Year : 2015
Style : Classic Rock , Blues Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 140 mb
Bio:
Richard Dale "Richie" Kotzen, Jr. (born February 3, 1970 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is a guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. Currently he is touring with The Winery Dogs with Mike Portnoy and Billy Sheehan,[1][2][3] supporting an album they recorded in Los Angeles in August 2012.Richie Kotzen began playing piano at the age of five. At the age of seven he was inspired by the band KISS to learn the electric guitar. He started his career in a band named Arthurs Museum. Kotzen was eventually discovered by Shrapnel Records' Mike Varney, and he recorded his first solo album by the age of 19. He created the video Rock Chops for REH video in 1989, highlighting many of his formative techniques, including using wide-intervals and fluid sweeping.In 1991, at age 21, Kotzen joined glam-metal band Poison, co-writing and performing on the album Native Tongue. This album produced two top twenty singles which Kotzen co-wrote, "Stand" and "Until You Suffer Some (Fire & Ice)".In 1999 Kotzen replaced Paul Gilbert as guitarist in the mainstream rock band Mr. Big, performing on their album Get Over It. He also contributed guitars to their subsequent release Actual Size. The record included the Kotzen song Shine, which debuted at number one on Japanese radio charts. After Mr. Big disbanded, Kotzen released the solo album Change, in 2003. The title track and the song Get a Life were featured in TV commercials throughout Japan.In 2002 Kotzen bought a commercial building in Los Angeles and established a recording studio and production company. He has since produced acclaimed solo albums and collaborated with various figures in rock (Gene Simmons), jazz and fusion, including jazz legend Stanley Clarke.In 2006 Kotzen was the opening act for The Rolling Stones in Japan on their Bigger Bang tour.In 2013 the rock supergroup, The Winery Dogs released their self-titled debut album on 15 May in Japan with a worldwide release following on 23 July of the same year.
Album:
Still yet to release his new compilation album, “The Essential Richie Kotzen”, which is due on September 2, the guitar maestro has confirmed that he already setting up a new solo album that should be out on January 2015. Although there’s no official dates have been revealed for the upcoming record, but Richie Kotzen already has a title for his next solo work, which is “Cannibals”, a pretty scary but seemingly have an intriguing meaning behind it. In an interview posted at Bravewords.com, Richie said that the title basically his way of describing human’s condition, basing on the guitarist’s perspective.Kotzen also stated that he really liked his upcoming solo record as there’s many interesting songs that he crafted in that album, confirming that there’s going to be 10 tracks on it, with one of them being a special one he wrote with his daughter, August. Both have actually collaborated quite a lot in recent years, but the upcoming song titled, ‘You’ is being considered as an interesting piece by the former Mr. Big’s axeman.That track was actually a music piece that August roughly wrote during her early teen (13-14 or 15), but was far from done and got discovered again by RK when his browsing for ideas for the new album. Liking what he heard, Kotzen added some vocals and stuff on it. There’s also a music video for the song that music fans will surely keen on checking out and hopefully it won’t be long before eventually being streamed on the guitarist’s official YouTube channel.At the moment, Kotzen’s are still promoting his new compilation record, “The Essential Richie Kotzen“, which also includes a tour as there’s also some new songs being brought into that record. So, before listening to his new solo work, music fans can get their copy of that exciting compilation of the maestro’s best tracks throughout his long musical career.
Line-Up:
Richie Kotzen - vocals , guitars
Tracklist:
01. Cannibals
02. In an Instant
03. The Enemy
04. Shake It Off
05. Come On Free
06. I'm All In
07. Stand Tall
08. Up (You Turn Me)
09. You
10. Time for the Payment
+ Video "You" (Official Video)
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