Ian Hunter is Mr Mott The Hoople and coming up soon he will release his 20th album. Ian has had a successful solo career on top of his Hoople days and is thought of as one of the greats of 70s rock and roll.
At age 73 I suppose there is a whole lot of life to look back on. The new album due out September 4, 2012, Hunter will release "When I'm President" his 20th album of original songs, and the latest highlight in a career full of awesome tunes like 'All The Young Dudes,' 'All the Way From Memphis".
The new album's contains 11 new tunes "Fatally Flawed" "Black Tears," "Wild Bunch," "I Don't Know What You Want" (which features a guest vocal by Hunter's son Jesse) and "Ta Shunka Witco (Crazy Horse)"- all of the songs backed up by his loyal Rant Band.
"The songs seem to be more upbeat this time round," Hunter notes. "The last two albums were pretty political, just because I thought the Bush years were horrible, and thankfully that's passed. But I don't go looking for songs; I have to wait for them to come to me. I had a spurt there in the summer of 2011, and that grew into this album. I'd get up every day with something ringing in my head, so I'd try to catch it and get it down. Songwriting's always been a mystery to me in that way. Now and again you're nearer the sun, and you have to be ready to capture it."
A tour will follow in support of the album. Stay tuned.