Dave Stewart new album and tour -JBJ link.

August 5th
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dave Stewart was half the musical duo Eurythmics in the 1980s, but when his partnership with singer Annie Lennox faded the artist found other outlets for his creativity.

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The guitarist, singer and music producer released a new album, "The Dave Stewart Songbook, Volume 1" on Tuesday and will tour with a "rock fabulous orchestra" later this month.

"I'm not the new big anything. I've been around for ages, and I've been doing all this stuff behind the scenes, and I want to put it in the spotlight a bit," Stewart told Reuters.

Stewart, 55, sold more than 75 million albums with Eurythmics. He and Lennox disbanded the band in 1990 but reunited for the 1999 album "Peace."

He described his role on "Dave Stewart Songbook" as akin to a big band leader from the 1940s or 1950s, bringing together the work of several artists at one time.

The album showcases songs Stewart co-wrote with Gwen Stefani, Jon Bon Jovi, Sinead O'Connor and Tom Petty. It is being released with a book describing how the songs came about.

Stewart says his collaboration with pop music's top names is born of serendipity.

Take his collaboration with Bon Jovi on "Midnight in Chelsea."

He ran into the rock singer in the English countryside when Stewart was delivering photos to actress Demi Moore that he had taken of her in India. He found himself at a star-studded dinner party that turned into a jam session.

Bon Jovi was on guitar, Moore's then-husband, actor Bruce Willis, was blowing into a harmonica and Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York were chatting in the background.

Stewart and Bon Jovi teased out a riff from that jam and the resulting song was "Midnight in Chelsea," which made it to Bon Jovi's 1997 album "Destination Anywhere."

"I'm just having experiences and the songs are just spitting out because the experiences are there," Stewart said.

Other songs featured on the album include "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," a Eurythmics breakthrough hit, "Don't Come Around Here No More," a Tom Petty hit, and "Underneath It All," which Gwen Stefani originally recorded with her band No Doubt.

Stewart sings on a few songs but female vocalists take the lead on the rest, an arrangement that will continue when he starts his tour on August 29 as "Dave Stewart and His 30-Piece Rock Fabulous Orchestra."

Stewart plans to tour with a backing band and an orchestra. Depending on the size of each venue, the shows will have anywhere from 26 to 36 musicians on stage, he said.

The North American tour starts in Highland Park, Illinois, and includes stops in San Francisco and New York. It ends in Washington, D.C., on September 21.

Thanks Donna. I really liked Dave's contribution on DA. I wish he and Jon would work together again.

deb

really???
i think DA is REALLY BAD!!
for jon to come up with that after TD is shocking
it was such a lazy, run of the mill, album
so bland ........
i dont blame dave.....
i just think there wasnt a good song there
you know how when they di TLFR, and they said that good songs stand up, no matter how they played...well try that with DA!!!
there aint a good song anywhere near that record!!

Completely disagree with you. I think DA is up there with TD as far as songwriting but that's my opinion. DA is very honest and introspective. Only two songs on DA were written with Dave Stewart, Queen Of New Orleans and Midnight In Chelsea. I think DA is very underrated. I play DA more than any Jovi record.

deb

Your welcome. I wouldn't be suprised if JBJ showed up at some of Dave's gigs, especially
in N.Y!!! In fact, I would bet on it. Providing he has no other engagements of course.

I love the D.A album and agree, it would be great if Dave and JBJ would work together again.

Awesome!! I definitely need to be at any NYC gigs then, lol!!

deb

I agree. I'd even go as far as to say that some of the songs on DA are better than the TD songs.

It's far from bland. It showed that Jon is capable of writing so much more than the bombastic type rock songs that Bon Jovi are known for.
I think 'It's Just Me' is one of the best songs Jon has ever written for example.
I love Queen of New Orleans, Destination Anyway and the acoustic version of August 7, sends shivers down my spine.

DA has everything Crush hadn't and DA is everything Crush will never be

I like part of DA and hate the other part.

Ones I love (and I really love them)

- Queen Of New Orleans
- Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town
- Learning How To Fall
- It's Just Me
- Cold Hard Heart
- Destination Anywhere
- Staring At Your Suitcase With A Window In My Hand
- August 7, 4:15

Ones I really hate

- Midnight In Chelsea
- Ugly
- Every Word Has A Piece Of My Heart
- Naked
- Little City

Woah, actually I like more than I thought I did. But 5 songs on an album is quite a lot to hate, I don't think I hate that many songs on any solo/band album other than DA.

Pretty cool how one JBJ/DS song I really love and the other I really hate.