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    Thank You David Crosby (RIP): Snarky Puppy Concert Review

    April 25 2023 / No Comments
    • Date of Concert: April 24, 2023
    • Location of Concert: Ritter Park Amphitheater in Huntington, WV
    • Opener: Nate Wood
    I finally saw the band Snarky Puppy today.
     
    The show was at The Ritter in Huntington, WV.
     
    I went with my brother and his girlfriend. We had a great time.
     
    Nate Wood opened with a very cool set of music in which he sings and/or plays everything. Super talent.
     
    Then the Puppy took the stage.
     
    Led by bassist and really multi instrumentalist Michael League, who celebrated his birthday today (Happy Birthday!!), he and his huge band played a bunch of music from their latest album Empire Central, along with some older songs.
     
    They are a very sophisticated instrumental jazz/pop band (think Steely Dan but no vocals and even more sophisticated).
     
    I highly recommend checking them out.
     
    Thanks David Crosby (RIP, I miss you) for turning me onto their music.
     
    Also, Michael League is an excellent singer and has recorded some amazing albums with David (Lighthouse, Here If You Listen, and Live From The Capital Theatre).
     
    Awesome show.

    Snarky Puppy Band Members (Not all of them were at this show)

    • Michael League (Bass/Composer/Bandleader)
    • Bill Laurance (Keyboards)
    • Bobby Sparks II (Keyboards)
    • Justin Stanton (Trumpet/Keyboards)
    • Shaun Martin (Keyboards)
    • Bob Lanzetti (Guitar)
    • Mark Lettieri (Guitar)
    • Chris McQueen (Guitar)
    • Mike "Maz" Maher (Trumpet)
    • Jay Jennings (Trumpet)
    • Chris Bullock (Tenor Saxophone/Flute/Clarinet)
    • Bob Reynolds (Saxophone)
    • Zach Brock (Violin)
    • Nate Werth (Percussion)
    • Marcelo Woloski (Percussion/Drums)
    • Keita Ogawa (Percussion/Drums)
    • Jamison Ross (Drums)
    • Larnell Lewis (Drums)
    • Jason "JT" Thomas (Drums)

    Set List:

    1. Cliroy
    2. Coney Bear
    3. Broken Arrow
    4. East Bay
    5. Pineapple
    6. Mean Green
    7. Trinity
    8. Take It!
    9. Sleeper (Everyone sang Happy Birthday to Michael League)
    10. Encore:  What About Me?

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    Can’t Get Enough!: Kip Winger Concert Review

    April 24 2023 / No Comments
    • Date of Concert: April 23, 2023
    • The Belle and the Bear in Cincinnati, OH
    Thanks Kip Winger for the fantastic acoustic show in Cincinnati.
     
    I bought a shirt and your Classical CD, which was the only solo album of yours that I did not have.
     
    All your solo albums and albums with the band Winger are phenomenal.
     
    My favorites are Winger IV and Better Days Comin’ (which is my favorite album of 2014). I can’t wait to buy Winger 7 May 5.
     
    Keep on rocking sir.

    Band Members:

    • Kip Winger (Vocals/Guitar/Keyboards)
    • Ben Hans (Percussion)

    Set List:

    1. Cross
    2. Easy Come Easy Go
    3. Who’s The One
    4. Cant’ Get Enough
    5. Hungry
    6. Ever Wonder
    7. Rainbow In The Rose
    8. Miles Away (Kip picked a woman out of the audience to the sing the song with him)
    9. Free
    10. Steam
    11. Pages and Pages
    12. Where Will You Go
    13. Headed For a Heartbreak
    14. Down Incognito
    15. Just What I Needed (some of it)
    16. Madalaine
    17. Seventeen

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    Let The Music Do The Talking!: The Joe Perry Project Concert Review

    April 23 2023 / No Comments
    • Date of Concert: April 22, 2023
    • Location of Concert: The Crofoot in Pontiac, MI
    • Opener: Micky James
    Wow!
     
     
    What a show.
    I saw his solo band at The Crofoot in Pontiac, Michigan.
     
    What a loud and rocking show it was.
     
    Tons of deep cuts from both The Joe Perry Project, Aerosmith, and some covers.
     
    It was amazing to be able to hear every note coming from Joe’s guitar.
     
    I was in the second row of people so I had an amazing view.
     
    Joe’s singer is Gary Cherone, of Extreme, Tribe of Judah, and even Van Halen.
     
    Bassist is David Hull, who played on the original The Joe Perry Project albums, and has a been a friend of Joe’s since 1971.
     
    On drums is Jason Sutter.
     
    On keyboards is longtime Aerosmith keyboardist Buck Johnson.
     
    Joe is one of the most famous musicians in the world and he’s still as great as ever.
     
    He only did a brief tour (6 shows) and this was the last show of the tour.
    He’s doing more dates with another band he’s in called The Hollywood Vampires, and he said recently that Aerosmith is supposed to announce a tour on the Howard Stern show. Stay tuned.
     
    I’m so glad I got to see this show.
     
    I had not seen Joe since 2014, which was the most recent time I’ve seen Aerosmith (seen them 3 times).
     
    Aerosmith is one of my favorite bands but I also love Joe’s solo stuff too and Joe in general.
     
    I even got to speak to him on the phone in 2009 on Eddie Trunk’s radio show.
     
    Aside from being with my girlfriend Mariah Startzman, going to concerts is what makes me the most happy.
     
    Opener Micky James started the show and got the place jumping, but of course, everyone was there to see Joe.
     
    This is definitely one of my favorite shows.

    The Joe Perry Project Band Members:

    • Joe Perry (Guitar/Vocals)
    • Gary Cherone (Vocals)
    • David Hull (Bass)
    • Jason Sutter (Drums
    • Buck Johnson (Keyboards

    Set List:

    1. I’ve Got the Rock ‘N’ Rolls Again
    2. Somebody
    3. East Coast, West Coast
    4. S.O.S. (Too Bad)
    5. Aye, Aye, Aye
    6. Lick and a Promise
    7. Fortunate One
    8. Beck’s Bolero
    9. Flying Saucer Rock ‘N’ Roll
    10. Won’t Let Me Go
    11. Reefer Head Woman
    12. Quake
    13. Chip Away The Stone
    14. You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory
    15. Bone To Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)
    16. Rockin’ Train
    17. Let The Music Do The Talking
    18. Encore:  Lightning Strikes
    19. Walk This Way
    20. Train Kept a Rollin’

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    Master Musicians: Hot Tuna Concert Review

    April 21 2023 / No Comments
    • Date of Concert: April 20, 2023
    • Location of Concert: Riverfront Live in Cincinnati, OH
    Thank you Hot Tuna for such a great show at Riverfront Live in Cincinnati.
     
    Singer/guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady are master musicians.
     
    Both used to be in Jefferson Airplane in the 1960s and 70s and have played together since then.
     
    This was an acoustic show.  They do both acoustic and electric sets, but this was only acoustic.
     
    Phenomenal is all I can say about this.  Jorma is an incredible guitarist and Jack is by far one of the best bassists I’ve ever seen play.  Best of the best.
     
    Jorma has a place in Pomeroy, OH called the Fur Peace Ranch, which is a workshop for musicians.  
     
    Check it out and definitely seek out their music.

    Hot Tuna Band Members:

    • Jorma Kaukonen (Lead Vocals/Guitar)
    • Jack Casady (Bass)

    Setlist:

    Set 1:

    1. Ain’t In No Hurry
    2. Another Man Done Gone
    3. Ice Age
    4. Hesitation Blues
    5. Barbeque King
    6. Great Divide Revisited
    7. That’ll Never Happen No More
    8. Full Go Round
    9. Sea Child
    10. Trial By Fire
    11. Death Don’t Have No Mercy
    12. How Long Blues

    Set 2:

    1. Blue Railroad Train
    2. Highway Song
    3. Come Back Baby
    4. San Francisco Bay Blues
    5. Been So Long
    6. Letter To The North Star
    7. 99 Year Blues
    8. Sleep Song
    9. Good Shepherd
    10. Song For The Stainless Cymbal
    11. Hamar Promenade
    12. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed & Burning
    13. I Know You Rider
    14. Encore:  Water Song

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    A Great Night of Metal!: Queensryche/Marty Friedman/Trauma Concert Review

    April 5 2023 / No Comments
    • Date of Concert: April 4, 2023
    • Location of Concert: Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH
    Queensrÿche, Marty Friedman, and Trauma rocked the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio Tuesday night.
     
    Thanks to all the bands for kicking so much butt.
     
    Thanks for the acknowledgment Todd LaTorre.
     
    Great concert.

    Queensryche Band Members:

    • Todd LaTorre (Lead Vocals)
    • Michael Wilton (Guitar)
    • Mike Stone (Guitar)
    • Eddie Jackson (Bass, Backing Vocals)
    • Casey Grillo (Drums)

    Marty Friedman Band Members:

    • Marty Friedman (Lead Guitar)
    • Naoki Morioka (Guitar)
    • Wakazaemon (Bass)
    • Chargeeeeee (Drums)

    Trauma Band Members:

    • Brian Allen (Lead Vocals)
    • Casey Trask (Guitar)
    • Steve Robello (Guitar)
    • Michael Spencer (Bass)
    • Kris Gustofson (Drums)

    Queensryche Set List:

    1. Behind The Walls
    2. Don’t Look Back
    3. Child Of Fire
    4. En Force
    5. Spreading The Disease
    6. In Extremis
    7. Light-Years
    8. Sicdeth
    9. Forest
    10. Jet City Woman
    11. Empire
    12. My Empty Room/Eyes of a Stranger
    13. Encore:  Deliverance
    14. Queen of the Reich
    15. Roads to Madness

    Marty Friedman Set List:

    1. Stigmata Addiction
    2. Devil Take Tomorrow
    3. Amagigoe
    4. Tornado Of Souls (Megadeth song.  Marty was in Megadeth for many years)
    5. Paradise Express
    6. Dragon Mistress
    7. Kaze ga Fuiteiru

    Trauma Set List:

    1. From Here to Hell
    2. Meat
    3. The River Red
    4. End of Everything
    5. Walk Away
    6. Death of an Angel

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