via Billboard.com
Can’t Get Enough: A Tribute to Bad Company comes out Oct. 24 on Primary Wave Music, just two weeks before the group’s Nov. 8 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Los Angeles. The first taste is the Struts’ version of Bad Company’s top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy,” for which the group has also uploaded a video of its studio recording session. HARDY, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, Charley Crockett and Dirty Honey also take a whack at some of the group’s biggest hits, while the Pretty Reckless contribute a version of Bad Company predecessor Free’s “All Right Now.”
The 10-track set also features several collaborations with Bad Company’s surviving members: frontman Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke join Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen on a rendition of “Seagull” from 1974’s self-titled debut album; Rodgers teams with Halestorm on 1975’s “Shooting Star”; and Rodgers, with Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor, are part of Blackberry Smoke’s take on the title track to 1976’s Run With the Pack.
Can’t Get Enough was the brainchild of Primary Wave, which aligned with Bad Company in 2022, and was executive produced by the company’s Robert Dippold and Adam Lowenberg, along with colleague and Bad Company fan Gary Spivack. The team worked for more than 10 months recruiting and assembling the tracks from the individual acts. Dippold, partner and president of digital strategy, says the tribute album idea surfaced during Primary Wave’s earliest days with the band.
“Putting together this tribute album to Bad Company has truly been a labor of love,” Dippold explains. “We came up with the idea for a proper tribute album a couple of years ago after partnering with Paul Rodgers, when we realized that there had never been a covers or tribute album dedicated to his incredible band and song catalog.
“Bad Company and Free have influenced countless musicians and bands over the decades, both as bands and through the individual impact of their members. We hope this release introduces Bad Company to a new generation of music lovers while honoring their loyal fanbase. This is just one of many projects we’re working on with Paul and his team as we continue to develop creative marketing initiatives around his catalog and brand, finding new ways to bring greater awareness to his songs and further showcase the depth of this incredible body of work.”