There’s been a lot of talk about Ray Goren and has guitar playing abilities. At 13, his singing and playing are way beyond his years. Ray got up there and gave a commanding performance.
After The Moby Dicks played for over 3 hours at the Viper Room last Saturday, Chas West, Brent Woods and James Lomenzo made their return and jammed a few more tunes with Kenny Aronoff on the drums (and were later joined by Brian Tichy, Bumblefoot and Lemmy’s son on bass as well)
I honestly had no idea who The Bo Deans were. I had heard of them before, but couldn’t name a song or even their style of music.
I had no plans of attending this show until I heard that Kenny Aronoff was playing the drums. Then I heard about an appearance by John Waite at 7PM, so I made a mad dash to The Canyon and ended up being treated to a great night of music. The BoDeans are an incredible band that put on a fantastic live show. I’m shocked I never heard much about them. And having a drum clinic right in front of you with Kenny Aronoff certainly was a bonus!!
The second band was really good. I didn’t catch their name, but they played some great tunes and are obviously very skilled musicians.
Keesha Scott Hogan started the evening. Excellent band! Her husband is John Waite’s bass player. John came out and sang on the last tune. He didn’t do any of his own tunes. Great band. I’d see them again.
This is the 3rd time this week I’ve seen lead guitarist Brent Woods play. On Monday, he played at the rock jam in Toluca Lake with James LoMenzo (bass) and drummer extraordinaire, Kenny Aronoff. The evening also included a special appearance by Brian Tichy as well. Then Brent played in an All Star Band at The Canyon Club on Thursday with Chas West. So, this marks the second time this week I’ve also seen James LoMenzo (bass), Brian Tichy (drums/guitar), Chas West (vocals) and Kenny Aronoff up on stage. These guys seem to always be playing live somewhere and that’s a great thing.
The Moby Dicks came onstage a little after 10:00 and tore through the entire set list from the Oakland show. As always, the band was on fire. They deserve a lot of credit for delivering such great bass lines, drumming, vocals, guitars, keyboards and everything else involved in recreating a three hour concert . Highlights of the set included an acoustic set with some mandolin playing by Stephen LeBlanc, a very cool improvisational section during “No Quarter”, the Moby Dick drum solo, a guitar solo and cool Theremin work, with special appearances by Rob Clores on keyboards and Kenny Aronoff on drums, which freed up Tichy to play the double neck on Stairway to Heaven and into the encore. Stephen LeBlanc looked overjoyed as he grooved and jammed throughout. And being a member of Jason Bonham’s band, he’s obviously the real deal. The show clocked in at over 3 hours and was exciting throughout the set. This band just keeps getting better and better. Look for another set list-themed show again soon.
The Moby Dicks also hung out with the crowd after the show.
It was a great evening for Led Zeppelin fans and people who enjoy excellent musicianship.
Special appearances by East Coast Moby Dick/ Bonzo Bash participant Rob Clores and Bonzo Bash alum Kenny Aronoff (See the videos below on how Kenny was added to the show last Monday in Toluca Lake).
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.
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
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