Phil is gearing up for the G3 tour next month with this funky workout playlist! Listen & follow HERE

Sav is on the cover of Bass Guitar Magazine’s January issue! Don’t miss this brand new 4 page interview out on newsstands now.

CLICK HERE

My Friend Phil.

My friend Phil has been on this earth for 60 years today. SIXTY YEARS!! Holy crap ! … of course at times like these you tend to hark back the early days & I have very fond memories of when we first met. It was 1980 when his then band Girl played Sheffield opening for UFO. I’d read about them, they’d read about us, so there was mutual respect / jealousy / piss taking in both camps no doubt ! But the reality is that when we met we got on like a house on fire, well he drank back in those days so the bonding part was easy ! So after the gig I took him & Phil Lewis on a tour of the local drinking establishments in Sheffield which ended up with the 3 of us & Steve Clark stumbling up on stage at the Genevieve club & almost destroying Sledgehammer’s gear while we slaughtered Kiss’ Do You Love Me ! happy days !! .. The 2 Phil’s were never going to make it back to their hotel in Buxton (?!) so they ended up staying in the spare room at my Parent’s place (cue comical next morning response by my Mum after they’d left: “There’s mascara all over the pillowcases“ !! )…These sort of shenanigans would occur on many occasions especially when we were in London so you could say we became pretty tight back then. Cut forward a couple of years & when it became obvious that our situation with Pete Willis had become untenable, for me, asking Phil to join the band was obvious because apart from the fact that we were pals now, what I haven’t come to yet is that he is a phenomenal guitarist with a great voice ! Just what this band needed at precisely that time.
35 years have passed since that moment & we as colleagues are still on an amazing adventure! He no longer drinks, is a strict vegan & works out more than an Olympic team, but that is why at sixty he is in better shape than people half his age. He has an envious work ethic, juggling DL & family stuff with Delta Deep, Manraze, The Cybernauts & now his upcoming tour with G3.
So, this day, this special day, will probably find Phil doing nothing special, maybe Starbucks, a work out & a trip to the cinema, because he’s not much into celebrating birthdays & the like, so I figured I’d do it for him. So Phil, on behalf of all of us here at Elliott Towers, the boys & girls in the band & crew, & legions of fans & admirers the world over, we say a resounding happy birthday you old bastard!!

Joe Elliott’s side band Down ‘N’ Outz is featured in Classic Rock’s end of year issue! Check out the coverage below & don’t forget to order their brand new live album “The Further LIVE Adventures Of …”

Live Album / DVD – Purchase HERE
The Further Adventures Of.. (re-issue) – Purchase HERE
My Re-Generation (re-issue) – Purchase HERE

Did you know Joe Elliott has his own show on Planet Rock Radio every week? You can expect to hear mighty fine rock along with some of the most influential tracks around. Each month we’ll publish a recap of Joe’s playlists, so you can listen along to some of his favorite tracks!

FOLLOW THE NOVEMBER LET’S GET ROCKED PLAYLIST HERE

Tune in to hear JOE ELLIOTT on SATURDAYS at 6pm (GMT) / 1pm (EST) – repeated every Tuesday from 9pm (GMT) / 4pm (EST).

For those in the U.K. tune into Joe’s weekly radio show on PlanetRock.com.

For those listening outside the U.K. or in the U.S. listen live from this site HERE. Please note this Surf.com internet site may not work in some countries. As a quick fix, please download a VPN application and set it to the UK territory. Then download the Planet Rock app and boom, it works.

Wishing Rick Savage a very happy birthday today! Comment on our Instagram & send him some love.

Blues-Rock-n-Soul supergroup DELTA DEEP is thrilled to announce the release of their sophomore album East Coast Live through Frontier Records. The group, which made their chart topping debut in 2015 features Phil Collen, lead guitarist of Def Leppard,  Debbi Blackwell-Cook (back-up vocalist for such artists as Michael Buble & Gregory Hines), Robert DeLeo (bassist for Stone Temple Pilots) and Forrest Robinson (drummer for Joe Sample & The Crusaders, India.Arie & TLC).  Listen to the first track, “Bless These Blues,” exclusively premiered today at Elmore Magazine.

The group’s self-titled debut was released in June 2015 entering iTunes Blues charts at #2. DELTA DEEP immediately hit the road performing at festivals and concert venues across the country. Critics lauded the band, with Elmore Magazine declaring, “Delta Deep is a rocking force due to bring down any house– historical or modern.”  While San Francisco’s BAM Magazine said, “the live experience for Delta Deep is one not to be missed…Debbi Blackwell-Cook is mesmerizing!”

 

The group originally came together when Collen was jamming at home with his wife’s godmother, Debbi Blackwell-Cook. What started as a casual pairing, singing Motown favorites and classic blues when Debbi visited, quickly turned into much more.  Along with Collen’s wife Helen, the three began writing original music together. Eventually Collen and Blackwell-Cook began laying down demos and the rest is DELTA DEEP history.

Collen, widely known to millions of rock ‘n roll fans for his iconic albums with Def Leppard, recently explained why they decided to put out this live album and DVD. “We recorded every night of our 2016 tours, east and west coast, expecting to pull out the best performances from different cities. But we managed to capture one of those special, magical nights where all the stars fall into place in Pawling, NY at Daryl’s House. This whole album was recorded that night. It was so relaxed but we were so on fire at the same.”  The musicians of DELTA DEEP bring their varying experiences from all corners of the music spectrum together to make a unique stew of blues-rock-n-soul.  Collen also adds, “The intention was never to have a DVD addition to the cd but seeing the performances live and the fact that Daryl’s House also video records its shows was an added bonus for us.”

To pre-order “Delta Deep East Coast Live”:

https://radi.al/DeltaDeepEastCoastLive

To order their self-titled debut:

https://radi.al/DeltaDeep

Track Listing for “Delta Deep East Coast Live”:

1) Black Dog-opener

2) Bang The Lid

3) Miss Me

4) Treat Her Like Candy

5) Black Coffee

6) Burnt Sally/Rock Me

7) Whiskey

8) Shuffle Sweet

9) Private Number

10) Bless These Blues

11) Mistreated

12) Forrest’s Drum Solo

13) Down in the Delta

14) Band Intro

15) Feelit

 

DVD Live vid listing:

Miss Me

Black Coffee>Burnt Sally>Rock Me Baby – Medley

Whisky

Bless These Blues

Forrest’s Drum Solo (dvd extra)

Down In The Delta (dvd extra)

Band Intro (dvd extra)

 

FULL 2018 G3 Tour featuring Joe Satriani, John Petrucci & Phil Collen itinerary:

January 11            The Moore Theatre                                                                  Seattle, WA *

January 12            Historic Elsinore Theatre                                                     Salem, OR *

January 13            Grand Sierra Theatre                                                              Reno, NV *

January 14            Fox Theater                                                                                  Oakland, CA *

January 16            Delta Hall at Eccles Theater                                                Salt Lake City, UT *

January 17            Brooklyn Bowl                                                                           Las Vegas, NV *

January 18            Mesa Arts Center                                                                       Mesa, AZ *

January 19            Orpheum Theatre                                                                     Los Angeles, CA *

January 20            Balboa Theatre                                                                           San Diego, CA *

January 21            Fox Tucson Theatre                                                                 Tucson, AZ *

January 24            Historic Paramount Theatre                                              Denver, CO

January 25            Uptown Theater                                                                        Kansas City MO

January 26            The Pavillion at The Toyota Music Factory                Irving, TX

January 27            Austin City Limits – Moody Theater                               Austin, TX

January 28            Hobby Center for the Performing Arts                         Houston, TX

January 30            Hard Rock Live                                                         Orlando, FL

January 31            Florida Theatre                                                                          Jacksonville, FL

February 1            Pompano Beach Amphitheatre                                       Pompano Beach, FL

February 2            Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall                          Fort Myers, FL

February 3            Mahaffey Theater                                                                      St. Petersberg, FL

February 6            Raleigh Memorial Auditorium                                         Raleigh, NC

February 8            Toyota Presents Oakdale                                                      Wallingford, CT

February 9            Landmark Theatre                                                                    Syracuse, NY

February 10         Palace Theatre                                                          Albany, NY

February 11         The Palace Theatre                                                                   Greensburg, PA

February 12         The Fillmore Detroit                                                               Detroit, MI

February 14         Warner Theatre                                                           Washington, DC *

February 15         Orpheum Theatre                                                                     Boston, MA*

February 16         Beacon Theatre                                                        New York, NY*

February 17         Merriam Theater                                                                       Philadelphia, PA*

February 18         New Jersey Performing Arts Center                               Newark, NJ*

February 20         Auditorium Theatre                                                                Rochester, NY

February 21         Massey Hall                                                                Toronto, ONT

February 22         Hard Rock Live                                                         Northfield, OH

February 23         Chicago Theatre                                                                        Chicago, IL*

February 24         State Theatre                                                                               Minneapolis, MN*

February 25         Riverside Theater                                                                      Milwaukee, WI *

*Shows that will feature Debbi Blackwell-Cook performing with Phil Collen and band

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