Includes Collaborations with Boz Scaggs, Mark Knopfler, Bruce Springsteen, Keb’ Mo’, Billy F Gibbons, Rickie Lee Jones, Peter Frampton and Joe Bonamassa Plus Liner Notes by Pete Townshend!

Pioneering rock ‘n’ roll singer-songwriter Dion follows-up his critically acclaimed and commercially successful 2020 album release Blues With Friends with Stomping Ground, a new album that finds him collaborating yet again with music greats with whom he shares mutual admiration. Stomping Ground was produced by Wayne Hood with Dion and will be released through Joe Bonamassa and Roy Weisman’s KTBA Records.

Most of the album’s songs were written by Dion and his songwriting partner Mike Aquilina. Guest artists appearing on tracks with Dion include Boz Scaggs, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen, Billy F Gibbons, Keb’ Mo’, Sonny Landreth, Joe Menza, Mike Menza, Marcia Ball, Jimmy Vivino, Rickie Lee Jones, Wayne Hood, Joe Bonamassa and G.E. Smith with Pete Townshend’s liner notes which Dion characterizes as “amazing.”

The album’s voluminous notes include an intro by Dion that succinctly summarizes the philosophy behind the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s latest recorded endeavor: “When I was young, I was always striving for accolades and admiration. Those were my goals. But when I reached them, they didn’t satisfy. I discovered joy when I leaned to stop caring about all that – when I learned to relax and make music with friends… music that would make more friends for us through its joy. To make music with friends, and to make friends through music: I can’t imagine a better life than this. I am grateful to my friends who made Stomping Ground with me – and my new friends who are listening.”

The album’s notes include a foreword by Townshend, which reads, in part: “Dion, like a circling star that never fades, generates the energy and fire we need to pull ourselves up and start again. Dion is a star who knows well how to start again, how to keep shining. He looks at his watch every few years. Damn! Let’s make a record. Take care. This one will blow those little white things in our ears right into your brain.”

1. Take It Back feat. Joe Bonamassa
2. Hey Diddle Diddle feat. G.E. Smith
3. Dancing Girl feat. Mark Knopfler
4. If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll feat. Eric Clapton
5. There Was A Time feat. Peter Frampton
6. Cryin’ Shame feat. Sonny Landreth
7. The Night Is Young feat. Joe Menza & Wayne Hood
8. That’s What The Doctor Said feat. Steve Conn
9. My Stomping Ground feat. Billy Gibbons
10. Angel In The Alleyways feat. Patti Scialfa & Bruce Springsteen
11. I’ve Got To Get To You feat. Boz Scaggs & Joe and Mike Menza
12. Red House feat. Keb’ Mo’
13. I Got My Eyes On You Baby feat. Marcia Ball & Jimmy Vivino
14. I’ve Been Watching feat. Rickie Lee Jones & Wayne Hood