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Season Of The Witch, the brand new full-length instrumental solo album from world-renowned guitarist JOHN 5, is out today and can be ordered on CD via the John 5 store<\/a>, on Amazon MP3<\/a>, iTunes<\/a> and for streaming on Spotify<\/a>. Season Of The Witch features JOHN 5\u2019s backing band The Creatures (bassist Ian Ross<\/em> and drummer Rodger Carter<\/em>), and features experimentation with various genres \u2013 including western swing, Spanish flamenco, heavy metal and more \u2013 thoroughly showcasing JOHN 5\u2019s diverse virtuosic abilities.<\/p>\n In celebration of the album\u2019s release, JOHN 5 and The Creatures kick off their U.S. tour in Fife, WA today! The tour will hit roughly 35 cities, coming to an end in Chicago, IL on April 16. Tickets and VIP are available now \u2013 visit the tour page<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n JOHN 5<\/strong>\u00a0took a different approach with the release of\u00a0Season Of The Witch<\/em><\/strong>, choosing to share his new music with fans throughout 2016 by releasing several tracks individually in the form of various music videos. Tracks\/videos released include the fast-paced\u00a0\u201cBlack Grass Plague\u201d<\/a>, downtempo, introspective\u00a0\u201cBehind The Nut Love\u201d<\/a>, hard rocking\u00a0\u201cNow Fear This\u201d<\/a>, jazz fusion marathon\u00a0\u201cHere\u2019s To The Crazy Ones\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(featuring a bit of \u201cmonkeying around\u201d), heavy metal Claymation shredfest\u00a0\u201cMaking Monsters\u201d<\/a>, and last but not least, the whiskey-soaked\u00a0\u201cHell Haw\u201d<\/a>. The videos have garnered nearly a million views, collectively.<\/p>\n \u201cSince music is so visual nowadays, I thought these videos would be the best way to get my music out there, and it seems to have worked \u2013 now everybody knows the songs on the record,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0states\u00a0JOHN 5<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cI put so much work into this record with the videos, the artwork, the songwriting and the playing \u2013 out of my catalog, this is by far my favorite solo record.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Season Of The Witch, the brand new full-length instrumental solo album from world-renowned guitarist JOHN 5, is out today. In celebration of the album\u2019s release, JOHN 5 and The Creatures kick off their 35 date U.S. tour in Fife, WA today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,559,715,507],"class_list":["post-6174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-season-of-the-witch","tag-tour-dates","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/season-of-the-witch-album-teaser-story.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1BA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6317,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/04\/06\/review-season-of-the-witch-is-an-auditory-experience-to-behold\/","url_meta":{"origin":6174,"position":0},"title":"[Review] Season of the Witch ” is an auditory experience to behold”.","author":"Dillon - 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