"The Usual Suspects" is the 9th solo album of Joe Lynn Turner released in Japan in 2005. From its entire start to finish, Turner’s dominant and spine-tingling vocals succeed in capturing your attention while leaving you mesmerized and begging for more. Combine these vocals with an incredibly talented band - which includes guitarists Karl Cochran (Ace Frehley / Voodooland) and the always amazing Al Pitrelli, bassist David Z (Trans Siberian Orchestra / Joan Jett), Paul Morris (Rainbow / Doro Pesch) on keyboards and John O’Reilly (Trans Siberian Orchestra / Rainbow) behind the skins - and no doubt, you are getting an absolute Hard Rock/AOR masterpiece!
An astonishingly intense and courageous program, brilliantly performed.
Back in the 1970s, Vol. 126 of the French RCA Black and White series focused on Thomas Morris' recordings dating from the year 1926. Included on that album were two vocalists whose absence from this Classics package must be attributed to a planned compilation of rare vocal recordings from this period. While Margaret Johnson's "When a 'Gator Hollers, Folks Say It's a Sign of Rain" would have added a Ma Rainey touch, the non-inclusion of Evelyn Preer's "Make Me Know It," recorded September 7, 1926, is heartbreaking but only to the few who know of the existence of this beautifully wistful love song…