Album review : GRAHAM BONNET – Lost In Hollywood Again (Live)

Frontiers Music [Release date 12.12.25]

Old Rock Stars never die, and judging by Lost In Hollywood Again, they never fade away either.
A 77 year old Graham Bonnet is testament to that.

Recorded in the legendary Whisky A Go Go, on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip, in August last year, Bonnet and band give it their all.

Raw and raucous, you can taste the sweat as it drips from the venue’s ceiling.
You can hear every voice in the crowd whooping and hollering as they give it up for each song. Bonnet is clearly welcome here.

In reality it’s unvarnished proof of Graham Bonnet’s phenomenal voice. Ok, it’s lost a little of its lustre over the years. But he still climbs the upper slopes and delivers with vigour and indeed, soul.
More than that, every note is weighted with a flinty edge of “Look, I’m still here” defiance.

Live, the songs are robust and thunderous, there’s not a lot of room for nuance. And it’s maybe uncharitable to claim that Bonnet rose to a career peak with Rainbow, but if anything, this set bears that out.

It’s bookended by ‘Eyes Of The World’ and ‘Lost In Hollywood’ with ‘All Night Long’ and ‘Since You’ve Been Gone’ coming early. Bonnet’s mainlining on great rock songs coupled with the sweaty clamour and clang of live performance.

Between times, a tight, tight band, Conrad Pessinato, Beth-Ami Heavenstone (Bonnet’s missus), Alessandro Bertoni and Francis Cassol run through a bunch of entertaining rock songs – most notably ‘Imposter’ and ‘Desert Song’ – plucked from his his solo albums and his stint with Schenker.

No question, his voice still has it, he keeps a tight rein on the vocal melodies and he delivers with emotion and conviction.

And in doing so, succeeds in merging past with present. ****

Review by Brian McGowan

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