Singer Curtis Stigers Releases New Single “I Wonder Why” | WATCH NEW VIDEO! New Album “This Life” Arrives Feb. 25th, 2022
Curtis Stigers
Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of his Multi-Platinum Debut with New Recording of his Chart-topping First Single “I Wonder Why”
Track Taken From This Life New Studio Album due February 25th
February 11, 2021: Curtis Stigers has released “I Wonder Why,” the newest single from his forthcoming album This Life, which will be released on February 25, 2022 via Pandemic Poodle Records. The original version of the track enjoyed massive success worldwide upon its debut in 1991. This new recording brings a soulful tone with pianist Matthew Fries adding classic gospel touches to the tune. Stigers said recently, “I don’t think I’ve played a concert since 1991 without singing this song. It’s the song that kicked off my career and it still moves me every time I sing it for an audience. It’s been a huge part of my life and career.”
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It’s been over three decades since Stigers released his eponymous debut album which took the charts by storm and generated the international hits “I Wonder Why,” “You’re All That Matters To Me,” and “Never Saw A Miracle.” For This Life, a seasoned Curtis Stigers has revisited these early successes (and a couple of later ones) and put a distinct jazz spin on them. Stigers shares the reason for revisiting his extensive catalog, “Over the years, my fans have asked me for new recordings of these rearranged versions of my old songs that they hear at my shows. That’s part of the inspiration for this new album.”
Last month Stigers released the first single from This Life, a fresh version of his 1995 song “Keep Me From The Cold.” The collection also includes a new version of Nick Lowe’s “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, And Understanding,” which Stigers had recorded in 1992 for the smash hit film The Bodyguard starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. And there is, of course, also a rendition of “This Life,” the marvelous Emmy-nominated theme song Curtis co-wrote and recorded in 2008 for the wildly popular TV show Sons Of Anarchy.
Backed by a fine-tuned band featuring John “Scrapper” Sneider on trumpet, Matthew Fries on piano and Wurlitzer electric piano, Cliff Schmitt on bass, Paul Wells and Keith Hall on drums plus special guest Larry Goldings on organ and keyboards, Stigers furthermore reinterprets memorable tracks from his past albums Time Was (1995), Brighter Days (1999), Secret Heart (2002), You Inspire Me (2003), and Real Emotional (2007). To round this amazing song collection off, he added two previously unrecorded gems, though he performs them occasionally at his shows: the Gershwin classic “Summertime” and Leonard Cohen’s “Tonight Will Be Fine.”
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This Life Tracklist:
01) (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
02) You’re All That Matters To Me
03) I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Now
04) I Wonder Why
05) This Life
06) Keep Me From The Cold
07) Summertime
08) Don’t Go Far
09) Tonight Will Be Fine
10) Swingin’ Down At 10th And Main
11) Never Saw A Miracle
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