I A N M C D O N A L D
LEGENDARY MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST
KING CRIMSON
FOREIGNER
AND NOW HIS NEW GROUP
'H O N E Y W E S T'
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| Ian McDonald and Lou Gramm of Foreigner
Ian McDonald is an English multi-instrumental
musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King
Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in
1976. He is also well known as a rock session musician, predominantly as a
saxophonist. He also plays keyboards, flute, vibraphone, and guitar.
A British rock giant and an acclaimed and respected
member of New York's acting community walk into a recording studio ... and
produce one of 2017's strongest and most compelling albums.
This odd couple consists of multi-instrumentalist
Ian McDonald, and guitarist and lead vocalist Ted Zurkowski, co-founder of New
York's celebrated Shakespeare ensemble, Frog & Peach, and a long-time
member of the world-famous Actors Studio. Together, this unlikely new
songwriting team conjured the album Bad Old World under the banner of their
quartet, HONEY WEST.
Bad Old World is filled with memorable melodies and
clever and sophisticated lyrics served on a bed of guitar-driven rock 'n' roll
played by top-shelf musicians, including drummer Steve Holley, whose credits
include Paul McCartney & Wings and many others, and McDonald's son, Maxwell
McDonald, on bass. The album also boasts a guest appearance by Graham Maby on
bass. While it's a modern sound stamped by Ian McDonald's world-class
musicianship and production, it also bears an instant familiarity, thanks to a
sonic blueprint recalling such Brit-rock titans as The Move and Mott the
Hoople.
Representative of the band's distinct sound is Bad
Old World's self-deprecating first single, "Dementia," a
four-on-the-floor rave-up that melds a driving beat and rampaging guitars with
McDonald's signature baritone sax and Zurkowski's unique brand of lyrical
mischief.
With a cheeky nod to McDonald's British roots,
there also is a helping of sly humor that permeates HONEY WEST: Witness the new
video containing the hard-charging "Generationless Man," which pays
homage to both the visual style of the Beatles' influential film A Hard Day's
Night, and the wackiness of fellow countryman Benny Hill.
As is usually the case in artistic collaborations,
the pairing of McDonald and Zurkowski was the result of fate - and, in this
case, proximity as well.
HONEY WEST - named in honor and celebration of the
proto-feminist 1960s cult TV spy series starring the ever-alluring Anne Francis
- was already up and running when the two came together. For McDonald,
discovering the scope and breadth of Zurkowski's talents was the catalyst for
wanting to create a musical partnership.
 BAD OLD WORLD AVAILABLE NOW AT AMAZON.COM BAD OLD WORLD by HONEY WEST is available to purchase at amazon.com
For more
information on HONEY WEST visit www.honeywestmusic.com
Or on Facebook
at www.facebook.com/honeywestmusic
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