Thursday, September 3, 2015

Richie Kotzen

Artist:   Richie Kotzen
Born:  February 3, 1970.  Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues, Instrumental Rock, Jazz Fusion
Occupations:  Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Bass, Drums

Richie Kotzen is an American Guitar Hero discovered by Shrapnel Records' Mike Varney, and he recorded his first solo album by the age of 19.  In 1991, he joined the rock band Poison at age 21, and he replaced Paul Gilbert of the rock band Mr. Big in 1999.  His main influence were Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Van Halen, Jason Becker and Allan Holdsworth.













Title:  Cannibals  (2015)
Genre:  Rock, Blues, Blues Rock, Soul, Funk, R&B
Label:  Headroom Inc.
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

 1.  Cannibals  (3:28)
 2.  In An Instant  (3:57)
 3.  The Enemy  (3:53)
 4.  Shake It Off  (4:24)
 5.  Come On Free  (4:36)
 6.  I'm All In  (4:24)
 7.  Stand Tall  (3:58)
 8.  Up (You Turn Me)  (3:27)
 9.  You  (4:44)
10. Time For The Payment  (3:59)

Personnel:

Richie Kotzen:  Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Electric Piano, Pedals
Mike Bennet:  Percussion on Track 4
Billy Sheehan:  Vocals on Tracks  7
Elisabetta Sheehan:  Additional Vocals on Track 7
Julia Lage:  Additional Vocals on Track 7
The Gambiarra Choir (Julia Lage, Lineu Andrage, Renata Caldas, Bill Waters, Felipe Raposo):  Additional Vocals on Track 5
Dug Pinnick:  Co-Lead Vocals and Additional Vocals on Track 6

Cannibals is the new albu by Richie Kotzen, was released on January 8, 2015 by Headroom Inc.  This album is totally changed his music to mix of Rock, Blues, Soul, Funk, R&B, and Pop.


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