Interview - Ken Savage - BlancaWhite - "Resurgence of Rock"

When international lawyer and 70’s and 80’s hard rock music lover, Ken Savage, grew tired of listening to his CD collection over and over again while traveling across the world, he decided to do something about it.  He got out a legal pad and started writing his own lyrics.  After accumulating pages of lyrics, Savage thought he may have something of interest. He then presented his lyrics to his longtime friends and musicians, Austin and Rick Schell.  After reading the lyrics, Austin Schell instantly realized that he could create music that would turn the lyrics into rock anthems.

The team of Savage and the Schell brothers then decided that they were going to create a project in which they would create the songs, but use a cast of known vocalists to sing them.  They decided to call their project BlancaWhite, which was named after a world-famous bar in Matamoros, Mexico, near the childhood homes of Savage and the Schell.

The next step for Blancawhite was to find the vocalists to fit the songs.  After months of searching, they found Paul Shortino (Quiet Riot, Rough Cutt, King Kobra), Terry Illous (XYZ, Great White), Lorraine Lewis (Femme Fatale) and Jeff Paris (Cinderella, Vixen, Slash).  All four were excited to be part of the project.  What finally resulted was an anthematic and vintage rock sounding album, entitled “Resurgence of Rock.”  

What follows is an exclusive interview with Blancawhite’s co-founder and lyricist, Ken Savage.  During this interview, Savage discusses the writing process for the “Resurgence of Rock” album and much more.

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