The Dead Daisies have been at it for over a decade, with a lineup stacked with heavy hitters—John Corabi (Mötley Crüe), Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake), Michael Devin (Whitesnake), David Lowy and Sarah Tomek (Steven Tyler Band). They’ve built a global fanbase on the strength of their no-BS approach to rock and their wild live shows, and they’ve played just about every major festival and stage you can think of. Whether it’s a sold-out headline run in Europe or jamming with a 60-piece orchestra in front of 300,000 people in Poland, they’ve always gone big. And while they’ve flirted with blues elements in their past work, this is the first time they’ve put it front and center.
The idea for the album came together unexpectedly. While wrapping up sessions for their latest rock record in Muscle Shoals, the band started casually jamming on some of their favorite blues standards late one night—Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, and others who shaped their musical DNA. The chemistry was undeniable, and producer Marti Frederiksen made the call to start recording. What followed was an impromptu session at the legendary FAME Studios, captured live and unfiltered. The result is Lookin’ For Trouble—a raw, high-voltage set of classic blues covers reimagined through the lens of a band known for their sheer power and precision. Tracks like “Crossroads,” “Boom Boom,” “Going Down,” and “Black Betty” feel both reverent and reinvigorated, bridging past and present in a way that’s deeply rooted and unmistakably Daisies.
Their new album called Lookin’ For Trouble, drops May 30th via Fame/Malaco.
