FireHouse’s Bill Leverty On His Solo Album “Divided We Fall,” Future FireHouse Plans & More
The band known as FireHouse first found success in the early 1990s through massive hits like “Love Of A Lifetime,” “Don’t Treat Me Bad,” “When I Look Into Your Eyes” and “Sleeping With You.” With millions of albums sold, 7 Billboard Hot 100 hits and plenty of awards and honors, FireHouse has made a big impact on the musical world. Not only did FireHouse never disband, but success as a recording and touring act never stopped for the quartet; not everyone realizes how much success FireHouse has had overseas for decades, nor how many albums of theirs have charted well.
Guitarist Bill Leverty has released 5 solo albums outside of FireHouse. The latest full-length is 2020’s Divided We Fall. As if FireHouse and a solo career were not enough, Leverty has also kept busy over the years as a producer and performer for other projects. He has also been the namesake of several guitar models and an endorser of various guitar-related accessories over the years.
On March 28, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Bill Leverty via Zoom. Technology-related problems were not kind to the first 25 minutes or so of our chat, but luckily the last 30-ish minutes of our conversation were salvagable, as embedded below. Leverty is one of the nicest interview subjects I have ever encountered and unbelievably-accommodating, as you will quickly observe from this conversation. Fortunately, he has kept busy during the COVID-19 between a few (distanced, smartly-produced) FireHouse gigs, freelance productions and solo livestream gigs via StageIt.
More on Bill Leverty, his StageIt performances and Divided We Fall can be found online via www.leverty.com, www.firehousemusic.com, facebook.com/FireHouseMusic, instagram.com/billleverty, facebook.com/LevertyMusic and/or twitter.com/leverty.
About the Author
Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."
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