It’s Monday night around 11PM at the open jam hosted by James LoMenzo, Brent Woods and Kenny Aronoff in Toluca Lake. There’s already been enough cool jamming for evening.   Then, Mark Zavon walked in with Rex Brown.    A few minutes later, Brian Tichy shows up with Bumblefoot.   The next thing you know, the new band… Continue reading BUMBLEFOOT RON THAL, BRIAN TICHY, REX BROWN and MARK ZAVON join Aronoff/Woods and Lomenzo’s Monday Night Jam in Toluca Lake

RAY GOREN 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… Continue reading RAY GOREN AND THE MOBY DICKS LUCY’S 51 TOLUCA LAKE – LoMenzo, Aronoff and Woods All-star Jam 7/22/2013

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… Continue reading The BoDeans with Kenny Aronoff and an appearance by John Waite The Canyon Club 7/21/2013

This show totally delivered a 3 plus hour performance of1977’s Day On The Green in Oakland, the last Led Zeppelin show on US soil. 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… Continue reading METAL 4 BREAKFAST PRESENTS THE MOBY DICKS at THE VIPER ROOM 7/20/2013

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,… Continue reading THE BABYS, DILANA AND The LEGENDS OF ROCK ALL STAR BAND THE CANYON CLUB 7/18/2013

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… Continue reading “STURGIS IN STYLE” – BRING A BUDDY AND HAVE THE V.I.P. CONCERT EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME!

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… Continue reading JAMES LoMenzo JAM WITH KENNY ARONOFF BRENT WOODS ERIK HIMEL JIMMY DEANDA CHUCK WRIGHT BRIAN TICHY FREDDIE MERCURY LUCY’S 51 Toluca Lake 7/16/2013

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… Continue reading JAMES LoMenzo JAM WITH KENNY ARONOFF BRENT WOODS ERIK HIMEL JIMMY DEANDA CHUCK WRIGHT BRIAN TICHY FREDDIE MERCURY LUCY’S 51 Toluca Lake 7/16/2013