“I have worked on over 100 hours of
television and I have never been on a set where everyone involved made me feel
that I could fly with the material,” says Michael, “and feel safe enough,
respected enough to do good work. Mark Harmon is the Captain of a ship that
sails around the television universe like the mothership of terrific
entertainment.”
"This is a very fun episode and
Michael Des Barres brings tremendous humor and idiosyncrasy to the character he
knows oh-too-well. We really lucked out having him join us." - Gary Glasberg,
NCIS Executive Producer
Michael Des Barres new CD titled
'Carnaby Street' was released worldwide by Gonzo MultiMedia on July 10, 2012 and
the reaction so far has been phenomenal! The album has garnered rave reviews
worldwide, attracting the attention of Steve Van Zant who considers the CD one
of the best releases of the year! He has been playing the songs “Little Latin
Lover” and the title track “Carnaby Street” in heavy rotation on Little Steven's
Underground Garage.
“The best album he's ever made –
He's even better than he thinks he is!” - Steve Van Zant
Michael confesses, “I am genuinely
shocked and delighted at the response to 'Carnaby Street'. However, I am not
surprised... There is a huge vacuum in rock and roll, a sense of joy and
pleasure, a sensuality long trampled underfoot by a 'hip' reluctance to let go
and let Chuck Berry, bury the self-consciousness and reticence to play music
that we all can shake a tail feather too and just celebrate each other and the
simplicity and sexuality of rock and roll.”
Due to the popularity of the single
“Little Latin Lover”, Michael has decided to release a Spanish version of the
song aimed at Latin American radio. “ 'Little Latin Lover' is a burst of rock
and roll that is about a man who loses his wife to immigration deportation,”
explains Michael. “We recorded it in Spanish and English. It has been picked up
on the radio by over 180 countries.”
Here's what is being said about
Michael Des Barres 'Carnaby Street':
“It really does rock!” - Steve
Jones
“The album is great – he is in love
with life” - John Taylor
“He always sang the blues great” -
Don Johnson
“The album blew my mind!” - Pauly
Perrette
“ 'Pain Killer' is a healing blues
masterpiece” - Gabriel Byrne
“It's the real thing” -
Slim Jim Phantom
Nick Cristiano of The Philadelphia Inquirer gives the album 3 ½ stars and writes the following: “Michael Des Barres describes his new album as
'authentic rock-and-roll, based in American blues, R&B . . . three-chord,
unabashed rocking music.' That pretty much nails it. The real treat here is how
well the British musician and actor and his four-man band grasp those
rock-and-roll basics, stirring echoes of the Stones and the Faces (with the rasp
in his voice, the 64-year-old Des Barres sometimes brings to mind Rod Stewart).
'You’re My Pain Killer' begins the album on a slow burn, and 'Please Stay' is a
pleading, gospel-inflected ballad that sounds like a lost Stax classic. Mostly,
though, 'Carnaby Street' is glorious, pedal-to-the-metal riff-rocking, played
with swagger and panache and – beginning with Des Barres himself and his
thoroughly unpretentious, hook-heavy songs – plenty of
heart."
In other news, Michael Des Barres
was recently invited by the well-respected entertainment website The Wrap to
become a guest blogger. In a recent piece entitled “50 Years of Jack Flashers,
Midnight Ramblers, Devil Sympathizers” he shares his views on 50 years of the
Rolling Stones. The blog post was picked
up by Yahoo and MSN Entertainment to name a few. You can read Michael's blog
at http://www.thewrap.com/music/blog-post/michael-des-barres-50-years-jack-flashers-midnight-ramblers-devil-sympathizers-56871
On October 16, 2012
Michael Des Barres will be performing at a special event in New York City with
members of the E Street Band honoring
Steve Van Zandt! Along with Michael, performers include Steve Van Zandt, Jake
Clemons (son of Clarence Clemons), Max Weinberg, Elvis Costello, Southside
Johnny, Michael Johns, Darlene Love, Dion, Tom Morello, Jesse Malin, NYC Hit
Squad and others. For more information: www.littlekidsrock.org, https://www.facebook.com/events/419470591445150/
To purchase Michael Des Barres – Carnaby
Street CD: http://www.gonzomultimedia.com/product_details/15483/Michael_Des_Barres-Carnaby_Street.html
To purchase Michael Des Barres - “Little
Latin Lover” digital single:
For more information: www.desbarres.com, www.mdbimmedia.com
Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158,
glassonyonpr@gmail.com
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