Month: July 2013

RICHIE KOTZEN, BILLY SHEEHAN, MIKE PORTNOY

This was a benefit show for the Santa Clarita Food Pantry and Shelter for Homeless Children to help out 6000 families.   The raffled off some guitars and hopefully raised a lot of money.

It’s always good to rock out for a good cause and this was a GREAT triple bill.

The Babys

After 32 years, The Babys are back.  Most people were wondering how they would sound without John Waite.

John Bisaha both looked and sounded like John Waite and new guitarist JP Cervoni rips on the guitar.

Founding members Wally Stocker and Tony Brock still rock after all these years.

The entire band sounded great and the backing vocals were fantastic.

They played some old and new tunes and ended with “Back on My Feet Again” and  “Head First”.

  

DILANA ROBICHAUX – of Rockstar:Supernova

Dilana’s performance was definitely one of the highlights of the evening.  She was accompanied by another guitarist and her baby on the way.

She started her set with “Roxanne” by The Police and finished with “Zombie” from The Cranberries and rocked out to many songs in between.    Great performance.  Very cool.

 

The LEGENDS OF ROCK ALL STAR BAND

With a Special Tribute to
SPENCER DAVIS -Founder/Guitarist of the SPENCER DAVIS GROUP

This was a killer band that played way too short of a set.    Seeing Tim Bogert on bass and Brian Auger on keyboards was awesome.   They were celebrating Spencer Davis’ birthday.   And it was Brian Auger’s birthday, too.   He claimed to be 183 years old.  That was funny.   In addition to singing “Happy Birthday”, they also played “Gimme Some Lovin’”, I Wanna Take You Higher” and “Goin’ Down” (three song titles with improper English – ha ha).   Chas West and Brent Woods of the Moby Dicks tore through “Rock and Roll” and “Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin at the end of the set. Having a horn section for those tunes rocked.    They’ll be doing a full house show at the Viper Room on Saturday.   The LEGENDS of ROCK ALL STAR BAND band needs to come back and do a full-length performance at The Canyon.

TIM BOGERT-Bass/Vocals – VANILLA FUDGE, BECK,BOGERT & APPICE

BRIAN AUGER- Hammond B3/Vocals – STEAMPACKET (featuring Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry)

SCOTTY PAGE- Sax – PINK FLOYD, SUPERTRAMP, TOTO

LEE THORNBURG -Trumpet w/: TOWER OF POWER, SUPERTRAMP, CHICAGO

CHAS WEST- Vocals- JASON BONHAM’S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE, FORIEGNER

BRENT WOODS -Guitar – VINCE NEIL BAND, SEBASTIAN BACH

ALAN KRIEGER- Drums- IKE & TINA TURNER REVIEW, LONDON

RON WHITAKER- Drums, Event Producer-Has performed with- VOODOO CHURCH, CHERIE CURRIE of the RUNAWAYS, DIZZY REED of GUNS & ROSES

“WILD” BIL McCOMBE- Guitars/Vocals – Performed/Recorded with British Guitar Legend ALBERT LEE , TIM BOGERT, NICK ST. NICHOLAS of STEPPENWOLF

CHAD WATSON- Trombone/Vocals- Music Legend DELANY BRAMLETT, & FREEBO

LEGENDS OF ROCK BACK UP SINGERS:  PAM LOE, RODICA ISABELLA SHALDAN

ROCKITSESSIONS started when successful record producer and noted session drummer Marc Jordan had a request from a recording artist to include a guitar solo from Slash on a track they were working on in the studio.

At this time, Marc had just finished working in the studio on demos with Velvet Revolver.  He sent the MP3 of the song to Slash and Slash dug it.   The two worked together and came up with a way to make it happen.  Arrangements were made and Slash came into the studio, played for a few hours and then hung for another hour or two.   It was fantastic.

It suddenly came to Marc that he should set up similar events and experiences similar to this for people who may not be in the industry to enjoy.

Ironically, the track resulting from the session with Slash’s solo was recently re-released and is currently charting on Billboard.

His target audience may include anyone that may be considered “rock stars” in their respective industries to up and coming musicians that dream of doing a recording session with a rock star to big fans of a performer or group that would like a true VIP experience.

ROCKITSESSIONS has been giving clients exclusive, once in a lifetime opportunities to get into a major recording studio with a famous rock star to jam and/or record music or simply watch them play in a private setting.  

Marc has decided to take ROCKITSESSIONS on the road and offer a truly one of a kind experience called “Sturgis In Style”, an exclusive, high end rock star luxury experience with one-of-a-kind VIP perks at one of the biggest events of the year that features VIP tickets to The Cult and Buckcherry on August 3 and The Black Crowes on August 4.  

                                                                       

Marc explained what the package includes and it is quite impressive.

“You and a buddy fly in from wherever on Friday, August 2.   You’re picked up by a sedan/limo and taken to a top hotel.  Over the next two days, you driven to and from Sturgis for the rally, where you’ll have VIP access at The Buffalo Chip and The Broken Spoke Campground.  You can come and go as you please and everything is taken care of, including food and drinks.   The shows begin later in the day.   In addition to having an amazing time watching the bands play, you’ll get to hang out before, during and after the event with super VIP benefits that would otherwise be far out of reach for anyone else.”

With ROCKITSESSIONS’s connections in the industry and involvement with members of The Cult , Velvet Revolver, and tons of other bands, this is ideal for those musicians and fans that want to meet, play music, hang out, and/or record with major rock stars.   

And with an added bonus of enjoying convenient air travel to Rapid City and ground transportation while there, deluxe hotel accommodations, meet and greets with rock stars, and other entertainment, it’s an experience you couldn’t get anywhere else. 

With his direct access to world famous musicians and multitude of connections, contacting major artistic talent in rock and many other styles of music is “just 7 to 10 digits away”.

For recording sessions, ROCKITSESSIONS offer the best studios, best gear, top sessions players for accompaniment, full recording capabilities, videographers to capture the experience (and even produce a video), extravagant catering and whatever else to make this the experience the fulfillment of a bucket list item or two.  They are able to rent out venues for personal performances and create private concerts.    There is also an option to just jam covers or for the super fan, just hang out and get to know a rock star way beyond a typical and hurried meet and greet.  ROCKITSESSIONS can set this up in LA or even make the arrangements to travel to the requestor.   The sky’s the limit, as nothing is truly out of the question.

Information on past sessions and about what you can expect from a ROCKITSESSIONS experience to live it up in true rock star style:

 

 

Lucy’s 51 is a great venue and this was a jam to be at.   James LoMenzo, Brent Woods and Kenny Aronoff make an incredible band.   

It’s hard to thinks such an incredible jam could take place on a Monday.    Tons of great songs were played and fun was had by all.

One of the biggest parts of the evening was seeing Greg from Queen Nation do a guest spot for the second time this evening (Earlier on live TV with Space Oddity/ David Brighton as David Bowie at the Roxy) with Brian Tichy joining in on the drums, as they tore through some Queen classics (“Tie Your Mother Down” and “Dragon Attack”.  The songs completely rocked.   James also had local hero Mike Cochrane onstage who rocked The Immigrant Song with the band.   Mike’s primarily known for blues jams, but he really is a rocker.    The all-around musicianship was fierce.  Everybody played their heart out and the crowd loved it.