Derek Sherinian Starts Work On New Solo CD, New BCC CD
Date: Sunday, January 16 @ 19:05:00 UTC
Topic: Album Release News


In the first of a pair of items regarding keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Black Country Communion, Dream Theater, Yngwie Malmsteen), we learned, via a Blabbermouth.net posting, that he had just spent three days in the studio with drummer Simon Philips (The Who, Toto) writing material for Derek's upcoming seventh solo record, to be released this summer. Sherinian and Phillips first collaborated on Derek's Inertia record in 2001.

Derek's last solo album, Molecular Heinosity, came out in 2009. It featured guest appearances by Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society), Tony Franklin (The Firm, Whitesnake), Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne), Virgil Donati and Rusty Cooley (Outworld).

The self-titled debut album from Black Country Communion sold 7,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 54 on The Billboard 200 chart.

Speakin' of BCC, -- the Anglo/American rock supergroup featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Derek Sherinian and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa --, the group will release its sophomore album in June. A tour in support of the CD will coincide with the album's release.

BCC performed two long-awaited U.K. concerts in December. Fittingly, the first concert took place right in the heart of the Black Country at the legendary Wolverhampton Civic Hall on December 29, followed by a concert at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on December 30.

The self-titled debut album from BCC was made available in Europe on September 20, 2010 via Mascot Records and North America on September 21 through J&R Adventures, and was produced and mixed by Kevin Shirley (Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin), and mastered by the legendary Bob Ludwig. It was recorded at Shangri-La Studios in early 2010.

Black Country Communion initially came to fruition when Shirley saw Hughes and Bonamassa join forces on stage in Los Angeles in November 2009 for an explosive performance at Guitar Center's King of the Blues event. Shirley then recruited Bonham and Sherinian for the project, which is named after the industrial area in the British Midlands where both Hughes and Bonham were born and raised.

[Source: Blabbermouth.net]







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