Blackjack - Heart of Stone

Album track from Blackjack's 1979 debut album. Personally, I think this song should have been released as the second single after "Love Me Tonight." While the weak production (courtesy of, surprisingly, Tom Dowd) hinders the sound of the album overall, this track seems to have the most going for it. Bolotin's growl is used to very good effect, and the main riff is catchy. The song is available on the Blackjack: Anthology CD worldwide, so if you like it, buy it.

Oh, and sorry that the photo is from their second album, Worlds Apart. It's getting hard to find different Blackjack photos!

Vocals & Guitar: Michael Bolotin
Lead Guitar: Bruce Kulick
Bass: Jimmy Haslip
Drums: Sandy Gennaro

Keyboards: Jan Mullaney
Backing Vocals: Chuck Kirkpatrick, Tonny Battaglia

Category:

Music

Tags:

• michael
• bolton
• bolotin
• bruce
• kulick
• jimmy
• haslip
• sandy
• gennaro
• jan
• mullaney
• blackjack
• heart
• of
• stone
• 1979
• tom
• dowd

[damageinc2785]

who is "chuck"

[originalsin19]

@damageinc2785 I thought maybe it was Chuck Kirkpatrick, who did background vocals on the first Blackjack album, but he never replied...so I guess I was wrong. Someone who knows the intricacies of the recording sessions so specifically, I assumed before knowing for sure. My bad. Unless it is him after all...

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

Believe me, Tom Dowd never tried to make any artist or group into something other than what they were. The material BlackJack recorded would not have been as well served by a Bad Company 'sound'. And frankly, I found Bolotin a little strange to be around - probably his own insecurities at that early point in his career.

[originalsin19]

You're not the first one to say that, actually. Others I've spoken to found him a little "strange" in those days. Your name is Chuck...are you who I think you are?

[ssgrickadams1]

@originalsin19 obviously he is not not Chuck as he mispelled Bolton, I knew many of the original group, they were not properly promoted, Michael could do some songs now like Kid Rock, they have the same tone in their voice.

[originalsin19]

@ssgrickadams1

He didn't misspell anything: Bolotin is Michael Bolton's birth name. But thanks for calling me an idiot nonetheless.

[missjudish]

Such a good song.

[ixionlux]

@ssgrickadams1 Did you just compare MB's voice to kid rock. Holy shit dude. MB is a singer, kid rock is fucking joke.

[1dannyrios]

@ixionlux ...absolutely...kid rock is a worthless, big bad joke. i don't know how that fuck emerged like a mushroom on the goat shit. what is wrong with the people who brought him in? can't they come up with a real artist?

[meekrob]

Bruce did well to lose the pedo-stache.

[BackToNature79]

@originalsin19 it may be, check his page, he talks about videos of him already being on youtube in reply to some twat posting a rude comment.

[rg2027x]

@AORCrazy totally...yeah

[GoodGuitarSolos]

@beatnik8tv It is hard to list them, simply because hard rock umbrella is so wide. I'd recommend to google hard rock bands (or searching more info about Blackjack and trying to find similar artists that way) or so.

[beatnik8tv]

@GoodGuitarSolos thanks al ot I like this sort of rock. Are there any bands like this?

[GoodGuitarSolos]

@beatnik8tv AOR/hard rock.

[beatnik8tv]

What kind of rock is this?