Description
Label Review.
2020 album also available on CD.
Our Overview.
A very special acoustic album from vocalist and co-founder of legendary ‘80s hard rock group Great White Jack Russell ‘Once Bitten Acoustic Bytes’. An acoustic album revisiting the band’s 1987 multi-platinum masterpiece ‘Once Bitten’ featuring some of their biggest and most recognisable hits including “Save Your Love” and “Rock Me!”
Aided by the likes of guitarist Robby Lochner (who also produced and mixed the album), longtime Great White bassist Tony Montana (now on guitar), bassist Dan McNay and drummer Dicki Fliszer, these songs have been stripped to their emotional core, spotlighting the intensely passionate story at the heart of each song. Just check out the new version of the unforgettable ballad “Save Your Love,” which has been shorn of all rockstar pomp to reveal a heartfelt hymn yearning, love and loss.
Jack Russell explains “‘Once Bitten’ is one of my favourite albums that we did. I always wondered what it would sound like done acoustically. The experience recording this unplugged version was really neat. It brought back a lot of memories of the original recording session, things I had forgotten about. Interestingly, the songs that I thought wouldn’t translate acoustically like ‘Livin’ On The Edge’ and ‘Never Change Heart,’ the heavier songs, came out the best. Now, I’m looking forward to doing it again for …Twice Shy!”
Includes powerful, stripped down versions of the band's hit singles "Save Your Love," "Rock Me" and many more!
These all-new studio tracks will be available on both CD and in limited edition BLUE vinyl pressing!
Russell was with Great White from 1981-1996, then took 3 years off to record and release his 1st solo album, entitled ‘Shelter Me’, then rejoined in 1999 until the band broke up in 2001. He then tried touring solo under his own name briefly, then changed the band name to "Jack Russell's Great White" & toured from 2002-2005 & also released a 2nd solo album entitled ‘For You’ in 2002. "Jack Russell's Great White" was the official name of the band that performed at The Station nightclub fire in 2003, not under the official "Great White" moniker.
Tracklisting: Lady Redlight / Gonna Getcha / Rock Me / All Over Now / Mistreater / Never Change Heart / Fast Road / Livin’ On The Edge / Save Your Love / Babe (I’m Gonna Leave You)