Year : 2008 (Japan SHM-CD Deluxe Edition 2025)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 172 mb
Bio:
Jake E. Lee (born Jakey Lou Williams; February 15, 1957) is an American musician best known as lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne between 1982 and 1987 and later as a member of the heavy metal band Badlands with Ray Gillen. He formed the band Red Dragon Cartel in 2013, and their debut album released in January 2014 entered the Billboard Album Chart at number 69.He has also recorded solo works under his own name—examples being the instrumental album A Fine Pink Mist (1996) and cover album Retraced (2005).In San Diego, Lee formed a band called Teaser, named after Tommy Bolin's debut solo album. Teaser would become the house band at a San Diego all-ages club called Straita Head Sound. In 1980, Lee joined a local heavy metal band called Mickey Ratt, who soon shortened their name to Ratt and relocated to the Sunset Strip of Los Angeles. They released the single "Dr. Rock"/"Drivin on E," which was given away for free to fans at their live shows. The song "Tell the World" was included on the original pressing of the first Metal Massacre compilation album in 1982, a highly influential album which also featured the first recording from Metallica.Not long after arriving in Los Angeles, Lee left Ratt to join a glam metal band called Sexist, reuniting with childhood friend and fellow guitarist Doug Pittam. Approximately eight months later, Lee received an offer to join Rough Cutt after being recommended by drummer and former Ratt bandmate Dave Alford in late 1982.Former Black Sabbath vocalist Ronnie James Dio was putting together a solo project with Jimmy Bain and Vinny Appice and was impressed with Lee after seeing a Rough Cutt show in Los Angeles, and invited the guitarist to join. Though Lee had believed Rough Cutt's future was promising, he felt the offer to join Dio was too good to pass up, though his time in the band would ultimately be short-lived. According to Appice, there were rehearsals with Lee, and recordings of those rehearsals still exist, but nothing more came from this first version of the band. Lee claims that Dio wanted him to play "simple block chords that wouldn't trample on his vocals" and cited creative differences for the split.
Album:
Ｍarquee/Avalon Japan releasing the JAKE E. LEE album “Runnin’ With The Devil” in a Deluxe Edition including bonus tracks, for the first time pressed on SHM-CD. The disc includes 6 newly added tracks, plus new artwork.Quite underrated during the Eighties – but highly praised later – Jake E. Lee is mostly known by the two albums he recorded with Ozzy Osbourne, “Bark At The Moon” and the slick “Ultimate Sin” (not to mention his three excellent Badlands albums), all chock full of fantastic playing by this man.A true guitar hero and one of the best electric six-string players emerged from the ’80s, JAKE E. LEE took a sabbatical decade away from the stages during the 2000’s. However, Jake collaborated with some bands, recorded many songs for famous acts tribute albums, and did by his own versions of rock classics. ”Runnin’ With The Devil [Japan SHM-CD Deluxe Edition +6]” packs most of these.You get here an album worth of re-workings of songs made famous by Van Halen, Metallica, Ted Nugent, AC/DC, Rush, etc, with Lee’s impressive licks accompanied by a variety of stellar vocalists such as Glenn Hughes, Stephen Pearcy, Jani Lane (Warrant), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), James LaBrie, Jack Blades (Night Ranger) and more. The rest of the musicians is impressive as well including Billy Sheehan, Tony Franklin, Carmine Appice, Mike Portnoy, et all.All covers are well produced and hot ‘n rockin’, like Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes’ “Journey to the Center of the Mind”, which features some tasty licks and a crazy solo, Metallica’s “Seek and Destroy”, and Van Halen’s ”Runnin’ With The Devil”.Other highlights include tracks where it’s the singer (alongside Lee) who makes the music memorable, including Lemmy on AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top”, Glenn Hughes on Queen’s “Get Down, Make Love”, the late Jani Lane of Warrant doing “Free For All”, Sebastian Bach, James LaBrie, etc.It’s always a treat to spot some largely unheard Jake E. Lee guitar work, and ”Runnin’ With The Devil [Japan SHM-CD Deluxe Edition +6] is a great example of his mastery on the electric guitar.
Line-Up:
Jake E. Lee - guitar - See also: ex-Dio, Jake E. Lee's Red Dragon Cartel, ex-Mentors (live), ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Sexist, ex-3 Day Crush, ex-Badlands, ex-Bourgeois Pigs, ex-Greg Leon Invasion, ex-Jake E. Lee, ex-Mickey Ratt / Ratt, ex-Rough Cutt, ex-Teaser, ex-Wicked Alliance
Production:
Copyright © – Deadline Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Deadline Music
Design – Brian Perry
Written-By – T. Nugent (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 9)
Tracklist:
01. Runnin' With The Devil - featuring Stephen Pearcy (Ratt)
02. Seek & Destroy - featuring Chuck Billy (Testament)
03. Wango Tango - featuring Stevie Rachelle (Tuff)
04. Just What The Doctor Ordered - featuring Kory Clarke (Warrior Soul)
05. Journey To The Center Of The Mind - featuring Phil Lewis (L.A. Guns)
06. Get Down, Make Love - featuring Glen Hughes( Deep Purple)
07. Wang Dang - featuring Alex Mitchell (Circus Of Power)
08. Free For All - featuring Jani Lane (Warrant)
09. Dog Eat Dog - featuring Jizzy Pearl (Love Hate)
10. It's A Long Way To The Top - featuring Lemmy (Motorhead)
11. Cry In Time (Ratt)
12. Rice Pudding (Bonus Track)
13. Sometimes – feat. Enuff Z’Nuff band (Bonus Track)
14. Working Man feat. Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) (Bonus Track)
15. By-Tor & The Snow Dog – feat. James LaBrie (Dream Theater) (Bonus Track)
16. Surfing With The Alien (Bonus Track)
17. Fight From The Inside – feat. Jack Blades (Night Ranger) (Bonus Track)
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