Duff McKagan’s Third Solo Album, “Lighthouse”, Available Now
Duff McKagan has released a new solo studio album called Lighthouse, which follows up on his This Is The Song EP. The Guns N’ Roses bassist’s third solo effort features a who’s who of guests from his generation including Slash, Jerry Cantrell, Abe Laboriel Jr., and more.
Lighthouse blends acoustic and hard rock to create a “sweet spot between soul-searching reflection and pure energy,” his website states.
“From the beginning song LIGHTHOUSE, a sort of illumination of goodness and hope, to the ending track I JUST DON’T KNOW…where there is a pondering of what is next-my thought process of the songs that fill in the rest of the album are there is an arc of a story,” McKagan writes. “I am a huge reader of good books, and like a good novel, I tried for some rises and falls from beginning to end, lyrically at least.”
While he has a bevy of guests on the record, McKagan actually played many of the instruments himself. He played drums and guitar in addition to his vocals and bass lines. McKagan states he tried to spread his musical wings by learning finger picking on the guitar and including some fretless bass on the tracks.
Get a taste of the album with this sampler:
Lighthouse is out now on CD, vinyl, cassette, and as a digital download (iTunes and Amazon MP3).
Lighthouse Track List:
- Lighthouse
- Longfeather
- Holy Water
- I Saw God on 10th St
- Fallen Down
- Forgiveness
- Just Another Shakedown
- To the Fallen Ones
- Hope (Feat. Slash)
- I Just Don’t Know (Feat. Jerry Cantrell)
- Lighthouse (Reprise w. Iggy Pop)
