Legendary Rock Interviews' John Parks has issued an interview conducted with SAVATAGE / JON OLIVA'S PAIN frontman and legendary Mountain King, JON OLIVA. An excerpt follows:

Q: One of my favorite songs on your album Raise The Curtain is the track 'Soldier', which has a lyric, “If it were up to me, there would be no looking back”, but I wanted to start by asking you to do just that (laughs). I’m a big Savatage fan and remember you coming here to the Rockford, Illinois area to shoot your video at the Coronado Theatre for the song 'When The Crowds Are Gone'. What memories do you have of that day?

A: "That fucking place is haunted dude. That backstage, those bathrooms, that lobby that place is haunted! That place is haunted, haunted, haunted for real. I’m not bullshitting you, I’m telling you for real. I got chills walking through there, when you walk down the hallways and when you walk around backstage... I always felt like there was someone on my heels and there was never anybody there. It was a spooky place but it made for a great vibe and the people that were around us there in Rockford were the nicest people. The folks at the restaurant around the corner and just everyone in town was so nice to us, we made a lot of friends there. I can’t say enough of how cool everyone was to us that week that we were in town but all that said, that place is absolutely haunted, stay away from that place (laughs)."

Read the full interview at this location.

Jon Oliva's Pain drummer/producer Chris Kinder has checked in with the following update:

"This killer piece of art will be offered for purchase on the upcoming Storytellers Tour. There will only be 300 numbered/signed copies ever produced for the public. But for now we will be offering 50 copies via ebay for those that may be unable to attend of the shows but want a unique piece of limited rock memorabilia.

Go get yours here.

And for those of you that have and will now buy VIP tickets for the State Theatre FL show, one of these these prints is included in your package....winner-winner-chicken dinner!"

Oliva's schedule is now as follows:

December

1 - Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh, North Carolina
3 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, New York
4 - Dingbatz - Clifton, New Jersey
6 - Rex Theatre - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7 - Ripper's Rock House - Akron, Ohio
8 - Mojoes - Joliet, Illinois
10 – Trees Dallas – Dallas, Texas
14 - State Theatre - Tampa, Florida

More than thirty years after the start of his career with Savatage, and successive projects/bands like TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and Jon Oliva's Pain, now legendary songwriter and performer Jon Oliva released his first ever solo album, titled Raise The Curtain. The album was released simply under the banner OLIVA and you can expect a mixture of Jon Oliva’s early influences and the material he wrote and recorded throughout his whole artistic career.

Raise The Curtain tracklisting:

'Raise The Curtain'

'Soul Chaser'

'Ten Years'

'Father Time'

'I Know'

'Big Brother'

'Armageddon'

'Soldier'

'Stalker'

'The Witch'

'Can’t Get Away'

'The Truth' (bonus track)

BW&BK;'s new interview with Oliva about his solo album, Raise The Curtain can be found at this location.

Check out the first taste of the album, written by Jon Oliva and his late brother/Savatage guitarist Criss Oliva, via the 'Father Time' lyric video below: