Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge (1997)

Baton Rouge's third album re-unites legendary producer/songwriter and guitarist Jack Ponti with the hard rock vocalist of the moment, in Kelly Keeling. The vocals are strong and consistent, the songs are of high quality and chock full of riff's, melodies, hooks and solo's.

By 1996 Bulen had teamed up with former XYZ member Patt Fontaine in the Los Angeles based PUZZLEGUT, whilst Kelly Keeling joined ex EUROPE guitarist JOHN NORUM on the Swede's latest solo excursion in 1997. The same year, in September, the German label MTM Music issued an eponymously titled BATON ROUGE album masterminded by Jack Ponti and featuring only Kelly Keeling from the original line-up. Ponti supplied guitars and keyboards with contributions from bassist Pat Schick, keyboard player Guy Daniel and drummer Camus Celli. Two of the featured tracks were co-written by Ponti with STAN BUSH, whilst 'Love's A Loaded Gun' is the track Ponti co-wrote with Vic Pepe and Alice Cooper.