The JIM PETERIK & WORLD STAGE concept arose from the idea that the musical and spiritual collaboration of great artists and friends could be truly special.
This idea created a string of records that followed the now close-to-legendary debut album released in the year 2000, where PETERIK managed to present his collaboration with such rock luminaries as Dennis DeYoung (ex-Styx), Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon), Johnny Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Don Barnes (.38 Special), Tom Kiefer (Cinderella) and many more.That concept resurfaced in 2019 on the ‘Winds of Change’ album when JIM PETERIK was joined by giants of American rock such as Dennis DeYoung again, Kevin Chalfant (ex-The Storm), Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger), Mike Reno (Loverboy), Jason Scheff (ex-Chicago) and more.
Later on, PETERIK decided to dedicate an entire album to the ‘Women who Rock the World’ giving birth to the awesome album ‘Tigress’ which showed his collaboration with such outstanding singers and musicians like Jennifer Batten, Chloe Lowery, Rosa Laricchiuta, Chez Kane and so many more.
All those albums spotlight the many talents of JIM PETERIK, enhanced and embellished by a cast of noted singers and musicians.
With the ‘Roots and Shoots’ album, the Chicago-based artist offers a new concept where he presents his work equally split between Roots (classic rock stars) and Shoots (emerging rock stars).
‘…Volume 1,’ released in early 2024, featured Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon), Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger), Don Barnes (.38 Special), Mark Farner (Grand Funk) together with phenomenal new talents such as Colin Peterik (Jim’s son!), Ashton Brooke Gill, Paul Childers, Leslie Hunt and Mark Mackay among others |