In a brand new interview with “THAT Rocks!”, the weekly YouTube collection hosted by Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson, legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) spoke concerning the standing of BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, his supergroup with guitarist Joe Bonamassa, drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, ALICE COOPER, BILLY IDOL). Requested for an replace on the progress of the recording periods for the band’s fifth album, Glenn mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Effectively, I sang 5 songs the opposite day, and Joe got here down and helped me end the final one… I am gonna end it tomorrow… The album’s gonna be just about achieved within the subsequent… I am ending tomorrow. Then we have gotta combine it, and blah, blah, blah.”

Relating to the potential for BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION touring in help of the upcoming LP, Glenn mentioned: “Look, guys, I believe all of us love BCC. It is a recording band. Let’s reduce to the chase: it is an incredible recording band. All of us need BCC to tour. I believe all of us wish to tour, nevertheless it’s tough with all these home windows not opening. So I am unable to say there’s gonna be a present right here or a present there. Joe talked about just a few exhibits in Europe and some exhibits within the USA. Do we would like that to occur? I imagine we do, and I hope that may occur.”

He continued: “Look, I’ve identified Joe for thus lengthy and we’re on the identical web page… So, look, guys, I stutter once I say this to you: all of us need that band to tour, however we have gotta actually nail it down and make it occur. So hopefully that is the album that may make it occur.”

This previous Tuesday (August 1),Bonamassa informed SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” that the brand new BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION album was “not achieved… And I’ve gotta sing somewhat bit on it and redo one guitar half for [the record]…. So we’re, I’d say, 90% achieved, however the music’s achieved.”

He continued: “The factor about BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, whether or not you want the best way we sound or not, once we all get collectively, it has a really particular factor that it does. Everyone brings a really particular factor to the desk, and it is a particular band.”

In accordance with Joe, he introduced the BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION members again collectively to make the follow-up to “BCCIV”, which was launched in September 2017 and marked BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION‘s first studio effort since 2013’s “Afterglow”. “I used to be the one which sort of initiated the textual content, be, like, ‘Hey, is there anyone all in favour of doing a fifth one?'” he mentioned. “And Derek received again to me. Jason received again to me fairly shortly. And Glenn known as me and mentioned, ‘I am unable to do something till this DEAD DAISIES state of affairs goes a technique or the subsequent.’ And I mentioned, ‘Truthful sufficient.’ So when Glenn left THE DEAD DAISIES final yr, that was sort of the inexperienced mild for us to get again collectively.”

Relating to the songwriting course of for BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION‘s fifth album and the way it in comparison with that on the band’s earlier efforts, Joe mentioned: “This was the identical. I went over to Glenn‘s home about six instances and we hashed out some concepts — fairly tough, free concepts. Nothing in stone. And so I had a playlist on my cellphone, voice memos, BCC 1 by way of 10. And that was it. So, so day one, we simply [said], ‘Okay, let’s begin with BCC 1.’ And we sat within the courtyard at Sundown Sound — they’ve this very nice courtyard with a bunch of chairs — and we sat on the market with an acoustic guitar and a few issues and we simply bashed out the association. We had been, like, ‘Okay, that is cool.’ We went in, performed it three or 4 instances and that was it. No person charted something; we simply sort of memorized it and did it. And we might go into the management room, pay attention somewhat bit, possibly tweak one thing, however as soon as it fired up and after the second day, we actually hit our stride, going, ‘Okay, the band’s again.’ ‘Trigger we hadn’t performed collectively in six years.”

As for the recording course of for the brand new BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION disc, Joe mentioned: “There’s not plenty of overdubs. I not often double the guitars, ‘trigger Glenn‘s bass sound is so huge and distorted, you recognize what I imply? It is, like, why do I must double the guitar? Similar factor with Derek. It is virtually like enjoying within the band FREE. All of the sound comes from the 4 of us. And Jason takes up an enormous quantity of bandwidth; he is such a giant drummer.”

Bonamassa went on to say that he’s wanting ahead to performing with BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION once more. “I might love to do some stay exhibits with ’em subsequent yr,” he mentioned. “I believe it could be actually enjoyable… Scheduling is the toughest factor, due to what all people’s received [coming up]… [My solo band is] booked virtually two years out. However subsequent yr, I actually wanna a minimum of put aside per week, possibly two weeks, the place we will exit and do chosen exhibits, do a pair right here within the U.S., go to Europe, do a pair there. ‘Trigger it is enjoyable.”

The information of BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION‘s recording exercise got here lower than three months after it was introduced that the band will carry out on subsequent yr’s Preserving The Blues Alive At Sea IX cruise, crusing from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on March 18-22, 2024.

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION‘s most up-to-date efficiency came about in February 2018 on the fourth version of the Preserving The Blues Alive At Sea, which advantages the Preserving The Blues Alive Basis, Bonamassa‘s non-profit group devoted to offering college students, academics, and musicians with the assets and instruments wanted to additional their music schooling.

In a September 2022 interview with Andy Corridor of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3, Bonamassa said about what it’s a few “band state of affairs” that appeals to him, contemplating he has spent most of his profession as a solo artist: “I like nothing greater than to be a member of a band and enjoying guitar. I haven’t got to entrance it; I haven’t got to sing on a regular basis. And it is lots much less strain than being the entrance particular person. Being the particular person in entrance is a particular skillset. You need to be an entertainer. You may’t simply sit up there and stare at your guitar and go, ‘Wow. Look, I can play guitar fairly good.’ That is not gonna fill the theater. You need to placed on a present. And to placed on a present requires being an entertainer. So being in a band, the sum of the components is larger than the one entity. So this factor the place Glenn co-fronts BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, I can simply sit again and play rhythm guitar and watch him do his factor. He is a legend. After which conversely, Glenn would not need to sing all evening; I will sing three or 4 [songs]. So we sort of unfold out the entire workload somewhat bit.”

Similar to its 4 predecessors, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION‘s new album is being overseen by producer Kevin Shirley, who initially had the thought of placing Hughes and Bonamassa in a band after seeing them jamming collectively onstage in Los Angeles again in November 2009.

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION‘s inception came about when Hughes and Bonamassa fused their types on stage in Los Angeles for an explosive efficiency at Guitar Middle‘s King Of The Blues occasion. With the assistance and steerage of Shirley, they additional added to their rock lineage by recruiting Bonham and Sherinian.

In a 2017 interview, Hughes talked concerning the chemistry between the BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION members, particularly since all of the musicians have had profitable careers previous to launching the group.

“This band was meant to be,” Glenn mentioned. “It was shaped out of a friendship with Joe and I. We received the [other] guys to return in, and it is at all times been a powerful brotherhood. And we’re simply very fortunate and lucky to have met. I’ve identified Jason since he was [a kid]. I simply suppose that these 4 guys on this band are the precise guys to play within the band.”