Vivian Campbell plays guitar in Def Leppard and has played guitar in Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, and of course, was the original guitarist for DIO. He and his former DIO bandmates formed the band Last in Line in 2013 and have just put out a great new song called “Ghost Town” that will be featured on their new album Jerhico due out March 31st. This will be Last in Line’s third full-length studio album of original music. Pretty good for a band that formed just to jam some of their old songs from the golden era of DIO after Ronnie James Dio passed away. In fact Vivian said this about the band and the record.
“With Last In Line, just as we did with Dio, we cut the basic tracks live. It’s important for us to capture the energy of the syncopation of playing together in real time – much like the energy of a live show. We had cut the first six tracks in L.A. immediately prior to the global shutdown from Covid, but unfortunately had to wait until early 2022 to cut the remaining six tracks. For the overdubbed parts, we worked alone at home, a situation that was new and different, but not entirely without benefit. Although technology has always been challenging to me, personally, once I got over that initial hurdle, it was beneficial in a way, as I had the opportunity to better my performances. This record represents the best of both worlds: the spirit of an energetic band performance, and the more reflective and nuanced qualities of our individual performances, too.”
Vivian checked in with us this morning to tell us about this tune and album.
