DEREK SMALLS, BASSIST OF “SPINAL TAP”, DISSATISFIED WITH HIS ROLE AS ‘LUKEWARM WATER’ IN THE LEGENDARY BAND, HAS DECIDED TO VENTURE OUT ON HIS OWN. HE’S RECORDED AN ALBUM’S WORTH OF SINGLES THAT WILL BE TIME-RELEASED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. THE MOST RECENT RELEASE IS “STUD FOREVER”, FEATURING THE ICONIC BLUES HARP VIRTUOSO HOWARD LEVY. THE BAND DEREK HAS ASSEMBLED FOR THIS JOURNEY IS: CJ VANSTON (PRODUCER / KEYBOARDS), TOSS PANOS (DRUMS), KEITH ENGLAND & KIPP LENNON FROM MONTROSE AND VENICE RESPECTIVELY (BACKING VOCALS), AND MARC BONILLA (GUITARS, BANJO, AND MANDOLIN).
STEVE PORCARO, FORMER KEYBOARDIST AND COMPOSER FOR TOTO, HAS RELEASED A NEW SOLO ALBUM TITLED “THE VERY DAY”. THE ALBUM SHOWCASES A DIVERSE ARRAY OF RENOWNED MUSICIANS AND A SELECTION OF FRESH, ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS. ONE STANDOUT TRACK, “WATER FROM THE SKY”, IS AN 8-MINUTE PIECE CO-WRITTEN WITH MARC BONILLA, INSPIRED BY A MUSICAL IDEA THEY FIRST DEVELOPED WHILE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE HIT TV SERIES “JUSTIFIED.” THE TRACK EVOLVED INTO THE CENTERPIECE OF THE ALBUM, WITH MARC BONILLA CONTRIBUTING LEAD GUITAR.
KEYBOARDIST AND COMPOSER EDDIE JOBSON WILL BE RE-FORMING UK FOR A HANDFUL OF SHOWS THIS OCTOBER HEADLINING THE PROGSTOCK EVENT IN NEW JERSEY AND A SHOW IN L.A. AT THE ROXY THEATRE – THE FIRST TIME MARC’S BEEN BACK AT THE ROXY SINCE TOY MATINEE. THE BAND WILL FEATURE EDDIE JOBSON ON KEYBOARDS, MARC BONILLA ON LEAD VOCALS AND BASS, MARCO MINNEMANN ON DRUMS, AND ALEX MACHACEK ON GUITAR. THEY WILL BE PERFORMING ALL THE ICONIC MATERIAL FROM THE FIRST TWO UK ALBUMS.
