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February, 2010
MAJOR NEWS - I have confirmation that as of March, 2010, the long awaited second album from JET RED entitled "FLIGHT PLAN" will finally be released. Yes, the wait is over. The package is available through Sun City Records, our pals down under. If you go to their order page and scroll down, you will find it. While their website is in need of some work with links and such, I received an e-mail from the owner stating that the CD will ship in March.
I am assuming that it is the original package with the bonus DVD. For those who forgot, it is as follows:
Jet Red CD/DVD Package
A little known fact about Jet Red is that in the mid/late 80's when the boys were starting out, their original axe man was the GREAT Marty Friedman who went on to record with many great bands, but most notably became apart of the legendary Megadeth. Jet Red recorded a bunch of tunes back in the day with Marty before Dave Mustane poached him and they will be featured on Flight Plan as bonus tracks.
Flight Plan will include the full 11 tracks that were to be the second album plus 3 bonus tracks that Marty did with the band right at the start PLUS this package will include a bonus DVD of a killer live show that the boys did in San Jose in the early 90's. All that for the same price of US$18.00!!
So there you have it! Tell Sun City that you were sent there by the OFFICIAL JET RED SITE!
I plan on speaking to the band for some other goodies to offer including a CD of further unreleased tracks recorded live in various settings including some unplugged, acoustic stuff that is awesome. Stay tuned......more great stuff to come soon.......
Rock on my friends!
December, 2009
I have some news that is a bummer. Apparently the long awaited second Jet Red album "Flight Plan" has been put on hold. It appears that the economy is hitting everyone and the record business is no different. Sun City Records has been out of communication so I am not sure what the f@$k is going on but a 2009 release is NOT going to happen.
Bummed?!?!?! YOU BET!!!
I have proposed some alternative means to get the album released and will be trying to speak with the band and see what direction we can take.http://www.suncityrecords.com/main.php?page=Pages/CD%20Orders/CD%20Orders.php
Meanwhile, Brad Lang contacted me and pointed out a new project he is doing. It is called Planet Zero. You can check out a sample by going to this page. You can't keep a good bass player down! Rock on Brad!!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL ROCKERS OUT THERE!
Here's hoping for better news in 2010...............
The artwork for the CD is now ready which means the new JET RED CD "Flight Plan" is almost ready for take off!!!
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This just in from the Willie Hines Band (WHB) camp:
Willie decided many years ago that his solo work and the formation of The Willie Hines Band was going to be more about the future and his current feelings about what kind of music to do. He really didn't want to sterotype himself and his music as a throwback to the 80's. After the release of "Yeahright," Willie established that his musical tastes had changed and that he could and would write more eclectic songs.
Our audience has also embraced that eclectiveness. "Halfway Around the World" a Celtic dance tune has establshied itself as a song that our fans expect us to play and they know the night is not over until we do. In recent shows, performing songs from the upcoming album "Whatever", "Hippie Chick" has established itself as a crowd favorite with a dominate 12 string acoustic guitar, Bo Diddley beat and a real southern rocker. But Willie and the band have now embraced the past. Songs from Willies band's of the past are now going to be part of standard WHB set.
Thus expect to hear songs from "The Lights" as well as "Jet Red" at all our upcoming shows. We just performed a small set at Stockton Art Society's "Art Walk" and debuted "Not The Only One" to great acceptance. The coming show in Modesto will feature WHB doing "Wait For Me" which was a regional #1 hit from 1980 (with the original keyboard player from "The Lights" making a guest appearance).
I suspect that songs from the upcoming new Jet Red release ("Flight Plan") will also make appearances in the future.
In effect, "I Surrender" and embrace the past.
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