IAIN ASHLEY HERSEY "The Holy Grail"
(Lion Music - 2005)



1. Blood Of Kings
2. In The Light
3. To The Sea
4. Blink Of An Eye
5. Toccata In D Minor
6. Empty Planet
7. Lost And Foolish
8. Calling For The Moon
9. Walking The Talk
10. Going Down
11. The Holy Grail
12. Auf Wiedersehen

Line Up:
Iain Ashley Hersey guitar, keyboards, bass
Graham Bonnet: vocals
David "Swan" Montgomery: vocals
Lizard: vocals
Randy Williams: vocals
Jim Austin: keyboards
Harlan Spector: keyboards
Phil Wolfe: keyboards
Paulo: bass
Dave Sutton: bass
Tony Medeiros: drums

Producer: Pat Regan
Studio: (my own parts) Snacks Studio, Mannheim/Germany, engineered by Seegi

I know Iain for a couple years now. Eversince he was talking about someday writing and recording some songs together. In fact it took us about five years to finally make it, but for his second album "The Holy Grail", we wrote "Empty Planet", "Lost & Foolish" and "Calling For The Moon" together (yes, I sang those tracks, too...!). Iain's amazing Classic Rock guitar style to me was something really refreshing (I know, this sounds quite strange...). I could go back to where I once started and put in some PURPLE, ZEP and RAINBOW influences. It may sound a little overmuch, but this record to me means another step: It features a singer, which I do play songs of in my cover band - Graham Bonnet (ex-RAINBOW, -ALCATRAZZ, -IMPELLITTERI)! I really have to thank Iain very much for this opportunity, and I really enjoyed singing his stuff! Also featuring Phil Wolfe (ex-IMPELLITTERI) on keyboards and legendary producer Pat Regan (DEEP PURPLE, KISS etc.).

 

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