DLR Band

DLR Band
Studio album by David Lee Roth
Released	June 9, 1998
Recorded	Ocean Entertainment studios in Burbank, CA and Mama Joe's studios in North Hollywood, CA
Genre	Hard rock
Length	51:19
Label	Wawazat!! Records
Producer	wawazat!!
David Lee Roth chronology
Your Filthy Little Mouth (1994) DLR Band (1998) Diamond Dave (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

DLR Band is the fifth full-length studio album by David Lee Roth, the then-former and now current vocalist of Van Halen. It was released in 1998 and remains the only installment on Roth's own wawazat!! label.

Information

DLR Band was recorded and mixed in ten days,^[2] a technique Roth had not utilized since 1979's Van Halen II. John Lowery (aka John 5) and Mike Hartman played guitar on the record. Hartman actually performed double duty for the record, performing bass guitar under the "B'ourbon Bob" pseudonym.^[3]

DLR Band met with favorable reviews upon release, especially in comparison to his previous two solo efforts (1991's A Li'l Ain't Enough and 1994's Your Filthy Little Mouth). However, with little promotion and limited distribution from his own smaller label, the album failed to make a significant mark commercially. Further hurting the album's sales was Roth's inexplicable reluctance to embark on a support tour. In fact, Roth did not hit the road to promote the album until several months into 1999, often in sporadic increments. To add further confusion as to Roth's motives for the album's promotion, little to no material from DLR Band was performed in concert.

Both John Lowery and Mike Hartman failed to join Roth's band for the DLR Band support tour, leaving Roth to find yet another guitarist. The singer chose Bart Walsh, a Los Angeles, CA player who had previously performed as a part of the Van Halen tribute band, The Atomic Punks. The setlists on the DLR Band tour relied heavily on Van Halen material, with some older solo cuts and various covers sprinkled in.

Two tracks from DLR Band, "Indeedido" and "King of the Hill," would later appear on Mike Hartman's solo release, Black Glue, as "Southern Romp" and "Stomp," respectively.^[3] Penned by Hartman, both tracks would be remixed and made instrumental for Hartman's release.

The album's cover artwork features a picture of model Bettie Page.

Track listing

1. "Slam Dunk!" (David Lee Roth, John Lowery, Bob Marlette) – 2:37
2. "Blacklight" (Roth, Lowery, Marlette) – 3:41
3. "Counter-Blast" (Roth, Lowery, Marlette) – 3:14
4. "Lose the Dress (Keep The Shoes)" (Roth, Terry Kilgore) – 3:13
5. "Little Texas" (Roth, Lowery, Marlette) – 3:20
6. "King of the Hill" (Roth, Mike Hartman) – 3:52
7. "Going Places..." (Roth, Kilgore) – 5:19
8. "Wa Wa Zat!!" (Roth, Lowery, Marlette) – 2:54
9. "Relentless" (Roth, Lowery, Marlette) – 3:30
10. "Indeedido" (Roth, Hartman) – 3:11
11. "Right Tool for the Job" (Roth, Kilgore) – 3:24
12. "Tight" (Roth, Kilgore) – 4:08
13. "Weekend With the Babysitter" (Roth, Lowery, Marlette) – 3:36
14. "Black Sand" (Roth, Kilgore) – 5:20

Personnel

• David Lee Roth - Harmonica, Vocals, Cover Art Concept
• B'urbon Bob - Bass
• Mike Hartman - Guitar
• Terry Kilgore - Synthesizer, Guitar
• Tom Lilly - Bass
• John 5 - Guitar
• Ray Luzier - Drums
• Jeffrey Thomas - Assistant Engineer
• Erich Gobel - Assistant Engineer
• Kendall Johnson - Art Direction, Design
• Kieren McClelland - Mastering
• Michael Migliozzi - Art Direction, Design
• Erwin Musper - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
• Bunny Yeager - Photography

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Interview with Mike Hartman, RoughEdge.com, 1999.
3. ^ ^{a b} Mike Hartman Interview, Van Halen News Desk, 1999.