JACK FROST (feat Ted Poley, Terry Ilous, Paul Shortino) – Out In The Cold [2020 reissue]

While you may remember the character ‘Jack Frost’ from a number of fairytales, this JACK FROST is a respected axeman of bands such as Savatage, Metalium, and Seven Witches.
For this solo, just reissued album “Out In The Cold”, Frost recruited a wide ranging guest list including star vocalists like Ted Poley, Terry Ilous, Paul Shortino, Jeff Martin (Michael Schenker Group, Racer X) and more.
It’s a mix of original material and covers (songs by Foreigner, April Wine, .38 Special and The Babys) with the contributing vocalists adding their own lyrics to Frost’s music, which makes for a varied and interesting approach.

There’s also more known players here; on bass Mike Duda (W.A.S.P.), Mike LePond, Rev Jones (Steelheart), Joey Vera (Lizzy Borden), drummer Patrick Johansson (Takara, Malmasteen), Chuck White (Dee Snider), Eric Ragno (Khymera, Tony Mills, KISS) and many more.

Jack goes for a classic, melodic hard rock / melodic metal vibe with “Wasting Your Luv” featuring Ted Poley, and the crunchy “Covered In Blood” with Jeff Martin being highlights.
Terry Ilous shine on the kick ass title track, and there’s also a fine southern vibe to Frost’s touching ode to his baby son on “Peter And Me”, with Dale Toth on vocals.

The covers are Eighties melodic classics by Foreigner (‘Cold As Ice’), .38 Special (‘Hold On Loosely’), April Wine (‘Sign of the Gypsy Queen’), and The Babys (‘Head First’), the last two awesomely performed by Ted Poley.
Jack also steps up to the mic to sung the .38 Special classic. And of course, there’s the expected reflective acoustic ballad in ‘Passage to the Classical Side’.
Great rocking stuff with terrific musicians / performances.
Highly Recommended

01 – Wasting Your Luv (Vocals – Ted Poley)
02 – Hell Or High Water (Vocals – Alan Tecchio)
03 – Crucifixation (Vocals – Neil Turbin)
04 – Out In The Cold (Vocals – Terry Ilous)
05 – Sign Of The Gipsy Queen (Vocals – Ted Poley)
06 – Peter And Me (Vocals – Dale Toth)
07 – Cold As Ice (Vocals – Jeff Martin & Paul Shortino)
08 – Covered In Blood (Vocals – Jeff Martin)
09 – Hold On Loosely (Vocals – Jack Frost)
10 – Passage To The Classical Side (Vocals – Dale Toth)
11 – Head First (Vocals – Ted Poley)

Jack Frost – guitar, vocals
Ted Poley – vocals
Terry Ilous – vocals
Neil Turbin – vocals
Jeff Martin – vocals
Paul Shortino – vocals
Dale Toth – vocals
Alan Tecchio – vocals
Dennis Hayes – bass
Mike Duda – bass
Kevin Bolembach – bass
Mike Lepond – bass
Rev Jones bass
Joey Vera bass
Patrick Johansson – drums
Jeff Curneton – drums
Chuck White – drums
Eric Ragno – keyboards

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