Artist: GARY HOEY
Album: DUST & BONES LTD. EDIT. (DIGI)

Release date: 2016
EAN/UPS: 819873013570
Media type: CD

·        Gary Hoey has recorded 19 albums and had five top-20 Billboard hits, and has been called one of the top 100 guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
·        Hoey’s biggest hit was his version of Focus’ Hocus Pocus in 1993: the cover song rocketed into the Billboard Top 5 and became the most frequently played rock song of that year.
·        In addition to touring as a headline act, Hoey has toured and traded licks with Brian May of Queen, Ted Nugent, Foreigner, Joe Satriani, The Doobie Brothers, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Peter Frampton, Rick Derringer, and Deep Purple.
·        The song ‘Coming Home’ is not the first cooperation between Gary Hoey and Lita Ford: Hoey played on and co-wrote a few songs on Ford's album ‘Living Like A Runaway’ album in 2012, as well as toured with her in support of that album.
·        His popular “Ho Ho Hoey” series of Christmas CDs and on-air station visits during the holiday season have become an annual staple at hundreds of US radio stations and his live annual interpretation, “Ho Ho Hoey’s Rockin’ Holiday Show,” gains new fans each year. Hallmark’s musical greeting cards feature two of Gary’s “Ho Ho Hoey” classics.



“This is where I belong—playing this ferocious blend of blues and rock music,” says guitarist Gary Hoey about his 20th album, Dust & Bones. “I did my last album, Deja Blues, to prove to myself that I could play authentic blues, and now that I feel more at home there, I felt it was time to mix my favorite guitar styles into something seamless, organic, and powerful.”

Released through Mascot Label Group/Provogue on July 29, Dust & Bones showcases Gary Hoey’s Fender Stratocaster-driven fury alongside open-D-tuned resonator guitars plugged into half-stacks. The massive sonic attack was essential for paying sincere and appropriate homage to some of Hoey’s influences, such as Johnny Winter (“Steamroller”), Robin Trower (“This Time Tomorrow”), and Brian Setzer (“Who’s Your Daddy”), as well as a thrill-a-minute mash up of Robert Johnson meets Led Zeppelin (“Boxcar Blues”). There’s also a classic power ballad (“Coming Home”) where Lita Ford sings a duet with Hoey.

“This is the biggest-sounding album I’ve done in years,” says Hoey. “From the guitars to the vocals to the rhythm section—everything was designed to produce a huge impact. I’m just so proud of this record.”

For the Dust & Bones tracks, Hoey went with a power-trio configuration, rocking hard with drummer Matt Scurfield and bassist AJ Pappas. The other selections on the 11-song CD are the first single, “Dust & Bones,” as well as “Born to Love You,” “Ghost of Yesterday,” “Back Against the Wall,” “Blind Faith,” and “Soul Surfer.”


TRACKLIST CD:

01    Boxcar Blues
02    Who's Your Daddy
03    Born To Love You
04    Dust & Bones
05    Steamroller (tribute to Johnny Winter)
06    Coming Home (featuring Lita Ford)
07    Ghost Of Yesterday
08    This Time Tomorrow
09    Back Up Against The Wall
10    Blind Faith   
11    Soul Surfer