Duff McKagan - Announce "Tenderness Live In Los Angeles" Out On 31st May

Duff McKagan is celebrating the five-year anniversary of his acclaimed second solo album, TENDERNESS, with TENDERNESS LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES, a brand-new double-live collection arriving everywhere on Friday, May 31. Pre-orders are available now. 

Recorded June 13, 2019 at Los Angeles’ historic El Rey Theatre just days following TENDERNESS’ May 2019 release, TENDERNESS LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES sees McKagan taking an intimate journey through his own canon of songs along with a few deeply personal cover versions, backed by 3x GRAMMY® Award-winning TENDERNESS producer Shooter Jennings and his band. TENDERNESS LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES is heralded by today’s premiere of an electrifying rendition of RIVER OF DECEIT, originally performed by McKagan’s close friends, Seattle supergroup Mad Season – comprised of guitarist Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), drummer Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees), and the late Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) and bassist John Baker Saunders (The Walkabouts) – and available everywhere now. 

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 Newly mixed in the legendary Sunset Sound Studio 3 (a.k.a. Snake Mountain) by Jennings using the famed custom API console on which Prince recorded and mixed Purple Rain, TENDERNESS LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES is further highlighted by powerful takes on The Clash’s classic CLAMPDOWN and such Guns N’ Roses fan favorites as YOU AIN’T THE FIRST, DUST N’ BONES, and DEAD HORSE. But at its heart, the set casts a spotlight on McKagan’s own striking songcraft, with live versions of tracks originally featured on TENDERNESS, including the volatile rocker, CHIP AWAY, which earned extraordinary praise from the Maestro himself, Bob Dylan, who recently declared the song a personal favorite. 

Named by Loudwire as one of 2019’s “50 Best Rock Albums,” TENDERNESS marked a powerful new chapter for the ever-evolving McKagan, taking on societal ills and his own personal transgressions against a rich sonic backdrop of Americana-fueled arrangements. Fueled by such songs as the nuanced IT’S NOT TOO LATE and the deeply hopeful title track, TENDERNESS was met by widespread acclaim from such outlets as Rolling Stone, which hailed it in a three-and-a-half (out of four)-starred rave as “an album full of beauty and heart…It’s music of conscience, heavy songs with a light touch.” “A superb set of roots-rock ruminations,” declaredEntertainment Weekly. “With Jennings’ help, McKagan crafted a mix of rock and Americana evoking both the Glimmer Twins and the Gutter Twins.” “McKagan takes a hard look at some of the most important issues facing our country right now...equal parts Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, and Lies-era Guns N’ Roses,” wrote Consequence.

TENDERNESS LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES follows last year’s release of McKagan’s equally acclaimed third solo album, LIGHTHOUSE, available everywhere now. Hailed by Paste as “an emotional, personal and spiritual reckoning...(McKagan’s) most important rock project yet,” the album sees Duff McKagan baring more of his artistic spirit than ever before, fusing acoustic elements with hard-edged rock ‘n’ roll to land at the sweet spot between soul-searching reflection and pure energy. LIGHTHOUSE was met by critical applause from such international outlets as Rolling Stone, Kerrang!, Revolver, and American Songwriter for such singles as LIGHTHOUSE, I SAW GOD ON 10TH STREET, and LONGFEATHER, the latter hailed by Revolver as “folky, elegiac” and joined by an official music video streaming now at YouTube. McKagan later performed LONGFEATHER with an exclusive appearance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, streaming HERE.