Michael Des Barres is an authentic rocker. (Photo by Rob Ayling)
If you are truly known by the company you keep, then Michael Des Barres is most certainly the real deal.
He’s a rocker first and foremost, one who counts among his friends Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, as well as former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones. Surrounding himself with players who share his authenticity and love for music that hits below the belt, Michael Des Barres and his band deliver a potent shot of rock and roll on the new album Carnaby Street.
Des Barres is perhaps best known as the touring singer for The Power Station, a 1980s supergroup with players from Duran Duran and Chic. Des Barres has also played with the 1970s band Detective (featuring ex-Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye) and British rockers Silverhead.
“For me, the best rock is below-the-waist music,” says Des Barres. “Plain and simple, rock and roll is 
a synonym for fucking. It’s not a synonym for meditation … it has to get your body moving and your fluids flowing.”
He says he reached deep into his soul for the songs on Carnaby Street. The album is a passionate, profound testament to the power of rock and roll, played in the classic style of British rockers Humble Pie, the Pretty Things and that band with Page-Plant.
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