Blue Öyster Cult Founder Releases New Music
Blue Öyster Cult founding bassist Joe Bouchard has released his fourth solo album, The Power of Music.
Bouchard, who plays with The X Brothers and Blue Coupe — the latter with former Alice Cooper bassist Dennis Dunaway — produced and appears to have played all the instruments on his record, which features a cover of his former band’s song, “Career of Evil,” written by his brother Albert and rock poet Patti Smith:
It also includes fun tunes like “Is He the Wolfman?”, which, according to Bouchard in Blabbermouth, arose when he was playing a 2012 Lynyrd Skynyrd cruise. “It was near Halloween and I was looking for material that celebrated that classic werewolf theme. I finally put the song together in 2015 with the spooky 50s theremin riffs and a rocking tom-tom part. In true ‘Twilight Zone’ fashion, the Wolfman ends being a spam caller who gets your number and won’t give up. Scary music with a dance beat works for me.”
If you like what you’ve heard, check out the whole album:
The Power of Music is available on CD and as a digital download (iTunes and Amazon MP3). The CD cover is 3-D, and even comes with its own pair of glasses.)
The Power of Music Track List:
- Walk With the Devil
- 36 Strings
- Is He the Wolfman?
- Power of Music
- Dusty Old Piano
- Story of the Blues Project
- Photographic Evidence
- Touring Age
- Career of Evil
