
Billy Stokes Wounded Warrior Turned Rock Star!
04/09/22 • 116 min
BILLY STOKES is a rock guitarist & songwriter from Tucson, Arizona. He went to So Cal and tried to make it but ended up in the military... the army to be exact. He traded his guitar for a gun and found himself in Germany. In 1997, Billy Stokes was injured in the line of duty. When he was released from the hospital he decided to pick up where he left off decades before and began writing the songs that appear on his powerful album Muscle & Blood. The album features rock legends ... Frank Marino, Pat Travers, Les Dudek, Barry Sparks, and Marc Storace of the Swiss rock giant Krokus. The album received the Producers Choice Awards 2020 Best Rock Album.
Pat Travers plays lead guitar on the songs “Firestorm” and “Money Slave” while Les Dudek plays lead guitar on “Down On Me” and “Fort Stockton Boogie.” The amazing Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush plays lead guitar on “The Beast.” Storace sings all 16 songs including the Robin Trower classic “Twice Removed From Yesterday.”
Guitarist Billy Stokes has also worked with Legendary Drummers Carmine and Vinny Appice, Heavy Metal Bassist Rudy Sarzo and Drumming great Corky Laing.
Stokes recently teamed up with Mike Varney producer, guitarist, and label owner. They are scheduled to record a new album with such greats as drummer Ansley Dunbar and special guests. They are finalizing the song arrangements and are very excited.
On a personal note, Billy recently rescued his in laws from the Ukraine....
Please welcome honored Army vet... rock guitarist & songwriter ...BILLY STOKES to Interviewing the Legends ...
PURCHASE
THE LATEST RELEASE
By
BILLY STOKES
Entitled
‘MUSCLE & BLOOD’
Featuring
Rock Legends
PAT TRAVERS
FRANK MARINO
LES DUDEK
MARK STORACE
BARRY SPARKS
available
at www.facebook.com/billystokesmuscleandblood
and AMAZON.COM
FOR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT
BILLY STOKES
VISIT
www.facebook.com/billystokesmuscleandblood
https://communityfundraising.woundedwarriorproject.org/
Wounded Warrior Project
www.allusionstudios.com/about-us
Allusion Studios
RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK
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THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES
SERIES ONE
CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE
...Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover or E-book at bookbaby.com and amazon.com
Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.
CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE ... JOE LALA... JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER... RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS... MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ... PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES... TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN... ROBIN TROWER... ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM... ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE... DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST
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BILLY STOKES is a rock guitarist & songwriter from Tucson, Arizona. He went to So Cal and tried to make it but ended up in the military... the army to be exact. He traded his guitar for a gun and found himself in Germany. In 1997, Billy Stokes was injured in the line of duty. When he was released from the hospital he decided to pick up where he left off decades before and began writing the songs that appear on his powerful album Muscle & Blood. The album features rock legends ... Frank Marino, Pat Travers, Les Dudek, Barry Sparks, and Marc Storace of the Swiss rock giant Krokus. The album received the Producers Choice Awards 2020 Best Rock Album.
Pat Travers plays lead guitar on the songs “Firestorm” and “Money Slave” while Les Dudek plays lead guitar on “Down On Me” and “Fort Stockton Boogie.” The amazing Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush plays lead guitar on “The Beast.” Storace sings all 16 songs including the Robin Trower classic “Twice Removed From Yesterday.”
Guitarist Billy Stokes has also worked with Legendary Drummers Carmine and Vinny Appice, Heavy Metal Bassist Rudy Sarzo and Drumming great Corky Laing.
Stokes recently teamed up with Mike Varney producer, guitarist, and label owner. They are scheduled to record a new album with such greats as drummer Ansley Dunbar and special guests. They are finalizing the song arrangements and are very excited.
On a personal note, Billy recently rescued his in laws from the Ukraine....
Please welcome honored Army vet... rock guitarist & songwriter ...BILLY STOKES to Interviewing the Legends ...
PURCHASE
THE LATEST RELEASE
By
BILLY STOKES
Entitled
‘MUSCLE & BLOOD’
Featuring
Rock Legends
PAT TRAVERS
FRANK MARINO
LES DUDEK
MARK STORACE
BARRY SPARKS
available
at www.facebook.com/billystokesmuscleandblood
and AMAZON.COM
FOR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT
BILLY STOKES
VISIT
www.facebook.com/billystokesmuscleandblood
https://communityfundraising.woundedwarriorproject.org/
Wounded Warrior Project
www.allusionstudios.com/about-us
Allusion Studios
RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK
ENTITLED
THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES
SERIES ONE
CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE
...Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover or E-book at bookbaby.com and amazon.com
Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.
CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE ... JOE LALA... JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER... RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS... MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ... PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES... TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN... ROBIN TROWER... ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM... ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE... DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST
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THERE IS a calm, serene spirituality about Ann Wilson in 2022 which instantly draws you to her. She feels like a warm, wise someone who has seen enough bullshit to know how to avoid it calmly, and someone who is at peace with whatever she needs to be at peace with. Perhaps that is why the soul (and, indeed title) of her latest album, Fierce Bliss, offers such universally entertaining, engaging, honest and safe harbor from these unpredictable times. It is classic rock comfort food of the finest ingredients, carrying a richness and light that allows you to escape into timeless nostalgia, 11 perfectly weighted and selected songs ranging from Wilson’s own co-penned originals to breathtaking covers and collaborations.
One of the premier hard rock vocalists of all-time, Ann Wilson smashed boundaries with her band Heart, the 8-times platinum, 35 million-plus selling Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trailblazers who formed in 1973. During a decades-long career, Wilson rode the roller-coaster of fame, fortune and madness, learning both joyous and hard, hard lessons along the way. In recent times, she’d managed to find a band out on the West Coast that she toured with, and as the pandemic started in March 2020, Wilson found herself with time to absorb both her life and her future.
Please welcome the legendary Singer and Songwriter for rock and roll Hall of Famers HEART... ANN WILSON to Interviewing the Legends ...
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THE LATEST ALBUM
BY
ANN WILSON
entitled
FIERCE BLISS
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And www.annwilson.com
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Wed, MAY 4 Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
Thu, MAY 5 Uptown Theatre Napa
Napa, CA
Sat, MAY 7 Pala Casino Spa & Resort
Pala, CA
Mon, MAY 9 El Rey Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
Tue, MAY 10 El Rey Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
Fri, MAY 13 Scotiabank Arena
Toronto, Canada
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Nashville, TN
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Thu, JUN 16 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa
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RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK
ENTITLED
THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES
SERIES ONE
CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE
...Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover or E-book
at bookbaby.com and amazon.com
Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.
CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE ... JOE LALA... JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER... RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS... MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ... PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES... TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN... ROBIN TROWER... ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM... ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLI...
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Marc Storace The Voice of 'Krokus' Releases New Solo Album!
MARC STORACE was already internationally successful with the Swiss cult band "TEA" in the 1970s. TEA released 5 albums and 3 singles. In 1979 Marc became the voice of KROKUS. After their first album with Marc, "Metal Rendez-Vous" (with the hit "Bedside Radio"), the rise to a successful international career was unstoppable. KROKUS played several world tours and sold over 15 million records and won many gold and platinum awards. After internal quarrels, KROKUS broke up and Marc released the album “Blue” in 1991 with the band “Blue”. The hit "You Can't Stop The Rainfall" is still played on the radio today.
In the 90s and 2000s Marc starred in 2 feature films (“ANUK” and “HANDYMAN”), and again achieved gold status with various KROKUS formations and 3 albums. Marc stayed present with his fans with many guest appearances such as “Rock Meets Classic”, “Sweet 50th Anniversary”, “Ken Hensley live in Switzerland”, “Schubert In Rock”, or on the albums of Manfred Ehlert's “Amen” and the rock opera “Test”.
In 2008 the music scene was surprised with the news that the original formation of KROKUS would go on tour again. The success was indescribable. Tours in the USA, Japan, Europe and South America as well as 3 new studio albums, which in turn achieved platinum status, proved that KROKUS was still flourishing after more than 2000 shows in the last 30 years. In December 2019, KROKUS played their farewell concert in the sold out Hallenstadion in Zurich.
Marc started working on his solo career at the beginning of 2021. His first solo CD is released in the USA & Canada February 5th, 2022 and going on tour with his own band “STORACE” in autumn is in the works. The fans will be amazed at the enthusiasm and freshness with which “STORACE” rocks the stage. He will showcase songs from his new CD and from his long career since the 1970s.
Swiss hard rockers Krokus have retired. But singer Marc Storace is obviously not ready to stop. As STORACE, the now 70-year-old has his solo debut with LIVE AND LET LIVE. He does what he does best: he rocks. Without delivering a pure imitation of his former band. A bluesy undertone has crept in again and again, as in "Time Waits For No One", he has a rich power ballad in the program with "Lady Of The Night", the piano-driven "Don't Wanna Go" lets the emotions run wild. With "Paradise" you can hear folk influences, while the Rocker otherwise presses hard on the classic rock pedal. With LIVE AND LET LIVE, Storace has succeeded in making an excellent, heterogeneous new beginning that will win over both old Krokus fans and new listeners alike.
Please welcome the distinctive and powerful voice of Swiss Hard Rock legends KROKUS and new band STORACE ... MARC STORACE to Interviewing the Legends ...
PURCHASE
THE BRAND-NEW SOLO RELEASE
From
STORACE
Entitled
‘LIVE AND LET LIVE’
Available at Amazon.com
And www.indiemerchstore.com
"Hard rockin' humanizing enlightenments from a legendary singer & his incredible new band!"
5 stars! ... By Ray Shasho Music Journalist
For more information
about
MARC STORACE
Visit
https://en.storace.ch
Official website
www.facebook.com/marcstorace
www.instagram.com/marcstorace
https://krokusonline.seven49.net/
Krokus official site
www.krokusonline.com
Krokus facebook
RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK
ENTITLED
THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES
SERIES ONE
CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE
...Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover
or E-book
at bookbaby.com and amazon.com
Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of
the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.
CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE ... JOE LALA... JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER... RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THO...
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