NEW YORK (Favored Nations/ J-Disc) - Favored Nations is honored to present the second solo album by revolutionary bass player BILLY SHEEHAN with the release of Cosmic Troubadour on CD February 22, 2005.
Produced by Pat Regan, Cosmic Troubadour again sees Sheehan handling multi-instrumental duties and writing all of the material, as he did on his 2001 debut Compression (Favored Nations). Ray Luzier and
Simone Sello lend a hand on drums and guitars/programming respectively. Cosmic Troubadour shows Sheehan maturing as both a songwriter and vocalist on his sophomore release. The tracks cross a multitude of genres while still remaining true to his hard rock roots.
Beginning with the prog-rock syncopation of "Toss It To The Flame," to the pulsating bass line of the instrumental "The Suspense Is Killing Me" to the closing King Crimsonesque polyrhythm of "A Million
Tears Ago," Sheehan is able to juxtapose elements of funk and blues with a foundation in metal.
Recruited by David Lee Roth when Roth left Van Halen in '85, Sheehan recorded two platinum selling albums with the former Van Halen front man before setting out on his own. He formed Mr. Big in 1989 and achieved a No 1 single in the US and 14 other countries with "To Be With You" from their 2nd Atlantic Records album release Lean Into It. While developing his trademark style of playing he has performed over 4,000 live gigs on every continent except Africa and Antarctica.
Sheehan was voted the "Best Rock Bass Player" 5 times in Guitar Player magazines Readers Poll, and has also had his rock n roll legacy cemented, literally, on the Hollywood Rockwalk at Guitar Center in 1999.
Billy Sheehan will be on the road in March, holding down the groove for his longtime band-mate and now label President Steve Vai. Joining them on the stage will be guitar/keyboard virtuoso Tony MacAlpine, fellow Favored Nations artist David Weiner, and drummer Jeremy Colson.
Cosmic Troubadour Track Listing
1. Toss It On The Flame
2. Back In The Day
3. The Suspense Is Killing Me
4. From The Backseat
5. Don?t Look Down
6. Something She Said
7. Dreams of Discontent
8. Dig A Hole
9. Taj
10. The Lift
11. A Tower In The Sky
12. Long Walk Home
13. Indisputable Truth #1
14. Hope
15. A Million Tears Ago
Steve Vai Tour Dates w/ Billy Sheehan on bass
Mar 1 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
Mar 2 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
Mar 4 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre
Mar 5 Grand Praire, TX Nokia Theatre
Mar 6 Austin, TX Antone?s Nightclub
Mar 8 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre
Mar 10 Birmingham, AL Boutwell Auditorium
Mar 11 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
Mar 14 Tampa, FL Tampa Theatre
Mar 15 North Miami Beach, FL Julius Littman PAC
Mar 16 Orlando, FL House of Blues
Mar 17 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live
Mar 18 N. Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Mar 19 Atlanta, GA Roxy Theatre
Mar 22 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy?s
Mar 23 Alexandria, VA Birchmere
Mar 24 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!
Mar 25 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
Mar 26 New York, NY Town Hall
Mar 28 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero Theatre
Mar 29 Westbury, NY Westbury Music Fair
Mar 30 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Mar 31 Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom
Apr 1 Montreal, QC Metropolis
Apr 2 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
Apr 4 Buffalo, NY University at Buffalo
Apr 5 Pittsburg, PA Rex Theatre
Apr 6 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Apr 7 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Apr 8 Detroit, MI State Theatre
Apr 9 Cincinnati, OH Bogart?s
Apr 10 Saint Louis, MO The Pageant
Apr 12 Milwaukee, WI The Eagle?s Club
Apr 13 Chicago, IL House of Blue?s
Apr 15 St. Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theatre
Apr 19 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
Apr 21 Boise, ID The Big Easy
Apr 22 Seattle, WA Showbox Showroom & Lounge
Apr 23 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Apr 24 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
Apr 26 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Apr 27 Anaheim, CA The Grove of Anaheim
Apr 28 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
Apr 29 San Diego, CA 4th & B Concert Theatre
Apr 30 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
