Altogether Now
Noteworthy guest-spots this month
Joe Armon-jones & Maxwell Owin Archetype II, Aquarii,
9 June: Shabaka Hutchings.
Appice-perdomo Running Up That Hill, Cleopatra, 26 May: Billy Sheehan (Mr Big), Derek Sherinian (EX-KISS),
Jimmy Haslip (Yellowjackets), Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal (ex-guns N’ Roses), Phil Soussan (Last In Line), Tony Franklin (ex-the Firm).
The Police’s Stewart Copeland Police Deranged For Orchestra, Shelter, 23 June: Armand Sabal Lecco (Paul Simon), Rusty Anderson (Paul Mccartney).
Laura Cantrell Just Like A Rose CD, LP, Propellor, 9 June: Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Rosie Flores, Mark Spencer (Lisa Loeb), Jeremy Chatzky (Bruce Springsteen), Kenny Vaughan (Marty Stuart), Fats Kaplan (Jack White), Dennis Crouch (Robert Plant), Jen Gunderman (Sheryl Crow). Lauren Calve Shift, laurencalve.com, 1 September: Fred Eltringham (Willie Nelson), Audley Freed (Sheryl Crow), Robert Kearns (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Marlon Patton (Lera Lynn), Jared Reynolds (Ben Folds).
Joanna Conor Best Of Me, Gulf Coast, 9 June: Joe Bonamassa, Mike Zito, Eric Demmer (Mike Zito), Jason Ricci (Johnny Winter), Gary Hoey (Heavy Bones), David Abbruzzese (ex-pearl Jam).
Melonie Cannon A Tribute To Vern Gosdin CD, LP, My My My, 26 May: Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss,
Jim Lauderdale.
Yussef Dayes Black Classical Music, Brownswood, 8 September: Shabaka Hutchings.
Grainne Duffy Dirt Woman Blues, Blue Heat, 19 May: Marc Ford, JJ Johnson (The Black Crowes), Elijah Ford (Gary Clark Jr).
Orrin Evans The Red Door, Smoke Sessions, 16 June: Buster Williams, Gary Thomas (Herbie Hancock), Larry Mckenna (Frank Sinatra), Nicholas Payton (Ray Charles), Robert Hurst (Diana Krall), Marvin Smith (Larry Coryell), Jazzmeia Horn (Stevie Wonder).
Feuerschwanz Fegefeuer CD, double-cassette, LP; 2CD/ book, coloured 2LP, with bonuses; 3Cd/book, adding live/ instrumentals; box with 2Cd/book, lighter, letter, flag, trading card, Napalm, 7 July: Fabienne Erni (Eluveitie). Girlschool Wtfortyfive? CD, LP, Silver Lining, 28 July: Joe Stump (Alcatrazz), Biff Byford (Saxon), Phil Campbell (Motörhead), Duff Mckagan (ex-guns N’ Roses). Graciehorse LA Shit, Wharf Cat, 19 May: Emmett Kelly (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy).
Timea Göghova Wild Storm, Epictronic, 17 June: Alex Beyrodt (Primal Fear), Alex Scholpp (Tarja Turunen). Laurent Garnier 33 Tours Et Puis S’EN Vont box, with 3 x 12”, 7”, cassette, CD, stickers; COD3 QR, 26 May: Alan Vega (Suicide).
Gov’t Mule Peace… Like A River CD, 2LP, Deluxe 2CD, five bonuses, Fantasy, 16 June: Ivan Neville, ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons.
Hardwicke Circus Fly The Flag CD, LP, Alternative Facts, 29 July: Earl Slick (David Bowie), Terry Edwards (PJ Harvey), Seamus Beaghan (Iggy Pop).
Ben Harper Wide Open Light, Chrysalis, 2 June:
Jack Johnson.
Joel Hoekstra’s 13 Crash Of Life, Frontiers, 16 June: Tony Franklin (ex-the Firm), Jeff Scott Soto (ex-journey), Derek Sherinian (EX-KISS), Vinny Appice (ex-dio).
Inna De Yard Family Affair CD, LP, Chapter Two, 2 June: Cedric Myton, Keith & Tex, Winston Mcanuff, Johnny Osbourne, Kiddus I, Steve Newland, Derajah, Kush Mcanuff/keith Rowe.
Jayda G Guy CD, coloured LP, Ninja Tune, 9 June: Ed Thomas (Stormzy).
Laurence Jones Bad Luck And The Blues, Marshall, 25 August: Ash Sheehan (Glenn Hughes).
The Japanese House In The End It Always Does, Dirty Hit, 30 June: Matty Healy, George Daniel (The 1975), Justin Vernon (Bon Iver).
Reuben James Means The World, Rufio, 23 June:
Braxton Cook (Rihanna), Joel Culpepper (Paloma Faith), Roy Ayers.
Jw-jones Everything Now, Solid Blues, 26 May:
Jimmie Vaughan.
Last Shadow Puppets’ Miles Kane One Man Band, Modern Sky, 4 August: James Skelly (The Coral), Tom Ogden (Blossoms), Andy Burrows (Razorlight).
Toto’s Steve Lukather Bridges, The Players Club, 16
June: colleagues David Paich, Joseph Williams, Simon Phillips, Shannon Forrest, Lee Sklar, Jorgen Carlsson (Gov’t Mule).
Kool Keith Black Elvis 2 CD, blue, orange LPS, Mellow Music, 16 June: Ice-t.
Bettye Lavette Lavette!, Jay-vee, 22 July: John Mayer, Ray Parker Jr, Steve Winwood, Anthony Hamilton, Pedro Martinez (Spyro Gyra).
Anna Elizabeth Laube Wild Outside, Ahh… Pockets!, 16 June: Aaron Sterling (John Mayer), Chris Taylor (Sheryl Crow).
Brennen Leigh Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet, Signature Sounds, 16 June: Marty Stuart, Rodney Crowell.
Linda Gail Lewis A Tribute To Jerry Lee Lewis, Cleopatra, 2 June: Mickey Gilley, Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats). Nils Lofgren Mountains CD, LP, Cattle Track Road, 21 July: Ringo Starr, David Crosby, Neil Young, Ron Carter. Man On Man Provincetown, Polyvinyl, 16 June: J Mascis. Tracy Nelson Life Don’t Miss Nobody, BMG, 9 June: Willie Nelson, Charlie Musselwhite, Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball, Kevin Mckendree (Brian Seltzer), Steve Conn (Bonnie Raitt), Byron House (Robert Plant),
John Gardner (Taylor Swift), Mike Henderson
(Chris Stapleton).
System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian’s latest, [TBC]:
Jonathan Davis (Korn).
Rita Ora You & I CD, green, orange LPS, Deluxe Cd/zine/ signed print, BMG, 14 July: Fatboy Slim.
Tim O’brien Cup Of Sugar, Howdy Skies, 16 June:
Del Mccoury.
Aerosmith’s Joe Perry Sweetzerland Manifesto II, Roman, 26 May: Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes), Gary Cherone (Extreme), Robin Zander (Cheap Trick), David Johansen (New York Dolls), Robert Deleo (Stone Temple Pilots), Terry Reid.
Ellis Paul 55, Rosella, 9 June: Eric Parker (Bonnie Raitt), Radoslav Lorkovic (Odetta).
Rodney Rice, rodneyrice.com, 19 May: Dave Racine
(Jim Lauderdale), Dennis Crouch (John Fogerty), Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs), Jeff Taylor (Robert Plant), Micah Hulscher (Margo Price), Steve Daly (P!nk). Slander’s latest, [TBC]: Bring Me The Horizon.
Spiritual Front The Queen Is Not Dead CD, LP, Auerbach Tontrager, 21 July: Durga Mcbroom (Pink Floyd), Jairo Zavala (Calexico), King Dude, Traci Danielle (My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult).
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway City Of Gold, Nonesuch, 21
July: Dave Matthews.
Tinariwen Amoussou, Wedge, 19 May: Fats Kaplin
(Jack White).
Vargas Blues Band Stoner Night Vol 2, Peel Music, 15 May: Gonzalo Carrera (ex-karnataka).
Lucinda Williams Stories From A Rock’n’roll Heart, Highway 20, 30 June: Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, Jesse Malin, Buddy Miller, Angel Olsen, Margot Price.