Power pop master Kurt Baker (The Leftovers, The Kurt Baker Combo, K7s, and more) has announced a new album Rock ‘N’ Roll Club is due out 29 Sep 2023 via Wicked Cool Records. Along with the announcement, Kurt has released the title track as a music video. kurt has this to say on the single and album:
“Rock N Roll Club” is an ode to the live music venue – most notably, the dingy, dark, stale beer-smelling, sticker/poster-adorned walls of your local rock n’ roll club. Where the music is always loud, the drinks are cheap(ish), and there are always great bands to be seen and friends to meet. Unfortunately in this day in age, The Rock N Roll club is an almost dying institution and this is sad. These clubs are the places where we’ve grown up, discovered our world of music, and have always let us musicians use their stages to play our songs. We still go there as fans too, to watch our friends and discover new acts. Without them, Rock N Roll – Punk – Alternative culture wouldn’t survive. I vividly remember my first time going to a real Rock N Roll club called The Skinny – now Geno’s, which coincidentally, the cover of the new album was shot. My world was changed in the best way possible because I finally felt like I could go somewhere where I belonged. This song is dedicated to Kip Brown, who wrote the song but passed away before ever completing it and recording it himself. Groups like Mott the Hoople, Kiss, and the Stooges were the inspiration musically. Under his musical and spiritual guidance from above, I finished up the track with Little Steven and KB Band in the studio, and we are honored to present it to you now, the title track, from the upcoming record – “Rock N Roll Club”. Peace and Love.”
single “Secrets”, along with a music video. The track is the most recent in a string of singles Kurt has released since 2020’s After Party LP, all of which are out via Wicked Cool Records.
You can take a listen below, and visit this link page, or the Wicked Cool Records/Kurt Baker Bandcamp page for more from Kurt.
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