BILLY SHEEHAN Working On New Solo Album

February 13, 2008

Legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH, TALAS) has issued the following update:

"I'm in the middle of a new solo CD right now — just finishing guitars. Bass parts are done, and the drums (done first, of course) were done by Ray Luzier [KORN, ARMY OF ANYONE, DAVID LEE ROTH] a few months ago.

"Ray is so incredible (he played on 'Cosmic Troubadour') and I'm so very happy for him — he got the gig playing with KORN! So he's on tour with those guys now.

"I'm finishing about 20 songs; 14 or 15 will make the record, and I'll be singing on some, so don't say I didn't warn you! The rest are instrumental pieces I wrote that, of course, feature bass, but are not necessarily 'bass solos' — just musical pieces with lots of bass. I played guitar on everything too — mostly baritone guitar, and I'll have some very special guests on guitar as well as a vocal or two. I'm working hard on this and it's a blast!

"I'll be finishing up my CD soon, then off to Germany for the Musikmesse, which is the European version of the NAMM show (musical instrument trade fair) to show everybody my two new Yamaha basses that are coming out. One is the third version of my 'Attitude' bass — the one I play all the time, and another is a new BB series design that I developed with Yamaha."

A four-minute interview with Billy Sheehan conducted by Spirit of Metal can be viewed below.

DEVIL'S SLINGSHOT, the new band featuring Sheehan, Tony MacAlpine and Virgil Donati, released its new album, "Clinophobia", on October 22, 2007 via Mascot Records.

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