Stomping Ground

Dion is following up his critically acclaimed and commercially successful 2020 album release "Blues With Friends" with "Stomping Ground", a new album that finds him collaborating yet again with music greats with whom he shares mutual admiration. Set for release November 5th, 2021, "Stomping Ground" was produced by Wayne Hood with Dion and will be released through Joe Bonamassa and Roy Weisman’s KTBA Records. The album will be available digitally, as well as on CD and as a 2 LP set.

Most of the album’s songs were written by Dion and his songwriting partner Mike Aquilina. Guest artists appearing on tracks with Dion include Boz Scaggs, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen, Billy F Gibbons, Keb’ Mo’, Sonny Landreth, Joe Menza, Mike Menza, Marcia Ball, Jimmy Vivino, Rickie Lee Jones, Wayne Hood, Joe Bonamassa and G.E. Smith, with Pete Townshend’s liner notes which Dion characterizes as 'amazing'.

The album’s voluminous notes include an intro by Dion that succinctly summarizes the philosophy behind the Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer’s latest recorded endeavor.

“When I was young, I was always striving for accolades and admiration. Those were my goals. But when I reached them, they didn’t satisfy. I discovered joy when I learned to stop caring about all that, when I learned to relax and make music with friends, music that would make more friends for us through its joy. To make music with friends, and to make friends through music, I can’t imagine a better life than this. I am grateful to my friends who made 'Stomping Ground' with me, and my new friends who are listening”.

The album’s notes include a foreword by Pete Townshend, which reads, in part, “Dion, like a circling star that never fades, generates the energy and fire we need to pull ourselves up and start again. Dion is a star who knows well how to start again, how to keep shining. He looks at his watch every few years. Damn! Let’s make a record. Take care. This one will blow those little white things in our ears right into your brain”.