Been home from the UK tour for a couple of weeks, still getting caught up. Renee took hundreds of photos, I've posted a few.

It was an incredible experience, 9 cities in 3 countries. I logged about 1500 miles on the opposite side of the road with the steering wheel on the opposite side of the car - no worries, no incidents...some of the beautiful sights were Caerfilly Castle in Cardiff, Wales - the Tower Of London was an awesome day, so much to see and do there - Nottingham Castle - and we fulfilled a personal dream to visit Stonehenge, which is so cool on so many levels.

The shows went great. Only one disgruntled fan out of thousands (he expected to see KEEL and ended up finding out it was a Ron Keel acoustic tour - I thought we made that clear in all the promotion and advertising and on all the web sites). The response was awesome, thanks to all the fans for their support, their smiles, for singing along and enjoying the good times with me - the best thing about the whole trip were the multitudes of wonderful people we got to meet and hang out with, everyone was so cool. Great people make good times, and I sure had a blast on this tour.

Thanks to Y&T, who have been friends and tour mates for 27 years now - looking forward to doing it again, and best of luck with the new album.

Jonathan, call us a cab...
 

 

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - SEPTEMBER 2009

KEEL has signed with FRONTIERS RECORDS, one of the elite labels in Hard Rock and Melodic Rock, and will release two albums simultaneously in January 2010.

The band announced their reunion last November, and enjoyed appearances at major summer festivals such as Rocklahoma, South Texas Rock Festival, the Mid West Rock Fest, and the M3 Rock Festival in Maryland, in addition to sold-out headline shows in Hollywood and Phoenix. The energy and excitement of these tour dates spawned a surge of creative activity, resulting in an album's worth of new material. This album, entitled "Streets Of Rock & Roll," is the first new KEEL recording in twenty years.

KEEL promises this new release will continue in the tradition of their previous efforts - fist-pumping crowd-pleasing hard rock anthems fueled by screaming vocals and driven by powerful guitars. The project is being produced by Pat Regan (Deep Purple, KISS, Warrant etc.) and will feature guest appearances by Jaime St. James (Black N Blue) and Paul Shortino (Rough Cutt, Quiet Riot) who is also producing and recording Ron's lead vocal sessions.

Frontiers Records will also release "The Right To Rock: 25th Anniversary Edition," exactly 25 years after this classic album first hit the streets. This official reissue will be digitally remastered and will feature a brand new recorded version of the title track, which is even louder and heavier than the original. "The Right To Rock (Reunion Version)" features an all-star vocal chorus, and the band is also inviting fans everywhere to sing on the track: you can download a sample chorus on KEEL's MySpace, add your voice to the mix, send the band an MP3, and these will be mixed in to the actual recording of this timeless classic. For details, visit the KEEL web site www.keelband.com and the KEEL MySpace www.myspace.com/keelband.
 
The band wishes to express their thanks to everyone at Frontiers Records for their support and belief in KEEL. Frontiers is firmly established at the forefront in this genre, having successfully released projects from Journey, Styx, Tesla, Dokken, Winger and many more, and KEEL is proud to be a part of their catalog and roster.

STREETS OF ROCK & ROLL - Track Listing (Sequence To Be Determined)

 

If you're interested, we're posting blogs on the KEEL MySpace updating the KEELaholics on the recording sessions for the new album "Streets Of Rock N Roll" - http://myspace.com/keelband - new blogs and photos as often as possible (recording session pics & 'behind the scenes' shots from our LA photo session are up now), enjoy the ride with us...