Los Angeles, California - We’re just days away now from the ultimate last minute holidays present for all the metal fans in your life - and the yacht rock lovers as well… because you never know. They might wanna hear it, too.
Yes, Yacht Metal is due to dock on December 19, and if you’ve missed the buzz that’s already about, then this is your chance to leap on board, as Graham Bonnet (Rainbow) and Bumblefoot pair up to give Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers' 1980 smash “Just The Two Of Us” the kind of work-out that neither you nor they probably ever expected to hear.
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal was certainly excited at the prospect. “When Cleopatra Records calls, I know it's gonna be something fun,” he says. “And, sure enough, Yacht Metal! Had the pleasure of guesting alongside the mighty Graham Bonnet with music/produced by Derek Hughes - I hope you all enjoy! :)”
SINGLE: https://orcd.co/grahambonnetbumblefoot_justthetwoofus
Yes, you will. Because how can you not? Yacht Metal, after all, brings together two of the most… can we say “beloved”? Yeah, why not. Two of the most beloved genres in modern music, and while it would have been easy to flip the concept and serve up metal by the yachting community (don’t laugh… it might happen!), right now it’s the metal mob storming the marina, with solos on stun, riffs on roofies, and vocals that can shatter a fiber-glass hull from a hundred paces.
Thor sings Jay Ferguson. The BulletBoys batter “Taking It To The Streets.|” Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow) sails through “Ride Captain Ride.” And yes, talking of Captains, Lorraine Lewis (Femme Fatale) and George Lynch positively shred “Love Will Keep Us Together.” Girlschool’s Kim McAuliffe and Leader of Down savage Nicolette Larson’s version of Neil Young’s defenseless “Lotta Love,” while former Judas Priest frontman Tim “Ripper” Owens and UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore claim they want to “Kiss You All Over.” And maybe they do. You’ll have to listen to find out for sure.
And you only have ten days (and counting) to wait before the dreadnought pulls into port. At which point, even the most painstakingly-curated festive playlist will be cast aside to make way for a brain-busting blast of Yacht Metal.
Sail on, sailors!
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DIGITAL: https://orcd.co/yachtmetal
Track listing
1. Lotta Love - Kim McAuliffe, Leader Of Down
2. Magnet and Steel - Cherie Currie, Mick Box
3. Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - Ronnie Romero, Britt Lightning
4. Ride Captain Ride - Joe Lynn Turner, Marcus Nand
5. Just the Two of Us - Graham Bonnet, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
6. Takin' It To The Streets - Bullet Boys, Bob Daisley, Mick Box
7. Love Will Keep Us Together - George Lynch, Femme Fatale
8. You Can Do Magic - Phil Soussan, Mick Box, Marc Lopes
9. Kiss You All Over - Tim "Ripper" Owens, Vinnie Moore
10. Sailing - Babylon A.D.
11. Moonlight Feels Right - Chris Poland, Tantric
12. Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Ross The Boss, Doogie White
13. Thunder Island - Thor, Steve Morse
