Former Candlelight Red guitarist, Jeremy Edge launches The Jeremy Edge Project, and shares the single “Lies,” from his upcoming self-titled album, out August 28, via Deko Entertainment. The single features legendary blues guitarist Josh Smith.
A slow blues rocker, “Lies” is the first single released from the upcoming album. Brandon Yeagley delivers dynamic vocals on the track while Edge and Smith trade guitar leads. Smith opens the song with a hook on his Telecaster and sets up the dueling jam at the end of the song.
Says Jeremy Edge, “I wanted to do a heavy, slow blues in the vain of “Tea for One” by Zeppelin. Not exactly like that but a similar vibe to it. I wanted it to have the extended, bar room, blues jam type of feel and capture that on record. This song needed 2 guitars to do that!”
After four top 50 Active Rock singles with CLR, Jeremy Edge is breaking a long hiatus by releasing an album that is a departure stylistically with more blues based, guitar based rock. According to Edge, this project has been brewing for a while and came by accident as personnel changes mid-recording session prompted him to make some tough choices about moving forward and finishing the record as a solo artist.
To get the album over the finish line, he decided to do some of the vocals himself for the first time, and enlisted the help of friends to complete the vocal compositions as well as adding more new players to contribute to the project.
“I always liked what Santana did years ago with using different singers and I love collaboration projects like ‘Postmodern Jukebox,’ so this was a fun and exciting idea for an album.”
The album features nine tracks, varying from bluesy and soulful ballads to in-your-face rock grooves and blazing guitar. This record was recorded and mixed by Grammy nominated engineer Mike Feretti in Ringwood, NJ who has also worked with Edge in the past with Candlelight Red.
Jeremy enlisted the help of some fellow musicians for this project. Brandon Yeagley from Crobot and Brett Hestla from Dark New Day / Virgos Merlot both sing lead vocals on three tracks, leaving the rest to Edge. Bassist John Delowery, drummer Dave Shaffer, and keyboardist Jeremy Baum on Hammond B3 organ, round out the instrumentation.
On the stylistic direction for the album, Jeremy says, “I have for years wanted to do something that puts me back in touch with my early influences, growing up and learning guitar – SRV, Hendrix, Billy Gibbons, Blackmore, Iommi, Page etc. But I did not want to do a retro album per se. I wanted this to be a melting pot of influences so there is some classic rock, blues, classic metal, and alternative. It’s all there – along with Brandon and Brett bringing their unique vocals styles.”
Listen to “”Lies”
The self-titled debut album will be available for streaming and download, and on CD and Limited Edition Vinyl, on all major online outlets.
Pre-order link for limited edition bundles.
The Jeremy Edge Project track listing:
Firedancer Intro
Firedancer
Hot Lava (Featuring Brandon Yeagley of Crobot)
Sing My Blues (Featuring Brandon Yeagley of Crobot)
Breath Holding In (Featuring Brett Hestla)
Lies (Featuring Josh Smith & Brandon Yeagley of Crobot)
Indifferent (Featuring Brett Hestla)
Outlive Yesterday (Featuring Brett Hestla)
Sunrise
The Jeremy Edge Project Online
This album is fantastic from start to finish, from that first edgy riff in the Firedancer intro right through to the very last note in Sunrise. It’s seductive but edgy, something that you can listen to repeatedly and will not get sick of hearing. All the vocals are on point. Every time I hear it, I have a new favorite song. I ordered the bundle and cannot wait to listen to it on Vinyl. One of my favorite things about this album is that I can listen to it with my kids. There isn’t any cursing or foul language. We have all danced and rocked out in my kitchen while making dinner several times. If you ever wondered what it would be like if the Allman Bros, Sam Cooke, and Led Zeppelin had a baby, this project would be just that. Tell your friends and your grandmother everyone will love this album.