AXS.TV’s THE WORLD’S GREATEST TRIBUTE BANDS – WILD CHILD DOORS TRIBUTE THE ROXY HOSTED BY KATIE DARYL 5/6/2013
Notice the sign above the Rainbow.
Yup. That one.
Absolutely incredible!!!
Wild Child has been playing the Sunset Strip for over 20 years. Many who were in attendance at their shows at the Whisky back in the 90s were here tonight. And the Doors played at the same venue in June 1966 when they opened for Van Morrison.
This band is the real deal when it comes to paying tribute to the music of The Doors.
Led by Dave Brock, who is the closest thing to Jim Morrison you could ever imagine, this band does a remarkable job playing The Doors music with accuracy and authenticity.
They brought The Doors’ music alive.
Dave Brock is so spot-on with his renditions of Doors tunes that he actually is the singer for two of the three original, surviving members of the Doors, Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger, and has been touring with them since 2010. That’s the top of the heap right there. He is definitely the reigning “Lizard King”. And rightfully so.
SET LIST:
BREAK ON THROUGH
LOVE ME TWO TIMES
SOUL KITCHEN
PEOPLE ARE STRANGE
HELLO, I LOVE YOU
ALABAMA SONG
LOVE HER MADLY
TOUCH ME
RIDERS ON THE STORM
ROADHOUSE BLUES
LIGHT MY FIRE
LA WOMAN
They also did “When The Music Ends” when they went off air. I was then hoping for “Gloria” (and another hour of music for the enthusiastic crowd), but the bonus tune was still great. Part of me feels like I just saw The Doors in concert. Watching it again on TV just intensified that feeling. I want to see them again. And soon.
A portion of the set list from standing behind the keyboards.
The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands Host and producer, Katie Daryl:
Kenny Metcalf (TWGTB Elton John Tribute) with a cool pair of shoes:
Lorn Conner from YOUTELLCONCERTS did an excellent video recap of the show:
INTERVIEWS ATTENDEES AT AXS.TV THE WORLD’S GREATEST TRIBUTE BANDS WILD CHILD DOORS TRIBUTE by LORN FROM YOUTELLCONCERTS 5/6/2013
See what happens when some friends get together and get some fan reactions to the Wild Child Doors Tribute they just watched live at the Roxy on Sunset for The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands on AXS.TV.
PSYCHEDELIC SHOTS OF WILD CHILD THE WORLD’S GREATEST TRIBUTE BANDS WILD CHILD DOORS TRIBUTE 5/6/2013
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.
Concertologist 
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