Photo Credit: Thomas Petillo
TOM KEIFER
SET TO LAUNCH FIRST-EVER SOLO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF
‘THE WAY LIFE GOES,’
THE LONG-AWAITED, HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT SOLO ALBUM
DUE OUT APRIL 30
Best known as the singer/songwriter/guitarist of the Philadelphia-based Blues-Rock band Cinderella, TOM KEIFER is making his debut as a solo artist with the release of his long-awaited and highly anticipated solo album, THE WAY LIFE GOES, April 30 via Merovee Records (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group).
The
collection of 14 new songs ranges from intimate, organic, acoustic
tracks to driving hard rock. It embraces the blues, rock and country
roots that have always been present in his unique sound that has
generated the sale of over 15 million records worldwide for Cinderella.
Rolling Stone praised KEIFER as “a gritty, bluesy (rocker) with enough genuine swagger to draw comparisons to Mick Jagger.”
“The
Flower Song,” the album’s first single, will be serviced to AAA radio
stations nationwide on February 4, while “Solid Ground” will be serviced
to all Rock formats on March 11.
THE WAY LIFE GOES is a raw, introspective look at the roller coaster ride that has been KEIFER’s
life for the past 15 years. From being told that he would never sing
again as a result of a partially paralyzed left vocal cord, to the
emotional and personal battles that followed, his solo debut is a story
of perseverance, a testament to the power of passion and will, when
combined with a true love of music.
In touring news, KEIFER
will launch his first-ever solo tour on February 9 in Winston-Salem, NC
at Ziggy’s. The 14-city trek of small, intimate rooms is an up-close
and personal preview of songs from THE WAY LIFE GOES along with some Cinderella classics. Dates beyond February 28 are currently in the works.
TOM KEIFER recently spoke with HuffingtonPost.com about THE WAY LIFE GOES.
“The idea for a solo record started in the nineties when the band
parted ways and we left Universal,” he said. “There was just a changing
of the guard in the industry at that time and I started thinking about a
solo record. I wrote for it for many years and the songs just kept
going on the pile and I never got around to actually making a
record...We started cutting tracks for this record in 2003 and I went to
the pile of songs that had been building up and picked some that I
liked and I've just been working on it ever since. It was produced
independently of a label, because the idea from the beginning was to
just work and record until I was happy with it. I wrote with a lot of
different people--my wife, Savannah, who's a great writer, co-wrote a
lot of the songs on the record and also co-produced the record with me,
and a good friend of ours, Chuck Turner who's a great engineer and
producer. So from the beginning, the attitude was, ‘Let's have fun and
just make a great record and it'll be done when it's done.’ Little did
we know it'd be nine years later…it's done and we went through some
crazy stuff and mixed and remixed and reworked things over and over and
probably made a lot of mistakes along the way, but finally got it where
we were all happy with it, so here it is.”
Here’s the complete track listing for THE WAY LIFE GOES:
1. Solid Ground
2. A Different Light
3. It’s Not Enough
4. Cold Day In Hell
5. Thick And Thin
6. Ask Me Yesterday
7. Fools Paradise
8. The Flower Song
9. Mood Elevator
10. Welcome To My Mind
11. You Showed Me
12. Ain’t That A Bitch
13. The Way Life Goes
14. Babylon
Check out TOM KEIFER at any of the following stops:
DATE CITY
Sat 2/9 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy’s
Mon 2/11 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
Wed 2/13 Philadelphia, PA JC Dobbs
Fri 2/15 Pittsburgh, PA Altar Bar
Sat 2/16 Salisbury, MA Blue Ocean
Sun 2/17 Portland, ME Asylum
Tue 2/19 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
Fri 2/22 Chicago, IL Viper Alley
Sat 2/23 Lexington, KY Buster’s
Sun 2/24 Detroit, MI Magic Bag
Tue 2/26 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
Wed 2/27 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century
Thu 2/28 White Marsh, MD House of Rock