannot thank you enough!

"Consider this Peanuts Parody as my personal gift to you. Together, we will get through this dumb pandemic and emerge stronger than ever. What a way to end the decade! Right? Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this Peanuts Parody. Even though we're currently apart, we'll always be together. This time they play Roundabout by Yes! Once again, I used Final Cut Pro, to create this video. Hope you all enjoy it! If you have any song suggestions, or cartoons you wish for me to use with any songs, please leave a comment, and subscribe."

Lazar has previously created works in which Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb, Rush's Subdivisions and Jethro Tull's Thick As A Brick have been synced up with Charlie Brown and his pals.

You can check out more of Mr. Lazar's work at his You Tube channel.

CREDITS: By Jerry Ewing www.loudersound.com