Second verse, same as the first
Black Country Communion offers more classic rock stylings on ’2′
There was a lot of talk about this classic rock supergroup when they debuted just last year with a highly-polished, Zepplinesque, guitar-fueled album, simply titled Black Country Communion. Former Trapeze/Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes, ex-Dream Theater keys player Derek Sherinian, blues phenom Joe Bonamassa and drummer Jason Bonham (Foreigner, ex-Bonham) churned out dozen slamming tunes produced by Kevin Shirley – a well-known, big rock knob-turner and the main reason that BCC even exists. It was Shirley that put Hughes and Bonamassa, who had sort of tentatively agreed to work together on a project, on the path of classic rock saviors. Initially, Hughes thought the pair might work on a more rootsy, Americana project, but Shirley saw the potential for a bombastic, guitar rock union… and after rounding up the other players, the band was set.
After the debut, the band made a pact to get together again – sooner rather than later – to pump out a follow-up. With two full length efforts under its wing, the group would take the material on tour. A recording session of 10 days last fall, double what the first effort took, resulted in BCC 2… another highly-polished, classic rock-charged effort that stays true to Shirley and the band’s original formula.
The second BCC album begins with ‘The Outsider’, a classic kick-starter, complete with machine-gun guitar riffage and pounding rhythms. It’s followed by ‘Man In The Middle’, Hughes ode to growing up in, and surviving, the business side of music.
The album gets its first of only two Bonamassa tunes next with ‘The Battle of Hadrian’s Wall’ – with its very Iron Maiden-sounding title… it refers to a very real landmark in Northern England. The song is fueled by a descending acoustic riff and Bonamassa’s lyrical mash-up of stories of the wall’s defense… and could have easily appeared on any of Joe’s previous three solo records.
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