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Glenn the Renaissance man
In anticipation of his European tour (which starts in Newcastle on January 20), Glenn Hughes spoke to the Metal Express Radio. He introduced his band — Soren Andersen on guitar, Pontus Engborg on drums, and Lachy Doley Jay Boe on keyboards, offered his $0.02 on the 2016 Rainbow incarnation, talked about the setlist for upcoming tour, discussed the Wolves’ prospects for the season, and shed some new light on why his co-headliner with Living Colour fell through:
You were going to do-headline with Living Color in November but that fell through. What happened there?
I got a call to say they`d pulled out of the tour and was given no reason why but have since heard that they were offered a tour with Alter Bridge which their management must have thought was a bigger tour so they went for that despite all of the paperwork being sorted and agreements in place to come to the UK with me. There`s no problem between us as I know those guys well. I think it was their management who made the decision.
Read more in Metal Express Radio.
Errata: after this interview was taken a few weeks ago, a new keyboard player Jay Boe has been announced for Glenn’s band.
Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info and to Yvonne for correction.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Ooooops, the interview is a bit outdated. Keyboarder for the tour will be Jesper Bo Hansen aka Jay Boe.
https://www.facebook.com/JayBoehammondandkeys/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE
January 17th, 2017 at 21:26P.S. Want to know more about Pontus Engborg? Then check out this interview which was conducted during the 2015 tour in Japan.
https://roppongirocks.com/2015/12/30/pontus-engborg-the-funky-drummer-behind-glenn-hughes/
January 17th, 2017 at 22:08Earlier today, I read an interview in which Glenn described his own response to Ritchie’s Rainbow invite as, ” very eloquent “. What’s up with that?
January 18th, 2017 at 01:35Yep, sounds like Glenn to me!. Seems like he’s really enjoying himself. I’m glad he didn’t rubbish the Rainbow gigs. I’m also pleased his health has improved & that he’s up to tasks that lay ahead. So much talent squeezed into a single human being, the voice of rock indeed!!!.
January 18th, 2017 at 02:07Seems like Lachy was counting on the $ from the cancelled 2016 gigs.
see below (email dated 7-1-17 or if you like 1-7-17)
THE TRUTH ABOUT MY CAREER, FAMILY AND THE RELEASE OF MY NEW ALBUM #LOVELIGHT
I’m not gonna lie. I’m still doing it tough at the moment with all the shit that went down last year regarding the cancelled 6 week Europe tour with Glenn. So more than just letting you guys know that the preorders are open for the new album, I wanted to ask you all a few questions and tell you bit about what’s going on here.
Firstly I gotta thank all you guys once again for being such a great support to me, my music and ultimately my family. I started recording and performing as the Lachy Doley Group in 2010 and apart from Jimmy Barnes I haven’t really done any work as a session player with anyone else since.
Playing with Jimmy Barnes has pretty much gotten me through these years. The Lachy Doley Group has only cost me money. like lots of money! And that’s not even mentioning the time I spend working on it. I mean I’ve been working my fucking ass off, every spare second I’ve had for the last 6 years to get it to where it’s at and it’s talking it’s toll on my family, myself and my mental health. I mean I:
Write the music (time)
Perform the music (time)
Record the music (time and heaps of money)
Mix the music (time)
Master the music (time)
Then I market the album (stupid amounts of time and money)
I also pay a publicist to market the album (I can’t say exactly the amount, but it’s thousands)
I send the albums off to radio, blogs and magazines around the world (stupid amounts of time and money, especially overseas radio stations, everyone wants a physical copy and postage is nuts)
This album makes 4 Studios albums and 2 Live albums plus a DVD since 2010 (WTF?)
I book all the shows , except overseas (so much time)
I promote the shows (stupid amounts of time and money)
I video a lot of the shows (so much money and setup)
I edit the videos of the shows (so much time)
I promote them on Facebook (So much time and money)
I built and update my website (Lots of time, some money for hosting)
I design all the artwork and posters (time)
I tour manager everything. Which I’m absolutely hopeless at. (time)
Public Liability Insurance (money)
My Europe tour of 2015 ended up costing me $6000 dollars. Having said that. My Europe 2016 tour broke even. So that was good 🙂
I ENGAGE WITH ALMOST EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME on fb, email, twitter and alike. But now I’ve got over 28,000 Facebook likes, this adds up to ten’s of hours a week just replying to people but unfortunately doesn’t do anything for my hopeless financial situation. I give out so much advice to musicians via comments and private messages it’s bordering on crazy. But I have to say I really do love this part of everything. It’s just so many hours.
On top of this I haul around a stupidly OVERSIZED HAMMOND ORGAN and WHAMMY CLAV all the around the world and then put in every single bit of energy and conviction into every performance, I feel like I’m gonna faint sometimes.
Not to mention the cost of maintenance and petrol on my van when it’s running over 15,0000 kms a year
SO…. when you find yourself home after driving 12 hours straight from an incredible week away playing 5 awesome shows to standing ovations at Woodford Folk Festival but you simply can’t pay your mortgage and feed the family that week. It’s time to really think hard about WHETHER THIS IS ALL WORTH IT.
Sadly, There’s no work with Jim at the moment as he’s doing his book tour and the small amount he has coming up is directly when I’ve booked my new Album tour. BAD TIMING
Don’t get me wrong I know I’ve achieved so much and I know I’m a great product. Infant everyday someone comments to me about how well I’m doing or how I’m just killing it at the moment. This makes me feel good for second but because I know that it’s totally not the case it really brings me down further. I’m still flat broke, actually broker than ever. I’m seriously this close to just giving up and finding a real job. But I’ve got to see this new album and it’s tour through.
So i wanted to ask a few things:
1. If you do enjoy my music, watch my videos, learn from my videos or get something good from what I do, would you consider helping me to keep them coming by becoming a member of my VIP membership group. It’s a bit like CROWDFUNDING by a more spread out and sustainable version. All the info is here at http://www.lachydoley.com/vip please watch the video and see if it’s something you’d like to be apart of 🙂
2. Otherwise if you’re planning to buy a copy or preorder of the new album at some point. Would you mind doing it now as I’ll get the funds almost immediately AND it’ll help my chances of charting on the week it’s released. You can do that here http://www.lachydoley.com/bandcamp
3. If you’re in Australia, Please come to one or more of my shows and book early so the venues don’t freak about whether anyones coming. All the shows are listed here http://www.lachydoley.com/shows
4. SHARE AND TAG THE HELL out of my videos and posts 🙂
Sorry for the depressing tone of this email but it’s just where I am right now.
Thanks so much everyone and happy new year.
Lachy
January 21st, 2017 at 10:17@5 DeepOz, I’m in shock from reading your post…. BLOODY HELL!!!. I would urge everyone that can to help Lachy out in any way that they can. Buy his album, buy tickets to his shows, become a v.i.p. member as he is offering. This is something worthwhile for both Lachy & you!. Be happy.
January 21st, 2017 at 21:17Dang, that sounds depressing.
January 23rd, 2017 at 17:14Here’s Lachy & his mates doing a “Lazy/Onions” mashup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35txN4JTw2Q
January 24th, 2017 at 23:19Thanks guys, here’s another from Lachy.
HELP ME make this happen. Pretty Pretty Pretty Pretty Please 🙂
I just got contacted by ARIA Australia. Saying that my new album LOVELIGHT is actually going to chart. They say it’s sitting around the TOP 45 mark in Australia. This means I only need around 50-100 more sold to break the INFAMOUS TOP 40 ARIA AUSTRALIA CHARTS. And I’m talking the 100% legit charts in Australia.
THIS IS MASSIVE DREAM POTENTIALLY COMING TRUE HERE
If you haven’t already brought the album, but were planning to, counting CLOSES TOMORROW NIGHT. So there’s only 2 DAYS LEFT for me to get as many sales as possible to go towards me breaking the TOP 40.
grab one for you OR A FREIND at http://www.lachydoley.com/bandcamp
PLEASE HELP ME MAKE THIS A REALITY
I really can’t believe this 🙂
Thanks to everyone who has made this happen. Wow Wow Wow.
This may even help me to be inline for an ARIA nomination. WTF?????
Lachy x (Feeling Excited)
Just heard that Appice Bros gig in Sydney on Friday 17-February has been cancelled (full refund) but the upside is that I can now go to Lachys CD launch at the Basement.
January 25th, 2017 at 07:41If anyone in Sydney is interested
http://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/the-lachy-doley-group/91804
tix are $25 plus bf for general admission, $85 plus bf for seated dinner
Well he made it – #40 on the Aria Album chart.
http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart
Well done, Lachy
January 28th, 2017 at 08:17