August 2019 New Release Book . Contact: Clay Pasternack Gary Davis Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 440-333-2208 | Fax: 440-333-2280 Phone: 206-972-7257 | Fax: 425-671-0193 21258 Maplewood Avenue Rocky River, Ohio 44116-1244 www.cpidistribution.com THE IDES OF MARCH TH PLAY ON – 55 ANNIVERSARY Key Selling Points: Over the past 55 years, Chicago’s own The Ides Of March have earned their place in Rock history with their stirring brass-driven platinum hit “Vehicle”. Ides singer/guitarist Jim Peterik, who wrote and sang that listener favorite, went on to co-write numerous other Top Ten smashes, including “Hold On Loosely” for .38 Special, and “The Eye Of The Tiger” for Survivor. His songwriting has garnered Jim a Grammy™, a People’s Choice Award, and an Oscar™ nomination. Now comes the Ides’ new album “Play On” with 14 fresh songs, drawing on the wide variety of genres the Ides have mastered over their 55 year career. Jim Peterik reached deep into his talent, bringing together and intermingling the influences and directions responsible for so many hit tunes, sometimes composing with fellow members of the Ides, and selected hit writers to create this collection that showcas es the wide range of musicianship inherent in the band. Of course, “Play On” features the trademark “Brass” sound responsible for “Vehicle’s” continued rotation on radio stations worldwide. As important to their identity are their skillful vocal harmonies, which leap from a sweet simmer to incendiary TRACK LISTING: intensity. These vocals are heard in every “Play On” song. Hit producer Fred Mollin drew the best out of the 8-man group which 1. Play On 2. This Miracle includes the four original members, who came together in 1964. The Ides chose to invite several of their Superstar friends to 3. Blue Storm Rising celebrate their 55-year musical journey. Mark Farner, original lead 4. Song About Mary singer and guitarist of Grand Funk, lends his distinctive voice 5. Swagger and lead guitar to the hard-rocking “Swagger”. Blues superstar 6. Friends Like You guitarist Joe Bonamassa weaves tasty licks throughout “The 7. Rule of Three Cover Up”. Cathy Richardson of Jefferson Starship shares an 8. First Day of Your Life impassioned duet with Jim on “Blue Storm Rising”, while David 9. Too Far To Turn Around Pack former lead singer of Ambrosia, pairs with Jim for an exquisite duet on “A Song About Mary”. Bo Bice of American Idol 10. Cornerstone and Blood Sweat & Tears fame tears it up on “Love Or Something 11. She Like It”. Sax phenom Mindi Abair adds her unique style to 12. Love or Something Like It “Friends Like You”. Paul Shaffer of David Letterman’s Band 13. The Cover-Up contributes a cool electric piano vibe to “Rule Of Three”. 14. All the Way Home Completing the celebrity guest roster is Tom “Toad” Doody of 15. Vehicle (Bonus Vintage Track) fellow Chicago favorites The Cryan’ Shames, whose heartfelt voice graces “Cornerstone”. 6 more songs with the Ides flying solo round out the powerful album. As a bonus track, the original ReleaseDate: 8/16/19 Warner Brothers single of “Vehicle” is included on the CD and Format: CD Download editions. “Play On” will also be released in a deluxe, Wholesale Price: 7.65 double-disc vinyl edition, featuring a selection of rarities from the Ides’ early days. All these elements combine in a career-defining Catalog Number: IOM 2019 moment for the Ides Of March. Their sheer love of music is the ListPrice: 11.99 engine driving this machine, and has powered it onstage and in Packaging: DIGIPAK the recording studio for 55 years. The Bard Of Avon inspired the FILEUNDER: ROCK Ides’ name, and a paraphrase of his immortal Twelfth Night couplet provides the guiding light of this fine new album! moon, walking on the moon, all the feelings that they CPI DISTRIBUTION – CLAY PASTERNACK 440 333 2208, [email protected] THE IDES OF MARCH TH PLAY ON – 55 ANNIVERSARY Key Selling Points: Over the past 55 years, Chicago’s own The Ides Of March have earned their place in Rock history with their stirring brass-driven platinum hit “Vehicle”. Ides singer/guitarist Jim Peterik, who wrote and sang that listener favorite, went on to co-write numerous other Top Ten smashes, including “Hold On Loosely” for .38 Special, and “The Eye Of The Tiger” for Survivor. His songwriting has garnered Jim a Grammy™, a People’s Choice Award, and an Oscar™ nomination. Now comes the Ides’ new album “Play On” with 14 fresh songs, drawing on the wide variety of genres the Ides have mastered over their 55 year career. Jim Peterik reached deep into his talent, bringing together and intermingling the influences and directions responsible for so many hit tunes, sometimes composing with fellow members of the Ides, and selected hit writers to create this collection that showcas es the wide range of musicianship inherent in the band. Of course, “Play On” features the trademark “Brass” sound responsible for “Vehicle’s” continued rotation on radio stations worldwide. As important to their identity are their skillful vocal harmon ies, which leap from a sweet simmer to incendiary TRACK LISTING: intensity. These vocals are heard in every “Play On” song. Hit producer Fred Mollin drew the best out of the 8-man group which includes the four original members, who came together in 1964. The Ides chose to invite several of their Superstar friends to For the complete celebrate their 55-year musical journey. Mark Farner, original lead singer and guitarist of Grand Funk, lends his distinctive voice and lead guitar to the hard-rocking “Swagger”. Blues superstar track listing of the guitarist Joe Bonamassa weaves tasty licks throughout “The Cover Up”. Cathy Richardson of Jefferson Starship shares an 4 sides of this impassioned duet with Jim on “Blue Storm Rising”, while David Pack former lead singer of Ambrosia, pairs with Jim for an double LP, see exquisite duet on “A Song About Mary”. Bo Bice of American Idol and Blood Sweat & Tears fame tears it up on “Love Or Something page two of this Like It”. Sax phenom Mindi Abair adds her unique style to “Friends Like You”. Paul Shaffer of David Letterman’s Band one sheet contributes a cool electric piano vibe to “Rule Of Three”. Completing the celebrity guest roster is Tom “Toad” Doody of fellow Chicago favorites The Cryan’ Shames, whose heartfelt voice graces “Cornerstone”. 6 more songs with the Ides flying solo round out the powerful album. As a bonus track, the original ReleaseDate: 8/16/19 Warner Brothers single of “Vehicle” is included on the CD and Format: 2LP Download editions. “Play On” will also be released in a deluxe, Wholesale Price: 17.90 double-disc vinyl edition, featuring a selection of rarities from the Ides’ early days. All these elements combine in a career-defining Catalog Number: IOM 2019 moment for the Ides Of March. Their sheer love of music is the ListPrice: 29.99 engine driving this machine, and has powered it onstage and in Packaging: DOUBLE ALBUM the recording studio for 55 years. The Bard Of Avon inspired the FILE UNDER: ROCK Ides’ name, and a paraphrase of his immortal Twelfth Night couplet provides the guiding light of this fine new album: moon, walking on the moon, all the feelings that they CPI DISTRIBUTION – CLAY PASTERNACK 440 333 2208, [email protected] BARBARA HIGBIE RESONANCE SLOW BABY Key Selling Points: A longtime Windham Hill recording artist now recording for Slow RECORDS Baby Records, Barbara is a multi-instrumentalist, singer- songwriter and championship fiddle player as well as a pianist and composer. She is known for her work as co-founder of the acoustic super-group Montreux, for her two award-winning solo vocal recordings, Signs of Life and I Surrender and her two duet releases with singer Teresa Trull, Unexpected and Playtime. In addition, Higbie has played on more than 45 albums, recently recording with Bonnie Raitt on Rosalee Sorrel's tribute CD to Malvina Reynolds. She has performed in contexts that range from the Kronos Quartet and Terry Riley to Ferron, Holly Near and David Grisman. Michigan-born and Indiana-bred, Higbie studied classical piano as a child and at age 13 moved with her family to Ghana, West Africa. As a teen-ager in Ghana, she was immersed in a vibrant cultural milieu a world away from small town Indiana. She studied with African master drummer Mustafa Tetty Addy, absorbed the lively Highlife music scene in Accra and traveled widely. After TRACK LISTING: formal studies including a degree from Mills College in Oakland, and an interlude in France at the Sorbonne, Higbie returned to 1. Resonance Africa on a Watson Fellowship to collect traditional indigenous 2. Made It Through music. But it was while at the Sorbonne, playing on the streets of 3. Great Blue Heron Paris that Higbie felt her calling as musician. It was also on the streets of Paris that she met her first serious musical 4. Atakpame collaborator, violinist Darol Anger. 5. Generous Heart 6. The Land Back in the states in the early 1980s, Higbie launched her professional music career in the San Francisco Bay Area, part of 7. Morning on the Lake the burgeoning New Acoustic Music scene with Anger, Mike 8. Trees I’ve Known Marshall, Todd Phillips, David Balakrishnan, Rob Wasserman and 9. Water Lilies others. In 1982 she and violinist Anger recorded their critically acclaimed duet album, Tideline, for Windham Hill Records. The 10. Celtic Roots next year, Higbie and Teresa Trull released the stunning Unexpected, named one of the ten best albums of the year by the Boston Globe.