Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Eagle Rock Releasing Jeff Beck Les Paul Tribute Show on Blu-ray, DVD, Feb. 22

Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Jeff Beck: Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul on DVD and Blu-ray February 22, 2011. 
Rock & Roll Party: Honoring Les Paul [Blu-ray]Filmed in HD at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City this past spring, this musical celebration of the great Les Paul features selections of his songs and other great rock 'n' roll tracks.  
On June 9, 2010, which would have been Les Paul’s 95th birthday, Jeff Beck and special guests paid homage to the musical icon at the very club where he performed every Monday night. Rockabilly songstress Imelda May and her band, led by Darrel Higham, as well as Gary US Bonds, Brian Setzer and Trombone Shorty, join Beck on many of the tracks. Attendees included David Bowie, Meat Loaf, Steven Van Zandt, Paul Shaffer, Kirk Hammett, and Nils Lofgren. 
 

Among the many performances, which includes numbers that were hits for Les Paul, rock'n'roll classics and enduring instrumentals are "Baby Let's Play House," "Train Kept a Rollin," "How High the Moon," "Vaya Con Dioes," "Peter Gunn," "Sleepwalk," "Girl Can't Help It," and more. 
In addition to the music, bonus features include: An interview with Jeff Beck; Behind The Scenes; "At home with Jeff Beck & his guitars"; "Jeff Beck & Les Paul – Rock ‘n’ Roll Tonite" and "Les Paul & his little black box.
A five-time Grammy-Award winner, with five more nominations for 2011, Beck will take his Les Paul party on the road with Imelda May and her band for a spring tour. The upcoming release follows the hugely successful release of Jeff Beck’s Performing This Week…Live at Ronnie Scotts.  Selections from from Rock'n'Roll Party will also be released on CD Feb. 22.


Rock ‘n’ Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul) Tour Dates:


March
24    9:30 Club                                                                Washington, D.C.
25     Keswick Theater                                                    Philadelphia, PA
26     The Wang Centre                                                   Boston, MA
28     Beacon Theatre                                                     New York, NY
29     State Theatre                                                        New Brunswick, NJ
31     Michigan Theatre                                                  Ann Arbor, MI

April
1       Cadillac Palace Theatre                                            Chicago, IL
4       Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie                             Grand Prairie, TX
5       Austin City Limits Live at Moody Theatre                Austin, TX
8       Fox Theater                                                              Pomona, CA
9       The Fillmore                                                             San Francisco, CA

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