The new deluxe reissue includes eight additional tracks
Duff McKagan has announced an expanded digital edition of his acclaimed third solo album, Lighthouse, available now at all DSPs and streaming services. The deluxe release includes eight additional tracks with three exclusive live performance videos filmed last December at Easy Street Records in McKagan’s hometown of Seattle, WA.
Lighthouse (Expanded Edition) is highlighted by a stripped-down acoustic rendition of the album standout, “I Just Don’t Know,” transformed from its powerful original version into a soaring, reflective ballad that showcases the vulnerability of the lyrics and McKagan’s vocal performance.
“‘I Just Don’t Know (Acoustic Mix)’ is a song I landed upon, that seems to encapsulate somehow, my own personal thoughts about what’s next in life, and what is out there in general,” says McKagan. “It’s the core of the human existence to ponder the afterlife. I like to have fun with the possibilities.”
Lighthouse now also features “This Is the Song,” “It Can’t Come Too Soon,” and “Pass You By,” all originally found on McKagan’s This is the Song EP, released last May to honor Mental Health Awareness Month, along with the previously unheard “C’Mon Boys,” featuring outlaw country badass Jesse Dayton, and live versions of the fan favorites, “I Saw God on 10th Street,” “Just Another Shakedown,” and “Longfeather.” All three live tracks are accompanied by official videos from the intimate hometown event.
Lighthouse is available now in a variety of formats including streaming, download, CD, and LP. Several deluxe versions and bundles featuring official Certificates of Authenticity signed by McKagan are also available with an exclusive line of new Lighthouse merch.
“It’s very nice for me to add the This is the Song EP from earlier last year, into the mix here of the Lighthouse record itself,” says McKagan. “Playing Easy Street Records in December was made much cooler when my erstwhile producer Martin Feveyear came up with the idea to record the show. We have included that recorded live show to this expanded release. There is also a studio track called ”C’mon Boys’ that really only became a song when legendary Austin blues man and rockabilly god Jesse Dayton stopped by the studio with his guitar and voice!”
For more than 40 years, Duff McKagan has been an unstoppable creative force, spanning a multitude of bands, tours, collaborations, and writings. Now, with his long-awaited new solo album, Lighthouse, the veteran musician proves to be, at his heart, a gifted singer-songwriter with a distinctive knack for authenticity and introspection.
In 2019, McKagan opened his own Seattle recording studio, allowing him a long-hoped-for opportunity to “finally explore songs that I may have written the night before or some of those old riffs from years ago. This is a big deal for me.” He spent much of the next two years working with longtime producer/collaborator Martin Feveyear (Mark Lanegan, Brandi Carlile), chipping away at a series of intensely personal new songs.
1. Lighthouse
2. Longfeather
3. Holy Water
4. I Saw God On 10th St.
5. Fallen
6. Forgiveness
7. Just Another Shakedown
8. Fallen Ones
9. Hope with Slash
10. I Just Don’t Know with Jerry Cantrell
11. Lighthouse (Reprise) with Iggy Pop
12. This is the Song
13. Pass You By
14. It Can’t Come Too Soon
15. I Just Don’t Know (Acoustic Mix
16. C’mon Boys with Jesse Dayton
17. I Saw God On 10th St. (Live From Easy Street Records )
18. Just Another Shakedown (Live From Easy Street Records)
19. Longfeather (Live From Easy Street Records)
