Duff McKagan w/ Shooter Jennings (video & tour dates + album info)

[jarmo]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuEfKAOnQ_C/


May 30th - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre Of The Living Arts
May 31st - Washington, DC @ City Winery

On sale February 22nd.


Duff Mckagan - Tenderness [Official Lyric Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW6YskfuKyU



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[johnreed3344]

cool - might go to the philly show. also Duff only doing 2 shows and Slash being done mid-august gives some hope for late 2019 action for Gn'R

[jarmo]

Duff Mckagan - Tenderness [Official Lyric Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW6YskfuKyU




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[Vezara]

I like the song
I'm a bit surprised by the genre or the tempo, but its a really nice song...
My first impression is the beginning is awesome, the end is also great, but the first chorus kind of lacks a little something.
Over all very very nice 

[jarmo]

Guns N’ Roses Duff McKagan Releases ‘Tenderness’, The Title Song From His Forthcoming Solo Set

The album ‘Tenderness’, is set for release through UMe on 31 May.

Published on February 22, 2019
By Tim Peacock

Guns N’ Roses bassist and New York Times bestselling author Duff McKagan has released ‘Tenderness,’ the title track from his much-anticipated solo album. Produced by and featuring recent Grammy winner Shooter Jennings, the Tenderness album will be released through UMe on 31 May and you can hear the title song below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW6YskfuKyU

McKagan, backed by Shooter and his band, will celebrate the album’s arrival with two special performances: a pre-release show on 30 May at TLA in Philadelphia, followed by a 31 May day of release performance at City Winery in Washington DC. Tickets for both shows are now on sale.

McKagan and Jennings began recording Tenderness back in March 2018, working out of Station House studios, located in Echo Park, CA, where they wrote and recorded in-between McKagan’s tour with seminal rock band Guns N’ Roses and the release of Jennings’ eponymous album, Shooter.

“Before beginning this project, I was asked more than a few times if I was going to write a book on my experience of the two-and-a-half-year GN’R Not In This Lifetime … tour,” says McKagan. “While, of course, it had been an amazing experience, in the end, I decided the ideas swirling around in my head were better suited for a record. The heartbreak, anger, fear, confusion and divide I have experienced traveling this globe of ours coerced these words into songs that tell my truth, and one that I hope will spread and help us all.”

Looking at the world outside his tour bus window, McKagan saw a landscape filled with disillusion, injustice and fear. Surveying this vista of ruin, its street littered with broken and abandoned promises, he channeled a collective hurt into songs of monolithic power.

“The real point of ‘Tenderness’ is not for me to be some damn politician or some other voice to add to what is already way too much noise,” he says. “This is a song of unity and peace…and I want this record to be a meditation and to bring maybe some healing, if that is not too high-handed or lofty of a goal. I can use what marginal voice I have as an artist, to hopefully help arrest what seems like a fall. As a father, I must say and do something now…because I love my girls and my wife, and I love my country, and I feel I must be strong and use my voice now, do it while I am able, or perhaps never get a chance ever again.”

“From the start of the development of this record, ‘Tenderness’ stood out as a focal point,” says Jennings. “I was almost scared to cut it too early – before we had really mined the sound of the album. I knew we had one shot to do it right with feeling. After it was done and we had a first mix, I wrote Duff and said ‘this song has to come out right now!’ It has a simple message of celebrating life and each other and for everyone to take it easy on one another. It offered an empathetic solution for a divisive time in the world: Tenderness.”

About his collaboration with Jennings, McKagan says, “Fortune shone my way when Shooter and I began to work on the structures of the songs. Shooter has a brilliant mind, and a seemingly endless musical catalogue bouncing around in his head that he’s ready to tap into at any moment.

“He believed in this thing from day one, and that gave me the confidence and energy to forge on. Shooter, seemingly, can play any musical instrument, but instead of that being sort of daunting to me, he works in such an honest way that I never once felt like I was in the company of a guy trying to show me up. The contrary was in fact true. He made me a better acoustic guitar player, and more at ease as a singer. His ability to get real and authentic sounds in the studio are second to none, and making this record was one of the most inspiring musical experiences of my career.”

The upcoming album Tenderness is Duff McKagan’s musical follow-up to 2015’s bestselling book, How To Be A Man (And Other Illusions).

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/duff-mckagan-tenderness-solo-set/





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[Ignatius]

I'm really impressed. It's been a long time since the "Believe in me" days. Duff's really evolved as a musician.

Obviously having shooter helping out makes everything better. If you guys have never listened to none of his records, check him out!

Really liked the song. Voice is a thousand times better than anything I've ever heard from Duff.

Can't wait to hear the rest of the record.

Well done Duff!

[ITARocker]

A little david bowie-ish 

[Lord Stan]

A little david bowie-ish 

Not sure if I felt the same but now that you mentioned it, it's something like that

[allwaystired]

Really into this. A good feeling to it.

It won't please a lot of people, but who cares?

[Marion68]

I love it too 

[jarmo]

Sounds cool.




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[jarmo]

Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan Releases "Chip Away" And Announces May 31st Release For Solo Album "TENDERNESS"

ALBUM PRODUCED BY AND FEATURING GRAMMY® WINNER SHOOTER JENNINGS

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKS OFF MAY 30 IN PHILADELPHIA

TOUR WILL SEE McKAGAN BACKED BY SHOOTER JENNINGS + BAND

FANS IN LOS ANGELES CAN CATCH SPECIAL GRAMMY® MUSEUM PERFORMANCE ON APRIL 4



LOS ANGELES, March 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Guns N' Roses bassist and New York Times bestselling author DUFF McKAGAN has released "Chip Away," a new track from his much-anticipated solo album, TENDERNESS (UME) – click HERE to listen.

PHOTO + ALBUM ART HERE

"'Chip Away' is somewhat of a rail against cable news and divisive agendas...all for the almighty dollar," says McKagan. "The song also highlights the fact that history repeats itself over and over, and that we will all get past this, together."

"Chip Away" follows the recent release of lead track "Tenderness" and both songs are available as instant downloads by clicking HERE to pre-order TENDERNESS ahead of its May 31st release.

The full track listing for TENDERNESS is as follows:

"Tenderness"
"It's Not Too Late"
"Wasted Heart"
"Falling Down"
"Last September"
"Chip Away"
"Cold Outside"
"Feel"
"Breaking Rocks"
"Parkland"
"Don't Look Behind You"

Also available for pre-order is a special limited edition TENDERNESS deluxe book, which includes the album on 180-gram yellow & red starburst vinyl, the CD, and features an exclusive lithograph signed and numbered by McKagan. The hard cover book contains 40-pages of photos from the recording sessions and also presents liner notes written by Duff detailing his experiences with each song and the project as a whole. The vinyl features 10 tracks and a unique sequence carefully selected by McKagan and the album's GRAMMY®-winning producer Shooter Jennings, while the CD includes 11 tracks.

TENDERNESS sees McKagan reflecting on his experiences traveling the globe over two and a half years on Guns N' Roses'  Not In This Lifetime tour.  Encountering heartbreak, anger, fear, confusion and divide on his travels during this tumultuous time in our world history, McKagan channeled a collective hurt into songs of monolithic power.

"We're becoming divided at a time when we need each other most," says McKagan. "When huge industries get replaced because of modernization, it's time to retrain and bolster up those who get swept aside. Homelessness and drug addiction are avoidable in this country if we come together and get private and public cogs turning together in a positive direction. We can at least try to tackle mental illness while we're at it. But alas, we stump and lie, point fingers and divide. We're way better than this. As a father, I must say and do something now because I love my girls and my wife, and I love my country, and I feel I must be strong and use my voice now, do it while I'm able or perhaps never get a chance ever again."

McKagan and Jennings began recording Tenderness a year ago this month, working out of Station House studios, located in Echo Park, CA, where they wrote and recorded in-between McKagan's tour with seminal rock band Guns N' Roses and the release of Jennings' eponymous album, Shooter. TENDERNESS features Jennings and his band along with appearances by The Waters and The Suicide Horn Section (which features Duff's brother Matt McKagan on trombone), amongst others.

Twelve months later, they're gearing up to take these songs on the road for a North American tour that kicks off May 30 at TLA in Philadelphia. Prior to the tour's launch, Los Angeles-based fans can catch McKagan and Jennings discussing the album and giving a special performance at the GRAMMY® Museum in downtown LA.

Don't miss your chance to see Duff McKagan live. Tour dates are as follows:

Date
   

City
   

Venue

Thu, May 30,
   

Philadelphia, PA
   

TLA

Fri, May 31,
   

Washington, DC
   

City Winery

Sat, Jun 01,
   

Boston, MA
   

City Winery

Mon, Jun 03,
   

New York, NY
   

Irving Plaza

Thu, Jun 06,
   

Chicago, IL
   

Thalia Hall

Sat, Jun 08,
   

Nashville, TN
   

The Cannery

Mon, Jun 10,
   

Austin, TX
   

Scoot Inn

Thu, Jun 13,
   

Los Angeles, CA
   

El Rey Theater

Fri, Jun 14,
   

San Francisco, CA
   

Great American Music Hall

Sat, Jun 15,
   

Portland, OR
   

Aladdin

Sun, Jun 16,
   

Seattle, WA
   

The Showbox


https://www.prnewswire.com/







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[antonyrose]

I got my tix to the Austin show. Nice, small, intimate, venue. Not to mention, a free CD copy of the new album, with each ticket.   

[axlroses]

I am going to the show in San Francisco.

[jarmo]

European Tour Announced! On-Sale Friday!
8/22 - Warsaw - Klub Stodola
8/23 - Berlin - Astra
8/24 - Amsterdam - Once In A Blue Moon Fest
8/26 - Cologne - Gloria
8/27 - Mannheim - Alte Feurwache
8/29 - London - Islington Assembly Hall
8/31 - Dublin - Electric Picnic Fest
9/1 - Manchester - Academy
9/3 - Paris - Le Trabendo
9/4 - Brussels - Ancienne Belgique
9/6 - Zurich - Dynamo
9/8 - Milan - Saneria Club

Info + Music at www.DuffOnline.com





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[allwaystired]

Given the venue size, those tickets are astonishingly expensive in the UK. I've honestly never seen any act charge that amount for a venue that size. It's well out of sync. Not sure what's going on there, if the tickets include an album or gift or anything?

[Marion68]

Cologne 

[jarmo]

Duff interview by Eddie Trunk: https://www.podcastone.com/episode/ET---Duff-McKagan--Shooter-Jennings

Fast forward to 14:00 if you want to get straight to the interview.





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[jarmo]

Duff interview on Mohr Stories podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fake-mustache-studios/mohr-stories-fakemustachecom/e/60228170?autoplay=true



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[jarmo]

https://www.laweekly.com/music/best-crossover-album-duff-mckagans-tenderness-10150276

Best Crossover Album: Duff McKagan’s Tenderness
Brett Callwood | May 15, 2019 | 6:00am

When it was announced in 2016 that bassist Duff McKagan would be rejoining Hollywood rock titans Guns N' Roses 19 years after leaving the band, fans rejoiced. With guitar hero Slash also back in the Gn'R ranks alongside mainstay frontman Axl Rose, three of the five classic lineup players were back together again. And nobody was happier than McKagan himself.

Anybody who has read any of McKagan's books or columns knows that the bassist clearly felt Guns N' Roses was just getting started when the core imploded. As far as he's concerned, and in his own words, Gn'R is what he's meant to do. That said, the mammoth world tour is ongoing, the machine will keep whirring, and it's important that the members do other things to keep themselves refreshed and interested. Slash was on the cover of this publication last year thanks to his solo work, and now it’s Duff’s time to shine.

His new album is called Tenderness and, as the title suggests, it's a far more sedate affair than the wild rock his main gig specializes in. He worked on it with Shooter Jennings, alt-country icon and son of outlaw country artists Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. McKagan says that he has always wanted to make a rock & roll singer/songwriter album in the vein of the solo work of Screaming Trees man Mark Lanegan. Add that desire to the fact that he had been traveling the world and taking notes about his observations, and the ingredients for something special were all there.

"[Guns N' Roses] played a lot of shows and traveled a ton," McKagan says. "Pre-election, I was absorbed with the debates. I’m getting wrapped up in these panels, looking at Twitter and getting riled up. And I read too much fucking history for me to get riled up about it. I know things are cyclical and they pass. But a funny thing happened. On a stadium tour, we play every third day because the stage takes two days to set up. When I go out and do stuff, I talk to people. WW1 museum, Little Big Horn, whatever. Then we left America, I think [it was] South America first, and the big three news stations aren't on down there. So you're not stuck in your room hyperventilating over news, so I stopped looking at Twitter and the quality of my life got a lot better."

Music is, of course, the great leveler. It can bring people of all different backgrounds together. McKagan says that, while on tour, he simply had conversations with people. Nobody asked who anybody else voted for. The America he knows, he says, is the one that came together after 9/11, after the hurricane in Houston and after the California fires.

"There’s a bubble of unity at our gigs," he says. "We're in Muslim countries, and people have devil horns up rocking the fucking out. Music is a universal language and it brings people together. The news is selling ads and we’re falling for it. This too shall pass. It'll change into something else — we'll be pissed off about something completely different in two years."

So it was all of these observations and thoughts that became the inspiration for Tenderness. The notes he took became lyrics, as the work started to take shape.

"The first song I wrote for the record was 'It's Not Too Late,' " he says. "Acoustic in hand, reading my notes, [sings] 'Everybody's lying, I need some truth.' For a long time, I’d wanted to make a more Mark Lanegan-esque record. I played shitty demos to my manager, and I’ve known Shooter Jennings for a long time, since he moved to L.A. He's been doing a ton of producing — he had just finished Brandi Carlile’s record. My manager suggested Shooter and I thought it was perfect. Shooter fell into it — he understood my Johnny Thunders influence. I went to his house and we started arranging."

In the extensive liner notes that accompany the new album, which were written by McKagan himself, he talks about the fact that we are living in scary times. Much of that stems from the fact that he has daughters, and pays attention to what they are worried about.

"The famous LeBron James comment on social media where he said something political and somebody told him to stay in his lane and play basketball — I laugh at that because it is we the people," McKagan says. "We're the bosses. That's the way the Constitution was written up. When I say it's scary times, I see my daughters, I hear what they're talking about and there's fear. There's fear of fucking guns in school. There's fear that everybody elected is so much older than them — how do they control everything? Fuck this! There's going to be a motivated, educated younger voting force coming in. We've been in very serious times since 9/11. This will pass. I don't say anything politically divisive on this record. I hope it will be a thought-provoking path to healing. I felt like I needed to do it."

For many, McKagan was always the "punk" in Guns N' Roses — he was the guy who sang the Misfits and Johnny Thunders covers, having been in punk bands in his younger days. Post-Guns he formed a punk band called Loaded, and he also recorded with MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. So what does he think old fans will make of this more sedate album?

"I didn't make a record to continue down those paths," he says. "I just played two and a half years of big, long rock & roll shows, and that is where I thrive the most. But I’ve wanted to make this kind of record for a long time, and as an artist, it's OK to take a left turn here and there. Really challenge yourself. I don't want to do the same thing day after day. People are allowed to change and grow and do different things. If some people come along on the ride with you, great. If you gain new fans, that's cool too. Who would have thought I'd be on country radio. To get a song into that world, talking about flat-Earthers and white supremacy — job done."




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