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Earl Slick - Zig Zag

"A musician of great feeling and a true legendary guitar-star, Slick's
playing is earthy, timeless and never less than stellar." - David
Bowie


EARL SLICK
TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF NEW MATERIAL IN 12 YEARS ON SANCTUARY
RECORDS;

ACCOMPLISHED GUITARIST'S SOLO CD 'ZIG ZAG'
FEATURING VOCALS BY DAVID BOWIE, ROBERT SMITH,
ROYSTON LANGDON, JOE ELLIOTT AND MARTHA DAVIS;

ALBUM'S FIRST SINGLE - 'BELIEVE,' A COLLABORATION WITH ROBERT SMITH -
REACHES RADIO IN JANUARY

U.S. TOUR WITH BOWIE KICKS OFF DECEMBER 6


Acclaimed guitarist EARL SLICK will release his new solo album ZIG
ZAG (Sanctuary Records) December 9. His first album of new material
in 12 years features collaborations with vocalists David Bowie, the
Cure's Robert Smith, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, Spacehog's Royston
Langdon and Martha Davis, each of whom wrote their own melody and
lyrics. The album's first single-"Believe", a collaboration with
Smith-reaches radio in January. SLICK is currently touring the globe
with Bowie's band on "A Reality Tour," which touches down in the U.S.
December 6.

The ZIG ZAG album marks SLICK's return as a solo performer, after
having taken a few years off before returning to play with Bowie on
his 2002 Heathen tour. The collaboration with Bowie on the
track "Isn't It Evening (The Revolutionary)" features mesmerizingly
subtle guitar shadings which SLICK described as "weird," saying, "For
once, I'm on the other side of the glass and he's playing on a track
for me. He nailed his vocals in one or two takes and it came out
great-that's the beauty of working with David." Meanwhile, Bowie
describes SLICK's technique as "earthly, timeless and never less than
stellar."

ZIG ZAG was produced by Mark Plati (Bowie, Duncan Sheik, Natalie
Imbruglia) and includes four instrumentals. "After years of constant
work, I took a much-needed break and spent some time hiding out in
the High Sierras. But then I did some dates with David and felt
inspired and started to write again, which I hadn't done in a long
time." Word got out, and SLICK co-wrote songs with the album's
guests.

The variety of voices woven throughout ZIG ZAG lends depth and
resonance to SLICK's searing guitar work, be it Royston Langdon
floating an airy melody over the meaty rhythm of title track or
Martha Davis painting a trippy picture of New York City's east
village on the spiraling "St. Mark's Place." Main Cure man Robert
Smith adds a cool melodic breeze to lead single "Believe," while Joe
Elliott amplifies the dark and dangerous "Psycho Twang." "Each
vocalist wrote his or her own melodies and lyrics," says Slick. "Some
of them got really rough demos from me and still managed to come up
with amazing ideas. They really helped make this a unique record."

Introduced to Bowie by composer Michel Kamen, the then 22-year-old
SLICK was invited to join Bowie's group and played guitar on three of
his groundbreaking mid-'70s albums (David Live, Young Americans and
Station To Station). That collaboration led to a solo career and
collaborations with artists including John Lennon (SLICK played
guitar on 1980's Double Fantasy album), Ian Hunter, David Coverdale
and the band Phantom, Rocker and Slick (with ex-Stray Cats Jim
Phantom and Lee Rocker). SLICK's solo albums include several studio
and live recordings. In a review of his 1976 solo debut, Rolling
Stone magazine described his technique as "relentlessly emotional."

Track listing
1. Dancing with Eleanor
2. Believe (Vocals: Robert Smith of The Cure)
3. Isn't It Evening (Vocals: David Bowie)
4. 1735
5. Zig Zag (Vocals: Royston Langdon of Spacehog)
6. Pike St.
7. Crunched
8. St. Mark's Place (Vocals: Martha Davis of The Motels)
9. Psycho Twang (Vocals: Joe Elliot of Def Leppard)
10. The Cat


--- In davidbowie2@yahoogroups.com, "bandfan_03" <bandfan_03@y...>
wrote:
> The Earl Slick's Band new disc Zig Zag features songs with David
> Bowie, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, and The Cure's Robert Smith.
>
> I bet you can't wait to check it out!
>
> Well, wait no longer! The album is not set to be released until
Dec.
> 9 but if you go to VH1.com right now you can hear all ten tracks
> before you can even buy the album in stores.
>
> Click here now to listen to Zig Zag now:
>
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