The Guess Who co-founder unveils first new solo album in more than a decade
Canadian rock legend Burton Cummings has announced his long-awaited new solo album, A Few Good Moments, arriving at all DSPs and streaming services via JoJo Productions on Friday, September 27th. Digipack CD and double LP orange vinyl with gatefold sleeve will follow later this year. A Few Good Moments is Cummings’ first new solo album in over a decade.
Produced by Cummings, A Few Good Moments sees the renowned artist and lead singer and principal songwriter of The Guess Who backed by his long-time band. Highlights include “Up to the Minute” which was co-written with Jim Vallance (co-writer of some of Bryan Adam’s biggest hits), a pair of songs co-written with guitarist Michael Zweig, “Magic Town” and “Speak To Me,” as well as a cover rendition of “Shape I’m In,” written by Marc Benno, Doyle Bramhall, and Doyle Bramhall II and originally performed by blues-rock supergroup Arc Angels.
“The songs on this album took a while to become the proper collection. I believe in these songs because they are the result of having lived more years. At this point I have no interest in writing teenage love songs. Aging has changed the writing and that’s natural. I believe in these songs and I hope that the people who have followed my material enjoy them. I want this album to stand up when it’s listened to years from now,” Cummings shares.
Cummings will celebrate the project – along with classic songs from The Guess Who and his RIAA gold-certified solo career – with The 60th Anniversary Hits Tour, a wide-ranging North American headline run set to travel the US and Canada through March 2025. The epic schedule begins tonight (Fri, Sept 13th) with a top-billed festival performance at Deadwood, South Dakota’s Deadwood Jam 2024. Dates will be accompanied by special guest Jim Messina. The sold-out Rock Legends Cruise XII 2025, benefitting the Native American Heritage Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting hunger and providing basic life necessities to families living on Reservations in South Dakota, features Alice Cooper, Styx, Foghat, Robin Trower, and Colin Blunstone.
1. A Few Good Moments
2. Ain’t No More
3. Shape I’m In
4. Break Away
5. Shoot Me Down
6. Speak To Me
7. My Rhythm and My Rhyme
8. Magic Town
9. Heard It On the News
10. Sanity
11. Peace Corps Baby
12. Up To the Minute
13. Blackjack Fever
14. Yo, John
15. Arrogance
16. Sin City
17. Market My Letters