Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy e Randy George pubblicheranno a luglio il terzo capitolo della serie “Cover To Cover” con l’album “Cov3r To Cov3r”. Il trio presenta il video di “It Don’t Come Easy” di Ringo Starr: https://youtu.be/bdWuYRmstRI
L’album conterrà classici di band quali King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Gerry Rafferty, David Bowie ed altri (tra cui la cover di “No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed” con la partecipazione del cantante degli Yes Jon Davison) e verrà pubblicato il 24 luglio 2020 su Inside Out Music nei formati CD, Gatefold 2LP + CD e digitale.
Disponibile anche il video del precedente singolo, la cover di “Baker Streeet”, resa originariamente famosa da Gerry Rafferty: https://youtu.be/IszlXuQ99Fo
Oltre al nuovo capitolo dal 24 luglio sarà disponibile anche “Cover To Cover Anthology (Vol. 1-3)”, una raccolta di tutti e tre i dischi. I primi due sono stati riprocessati e rimasterizzati e saranno disponibili anche in formato digitale. Tutti gli album presentano un nuovo artwork, creato da Thomas Ewerhard (Sons of Apollo, The Neal Morse Band, Avantasia).
Di seguito tracklist e artwork dei tre prodotti:
Cover To Cover:
1. Where The Streets Have No Name (U2)
2. I’m The Man (Joe Jackson)
3. What Is Life? (George Harrison)
4. Badge (Cream)
5. Maybe I’m Amazed (Paul McCartney)
6. Day After Day (Badfinger)
7. Pleasant Valley Sunday (The Monkees)
8. Tuesday Afternoon (The Moody Blues)
9. Can’t Find My Way Home (Blind Faith)
10. I’m Free / Sparks (The Who)
11. Where Do The Children Play (Cat Stevens)
12. Feelin’ Stronger Everyday (Chicago)
13. Rock N Roll Suicide (David Bowie)
Cover 2 Cover:
1. (What’s So Funny About) Peace, Love & Understanding (Elvis Cos-tello)
2. Lido Shuffle (Boz Scaggs)
3. Crazy Horses (The Osmonds)
4. Driven To Tears (The Police)
5. Come Sail Away (Styx)
6. Rikki Don’t Lose That Number (Steely Dan)
7. Lemons Never Forget (The Bee Gees)
8. The Letter (Joe Cocker)
9. I Saw The Light (Todd Rundgren)
10. Teacher (Jethro Tull)
11. Southern Man/Needle And The Damage Done/Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
12. Starless (King Crimson)
Cov3r To Cov3r:
1. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Yes)
2. Hymn 43 (Jethro Tull)
3. Life On Mars (David Bowie)
4. Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
5. It Don’t Come Easy (Ringo Starr)
6. Baby Blue (Badfinger)
7. One More Red Nightmare (King Crimson)
8. Black Coffee In Bed (Squeeze)
9. Tempted (Squeeze)
10. Runnin’ Down A Dream (Tom Petty)
11. Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz)
Mike Portnoy comments: “Having done solo Beatles covers from both Paul (Maybe I’m Amazed) and George (What Is Life) on the 1st Cover To Cover, it was time to represent Ringo this time around…
I had the honor of singing the lead vocals on this one and am so proud to have none other than my daughter Melody doing the backing vocals mark-ing our first daddy & daughter duet!! And totally appropriate for it to be a Beatles-related song as she’s just as much of a Beatles fanatic as I am!”
Morse, Portnoy & George first worked together on Neal Morse’s Testimony Live project back in 2003, and since then they have devised and recorded countless Neal Morse albums, including three with The Neal Morse Band.
The three friends have also released music as Morse, Portnoy & George: so far, two Cover to Cover albums have been produced, each being a collection of covers of their favorite songs. As Portnoy explains: “One of the first things myself, Neal and Randy usually start talking about what we can cover when we gather for one of Neal’s solo albums, should we have some leftover time at the end of the session. Most of the songs are rooted in the 60s and 70s and are songs / bands we grew up with.” Explains George, “We all share an attachment for this era of music, so we each throw out song ideas, see what sticks, and record the ones we like the most!”
The trio has covered songs from such greats as, Paul McCartney, Cream, The Who, Jethro Tull, Steely Dan, and many more. They also have also covered some prog classics from the likes of King Crimson and Yes.
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