Published: May 23, 2025
Released last November, 'All About Love EP' includes four versions of 'All About Love'
Released last November, "All About Love" includes four versions of "All About Love" (acoustic, electric, hybrid, live); a live version of "Walk Away", a concert favorite from "Reel To Real, Vol. 1"; and "From The Heart", an instrumental track by guitarist Frank Hannon.
Frank said: "I recorded this song in my home studio after hearing the melody in my head for weeks on the TESLA tour last year. I layered the parts using my Gibson Dove acoustic for the main track and overdubbing a small Gibson 00 parlor size acoustic that has a punchy sound. Despite the small size of the guitar, it's very loud. I visited the factory with Tommy Shaw when TESLA toured with STYX, and he encouraged me to buy it. This is the lead guitar sound you hear on 'From The Heart'. After I recorded the parts, [fellow TESLA guitarist] Dave Rude learned it and plays it live in concert. It's a fun moment in the show."
"All About Love" EP track listing:
01. All About Love (Electric Mix)
02. From The Heart
03. All About Love (Acoustic Mix)
04. All About Love (Live)
05. Walk Away (Live)
06. All About Love (Hybrid Mix)
TESLA bassist Brian Wheat said in a statement: "We spent six months on 'All About Love', and I think we got this one right. Honestly, I'm really, really proud of it. It's what I think a TESLA fan would expect from TESLA — right down the middle. Jeff [Keith, TESLA singer] sounds great. Frank's doing classic guitar licks again."
During an October 7, 2024 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", Wheat said that TESLA had been performing "All About Love" for "probably four or five months, actually, which is kind of reverse to what we used to do in the old days. In the old days, we used to record the song and then go play it live," he explained. "So we played it live and then recorded it."
Regarding the songs contained on the "All About Love" EP, Brian said: "There'll be four different versions of 'All About Love' and two new tracks. There'll be the live version, the studio version and two kind of other alternate versions… It'll be something real nice for the fans. We worked real hard on it, and I'm excited to put it out there. It'll be cool. It'll be a nice piece for the fans to buy."
TESLA's debut album, 1986's "Mechanical Resonance", went platinum on the strength of the hits "Modern Day Cowboy" and "Little Suzi". The 1989 follow-up album, "The Great Radio Controversy", produced five hits, including "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)" and "Love Song", which hit the pop Top Ten.
