ROUGH SILK's FERDY DOERNBERG Reveals More Details About Upcoming Solo Album

January 2, 2010

English/German slide guitar/keyboard player and singer/songwriter Ferdy Doernberg (ROUGH SILK) has completed work on his new solo album, "Travelling Light", for a February release via Rebellion Records. Most of the CD was recorded at Ferdy's studio (the Droehnwerk) in Bad Nenndorf, with additional recordings that took place in New York City and Hamburg. It was mastered at Blue Castle Studio in Hamburg by Michael Hankel (HOLY MOSES guitarist).

Commented Doernberg: "I wrote all the songs apart from 'May God Save Us From Religion' — a duet with Joseph Parsons (an incredible vocal performance!),who co-wrote the song, too. The same goes for Johnny Gioeli on 'Mutants At The Shopping Mall'. The drums were played by Mike Terrana, Alex Wenn and my brother Curt. The bass tracks were performed by my girlfriend Anke Sobek, Ecki Huedepohl and André Hort. Katja Krause sang harmony vocals on three tracks. I sang and played everything else apart from one song, 'Integrity', where Michael Hankel played electric guitars. On the same track, Sabina Classen (HOLY MOSES) did some growling and — this may be a surprise for many of her fans — clean vocals as well!"

He added, "The whole album is a bit different to the last one, '... 'Til I Run Out Of Road'. Of course, it's still a singer/songwriter album with a lot of slide guitar, but it has more jazz influences and some of the songs have some kind of 'big city' atmosphere. Parts of the album were recorded in New York City and this melting pot of cultures had a huge influence on the album. But don't worry — some songs are in the same style as the songs of the last album."

"Travelling Light" track listing:

01. Does A Dobro Rust When You Play It In The Rain? (instrumental)
02. Shed A Tear
03. In Search Of A Catchy Chorus
04. E.T. Phone Home
05. A No-haired Hippie Like Me
06. Keep Me In Your Heart When I'm Gone
07. Along The Road
08. May God Save Us From Religion (duet with Joseph Parsons)
09. Jugband
10. All The Things You Do
11. Integrity (featuring Sabina Classen & Michael Hankel)
12. You Don't Know What You've Got 'Till It's Gone
13. Wah-Whoopf (instrumental)
14. Travelling Light
15. The Suburbs Of Paradise
16a. Django Meets The Undead Scotsman ( instrumental )
16b. Mutants At The Shopping-Mall (duet with Johnny Gioeli)

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