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【[15 Tracks of Soul] Bernie Marsden’s Legacy Roars! Weeping Guitars and Life’s Blues on His Final Live Album "STAGE"】 Swirling the cheap whiskey left at the bottom of my glass, there are nights when I find myself wondering: "Why is it that the moment a guy spots the word 'LIVE' on an album sleeve, his wallet instantly flies open?" The polished elegance of a studio record certainly has its place. But what we truly crave is the scorched smell of vacuum tubes drifting from an amp, the raw scrape of fingers across strings, and above all, that unyielding bluesman's spirit declaring, "Tonight, I'm playing whatever the hell I want." And right on cue, news arrives like a pour of top-shelf liquor down a parched throat: the legendary Bernie Marsden's fifth and final installment in his Inspirations series, the album STAGE, has just been released via Conquest Music. …