Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, and company were featured on CBS This Morning this past weekend as the show’s featured Saturday Sessions musical act. The appearance was filmed on July 17th, 2021, ahead of the band’s second sold-out night at New Haven, CT’s Westville Music Bowl.

The six-piece Fireside LIVE band lineup—which features Trucks (guitar), Tedeschi (vocals, guitar), Brandon Boone (bass), Gabe Dixon (keyboards, organ, vocals), Mike Mattison (vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar), and Tyler “The Falcon” Greenwell (drums)—took some time ahead of the performance to record live renditions of Derek and the Dominos classics “Bell Bottom Blues” and “Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?” for the national TV spot.

The two tracks are featured on Tedeschi Trucks Band’s new live album, Layla Revisited: Live at LOCKN’, which captures the group’s full recreation of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs with help from Trey Anastasio (Phish) and Doyle Bramhall II. Watch Tedeschi Trucks perform “Bell Bottom Blues” and “Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?” at Westville Music Bowl for CBS This Morning below.

Credits: Andrew O'Brien - https://liveforlivemusic.com/

The trio have begun work on their first new material in almost 50 years. Faces – the long-disbanded rock group whose members included Rod Stewart and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood – are recording brand-new music.

In a new interview with The Times, Wood reveals that he, Stewart, and drummer Kenney Jones met up recently, and that he's also been recording new music with Mick Jagger.

“I saw Mick [Jagger] here last week and Rod [Stewart] and Kenney [Jones] were here yesterday,” he says. “Me and Mick have done nine new tracks for the [40th anniversary] re-release of Tattoo You. “And me, Rod and Kenney have been recording some new Faces music. I've had a front-row seat on some amazing rock 'n' roll projects these past couple of weeks.”

Faces formed in 1969 following the disbandment of rock group Small Faces. They broke up later in 1975 when Rod Stewart left the band and Ronnie Wood began playing with The Rolling Stones.

The outfit released four studio albums during their tenure – First Step, Long Player, A Nod is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse and, most recently, Ooh La La in 1973. This makes the band's new project their first official output in 48 years.

Credits: Sam Roche / Guitar World

The wait is over. Following last week's new single, "The Writing on the Wall," Iron Maiden have officially announced a new double album called Senjutsu. It's the New Wave of British Heavy Metal icons' 17th record overall, their first since 2015's The Book of Souls and it's out next month.

Recorded in Paris with longtime producer Kevin Shirley and co-produced by the band's own bassist, Steve Harris, the 10-song Senjutsu clocks in at a whopping 80 minutes and features numerous tracks that exceed the 10-minute mark. The title roughly translates to "tactics and strategy," and the record's calculated creative direction and convoluted song structures will surely echo that approach.

"We chose to record at Guillaume Tell Studio in France again as the place has such a relaxed vibe," Harris commented. "The setup there is perfect for our needs; the building used to be a cinema and has a really high ceiling so there's a great acoustic sound. We recorded this album in the same way we did The Book Of Souls in that we'd write a song, rehearse it and then put it down together straight away while it was all fresh in our minds."

"There's some very complex songs on this album," he continued. "Which took a lot of hard work to get them exactly as we wanted them to sound, so the process was at times very challenging, but Kevin [Shirley] is great at capturing the essence of the band and I think it was worth the effort."

"We're all really excited about this album," frontman Bruce Dickinson added. "We recorded it back in early 2019 during a break in the Legacy tour so we could maximize our touring yet still have a long set up period before release to prepare great album art and something special as a video. Of course, the pandemic delayed things more - so much for the best laid plans – or should that be 'strategies'!?"

"The songs are very varied, and some of them are quite long," he continued. "There's also one or two songs which sound pretty different to our usual style, and I think Maiden fans will be surprised — in a good way, I hope!

“Senjutsu is due out September 3rd and pre-orders will go live on Wednesday July 21st.

CREDITS: Eli Enis – Revolver Magazine

Rory Gallagher’s eponymous 1971 debut solo album is being released in a variety of 50th Anniversary editions, including a five-disc deluxe box set of the album that will include a brand-new mix of the original, 30 previously unreleased outtakes and alternate takes, a six-song 1971 BBC Radio John Peel Sunday concert, plus four 1971 BBC Radio Sounds of the Seventies session tracks.

The collection, mastered at Abbey Road Studios, arrives on September 3, 2021, via UMC/UMe. 2-CD and 3-LP editions of the album will be cut-down versions from the deluxe box set. Listen to a previously released alternate take of “At the Bottom” below. The deluxe edition includes a previously unreleased 50-minute DVD of Gallagher’s first solo concert which was filmed in Paris for the Pop Deux television show.

The extensive box set package will also contain a 32-page hardback book with many rare and previously unseen photographs from British rock photographer Barrie Wentzell, essays and memorabilia from the album recording including hand-written song lyrics by Gallagher, and an exclusive limited-edition poster. The box set also includes exclusive liner notes written by his brother and manager Donal Gallagher, his longtime bass guitarist Gerry McAvoy (1970-1991) and Wentzel, plus a full 1971 interview by journalist Roy Eldridge.

The debut album features some of the most beloved Gallagher songs such as “I Fall Apart,” “Laundromat” and “Just the Smile.” While reviewing numerous tapes during the 2021 mixing sessions, two songs were added to the collection: the previously unreleased “At the Bottom,” a track he ended up re-recording for his 1975 Against the Grain album, plus “Advision Jam,” a rocking instrumental.

The recording saw Gallagher on guitar and lead vocals as well as alto sax, harmonica and mandolin, Gerry McAvoy on bass and Wilgar Campbell on drums. Atomic Rooster’s Vincent Crane plays piano on two out of the 10 songs on the album “Wave Myself Goodbye” and “I’m Not Surprised.” Gallagher had not played live since his previous band Taste disbanded on October 24, 1970. When his debut solo album was released in May 1971, he embarked on a 16-date U.K. tour that included 10 days touring Ireland and a short jaunt in Switzerland.

From the July 15 announcement: Recorded at the legendary Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, London, the album showcases the Irish guitarist as a multi-faceted interpreter of the blues with a cross-section of the blues from acoustic to heavy blues soul.

Advision was one of the hottest recording studios in the ’60s and ’70s, and home of classic albums recorded by The Yardbirds, The Who, The Move, T. Rex, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Elton John, Slade, Gentle Giant, Gerry Rafferty, and many more.

If ever there was a “musician’s musician,” then that accolade belongs to Rory Gallagher. Renowned for his blistering live performances and highly respected for his dedication to his craft, he died in 1995, aged just 47.

Rory’s timeless reputation has continued to flourish in the years since. Indeed, some of rock’s most seminal figures, from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani to Joe Bonamassa, Queen’s Brian May to The Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Slash of Guns N’ Roses to the Edge of U2, have cited him as an influence.

Credits: by Best Classic Bands Staff