Bending the Blues: Inside the Making of Orgy of the Damned with Slash and Producer Mike Clink will take place on October 4th
Slash will visit the Ray Charles Terrace at the Grammy Museum for an evening to discuss his latest album Orgy of the Damned, a star-studded, vibrant homage to the blues. Grammy Hall of Fame Producer and longtime Slash collaborator Mike Clink will join the conversation to discuss the creative process for the album, and an intimate acoustic performance will follow. Attendees will also have an opportunity to enjoy rooftop views and a cash bar prior to the program. Bending The Blues: Inside The Making Of Orgy Of The Damned with Slash and Producer Mike Clink will take place on Friday, October 4th at the Grammy Museum at 7 pm.
Tickets are available at the Grammy Museum’s website.
Released on May 17th, Slash’s critically acclaimed sixth solo album is available worldwide on Gibson Records. A first for Slash, the project spent 13 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart in the US. The new album also debuted as the No. 1 Blues Album in the US and the UK, No. 2 on the US Rock Albums Chart, and achieved Top 10 chart positions in seven countries globally.
Hailed a beautifully tailored love letter to the blues, on Orgy of the Damned revitalizes blues classics with the album’s handpicked diverse guest vocalists, which include AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Iggy Pop, Gary Clark Jr., Billy F. Gibbons, The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, Dorothy, Paul Rodgers, Demi Lovato, Tash Neal, and Beth Hart. Slash selected standard blues songs made famous by Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, and Robert Johnson, and tracks from blues rock bands like Peter Green‘s Fleetwood Mac and Steppenwolf. He even strays from the blues for the Motown tracks from the Temptations and Stevie Wonder, showcasing the inherent blues underlying all great music from the 60s and 70s. The legendary guitarist reunited with two of his bandmates from his Blues Ball Band outfit in the 90s, bassist Johnny Griparic, and keyboardist Teddy ‘ZigZag’ Andreadis, and brought on drummer Michael Jerome and singer/guitarist Tash Neal who rounded out his blues band in the studio and on the road.
