Foo Fighters lead guitarist Chris Shiflett announces Summer West Coast Tour in celebration of his highly anticipated solo album, Hard Lessons, which will be released June 14 on East Beach Records & Tapes/Thirty Tigers and is now available for pre-order.
Shiflett has already confirmed headline dates in California with stops at Costa Mesa’s Wayfarer, Pioneertown’s Pappy & Harriets, Bakerfield’s Temblor Brewing and Los Angeles’ Moroccan Lounge. Tickets are now available for purchase.
Hard Lessons is Shiflett’s fourth solo album. It was recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A and produced by Grammy Award-winning Dave Cobb (Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton), the second collaboration between the two.
When asked about the album, Shiflett commented “I remember one night between Foo Fighters gigs last year I went out for dinner with Dave Cobb to chit chat about making this record. He said he had a vision of me playing through an old Marshall JCM-800…. [he continued] Since it was my second time working with Cobb and Co. out there at RCA Studio A, I kind of knew what to expect as far as his process, so I intentionally didn’t overthink or over-demo the songs because I didn’t want to get too stuck on any ideas I brought with me. I couldn’t be more excited about the results.”
According to the press release, the album features ten new songs, which sees Shiflett on the electric guitar, various musicians on instruments and a duet with Elizabeth Cook on “The One You Go Home To” and special guest guitarist Laur “Little Joe” Joamets on “This Ol’ World.”
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