Saturday, April 2, 2022

PAT TRAVERS MONSTER GUITARIST RELEASES TWO INCREDIBLE SINGLES WITH NEW ALBUM COMING LATER THIS YEAR! EXCLUSIVE ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS WITH RAY SHASHO

 


 

P A T 

T R A V E R S

'MONSTER GUITARIST'

RELEASES (2) NEW SINGLES

NEW ALBUM DUE OUT LATER THIS YEAR!

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 

WITH RAY SHASHO

CLICK BELOW 

TO LISTEN IN ITS ENTIRETY


PAT TRAVERS is one of the most indominable guitar slingers of his generation. An unstoppable force of bold tone, electrifying musicianship, and dynamic performance. No wonder he’s been able to persevere through numerous decades of musical fads and trends, staying true to his artform and calling.

And now Pat Travers and his band steps forward once again with a blazing new single, “Push Yourself.” Built around Travers’ trademark Fender Strat, “Push Yourself” crackles with intensity and bravado. The guitar playing is matched in grittiness and power by Travers’ own vocals, which ring out like a wakeup call to anyone thinking that this veteran blues rocker will be resting on his laurels.

As Travers himself puts it, “‘Push Yourself’ is a mantra I use when I need to get my ass in gear and get stuff done. Pretty simple.” 

Also check out the killer video cut together for “Push Yourself,” which was assembled using recent live footage of Travers tearing up the stage intercut with scenes from the recent Lynyrd Skynyrd dramatization Street Survivors: The True Story Of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash.

In addition to the single being available on all digital platforms, it will also be pressed on limited edition RED 7” vinyl backed with another new cut “Full Spectrum” both of which are set to appear on Travers’ new studio album coming later this year!

PAT TRAVERS BAND has scheduled several concerts this spring and summer, including select dates with CACTUS.

GET THE BRAND NEW

 SINGLES


“PUSH YOURSELF”

And

“FULL SPECTRUM”




OR THE VINYL


AVAILABLE NOW


AT

Amazon.com





also

Purchase


S w i n g !


BY 

PAT TRAVERS

Legendary guitarist Pat Travers gets swinging on a set of big band classics from '40s & '50s on this unique project! Features full band rock arrangements of Louis Prima's "Sing Sing," Duke Elington's "Take The 'A' Train," Glenn Miller's "In The Mood" and many more! Available on both digipak CD and vinyl in your choice of BLUE or RED!

At amazon.com

For more information

about

PAT TRAVERS

VISIT

www.pattravers.com

official website

www.facebook.com/pattraversband

facebook

https://twitter.com/PATTRAVERSBAND

twitter


  PAT TRAVERS

 CONCERT DATES 

2022

March 12 - Kent Stage, Kent, OH (with CACTUS)

March 13 - Sellersville Theatre, Sellersville, PA (with CACTUS)

March 26 - Uptown Art Expo Fest Altamonte Springs, FL (PAT TRAVERS BAND only)

April 22 - Tampa Bay Seafood & Music Festival - Tampa, FL (PAT TRAVERS BAND only)

April 29 - Backseat Bar & Grill- Winchester, VA (PAT TRAVERS BAND only)

May 20 - Ramona Mainstage- Ramona, CA (PAT TRAVERS BAND only)

June 11 - Ludlow Garage, Cincinnati, OH (with CACTUS)

June 12 - Token Lounge, Westland, MI (with CACTUS)

June 16 – Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago, IL (with CACTUS)

June 17 - Wildey Theater- Edwardsville, IL (with CACTUS)

June 18 - The Arcada Theatre, St. Charles, IL (with CACTUS)


PAT TRAVERS

DISCOGRAPHY

1976 Pat Travers

1977 Makin' Magic

1977 Putting It Straight

1978 Heat in the Street

1978 The Pat Travers You Missed Mini-Album (EP)

1979 Live! Go for What You Know (live at Opry House 1979)

1980 Crash and Burn

1981 Radio Active

1982 Black Pearl

1984 Hot Shot

1990 School of Hard Knocks

1991 Boom Boom (live 1990)

1992 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (live 1977 and 1980) (re-released in 2000)

1992 Blues Tracks

1993 Just a Touch

1994 Blues Magnet

1995 Halfway to Somewhere

1996 Lookin' Up

1997 King Biscuit Flower Hour (live 1984)

1998 Blues Tracks 2

2000 Don't Feed the Alligators

2000 Boom Boom – Live at the Diamond Club 1990 (CD & DVD)

2003 Etched in Stone (2-CD live 2002)

2003 P.T. Power Trio (also called Power Trio)

2003 From the Front... Live! (DVD-audio live 1984)

2005 PT=MC2

2006 P.T. Power Trio 2

2007 Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights) (live)

2008 Stick with What You Know – Live in Europe (live 2007)

2009 Travelin' Blues

2010 Fidelis

2012 Blues on Fire

2013 Live at the Bamboo Room (live CD & DVD)

2013 Can Do

2014 Snortin' Whiskey at the Warfield (Official Bootleg)

2015 Live at the Iridium NYC

2015 Retro Rocket

2017 Live at Rockpalast (1976)

2019 Swing!






PAT TRAVERS APPEARS

WEEK OF APRIL 2nd 2022

on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

with RAY SHASHO:

ROCK STARS & CELEBS

NOW STREAMING ON

The Classic Rock Music Reporter   

 Classic Rock Here and Now

Music Tried and True  

www.rockmusic.show  

 TuneIn   YouTube   Facebook   Apple 

  amazon music   iHeartRadio  Podcastics   Podchaser   Spotify  

 PANDORA   Deezer   Google Podcasts 


RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK

ENTITLED

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE

CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS

 THAT SET US FREE!

BY RAY SHASHO


 …Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover  or 

E-book  at bookbaby.com and amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

 

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS


The Rock Star Chroniclesby Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/   Gold Award Winner



MORE BOOKS BY RAY SHASHO


Friday, March 25, 2022

NEAL MORSE PROG ROCK GIANT(TRANSATLANTIC/NEAL MORSE BAND) NEW RELEASE W/ D’VIRGILLIO, MORSE & JENNINGS:EXCLUSIVE ZOOM TV INTERVIEW!

 


PROG ROCK GIANT

N E A L 

M O R S E 

NEW MUSIC AND TOURS

ZOOM TV EXCLUSIVE 

With RAY SHASHO

 ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS:

ROCK STARS & CELEBS

CLICK BELOW TO WATCH IN ITS ENTIRETY


Neal Morse formed and played in many bands in his youth, learning and mastering several instruments along the way. In 1995, he wrote and recorded with his band Spock’s Beard The Light, an album based firmly in the then unfashionable progressive (‘prog’) rock genre. This album quickly became a modern prog classic and began to bring Neal and the band global recognition.


In 2000, he also joined forces with Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Peter Trewavas (Marillion) and RoineStolt (The Flower Kings) to form Transatlantic, a ‘prog rock supergroup’ that won further acclaim - and yet more fans - across the world. A second supergroup with Portnoy followed - Flying Colors – which also features Steve Morse (Deep Purple), Casey McPherson (Endochine), and Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs), with whom he earned his first #1 international chart position. Forging out on his own in 2003, Neal has made a series of ground-breaking albums, including the widely acclaimed Testimony and Sola Scriptura.

In 2015 he formed The Neal Morse Band, featuring long-time collaborators Mike Portnoy (drums) and Randy George (bass), as well as Bill Hubauer (keyboards) and Eric Gillette (guitar). The band’s first album - The Grand Experiment–showed both a freshness and maturity that was further developed in 2016’s The Similitude Of A Dream. Neal Morse’s latest releases are Innocence and Danger by The Neal Morse BandThe Absolute Universe by Transatlantic and most recent release Troika by D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings.

PURCHASE 

THE LATEST RELEASE

BY

THE NEAL MORSE BAND

entitled

INNOCENSE & DANGER



THE LATEST RELEASE

BY

TRANSATLANTIC


 THE ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE

FOREVERMORE


AND

THE BRAND-NEW RELEASE

TROIKA

by

D'VIRGILIO

MORSE

 JENNINGS


All releases available NOW

at amazon.com

And

www.nealmorse.com


FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

NEAL MORSE

And RADIANT RECORDS

VISIT

www.nealmorse.com

official website

www.facebook.com/nealmorse

facebook

https://twitter.com/nealmorse

twitter

www.instagram.com/neal_morse_official/

 instagram


FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

TRANSATLANTIC

VISIT

www.transatlanticweb.com

Transatlantic official website

https://www.facebook.com/TransatlanticMusic/

Transatlantic on facebook

https://twitter.com/transatlantic99

Transatlantic on twitter

www.instagram.com/transatlanticofficial

Transatlantic on instagram


TRANSATLANTIC

THE ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE

TOUR 2022

North America dates:

April 15th - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theater

April 16th - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theater

April 18th - Quebec City, Quebec - Palais Montcalm

April 19th - Montreal, Quebec - M Telus

April 21st - St Charles, IL - Arcada Theater

April 23rd - Los Angeles, CA - Belasco Theater

April 24th - Berkeley, CA - UC Theatre

April 29th & 30th - Cross Plains, TN - MorseFest 2022

May 2nd to 7th - Cruise To The Edge 2022

 

UK/Europe dates:

July 22nd - Sibiu, Romania - ARTmania Festival

July 24th - Cologne, Germany - E Werk

July 25th - Tilburg, Netherlands – 013

July 27th - London, England - O 2 Forum Kentish Town

July 28th - Paris, France – Olympia


NEAL MORSE BAND TOUR 2022

Just finished American tour …

AN EVENING OF INNOCENSE 

AND DANGER

Europe 2022

May 28 - Madrid, Spain - Teatro Kapital

May 29 - Barcelona, Spain – Apolo

May 30 - Milan, Italy - Live Club

May 31 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7

June 2 - Tilburg, Netherlands – 013

June 3 - London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire

June 4 - Paris, France – Trianon

June 5 - Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg - Rockhal

June 7 - Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall

June 8 - Ulm, Germany - Ulmer Zelt

June 9 - Brno, Czech Republic – Sono

June 10 - Krakow, Poland - Studio Club

June 11 - Warsaw, Poland – Progresja

June 13 - Hamburg, Germany – Markthalle

June 15 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio

June 16 - Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik

June 17 - Oslo, Norway – Cosmopolite

June 18 - Stockholm, Sweden - Lilla Cirkus


DISCOGRAPHY

NEAL MORSE

Studio albums

With Spock's Beard

The Light (1995)

Beware of Darkness (1996)

The Kindness of Strangers (1998)

Day for Night (1999)

V (2000)

Snow (2002)

Singer-songwriter

albums

Neal Morse (1999)

It's Not Too Late (2002)

Songs from the Highway (2007)

Songs from November (2014)

Life & Times (2018)

Prog albums

Testimony (2003)

One (2004)

? (2005)

Sola Scriptura (2007)

Lifeline (2008)

Testimony 2 (2011)

Momentum (2012)

Jesus Christ the Exorcist (2019)

Sola Gratia (2020)

Worship albums

Lead Me Lord (Worship Sessions Volume 1) (2005)

God Won't Give Up (2005)

Send the Fire (Worship Sessions Volume 2) (2006)

Secret Place (Worship Sessions Volume 3) (2008)

The River (Worship Sessions Volume 4) (2009)

Mighty to Save (Worship Sessions Volume 5) (2010)

Get in the Boat (2013)

To God Be the Glory (2016)

Last Minute Christmas Album (2020)

With Transatlantic

SMPT:e (2000)

Bridge Across Forever (2001)

The Whirlwind (2009)

Kaleidoscope (2014)

The Absolute Universe (2021)

With Flying Colors

Flying Colors (2012)

Second Nature (2014)

Third Degree (2019)

With The Neal Morse Band

The Grand Experiment (2015)

The Similitude of a Dream (2016)

The Great Adventure (2019)

Innocence & Danger (2021)

With D'Virgilio, Morse & Jennings

Troika (2022)

Live albums

? Live (2007)

So Many Roads: Live in Europe (2009)

Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles (2011)

Live Momentum (2013)

Morsefest 2014 (2015)

Morsefest 2015 (2017)

Live at the Downey Theater 2008 (2019)

Winter Worship Tour 2012 (2019)

Cal Prog 2004 (2019)

Testimony Live 2003 (2019)

3 Rivers Prog Festival 2008 (2019)

Jesus Christ: The Exorcist - Live at Morsefest 2018 (2020)

Life & Times in Milan - June 8th, 2016 (2021)

With The Neal Morse Band

Alive Again (2016)

The Similitude of a Dream: Live in Tilburg 2017 (2018)

Morsefest 2017: Testimony of a Dream (2018)

The Great AdvenTour: Live in Brno 2019 (2020)

Morsefest 2020: Cover to Cover Night (2020)

Morsefest 2020: Sola Gratia Premiere (2020)

Morsefest 2019 (2021)

With Spock's Beard

Official Live Bootleg/The Beard is Out There (1996)

Live at the Whisky and NEARfest (1999)

Nick n' Neal Live in Europe: Two Separate Gorillas (2000)

Don't Try This at Home (2000)

Don't Try This @ Home Either (2000)

There & Here (2001)

Europe '98 (2010)

Snow Live (2017)

Offenbach 1-Nov-98 (2019)

Live at the Astoria - Jun 16, 2001 (2021)

With Transatlantic

Live in America (2001)

Live in Europe (2003)

Whirld Tour 2010: Live in London (2010)

More Never is Enough: Live @ Manchester & Tilburg 2010 (2011)

KaLIVEoscope (2014)

With Yellow Matter Custard

One Night in New York City (2003)

One More Night in New York City (2011)

With Flying Colors

Live in Europe (2013)

Second Flight: Live at the Z7 (2015)

Third Stage: Live in London (2020)

Morsefest 2019 (2021)

 






NEAL MORSE APPEARS

on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

with RAY SHASHO:

ROCK STARS & CELEBS

NOW STREAMING ON

The Classic Rock Music Reporter   

 Classic Rock Here and Now

Music Tried and True  

www.rockmusic.show  

 TuneIn   YouTube   Facebook   Apple 

  amazon music   iHeartRadio  Podcastics   Podchaser   Spotify  

 PANDORA   Deezer   Google Podcasts 


RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK

ENTITLED

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE

CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE

BY RAY SHASHO


 …Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover  or E-book  at bookbaby.com and amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

 

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS


The Rock Star Chroniclesby Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/   Gold Award Winner



MORE BOOKS BY RAY SHASHO