Shaw Blades is an American musical duo/group formed by Tommy Shaw of Styx and Jack Blades of Night Ranger, both of whom played in the supergroup Damn Yankees. It is an informal duo which has produced two albums between other projects, 1995's Hallucination and 2007's Influence. The first two songs on "Hallucination" -- "My Hallucination" and "I'll Always Be with You"—received modest airplay. "Influence" consisted solely of 1960s and 1970s cover songs that influenced them. Blades' son Colin, a songwriter himself, contributed backing vocals and arrangements to the album. [1] Shaw Blades also recorded a cover of the classic Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" on the A Classic Rock Christmas album by various classic rock artists in 2002. [2] [3] Shaw Blades did a short tour of America in Spring 2007 and another in Autumn 2007. Both members still principally record and perform with the acts which made them famous. From 2007 to 2009, they were joined on tour by Will Evankovich on the request of Blades, who had seen Evankovich's band American Drag perform and wanted him to join them on acoustic,12-string, harmonica and background vocals. [4]
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Studio album by Shaw Blades | ||||
Released | March 14, 1995 | |||
Recorded | August/September, 1994 | |||
Studio | Jack's Barn | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 42:36 | |||
Label | Warner Records | |||
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Shaw Blades chronology | ||||
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All tracks are written by Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades, unless otherwise noted
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "My Hallucination" | 4:40 |
2. | "I'll Always Be With You" | 4:09 |
3. | "Come to Be My Friend" | 5:08 |
4. | "Don't Talk to Me Anymore" | 4:27 |
5. | "I Stumble In" | 4:32 |
6. | "Blue Continental" | 2:32 |
7. | "Down That Highway" | 3:59 |
8. | "How You Gonna Get Used to This" | 4:05 |
9. | "Night Goes On" | 2:42 |
10. | "I Can't Live Without You" | 5:02 |
11. | "The End" | 1:20 |
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12. | "How Does It Feel" (Japanese Bonus Track) | |
13. | "Straight Down the Line" (Japanese Bonus Track) |
Influence | ||||
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Studio album by Shaw Blades | ||||
Released | March 6, 2007 | |||
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Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 38:31 | |||
Label | VH1 Classic Records | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Artist | Length |
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1. | "Summer Breeze" | Seals and Crofts (1972) | 3:33 | |
2. | "Time of the Season" | Rod Argent | The Zombies (1968) | 3:49 |
3. | "Your Move" | Yes (1971) | 3:42 | |
4. | "I Am a Rock" | Paul Simon | Simon & Garfunkel (1966) | 3:48 |
5. | "Lucky Man" | Greg Lake | Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970) | 4:36 |
6. | "The Sound of Silence" | Paul Simon | Simon & Garfunkel (1964) | 3:12 |
7. | "California Dreamin'" | The Mamas & The Papas (1963) | 2:40 | |
8. | "On a Carousel" | The Hollies (1965) | 3:25 | |
9. | "Dirty Work" | Steely Dan (1972) | 3:13 | |
10. | "For What It's Worth" | Stephen Stills | Buffalo Springfield (1967) | 3:06 |
11. | "Dance With Me" | Orleans (1975) | 3:27 | |
12. | "No Matter What" (Japanese Bonus Track) | Pete Ham | Badfinger (1970) | 3:01 |
Track information and credits verified from the album's liner notes. [7] [1]
"California Dreamin'" was used at the end of the last episode of season 2 of the TV show Californication . [8] [9]
Cyclorama is the fourteenth studio album by Styx, released in 2003. This was the first studio album with Lawrence Gowan, following the departure of group co-founder Dennis DeYoung in 1999. It was also the latter of two albums to feature Glen Burtnik, and the only album released by the Lawrence Gowan/Tommy Shaw/James "JY" Young/Glen Burtnik/Chuck Panozzo/Todd Sucherman lineup, and as such the only original Styx album to feature four different singer-songwriters as opposed to the usual three. The album peaked significantly higher on the Billboard album charts than Styx's previous release, Brave New World (1999), ending up 48 slots higher at No. 127, but paled in comparison to previous 1970s and 1980s releases on A&M Records.
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