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GLENN HUGHES / JOHN NORUM / L.A. BLUES AUTHORITY / RICHIE KOTZEN

L.A. BLUES AUTHORITY Vol II – Glenn Hughes Blues (1993) *HQ*

Of the five L.A. BLUES AUTHORITY albums released, Volume II stands out as the most special. Following a September 1992 invitation from Mike Varney and Ken Ciancimino to create a blues album—prompted by fan requests—the voice of rock Glenn Hughes decided to document personal life changes through music.
Recorded in early October with close friends and released as part of the L.A. BLUES AUTHORITY series – Volume II Glenn Hughes Blues is dedicated to fans worldwide and marks the start of new material, signed “It’s good to be back, one day at a time”.
Indeed, some of these songs were written by Hughes years before, others for this LP. The whole thing was recorded & mixed in the first two weeks of October, and fortunately was just the first of many new Glenn Hughes albums to come.
The guys playing? Europe’s John Norum, Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe, Warren DeMartini of Ratt, Richie Kotzen of Poison & Mr. Big, Mark Kendall of Great White fame, Tony Franklin on bass alongside Hughes, capable Mark Jordan on keyboards, and more.
You cant go wrong here… this was Glenn Hughes comeback, and a great one!

GEORGE LYNCH / GLENN HUGHES / L.A. BLUES AUTHORITY / PAUL GILBERT / RICHIE KOTZEN / STEVE LUKATHER

L.A. BLUES AUTHORITY Vol I – L.A. Blues Authority (1992) *HQ*

As requested, here’s the sumptuous debut 1992 album by L.A. BLUES AUTHORITY, the heavy blues-rock project created by producer Mike Varney featuring Rock star musicians like Zakk Wylde, Steve Lukather, Richie Kotzen, Brad Gillis, Glenn Hughes, Joe Lynn Turner, etc, performing classic blues covers.
A gathering of prominent hard rock and metal players backing various lead vocalists on blues standards, “L.A. BLUES AUTHORITY Vol I” delivers some terrific performances.
Zakk Wylde kills playing guitar & vocals on ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’, Night Ranger’s Brad Gillis add a lot of soul to ‘Same Old Blues’ with drums by Fred Coury of Cinderella and bass by Phil Soussan. Then the great Glenn Hughes & Pat Thrall bring some mojo to ‘Messin’ with the Kid’.
Having Richie Kotzen & Steve Lukather on the same song (You Don’t Love Me) is a pleasure, same with George Lynch on a hot version of ‘Rollin’ and Tumblin’. And if you thought this is a blues-only album wait to hear the metallic of Kevin DuBrow on ‘How Blue Can You Get’.
The rest of the musicians are top class including Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Stuart Hamm, Greg Bissonette and many more. Production is really good, organic, and the album as a whole doesn’t feels disjointed, but killerrrrr!