"In classic Kevin Stevenson style, "Saturday Morning Coming Down" is a gritty anthemic rocker with amazing lyrics and melodies to die for. And I love the way the horns add so much to this track. My god, this is like a lost song off London Calling!" - Lord Rutledge
"Great song!!" - Skybar Rising, WMFO
""Reality Alley" is a welcome return for one of the North East's best songwriters. Here's hoping this is the first of many more new albums. I know I'll be listening." - Greg Lonesome, Rock N Roll Manifesto
"You know it’s songwriting by someone whose got the knack." - Boston Groupie News
"The longer I keep joking that Rum Bar Records will eventually work with every great artist from the Boston garage/punk scene, the less it seems like a joke and the more it seems like an inevitability! The latest feather in Malibu Lou's cap is the addition of Kevin Stevenson to the Rum Bar family. Longtime leader of Lowell-based greats The Shods, Stevenson will be releasing his first-ever solo album, Reality Alley, on Rum Bar this fall. Stevenson, one of the finest songwriters of his generation and one of the world's greatest ambassadors of the "Boston sound," has not released new music in quite some time. The worldwide rock and roll community is blessed to have him back in the game!" - Faster And Louder
Debut single from Kevin Stevenson's forthcoming full length solo release "Reality Alley".
Kevin Stevenson is a song writer, musician, and band leader from Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. Kevin is known for founding and performing with countless bands over the past 35 years including fronting legendary and influential Boston/Lowell MA Pub Punk Rockers The Shods. "Reality Alley" is Kevin's first solo album ever.
credits
released July 22, 2022
Written by Kevin Stevenson
Kevin Stevenson - Vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitar, Incidental Organ
Manolis Giannikos - Drums
Edward Newton - Piano and Organ
Yannis Karagiannakis - Trumpet
Kostas Staikos - Saxophone
Aggelos Tzamatias - Trombone
Jenny Riddle - Backing Vocals
with Anastasia Zannis, Lauran O'Neal, Neon Kaos, George Priniotakis, Kevin Stevenson
Eddy Dyer - Theremin
Bob Nash and Clyde Jabar - Percussion
Produced by George Priniotakis and Kevin Stevenson with help from Dave Westner, Westnerstone Sound Services, Plymouth MA
Recorded at Arttracks Studios, Athens Greece and Wonka Studios, Lowell MA
"Write this down: Rum Bar Records is turning into one of the absolute best labels for real rock & roll these days."
-- the legendary Bill Kelly, Bill Kelly's Blackhole Bandstand SiriusXm ch21 LSUG
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