Hard rock trio featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater, Metal Allegiance), legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, Steve Vai) and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (Mr. Big, Poison), The Winery Dogs have released a new video for the song "Fire" and it can be seen below. "Fire" was, in fact, initially called "Last Chance" but didn't come to fruition until Kotzen showed it to his bandmates. The clip was directed by Steve Lyon and features performance and behind the scenes footage along with images of a woman on a beach in Thailand. It also includes clips of Kotzen in New York's Times Square with an acoustic guitar.




Vocalist/guitarist Richie Kotzen says: "When we were writing for Hot Streak I remember sitting around with the guys an playing the chord changes and kinda humming the melody. Billy and Mike made some really great suggestions for the arrangement and I went and took it and wrote some words for it, and we cut the song."

He also added: "My comfort zone, the music that I love is really singer/crooner-based music. I love that music. When I'm home I'll listen to Curtis Mayfield or put Sam & Dave on. If I had to pick one style, I would much rather live in the world of 'Fire' or 'Remember' or 'Damage' or 'Regret' rather than the more frenetic, aggressive world, because I feel like you can be so much more expressive musically and artistically when you have that kind of space in the music. The fast, crazy shit is a lot of fun, but, personally, I can't live with it 24 hours the day. I need the balance."

The Winery Dogs plan to continue their campaign for Hot Streak well into 2016. The group heads to Europe in January and will also be playing in Japan, Latin America and Mexico, as well as another run through North America.

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