Encouraged by Billy Joel's former manager Irwin Mazur, in 1980 McMahon decided to promote his own recording career. He assembled a group of accomplished musicians – Gary Mallaber, John Massaro, Kenny Lewis and two of the musicians he had engaged for Gerard, guitarist Steve Sykes and keyboard player Al Campbell – collectively called Kid Lightning, returned to the studio and recorded the album Blue Rue.
This was the third album release by Gerard McMahon. Previously he had released two albums in 1976 fronting the band Gerard.
After the album was completed, McMahon's band was dropped from Columbia Records.
Gerard McMahon also has released an album as "Gerard McMann" and since 2000 he mostly uses the name "G Tom Mac" for his releases. McMahon is sometimes also referred to as "G", a nickname given to him by his friend Roger Daltrey.
Blue Rue has never been re-released.
Artist: Gerard McMahon & Kid Lightning
Album: Blue Rue
Year: 1981
Label: CBS (ARC / Columbia)
Style: Melodic Rock, Classic Rock
Format: mp3/320, flac (tracks, 48kHz/24bit)
Tracklist
01 Town Girls 4:18
02 You Know Me Better Than I Do 3:56
03 Gone Tomorrow 4:33
04 Night Woman 3:41
05 All I Really Need 4:17
06 Taxi (Nightdriver) 3:50
07 Blind Love 3:09
08 One More Goodbye 3:59
09 Run Into Your Shadow 3:01
10 What've You Gotta Lose 4:29
11 Blue Rue (Secret Track) 0:38
Gerard McMahon & Kid Lightning – Blue Rue (Holland press, vinyl-rip) (1981) mp3+flac
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This is the same guy who wrote ‘Is That You?’ for Kiss on the ‘Unmasked’ album. Nice!