Mike Tramp’s White Lion
Mike Tramp, legendary White Lion singer, songwriter and front man stepped out on his own in 1995 and began his 29-year long solo career. With twelve consistent solo albums to his name, you can easily say that he has stood his ground. Tramp has never steered off his path and is charging forward with confidence, and no desire to look back.
Tramp says, “It really just meant that I knew who I wanted to be and sound like when I recorded my first solo album twenty-five years ago. Yet, one thing led to another, and as they say, you shouldn’t let sleeping lions sleep for too long.”
Therefore, after much request to bring the White Lion songs back to the live circuit, Mike Tramp re-recorded 12 of White Lion’s greatest hits, and also gave it a natural facelift, since it had been close to 40 years since the songs were originally written and recorded. The album, titled “Mike Tramp – Songs of White Lion” was released in April 2023 to rave reviews, with many saying how fresh and today the songs sounded. Some even said it sounded like a brand new album. The album brought Mike Tramps White Lion around the world and included two tours of the USA in 2023.
One thing led to another, and this August, “Songs Of White Lion Vol. lI” will hit the streets followed by a two month tour across the USA with Mike Tramps White Lion. Tramp says “White Lion was a chapter and a journey | was on; it was a one-way ticket with no return. “The hair trend of the decade has since faded, but the music lives on, stronger than ever.” He states, “It’s both challenging and a joy for me. Still, the truth is that people don’t know that most of these big rock songs started out as folk songs in a Brooklyn, NY basement.” Which is the true secret to why they still work on stage. You can’t keep a good song down.
