Michael Landau - Rock Bottom (2018)

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Michael Landau - Rock Bottom (2018)

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Rock Bottom, the new album by Los Angeles guitar legend Michael Landau—best known for his session work with Pink Floyd, Roger Daltrey, James Taylor, Michael Jackson, Joni Mitchell and so many more, is set for a February 23 release via Mascot Label Group. To put it simply, the album sounds like it walked out of Morrison Hotel in 1970, got lost in Laurel Canyon and finally found its way out onto Ventura Boulevard in 2018.

"I've been playing mostly instrumental music for the past 10 years, and out of nowhere I woke up one morning with the strong urge to play some hard-edged music with vocals," Landau says. "Guess it makes sense because it's really the music I grew up on. So I reunited with my ole pal David Frazee from the Burning Water days. We wrote a lot of songs together, most of which ended up on Rock Bottom."

Besides Frazee (vocals), the album features Michael's brother, Teddy Landau (Raging Honkies), on bass, Larry Goldings on keyboards and Alan Hertz on drums. From the Sgt. Pepper-esque warmup intro to the mind-warping "Squirrels" to the late-night jazz room sounds that haunt "Freedom," Landau and Frazee weave tales that'll have you wondering how you can be in two places at one time—while still relaxing and enjoying the ride.