Rock n' Roll icon, musician, actor, and Little Steven's Underground Garage radio host Michael Des Barres has teamed up with Portland, ME musician Kris Rodgers (Kris Rodgers and the Dirty Gems, Kurt Baker) on a new single titled "Bounce Back Baby" out now on Wicked Cool Records.
Des Barres says, "I have always admired Kris Rodgers's work. I felt he had an innate rhythm and blues feel to his songwriting. I wanted to do a couple of songs with piano and wonderful backup singers, and also with his great band, the Dirty Gems. I am so pleased with the results, and our co-producer Dave Draper and Wicked Cool Records, of course. I believe in the positivity of life more than I ever have because we need it so badly, which is in essence what the lyric implies. Get up on your feet again, and fall in love with yourself!"
Rodgers adds, "Michael and I started talking during the summer of 2021 about possibly working together. We hit it off! Writing music for "Bounce Back Baby" was really organic because Michael’s lyrics speak so positively to rising up from adversity, like we have all had to do in recent years."
You can stream the single from your favorite service here and can check out all of the artists on Wicked Cool Records here.
In 2014 Michael Des Barres was asked by Steven Van Zandt to bring his encyclopedic knowledge of rock and soul music to Little Steven’s Underground Garage, SiriusXM, Channel 21 where he can be found DJing every weekday from 5:00am-8:00am P/T, and 9:00pm-12:00am P/T. Playing classic rock and soul music from The Rolling Stones to The Ramones and The Shangri La's to The Temptations. On Sirius XM Michael is heard by more than six million listeners a day, people are drawn to his show for the outstanding music, as well as Michael's positivity, humor and his inimitable rock and roll intellect and experience. First hand rock and roll history from someone who was there.
Michael is now signed to Steven Van Zandt’s label Wicked Cool Records. 2018 saw the release of two singles Living in the USA, which came in second in Little Steven’s Underground Garage Coolest Song In The World contest, as well as a cover of Bob Dylan’s Gotta Serve Somebody. Michael also formed a new band, Michael Des Barres and The Mistakes and released a double A side single on Wicked Cool Records in 2019, Crackle and Hiss, with B/W Stop! In The Name of Love. Michael continues to record on Wicked Cool Records and recently released a cover of The Sex Pistols “Anarchy In The UK”, produced and arranged by Steven Van Zandt.
