{"id":806750,"date":"2020-04-24T07:16:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T13:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=989411"},"modified":"2020-04-24T07:16:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T13:16:27","slug":"dion-enlists-bruce-springsteen-paul-simon-jeff-beck-for-new-blues-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/dion-enlists-bruce-springsteen-paul-simon-jeff-beck-for-new-blues-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Dion Enlists Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jeff Beck for New Blues LP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted singer Dion<\/a> enlists friends like Bruce Springsteen<\/a>, Paul Simon<\/a>, Jeff Beck<\/a>, Billy Gibbons and Van Morrison for his upcoming album Blues With Friends<\/em>, a collection of blues songs performed by \u201cThe Wanderer\u201d singer and his all-star guest list.<\/span><\/p>\n

E Street Band\u2019s Patti Scialfa and Steven Van Zandt, Brian Setzer, Jimmy Vivino and more also appear across Blues With Friends<\/em>\u2019 14 tracks. The album is due out June 5th via the newly launched Keeping the Blues Alive Records, a label co-founded by guitarist  Joe Bonamassa, who appears on first single \u201cBlues Comin\u2019 On.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted an album of songs that were strong and memorable and told stories that were worth telling,\u201d Dion said in a statement. \u201cThe blues have been at the heart of my music since the early Sixties. \u2018The Wanderer\u2019 is a 12-bar blues and I was covering Willie Dixon and Jimmy Reed in my early years at Columbia \u2014 much to the dismay of my corporate masters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Blues With Friends<\/em> also boasts liner notes penned by Bob Dylan. \u201cDion knows how to sing, and he knows just the right way to craft these songs, these blues songs. He\u2019s got some friends here to help him out, some true luminaries. But in the end, it\u2019s Dion by himself alone, and that masterful voice of his that will keep you returning to share these Blues songs with him,\u201d Dylan writes.<\/span><\/p>\n