Billy Sherwood - Citizen (2015)

Citizen is Billy Sherwood's newest concept album. It contains 11 songs unified by a theme of "a lost soul, a citizen, reincarnated into various periods of history". The songs describe the individual experiences through his own eyes: a conscript legionnaire in the Roman Army at the end of the Empire; a trench runner in WW1; a friend to Galileo as he discovers the Earth is not flat; a distraught Wall Street man stepping out onto the ledge; assistant to Charles Darwin as he discovers his Theory...

For this special record, Billy put together an impressive list of guest stars, which includes Chris Squire, Tony Kaye, Steve Hackett, Geoff Downes, Colin Moulding, Steve Morse, Jerry Goodman, Alan Parsons, Rick Wakeman, Patrick Moraz, Jon Davison, Jordan Rudess, and John Wesley.

Billy Sherwood says: "For me the most special track on the record is the title track The Citizen, which sets the stage for the concept behind it all. On this track is the last recording of Chris Squire, and he's larger than life on it! I recorded him not too long ago in a Holiday Inn when I went to visit with him just before he fell ill. Tony Kaye is playing hammond and keys on the track and sounds great as always! There are many sonic treats in the production and if you put yourself in the mind of the citizen... It's quite a journey!"