Sass Jordan Honors Taylor Hawkins With Release Of ‘High Road Easy’ And New Album

Canadian powerhouse vocalist, songwriter Sass Jordan honors Taylor Hawkins with the release of her new single “High Road Easy” from her forthcoming album, Live In New York Ninety Four out April 28th on Deko Entertainment. Jordan teamed up with Deko Entertainment to take a look back at the Rats tour for her upcoming album which was recorded at the South Street Seaport in NYC during that 1994 tour. The band at that time, along with Jordan, consisted of Tony Reyes (bass, vocals), Taylor Hawkins (drums, vocals), Nick Lashley (guitar), and Stevie Salas (guitar).

Known for her gritty vocals, Jordan earned a Juno award for “Most Promising Female Vocalist” in 1989, toured with the young Taylor Hawkins before he became a member of Foo Fighters, duetted with Joe Cocker, and even starred as the lead role of Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway hit Love, Janis in 2001.

“High Road Easy,” is a celebration of the early days in the career of Hawkins, future Foo Fighters drummer. Jordan says, “As we hit the milestone that marks one year since Taylor left us, I wanted to do something to honor his memory–a recognition and appreciation for his glorious, big, beautiful energy–which lives on through this recording and in all of our hearts. That’s why we offer this now …. This particular song, ‘High Road Easy,’ was in its infancy in those days–you can really hear it in the way the band attacks and tears it to pieces–rampaging through its whole length like the pack of road dogs that we were…”

“High Road Easy”

 
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Throughout Sass Jordan’s career, she’s earned three more nominations for Best Female Vocalist thanks to albums like Racine (1992), Rats (1994), Present (1997), Hot Gossip (2000), Get What You Give (2006), From Dusk Til Dawn (2009) and her side project S.U.N.’s album, Something Unto Nothing (2011) — along with singles like “Make You A Believer,” “You Don’t Have to Remind Me,” “Sun’s Gonna Rise” and 1992’s “Trust in Me,” a duet with Joe Cocker from the record-selling Bodyguard soundtrack.

Jordan starred in the off-Broadway Janis Joplin show, “Love Janis,” performed “The Vagina Monologues” in Winnipeg and Toronto, toured the world with “A Bowie Celebration,” guest-starred on NBC-TV’s “Sisters,” weighed in as the only female judge on “Canadian Idol” for all six seasons beginning in 2003, and branded her own line of wine, Kick Ass Sass Wine.

In 2017, she released Racine Revisited, recreating her sophomore album with an all-star cast for its 25th anniversary, and celebrated the same milestone for Rats in 2020 with a colored-vinyl reissue.

Live In New York Ninety Four Track List
“Intro”
“Damaged”
“Make You a Believer”
“Moonage Daydream”
“Head”
“Sun’s Gonna Rise”
“You Don’t Have to Remind Me”
“High Road Easy”
“Pissin’ Down”
“Ugly”

Sass Jordan Tour Dates Here