The Finnish dates for this year are now done. The last three were really good! Especially Seinäjoki which sort of has become one of my favourite gigs. Närpes was also a nice suprise.
Miri, John and Kasper are doing a great job and I'm very confident with the band at the moment, everything just feels good..we have exellent jams and the songs work so well :-)
We have one more show for this year... the Abu Dhabi Jazz Festival... that's going to be a super great way to end the year!
The new album is mixed and mastered. It's going to be called "Kaleidoscope". I wrote so many different kinds of music for this album and I think if you'd look at my music thru a kaleidoscope this is what you'd get... it's all me but somehow different you know :-)
The track listing is as follows,
1. Julie ( a rocker, Go'vt Purple if you like he,he)
2. Because we can (an instrumental answer to the question "Why do you guys play songs with out lyrics and singing?)
3. Dead in the water ( a cover of the David Gray song, i'm very pleased with it!)
4. Soul searching (an instrumental "prelude" to "This soul of Mine")
5. This Soul of Mine ( BGB goes P.Floyd)
6. You ain't got nothing on me ( a tounge in cheek rocker, the lyrics are very much about me)
7. Bright lights and Dreams ( Stely Dan feel on this one but the chorus is kind of AOR)
8. Make up my mind with my heart ( a bluesy slow shuffle, has become a live favourite already)
9. Lia ( a short instrumental dedicated to my daughter)
10. What comes around goes around ( a different kind of ballad, really pleased with this one)
11. Suburban Blues Jam ( an instrumental live jam in the studio... great vibe!)
We will put up some songs on the myspace site in january and the album will be ou in Finland the first week in february and Germany about the same time.
We'll do a few shows here in Finland before we start the German tour the 13th of february.
More later, be cool!
Ben
