Concerts – Page 173 – Concertologist

TOM KEIFER of Cinderella Kicked off his Tour at the Canyon Club 5/2/2013

TOM KEIFER made his debut as a solo artist in support of the album, THE WAY LIFE GOES.

The album samples streaming on his website sound good with quality songwriting and musicianship. The real question leading up to the show was all about Tom’s voice and how strong would it be for this performance.

He came in with strong vocals and a solid band. He did a narrative medley of sorts that contained quite a few guitar samples of the Cinderella songs that most fans would expect from him in a set. He proceeded to play an incredibly mellow version of “Shake Me” that sounded really cool. His voice and unique vocal style were in tact for the performance and he sounded better than one of his previous visits to The Canyon.

His new songs have a strong emphasis on songwriting and he performed several songs with his wife, who wrote some of the music for the new album. They both seemed very happy to be playing together.

Tom did a lot of acoustic stuff and then turned around and ripped it up on the guitar. He always had great guitar work with Cinderella, which may have been overlooked because of his voice and the songs he sings.

At the end of the set, he did an intense Joe Cocker version of “A Little Help From My Friends”. He closed out with Gypsy Road.

He introduced his band at the end of the show. The keyboardist is Paul Taylor, formerly of Winger. He’s very talented and he played well all evening, as did the entire band. This will be a good tour. As they tighten up their live act with more shows, they’re definitely going to be one of the better bands out on the road this year.

THE WORLD’S GREATEST TRIBUTE BANDS AC/DC TRIBUTE BACK IN BLACK THE ROXY 4/29/2013

Back in Black is an AC/DC tribute band from Dallas, TX. Host Katie Daryl caught their show last week at the House of Blues Anaheim. She introduced the band as they rocked the crowd and paid tribute to AC/DC by performing many of their popular hits. From Back in Black’s looks, stage presence and mannerisms, they were able to replicate a live AC/DC performance with impressive results.

Almost half the songs played for the TV show were from the Back In Black album, but they also played a handful of tunes that featured Bon Scott on vocals.

Vocalist Darren Caperna’s ability cover both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson-era AC/DC was very impressive. He wore the hat as he sang the Brian Johnson songs (from Back in Black and The Razor’s Edge) and went without a hat for the Bon Scott songs from five different albums prior to Back in Black.

Mike Mroz had the ability to replicate the guitar playing and moves of Angus Young. He wore the schoolboy outfit and did the hopping strut up and down the stage for a good portion of the show. The women in the audience got very excited when he started taking his clothes off, up to and including flashing his underwear (something Angus is known to do during live shows). That was really funny.

Eric Sykes did a convincing job in handling all of Cliff Williams’ bass lines.

Scott Lepage looked just like Malcolm Young and really rocked all the rhythm guitar parts.

Ken Schiumo kept time for the band mostly playing Phil Rudd’s drum parts during the show, along with “Thunderstruck”, a song later in the AC/DC catalog, which was originally recorded with Chris Slade on drums.

Their gear even matched that of an AC/DC stage..

SET LIST:
Back In Black (BACK IN BLACK album- Brian Johnson)
You Shook Me All Night Long (BACK IN BLACK album- Brian Johnson)
Shoot To Thrill (BACK IN BLACK album- Brian Johnson)
What Do You Do for Money Honey (BACK IN BLACK album- Brian Johnson)
T.N.T. (title track, T.N.T. album)
Whole Lotta Rosie (LET THERE BE ROCK album- Bon Scott)
Dirty Deed Done Dirt Cheap (title track. DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP- Bon Scott)
Highway To Hell (title track HIGHWAY TO HELL – Bon Scott)
Hell’s Bells (BACK IN BLACK album- Brian Johnson)
Thunderstruck (THE RAZOR’S EDGE – Brian Johnson)
For Those About To Rock (title track, FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK (WE SALUTE YOU- Bon Scott)

The crowd clearly loved the entire live performance. And, upon getting home, it looked and sounded great on the TV/DVR as well.

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AXS TV’s THE WORLD’S GREATEST TRIBUTE BANDS–DSB (JOURNEY TRIBUTE) LIVE at THE ROXY 4/22/2013 #AXSTribute

DSB lived up to their distinction of being known as one of “The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands” for their live Journey tribute broadcast live from The Roxy on AXS.TV.

Katie Daryl introduced DSB and they proceeded to literally stun the crowd with their spot-on renditions of Journey classics. And what an all-out, powerful performance they delivered.

These guys have movie star looks and rock star chops. In addition to wowing the ladies, they truly are world-class musicians. Everyone in attendance was quite blown away by how incredible DSB sounded.

While rocking out and playing great versions of Journey tunes, their stage presence and the smiles glued to their faces showed that they were having a truly great time. Their smiles were all contagious and they had no problem making the crowd happy as everyone in attendance sang along to Journey songs.

From start to finish, the place was electric with a celebration and powerful performance of Journey’s music.

Dean Cain was on hand to support his brother, guitar hero Roger Cain, who rocked for a sold hour and played solo after solo. There’s obviously a strong resemblance between the brothers.

Dean is a big DSB fan AND has been known to attend quite a few DSB gigs. The band says people freak out when they see him there in the crowd enjoying the music.

It’s pretty safe to say that Juan Del Castillo has pitch-perfect vocal ability. His ability to sing Steve Perry’s vocal parts are quite impressive and he kept the crowd going with his strong vocals throughout the set. He’s a natural.

Scotty Kormos was phenomenal on drums . He was focused and pulled off some very impressive drumming as well as some fancy stick work. I watched closely to make sure he nailed the most memorable drum parts in “Separate Ways” and more than did justice to all of the songs, which is no small feat in itself .

Tony Love played great bass parts and really seemed to be enjoying himself. The crowd was feeding off his energy.

Henry O’Neill did a great job with all the piano and keyboard parts. He also has some serious vocal power, which made for great back-up vocals.

It’s not possible to pack all of Journey’s best songs into a one hour television show, but their set list was a great representation of the some of their most beloved, timeless classics.

The place started rocking with “Wheel In The Sky”, the crowd got out the glow sticks for “Lights”, they brought back the memories with “Open Arms” and rocked through the more great songs and ended their set with “Don’t Stop Believin’”, which served as the perfect way to close out the telecast.

SET LIST:

Wheel in the Sky

Anyway You Want It

Stone In Love

Lights

Who’s Cryin’ Now

Ask The Lonely

Open Arms

Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’

Faithfully

Separate Ways

Don’t Stop Believin’

JUAN DEL CASTILLO – LEAD VOCALS

ROGER CAIN – LEAD GUITAR

SCOTT KORMOS – DRUMS

TONY LOVE – BASS

HENRY O’NEILL – KEYBOARDS

After they concluded their set, they took time to come out into the crowd. They met fans, took pictures and celebrated the exciting experience they just shared that few tribute bands will ever have the opportunity to achieve in their careers. It was an exciting evening for everyone there. And it was as good to watch on TV as it was live (I just finished the program and it was excellent!)