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After touring as the rhythm section of the jam band Goodfellas (side project of legendary guitarist Steve Lukather), Italian born (but American naturalized producer/writer/bass-player) Fabrizio Grossi (Steve Vai, Steve Lukather, George Clinton & P-Fink, Billy F.Gibbons, Alice Cooper, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales etc.) and New York native (but Indiana raised) drumming legend Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, BB King, Paul McCartney, Dr. John, Smashing Pumpkins , etc.) wanted to continue and expand the Goodfellas concept. Cementing their rhythmic chemistry with lots of live performances, and studio projects featuring recordings with artists such as Leslie West, Joe Bonamassa, Slash, Zakk Wylde , etc., their determination to create something more than just a “session ensemble for hire” grew exponentially.
It was when living legend Billy F. Gibbons (of ZZ TOP fame) contacted Fabrizio to collaborate on the writing/production of a song for an up-coming commercial, that all pieces came together. The song didn’t become a commercial after all, but had Gibbons giving Fabrizio the suggestion to write “9 more songs” and start a band, with whom he would have loved to jam with whenever ZZ Top’s schedule would allow it. Kenny Aronoff immediately tracked drums to it, and the song “Running Whiskey” ended up becoming the first single of Supersonic Blues Machine’s . Several other legendary musicians such as Warren Haynes, Eric Gales, Lance Lopez, Robben Ford, Walter Trout and Chris Duarte joined the party, very successfully narrated in the band first release.
In what it could sound like a movie plot, Fab calls the band’s UK label office to verbally give them the news about Lopez departure. Before he could even say “hello”, he was met by the label’s enthusiasm about a new signing, a successful MMA fighter champion, turned guitar hero by the name of Kris Barras, who was taking the UK by the storm. Fab, who was already familiar with the bearded & tattooed artist from Devon tells the executives “ well , then I might need that dude’s phone number, before he gets bigger than Clapton , I’ll tell you why later…”
A couple of calls was all that it took to get Kris on a plane to LA, where he was met by Fab and none other than the band’s Godfather : Reverend Gibbons. After a Tequila fueled night and 3 days of jamming , he was “made” Supersonic’s new front man !
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