ROYAL TREATMENT
ERIC GALES’ NEW album, Crown (Provogue Records), is a serious statement of intent. So is its lead-off track, “I Want My Crown,” which features a showdown with blues-rock maestro Joe Bonamassa, who co-produced the record. Some years back, Gales and Bonamassa were teen prodigies, with the kind of chops that the average guitarist could spend a lifetime trying to obtain, but their careers took a different trajectory. Bonamassa’s career has gone from strength to strength, whereas Gales lost direction during years of struggle with substance abuse.
“I had been aware of Joe’s progress, and I was a little frustrated that my career hadn’t kept pace, due to a lot of self-destructive behavior,” Gales reflects. “Maybe if I hadn’t taken a left turn when I did, things would have
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