The Rides - Pierced Arrow (Deluxe Edition) (2016)

Rock icons Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg are back and gearing up for the release of their second album Pierced Arrow which will be released by 429 Records on May 6th. Pierced Arrow the title of which is a riff on the American classic car of the twenties was produced by the trio along with bassist Kevin McCormick. The band is rounded out with drummer and Hall of Fame inductee, Chris Layton, of Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble. The all new album is a collection of original barnburners, soulful ballads and covers that follow in the very successful style and texture set on their chart topping debut album Can t Get Enough (#1 Blues in Billboard and Amazon and a Top 200 Billboard top 40 debut), but this time with even more original material from Shepherd, Goldberg and Stills including the first single Virtual World a new Stills composition

Supertrio the Rides Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg return May 6 with Pierced Arrow, their first release since their debut album Can t Get Enough tapped into Blues Rock Review s Top 20 Albums of 2013. Like Can t Get Enough, Pierced Arrow is a mixture of originals (like the Stills-penned single Virtual World ) and covers (like the jaunty My Babe, written by Willie Dixon), all played with the technical skill one expects of three seasoned musicians. The biggest takeaway from Pierced Arrow is its unity: while some songs show evidence of each artist s past projects (especially Virtual World, which is reminiscent of Stills work with Buffalo Springfield five decades ago), the album as a whole nods to the time the Rides spent touring, performing and writing together as a team. The Review: 8/10 --Blues Rock Review