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\nAfter sixty years in rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, SLADE guitarist Dave Hill finally steps out with his first solo album, \u201cDirty Foot Lane\u201d. Rather than chasing old glory, he looks back at the road that made him \u2014 family, ambition, struggle, stage lights and all the strange miles in between.<\/p>\n
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The album is far more personal than a typical late-career solo project. Hill moves between rock, blues, folk and atmospheric textures, using the songs almost like chapters from an autobiography rather than trying to recreate SLADE\u2019s biggest moments.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks For The Good Times\u201d opens with the warmth of somebody looking back without pretending everything was easy, while \u201cBack In The Air Again\u201d was born from the frustration of lockdown and Hill\u2019s longing to get back onstage. The song carries that unmistakable sense of live energy returning after too much silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cDust My Axe\u201d lets more blues into the room, while \u201cShe Had A Troubled Heart\u201d turns inward with a more reflective mood. \u201cSweet And Tender\u201d brings a softer melodic touch before \u201cFast Train\u201d revisits the dizzying speed of SLADE\u2019s rise, when everything seemed to happen at once and there was barely time to process it.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly Fools And Horses\u201d reaches back toward the early years, while \u201cPlay It To The Crowd\u201d is practically a love letter to performance itself \u2014 the buzz before the lights go down, the roar of a packed room and that strange chemistry between stage and audience that no studio can really fake.<\/p>\n
\u201cReasons To Succeed\u201d digs into ambition and persistence, themes that feel particularly fitting coming from a musician who has spent most of his life under stage lights. Then the title track closes the record by bringing everything back home.<\/p>\n
\u201cDirty Foot Lane\u201d takes its name from a real place near Wolverhampton, close to where Hill grew up and still lives. It is the emotional centre of the album: part childhood memory, part family portrait and part acknowledgement that no matter how far the road goes, some places never really leave you.<\/p>\n
Django Holder plays a major role in the record\u2019s sound, producing, mixing and performing across the sessions, while longtime collaborator John Berry adds another important thread connecting Hill\u2019s present-day work with his life in SLADE.<\/p>\n
There is no need for fireworks here. \u201cDirty Foot Lane\u201d works because Hill is not trying to prove that he is still the loudest man in the room. He is simply telling the story in his own voice \u2014 and after sixty years, that story has earned the space.<\/p>\n
Country: UK
\nLabel: Jerkin Crocus Promotions Ltd \/ JCPL Records
\nGenre: Rock \/ Blues Rock \/ Folk Rock
\nRelease date: October 30, 2026
\nFormat: CD \/ Vinyl \/ Digital<\/p>\n
Tracklist:
\n01 \u2013 Thanks For The Good Times
\n02 \u2013 Back In The Air Again
\n03 \u2013 Dust My Axe
\n04 \u2013 She Had A Troubled Heart
\n05 \u2013 Sweet And Tender
\n06 \u2013 Fast Train
\n07 \u2013 Only Fools And Horses
\n08 \u2013 Play It To The Crowd
\n09 \u2013 Reasons To Succeed
\n10 \u2013 Dirty Foot Lane<\/p>\n
Dave Hill \u2013 Vocals, Guitar
\nDjango Holder \u2013 Production, Mixing, Additional Performance
\nJohn Berry \u2013 Bass, Vocals, Violin
\nRob Childs \u2013 Production<\/p>\n
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\nAfter sixty years in rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, SLADE guitarist Dave Hill finally steps out with his first solo album, \u201cDirty Foot Lane\u201d. Rather than chasing old glory, he looks back at the road that made him \u2014 family, ambition, struggle, stage lights and all the strange miles in between.<\/p>\n