Don Mancuso – LIPS TURN BLUE, Lou Gramm, Black Sheep – Rock Interview Series #50 – video interview

Welcome to episode # 50 of the Rock Interview Series. For this feature, guitarist/songwriter DON Mancuso is the guest.

Don is a well respected musician from Rochester, NY. He started his professional music career at the age of 18, with the rock band Black Sheep, which also featured vocalist Lou Gramm.

Black Sheep released 2 major label records, “Black Sheep”- 1975, and “Encouraging Words” in late 1975. They toured with KISS on the “ALIVE” tour and performed as an opening act for many legendary 70’s bands, including: Montrose, Peter Frampton and Hall & Oates.

Black Sheep broke up in 1976, and soon after Lou Gramm joined up with Mick Jones in Foreigner.

Currently, Don has a new band called LIPS TURN BLUE. They recently released a new record on May 6th. This 13 track release is a melodic rock masterpiece and features the vocals of the late Phil Naro (Talas).

What follows is an exclusive interview with Don Mancuso, in which he talks about LIPS TURN BLUE, Black Sheep, and his almost 50 year long career.

LIPS TURN BLUE:

Don Mancuso- Guitars, backing vocals, Phil Naro (1958-2021)- Lead & backing vocals, guitars, Eric Bieber- Keyboards, backing vocals, Mike Mullane- Bass, backing vocals, Roy Stein- Drums & percussion, Iggy Marino- Lead & backing vocals; keyboards, guitar

For more on LIPS TURN BLUE, please visit www.lipsturnblue.com

For more on Don Mancuso, visit https://donmancuso.com

View interview below.

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Published by Thomas S. Orwat Jr.

In 2002, I decided to started my own music webzine, and it was then that I launched GlamMetal.com.  This was a site that primarily focused on the many great hard-rock bands of the 80's such as Motley Crue, Poison, Ratt, and you know the rest of them. Then in 2009, I decided that I wanted to write about all types of music, so I changed the site name to RockMusicStar.com.  This way I could truly cover all different types of rock music. So here we are, and what a great trip it's been.  Over the years, I've interviewed and photographed hundreds of amazing music artists.  I still get just as excited about hearing new music today,  as I did as a 12 year old kid, listening to KISS for the very first time.  I really hope that you can find enjoyment out of my articles and photos.  Hopefully, God willing, I will be able to provide many more over the next few years. Finally, I'm always looking for feedback on the site. I can be reached at thomas@rockmusicstar.com 

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