7 Deadly Zens is a solo studio album by Styx guitarist/vocalist

Tommy Shaw Tommy Roland Shaw (born September 11, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for his tenure in the rock band Styx (band), Styx as co-lead vocalist. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with other groups includi ...

. It was released in 1998 by CMC International Records. The album is in a hard rock style.

Track listing

Personnel

* Tommy Shaw: all guitars, mandolins, baritone guitars *

Ted Nugent Theodore Anthony Nugent (; born December 13, 1948) is an American rock musician and activist. He initially gained fame as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of The Amboy Dukes, a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock ...

: lead guitar on tracks 1 & 12 * Jeffery "C.J." Vanston: Hammond B-3, Wurlitzer & Fender-Rhodes electric pianos on tracks 2, 3, 8 & 10 * Kirk Helle: extremely noisy guitars & things on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 10 & 11; string arrangements *

Jack Blades Jack Martin Blades (born April 24, 1954) is an American rock musician. He has worked in the bands Rubicon, Night Ranger (as bassist and one of the lead vocalists), and Damn Yankees (as one of the founding members). He has also recorded with ...

: bass guitar * John Pierce: bass guitar * Marco Mendoza: bass guitar *

Todd Sucherman Todd Sucherman (born May 2, 1969) is an American drummer, who is best known for having been a member of Styx since March 1995. Early life Sucherman grew up in a musical family and followed in his father's footsteps by playing the drums. His f ...

: drums *

Michael Cartellone Michael Cartellone (born June 7, 1962) is an American musician and artist. He was a founding member of Damn Yankees and is the current drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1999. Biography Michael Cartellone was born on June 7, 1962, in Cleveland, ...

: additional drums * Umfante': all percussion; all background vocals except on track 10 * Maxine, Julia & Oren Waters: background vocals on track 10 * Jerry Goodman: terrifying violin solo on track 2 * The 7 Deadly Zens Quartet: David Lowe, Jerry Goodman, Vivian, Oscar: strings * Murmuring Tommyncale Choir: choral group *

Kevin Cronin Kevin Patrick Cronin (born October 6, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter, who is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and pianist for the rock band REO Speedwagon. The band had several hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 throughout the ...

: duet vocal on track 7 *

Alison Krauss Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of 8 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with ...

: duet vocal on track 6 * Ed Roland: middle eight vocal on track 1 * Asfoon Kia: castanets on track 11 * Keith Marks: additional engineering (guitar solos & keyboards) *

Marina Sirtis Marina Sirtis (; born 29 March 1955) is a British actress. She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi on the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and four ''Star Trek'' feature films, as well as other appearances ...

Angie Dickinson Angeline Dickinson (née Brown; born September 30, 1931) is an American actress. She began her career on television, appearing in many anthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough role in ''Gun the Man Down'' (1956) wit ...

, Umfante': spoken words

Enhanced CD

Enhanced CD features include: * QuickTime videos on the making of the album, with studio footage and clips with Kevin Cronin, Alison Kraus and Ted Nugent * photos * song lyrics * web links

References

1998 albums Tommy Shaw albums Albums produced by Eddie Ashworth CMC International albums {{1990s-hard-rock-album-stub