Ronnie Romero’s Backbone

Following the release of Live At Rock Imperium Festival last May, Ronnie Romero has a brand new single out in ‘Backbone’, the title track from his forthcoming new album due out on 24^th October, via Frontiers Music Srl.

“I actually have to thank my dear friend Russ Ballard!” said Romero of the record. “Before I started writing the songs, I had this idea to make a song together, to link somehow the Rainbow connection we have. He immediately said yes and sent a cool idea which ended up being the song ‘Hideaway’. From there it was so easy to get inspired for the rest of the songs.

“Also, the song we did with my dear Roy Z, and of course the amazing guitar solo of one of our heroes Kee Marcello for the song with Russ… It’s so easy to write music when you are surrounded by such great people!”

Romero continued: “Nothing would be possible without the help of my friend Jose Rubio, in the songwriting process and the wonderful job he did to get the powerful sound through all the album, since he took care of the mixing and mastering. I really believe it’s an important improvement from the previous album. I hope you all gonna like this one!! We feel very proud of what we achieved with Backbone”.
The Backbone album, is said to mark a major step forward in his solo career. Produced by Romero himself and mixed and mastered by his guitarist Jose Rubio Jimenez, Special contributions include guitar legend Kee Marcello, as well as acclaimed songwriter Russ Ballard, who penned the track ‘Hideaway’. The album also features a thunderous cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘Devil And Daughter’ reimagined.

Romero has sung with the likes of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, The Michael Schenker Group, Lords Of Black, The Ferrymen, Sunstorm, and most recently, Elegant Weapons, alongside Richie Faulkner of Judas Priest.

Backbone follows Romero’s first solo album of original material, Too Many Lies, Too Many Masters, and two covers records. Tracks featured are: ‘Backbone’, ‘Bring The Rock’, Lost In Time’, ‘Never Felt This Way’, ‘Hideaway (Run)’, ‘Lonely World’, ‘Keep On Falling’, ‘Eternally’, ‘Running Over’ and ‘Black Dog’ – It can be ordered here.