JK NORTHRUP & DAVID CAGLE – That’s Gonna Leave A Mark (2018)

“That’s Gonna Leave A Mark” is the debut from the collaboration project JK NORTHRUP & DAVID CAGLE between guitarist JK Northrup (King Kobra) and vocalist David Cagle (Liberty N ‘Justice) featuring some well known names from the Melodic Rock field such as Eric Ragno (First Signal, Dante Fox), Larry Hart (Montrose, King Kobra), Steve Brown (Montrose), Gunnar Nelson, Kelly Keeling, and more.

An interesting match-up here as guitarist JK Northrup is well known to hard rock fans for his work with King Kobra, Paul Shortino et al, however vocalist David Cagle will be a new name for some people, having recorded vocals for Liberty N ‘Justice. And boy does he have a rocking good voice.
Joining these two are Larry Hart (bass), Steve Brown (drums and younger brother of Dokken drummer Mick) and Eric Ragno (keyboards).
The album was started back in 2014 but for various reasons hasn’t been completed and released until now.

Plenty of great rock to be had on here, from the opener ‘The Night Is Mine’ with its distinct classic hard rock feel and for those after a decent ballad look no further than ‘I Found You’.
Album closer ‘Chasing Ghosts’ is another top notch ballad, with sweet keyboard work from Ragno – he adds a modern feel with his keys on ‘Gone’ as well.

On the title track Steve Brown shows his skills with some great beats, whilst ‘For Sure Thing’ is an instant melodic rock hit on the ears, with Cagle’s vocals recalling Foreigner’s Lou Gramm.
Bit of a curveball on ‘Siren’ which has a funky groove, although the chorus again brings Foreigner to mind. On this one Larry Hart impresses with syncopated bass runs.

JK Northrup keeps the old riffs coming throughout the rockier moments and plays a couple of sublime solos. The good thing is he never overdoes any solo and keeps it short ‘n’ sweet for good effect.
An entertaining melodic rock debut and hopefully we will hear a lot more from David Cagle.
Strongly Recommended

01 – The Night Is Mine
02 – Gone
03 – The Moment
04 – Can’t
05 – Sting of Her Kiss
06 – Another Goodbye
07 – Honeymoon Is Over
08 – That’s Gonna Leave a Mark
09 – For Sure Thing
10 – Siren
11 – Forever Starts Tonight
12 – Chasing Ghosts

JK Northrup (guitars, backing vocals)
David Cagle (vocals)
Larry Hart (bass)
Steve Brown (drums)
Eric Ragno (keyboards)
guests:
Gunnar Nelson – backing vocal on Forever Starts Tonight
Richard Kendrick – backing vocal on Can’t
Kelly Keeling – backing vocal on For Sure Thing
DanZoid – drums on That’s Gonna Leave A Mark

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