Hear Dee Snider-Led Cover of Triumph’s ‘Lay It on the Line’

Dee
Snider
leads
a
new
cover
of

Triumph‘s
1979
classic “Lay
It
on
the
Line,”
which
will
appear
on
the
upcoming Magic
Power:
All
Star
Tribute
to
Triumph
album.
You
can
hear
it
below.

The
former

Twisted
Sister
frontman
is
joined
by

Mr.
Big
guitarist
Paul
Gilbert
and

Tenacious
D‘s
Kyle
Gass
on backing
vocals.
The
Mike
Clink-produced Magic
Power
album features
additional
contributions
from
former Skid
Row vocalist Sebastian
Bach, Heart guitarist Nancy
Wilson, Anthrax frontman
Joey
Belladonna, Styx keyboardist
Lawrence
Gowan, Guns
N’
Roses guitarist Slash, Night
Ranger singer/bassist Jack
Blades and Tesla singer
Jeff
Keith.

“Lay
It
on
the
Line”
is
the
second
single
released
from
the
album,
following
the
Bach-assisted “Rock
&
Roll
Machine”
last
month. Magic
Power:
All
Star
Tribute
to
Triumph
arrives
on
June
6
and
is
available
to

preorder
now.
You
can
see
the
full
track
listing
below.

Dee
Snider
and
Triumph
Reflect
on ‘Lay
It
on
the
Line’

“Lay
It
on
the
Line”
appeared on
Triumph’s
third
album,
1979’s Just
a
Game.
It
peaked
at
a
meager
No.
86
on
the
Billboard
Hot
100
but
still
became
one
of
the
band’s
best-known
songs.

“The
first
time
I
heard
this
song
[‘Lay
It
on
the
Line’],
I
was
blown
away,”
Snider
said
in
a
statement. “There’s
only
one

Rik
Emmett
and
Triumph.
I’m
honored
to
be
a
part
of
this!”

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In
a

teaser
video
for
the
new “Lay
It
on
the
Line,
Emmett recalled
the
reception
the
song
originally
received
from
his
bandmates,
bassist/keyboardist
Mike
Levine
and
drummer/vocalist
Gil
Moore.

“I
grew
up
listening
to
everything
from

Deep
Purple
to

Crosby,
Stills
&
Nash,”
he
said. “And
I’d
written
pop
songs
for
Triumph,
and
Gil
and
Mike
would
both
go, ‘No,
no,
too
wimpy.’
But
when
I
presented ‘Lay
It
on
the
Line,’
they
both
went, ‘Yeah,
yeah,
this
is
good.'”

“Rik
became
better
as
a
writer,”
Levine
added
in
the
same
video, “and
the
proof
was
in
the
pudding
because,
he
wrote
one
of
the
evergreen
Triumph
songs, ‘Lay
It
on
the
Line.'”

‘Magic
Power:
All
Star
Tribute
to
Triumph’
Tracklisting
1.
“24
Hours
a
Day”
(Sebastian
Bach)
2.
“Rock
&
Roll
Machine”
(Sebastian
Bach)
3.
“Magic
Power”
(Joey
Belladonna)
4.
“Spellbound”
(Mickey
Thomas)
5.
“Lay
It
on
the
Line”
(Dee
Snider)
6.
“Somebody’s
Out
There”
(Lawrence
Gowan)
7.
“Never
Surrender”
(Deen
Castronovo)
8.
“Hold
On”
(Jeff
Keith)
9.
“Just
One
Night”
(Jason
Scheff)
10.
“I
Live
for
the
Weekend”
(Dorothy
&
Tyler
Connolly
)
11.
“Fight
the
Good
Fight”
(Nancy
Wilson)
12.
“Follow
Your
Heart”
(Jack
Blades)
13.
“Allied
Forces”
(Phil
X)
14.
“Blinding
Light
Show”
(Envy
of
None)
15.
“Fight
the
Good
Fight
(encore)”
(Dino
Jelusick)