Chickenfoot [Digipak] by Chickenfoot (CD, Jun-2009, Redline Records)

I am not sure whether Chickenfoot came to stay or it's just a side project, but whatever it is, it was worth the effort. It couldn't be wrong: an all-star team of rock music veterans getting together to deliver powerful and vibrant tunes.

In a few songs, like "Get It Up", when you hear the lead vocals by Sammy Hagar and the background vocals from Michael Anthony (apparently), it's impossible not to remind of Van Halen. In this particular song, an outstanding guitar solo right in the middle of it makes it more Van Halen-like, except that it is not Eddie playing, but no one else than the legend Joe Satriani.

However, despite some small passages, the effort has its own sonority, its own style, and provides us with a little more of the old and good arena rock that some of us miss so much these days, sometimes.