445 - Doug Kistner of Studio D'Lux - Star-studded album harkens back to the glory days of Yacht Rock

Singer, songwriter, and keyboardist Doug Kistner has played with Trans Siberian Orchestra, John Waite, and even Blood, Sweat and Tears. But, his new project assembles an impressive list of ace musicians into Studio D’Lux and their first album is titled, appropriately, The Allstar Project.

These all stars include Liberty Devitto, Billy Joel’s original drummer; several members of Chicago, including horn player Lee Loughnane and guitarist Keith Howland; plus legendary bassist Leland Sklar, and Eliott Randall and Jon Herrington, who’ve both played with Steely Dan. The result is an album that harkens back to the late Seventies / early Eighties, yet still sounds fresh.