Much to the excitement of music fans worldwide, Joey Molland, best known for his work with the now legendary English band Badfinger, has released his highly anticipated fourth solo album Return To Memphis on U.K.’s Gonzo Multimedi label. The new C.D. features 10 new Molland compositions recorded at the world famous ‘Royal Studios’ in Memphis.

Signed to the Beatles’ Apple label in the late ’60s, Badfinger would go on to score four consecutive worldwide hits from 1970 to 1972: Come And Get It (written and produced by Paul McCartney), No Matter What, Day After Day and Baby Blue. In 1971, a cover of the Badfinger song Without You by Harry Nilsson became a number one hit on the Billboard charts. Surviving member Joey Molland has continued to keep the Badfinger flame alight through concerts and recordings over the past 30 years and now he is back with a fantastic new album Return To Memphis, which was produced by Carl ‘Blue’ Wise.

Says Joey, “The album is quite a departure for me and the sound is very different, the treatment of the songs, the song content, and Carl’s production and Memphis roots all make for a much simpler approach. I wrote all the songs and they have a lot of meaning to me…I know everybody gets their own feelings out of songs, but you know, I think the songs talk about relevant things and I look forward to peoples’ reaction to them. There are no real Badfinger power chords or anything like that. No real jamming guitars…well…maybe a little bit and I do play some slide on it… Carl had four girls come in to sing ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ and harmonies which was great, and I played with a three-piece Memphis rhythm section. So it’s a really simple sounding record and I’m just hoping that people will like it.”

Originally from Liverpool, Joey now resides in the United States of America, where he continues to perform with Joey Molland’s Badfinger. Along with Joey on guitar and vocals, the current line-up features Mark Healey (bass/vocals), Steve Wozny (keyboards/vocals) and Mike Ricciardi (drums).

For updated tour information check Joey Molland’s official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/OriginalBadfinger.