George will be wetting himself ... (Kiss-related content)

[uwe]

That kid singer is cute - I see a career looming!

[gearHed289]

New Ace tune here:

http://www.idesignprod.com/AF/

[uwe]

That is a cool tune, no doubt about it. He has his own style.

He is also supposed to do a cover of this here on the new album:




Which I guess follows tradition as he was not above covering this song from European teenybopper stars Hello (who had a hit with the Russ Ballard penned tune in Europe long before Ace put it on his first solo album):





I always missed the harmonica of the original on Ace's (still good and with a more funky guitar) version,


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4vMQOOiUY&feature=fvw


but that probably came because I had heard Hello's version to death on the radio several years before. To you yanks, the Hello version probably sounds weird as it didn't dent your chart back then.

[gearHed289]

Yeah, I'm looking forward to hearing his cover of FOTR. Love the Sweet! He also covered Do Ya? by the Move (later re-done by ELO) back in the 80s with pretty good results (considering the era).

http://www.youtube.com/v/jTrp02hpI2E&hl=en&fs=1&;

[uwe]

That is a great version. Ace can't really sing, but I like the way he talks over the music. And you've got to hand it to him: Nobody makes a Les Paul sound as "steelish" and crisp as him.

[gweimer]

So, "New York Groove" is a Russ Ballard tune?  No wonder I like it.

[uwe]

Yup, it was his first hit after he had left Argent mid-seventies. Of course he had gotten a taste of what people can do with his songs when Three Dog Night had covered Liar, a song he first played with Argent.