Craig Brooks - Desolation Freeway (2025)
Posted: 03 Feb 2025, 08:04
Craig Brooks - Desolation Freeway (2025)
Year : 2025
Style : Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 113 mb
Bio:
Craig Brooks - Guitar/Vocals/Songwriter - Craig is an American guitarist and vocalist best known as a member of the bands American Tears and Touch.Craig was born and raised in New Jersey.Throughout Craig’s career he has also worked as a recording musician and band member with artists such as Roger Glover, Todd Rundgren, and Michael Bolton.Touch is an rock band from New York City formed in 1978. Mark Mangold (songwriter and keyboards), Glen Kithcart (drums), and Craig Brooks (guitars) had all previously been in the band American Tears (releasing three albums on Columbia Records). The lineup was completed by bassist Doug Howard.Their single,"Don't You Know What Love Is" only reached #69 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the song was played heavily on AOR radio stations in the USA at the end of the 1970s, and did well on a specialist Melody Maker chart in Great Britain. The band released one eponymous album in 1980, and a second unreleased album was recorded in 1982.Touch was the first band to play at the inaugural Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington racetrack in 1980. A live version of "Don't You Know What Love Is" appeared on the compilation LP Monsters of Rock, documenting performances at the festival.Mark Mangold has continued to write and record with and for other artists, with one of his earliest collaborators being a then-relatively unknown musician named Michael Bolton. This working relationship began when Mangold co-wrote and performed on Bolton's first solo hit, "Fool's Game," which was featured on the latter artist's self-titled 1983 solo album. The song "I Found Someone," another collaboration with Bolton, was initially recorded by Laura Branigan, though it ultimately became a top 10 hit for Cher.Craig Brooks joined Mangold in the studio for Michael Bolton's solo album. In addition to being a fellow co-writer on "Fool's Game," Brooks performed guitar and backing vocals on the album. The following year, he sang on Roger Glover's solo album, Mask.Doug Howard has also continued to perform, record and write with acts and artists such as Todd Rundgren, Edgar Winter, Stun Leer, and Roy Buchanan as well as a member of Rundgren's Utopia (Howard is co-writer of the Utopia hit "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" and managing partner of Lodestar Entertainment.In 2014, Mangold resurrected the Touch name, assembling a lineup featuring Swedish singer Göran Edman on lead vocals along with other Swedish musicians. This lineup performed live at Firefest in Nottingham, UK in October 2014.
Album:
Escape Music proudly announces the release of TOUCH vocalist CRAIG BROOKS’ debut solo album, “Desolation Freeway”!Craig was born and raised in New Jersey. His love of music was sparked after watching the Beatles’ first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. Being struck like so many others at the time with how exciting and new sounding it all was, Craig began thinking of taking up a musical instrument, and so he started guitar lessons. He progressed through his teens and fell in love with rock n roll. His many influences included “Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck, The Young Rascals, The Beatles, 8 Stones…on and on. In the Summer of ’75 Craig received a call to come to NY and audition for the AOR / progressive keyboard band AMERICAN TEARS and in 1976 was signed to his first recording contract with Columbia Records. Craig’s subsequent first album, which was AMERICAN TEARS’ 3rd, “Powerhouse” was released in 1977. The following couple of years were spent with the band playing dates throughout the US, writing new music and generally honing their sound. After a group realignment and a change of management, the band collectively decided to change the name to TOUCH. In 1979 Craig signed his second recording contract with Atlantic’s Atco Records. The critically acclaimed debut album, TOUCH was released with two significant singles “Don’t You Know What Love Is” and “Call Me When The Spirit Moves You”. The album had a strong showing but the single “Don’t You Know What Love Is” only made it to #69 on the Billboard hot 100. The album did however have several #1 chart positions in the UK and did well on the specialist Melody Maker Chart in Great Britain. In 1982 Craig performed on Michael Bolton’s first Columbia solo album, providing Vocals and Guitar. He also has co-writer credit on the hit “Fool’s Game”. In addition, a second touch album was recorded but never saw the light of day until many years later. The band all met up in NY City on May 19, 2019 and began writing and recording a third TOUCH album, “Tomorrow Never Comes”, which was released on Escape Music in 2021 and of the 10 songs on the album, 3 were written by Craig, "Fire and Ice,” “Scream At The Sky” and “Run For Your Life”. It was a worthy comeback album which put the band back at the forefront of melodic rock. After the TOUCH album was completed, he continued writing songs and recording. Craig sensed that he had some new, interesting music at hand, a unique twist to his own song writing. At this point he asked buddy Mark Mangold if he would be interested in collaborating on a Craig Brooks solo effort. And the result is a new album titled, “Desolation Freeway”, set to be released in 2025. An exciting new chapter begins..
Line-Up:
Craig Brooks - vocals, guitars - see also: Touch, ex-American Tears
Mark Mangold - vocals, keyboards
Doug Howard - vocals, bass
Josh Devine - drums
Tracklist:
01. Testify 4:57
02. Fading Out Of View 4:27
03. End Of The Line 4:16
04. Desolation Freeway 4:14
05. Modern Love 5:05
06. Takes One To Know One 4:14
07. Chosen One 5:05
08. Don’t Say You Love Me 5:04
09. Across The Great Divide 5:43
10. Lady Lies 6:00
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/
Year : 2025
Style : Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 113 mb
Bio:
Craig Brooks - Guitar/Vocals/Songwriter - Craig is an American guitarist and vocalist best known as a member of the bands American Tears and Touch.Craig was born and raised in New Jersey.Throughout Craig’s career he has also worked as a recording musician and band member with artists such as Roger Glover, Todd Rundgren, and Michael Bolton.Touch is an rock band from New York City formed in 1978. Mark Mangold (songwriter and keyboards), Glen Kithcart (drums), and Craig Brooks (guitars) had all previously been in the band American Tears (releasing three albums on Columbia Records). The lineup was completed by bassist Doug Howard.Their single,"Don't You Know What Love Is" only reached #69 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the song was played heavily on AOR radio stations in the USA at the end of the 1970s, and did well on a specialist Melody Maker chart in Great Britain. The band released one eponymous album in 1980, and a second unreleased album was recorded in 1982.Touch was the first band to play at the inaugural Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington racetrack in 1980. A live version of "Don't You Know What Love Is" appeared on the compilation LP Monsters of Rock, documenting performances at the festival.Mark Mangold has continued to write and record with and for other artists, with one of his earliest collaborators being a then-relatively unknown musician named Michael Bolton. This working relationship began when Mangold co-wrote and performed on Bolton's first solo hit, "Fool's Game," which was featured on the latter artist's self-titled 1983 solo album. The song "I Found Someone," another collaboration with Bolton, was initially recorded by Laura Branigan, though it ultimately became a top 10 hit for Cher.Craig Brooks joined Mangold in the studio for Michael Bolton's solo album. In addition to being a fellow co-writer on "Fool's Game," Brooks performed guitar and backing vocals on the album. The following year, he sang on Roger Glover's solo album, Mask.Doug Howard has also continued to perform, record and write with acts and artists such as Todd Rundgren, Edgar Winter, Stun Leer, and Roy Buchanan as well as a member of Rundgren's Utopia (Howard is co-writer of the Utopia hit "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" and managing partner of Lodestar Entertainment.In 2014, Mangold resurrected the Touch name, assembling a lineup featuring Swedish singer Göran Edman on lead vocals along with other Swedish musicians. This lineup performed live at Firefest in Nottingham, UK in October 2014.
Album:
Escape Music proudly announces the release of TOUCH vocalist CRAIG BROOKS’ debut solo album, “Desolation Freeway”!Craig was born and raised in New Jersey. His love of music was sparked after watching the Beatles’ first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. Being struck like so many others at the time with how exciting and new sounding it all was, Craig began thinking of taking up a musical instrument, and so he started guitar lessons. He progressed through his teens and fell in love with rock n roll. His many influences included “Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck, The Young Rascals, The Beatles, 8 Stones…on and on. In the Summer of ’75 Craig received a call to come to NY and audition for the AOR / progressive keyboard band AMERICAN TEARS and in 1976 was signed to his first recording contract with Columbia Records. Craig’s subsequent first album, which was AMERICAN TEARS’ 3rd, “Powerhouse” was released in 1977. The following couple of years were spent with the band playing dates throughout the US, writing new music and generally honing their sound. After a group realignment and a change of management, the band collectively decided to change the name to TOUCH. In 1979 Craig signed his second recording contract with Atlantic’s Atco Records. The critically acclaimed debut album, TOUCH was released with two significant singles “Don’t You Know What Love Is” and “Call Me When The Spirit Moves You”. The album had a strong showing but the single “Don’t You Know What Love Is” only made it to #69 on the Billboard hot 100. The album did however have several #1 chart positions in the UK and did well on the specialist Melody Maker Chart in Great Britain. In 1982 Craig performed on Michael Bolton’s first Columbia solo album, providing Vocals and Guitar. He also has co-writer credit on the hit “Fool’s Game”. In addition, a second touch album was recorded but never saw the light of day until many years later. The band all met up in NY City on May 19, 2019 and began writing and recording a third TOUCH album, “Tomorrow Never Comes”, which was released on Escape Music in 2021 and of the 10 songs on the album, 3 were written by Craig, "Fire and Ice,” “Scream At The Sky” and “Run For Your Life”. It was a worthy comeback album which put the band back at the forefront of melodic rock. After the TOUCH album was completed, he continued writing songs and recording. Craig sensed that he had some new, interesting music at hand, a unique twist to his own song writing. At this point he asked buddy Mark Mangold if he would be interested in collaborating on a Craig Brooks solo effort. And the result is a new album titled, “Desolation Freeway”, set to be released in 2025. An exciting new chapter begins..
Line-Up:
Craig Brooks - vocals, guitars - see also: Touch, ex-American Tears
Mark Mangold - vocals, keyboards
Doug Howard - vocals, bass
Josh Devine - drums
Tracklist:
01. Testify 4:57
02. Fading Out Of View 4:27
03. End Of The Line 4:16
04. Desolation Freeway 4:14
05. Modern Love 5:05
06. Takes One To Know One 4:14
07. Chosen One 5:05
08. Don’t Say You Love Me 5:04
09. Across The Great Divide 5:43
10. Lady Lies 6:00
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/