CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer is featured in a new interview with Jeb Wright at Classic Rock Revisited discussing his new long-awaited solo album, The Way Life Goes. An excerpt is available below:

Jeb: Your fans will finally have a solo album by you. I think they have been waiting since the ‘90’s.

Tom: "They have been waiting so patiently. It has taken quite a few more years than planned. You’re right; I first started thinking about doing a solo album in ‘90’s after Cinderella parted ways after the fourth album.

I came down to Nashville and was working with a lot of great writers and I eventually moved here. The record kept getting put on the back burner. Cinderella got back together and we started working on a new record. The record deal we had ended up in court and turned into a big mess. The good thing that came out of that is that the band has been touring ever since.

In the midst of all of the legal hassles, I started working on the solo project again. I started cutting tracks for it about 2003. I had tons of songs, as I had been writing songs since the mid 1990’s. The album was done independently of a record label. It was on the heels of a record deal that had gone south and had gotten really messy with Cinderella. The band was all working on their own stuff, so we were really on our own. Nobody wanted to deal with a label. I just wanted to make music and not worry about someone trying to tell me what it had to be, or how it had to be.

I produced this record with my wife, Savannah, and a good friend of ours, who is a very talented producer and engineer named Chuck Turner. The three of us started working on it and we decided that it would be done when it is done. It is almost ten years later, but that’s how long it took."

Jeb: This is not a solo album where the leader of the band goes way off in left field. You still have the dirty guitar, some slide guitar and all. But there are songs that Cinderella would not do like 'The Flower Song'.

Tom: "That song started from the lyric, and where I am coming from on that, is that as human beings, we all have this magical gift that comes from God, I guess. We are able to recognize that person who you are supposed to be with in life. That is really what 'The Flower Song' is about to me. You may meet a lot of people along the way. It is a fun lyric about that. I guess musically, or vibe wise, it has a bit of a ROD STEWART or the ROLLING STONES feel to it, which I loved growing up. Foot Loose and Fancy Free was a big record for me when I was a kid. The Stones, certainly all of their stuff influenced me.

There are some real extremes on this record and that is what I have always tried to do because the bands that I loved, when I was growing up, did that. This song represents the more organic, intimate side of the record. Of course, the extreme opposite of that is 'Mood Elevator' or 'Welcome to My Mind, 'Solid Ground' and 'It’s Not Enough', which are all really hard driving rock. Some of the songs may be even harder driving than anything I have ever done with Cinderella. The record has a lot of variety on it and a lot of dynamics."

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Keifer will release his first solo album, The Way Life Goes, on April 30th via Merovee Records (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group). The collection of 14 new songs ranges from intimate, organic, acoustic tracks to driving hard rock. It embraces the blues, rock and country roots that have always been present in his unique sound that has generated the sale of over 15 million records worldwide for CINDERELLA.

Head to TomKeifer.com now to hear The Way Life Goes, streaming in it's entirety.

The Way Life Goes tracklisting:

'Solid Ground'

'A Different Light'

'It’s Not Enough'

'Cold Day In Hell'

'Thick And Thin'

'Ask Me Yesterday'

'Fools Paradise'

'The Flower Song'

'Mood Elevator'

'Welcome To My Mind'

'You Showed Me'

'Ain’t That A Bitch'

'The Way Life Goes'

'Babylon'

The video for 'Solid Ground' can be seen below:

Keifer will be the featured guest on US nationally syndicated radio show Rockline with host Bob Coburn on May 1st at 8:30pm PT/11:30pm ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with Tom toll free at 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For more information on finding a station near you and for information regarding how to log onto the internet broadcast go to Rocklineradio.com. The show will be streamed on the Rockline website for two weeks beginning the afternoon after the live broadcast.

Catch Tom Keifer live at the following shows:

May

2 - Canyon Club - Agoura Hills, CA
3 - The Marquee - Tempe, AZ
4 - House Of Blues - Anaheim, CA
9 - Trees - Dallas, TX
10 - Concert Pub North - Houston, TX
11 - Backstage Live - San Antonio, TX
13 - KXDG Spring Fling - Joplin, MO
16 - Revolution Music Room - Little Rock, AR
17 - Live Oaks Bar & Ballroom - Monroe, LA
18 - The Station - Broussard, LA
22 - 37 Main - Buford, GA