Thursday, September 18, 2014

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:  The Essential   (2014)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues, Instrumental Rock, Jazz Fusion
Label:  Loud & Proud Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:  CD

 1.  War Paint  (4:27)
 2.  Walk With Me  (3:00)
 3.  Love Is Blind  (5:37)
 4.  Go Faster  (2:55)
 5.  Fooled Again  (8:00)
 6.  Omg (What's Your Name?)  (4:21)
 7.  Help Me (Ns Version)  (4:34)
 8.  Bad Situation  (3:50)
 9.  Lie To Me  (4:08)
10. Fear  (4:46)
11. You Can't Save Me  4:18)
12. Doing What The Devil Says To Do  (5:17)
13. Remember (Reprise)  (5:25)

Disc 2:  CD

 1.  What Is  (4:06)
 2.  High  (4:35)
 3.  Change  (3:22)
 4.  Special  (3:54)
 5.  Paint It On (Acoustic Version)  (4:23)
 6.  Holding On (Acoustic Version)  (3:50)
 7.  Until You Suffer Some (Fire And Ice) (Acoustic Version)                 (3:39)
 8.  The Road (Acoustic Version)  (3:54)
 9.  Regret (Original Demo Version)  (3:53)
10. Damaged (Original Demo Version)  (2:23)

Disc 3:  DVD

 1.  Walk With Me 
 2.  Paying Dues
 3.  24 Hours
 4.  Larger Than Life
 5.  Losing My Mind
 6.  Help me
 7.  Chase It
 8.  Player
 9.  The Shadow
10. My Angel
11. I Would

The Essential is the collection 3 Disc Set by Richie Kotzen, was released on September 2, 2014 by Loud & Proud Records, include 2 CDs, 3 new songs, classic songs and acoustic versions and 1 DVD includes music videos, in-studio, footage, bootle video.


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