GUITARIST RITCHIE BLACKMORE ON GLENN HUGHES JOINING RITCHE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW, “WE ENDED IT AMICABLY BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED”
Gary Graff of Billboard spoke with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Highlights from the interview appear below. Billboard: What led you back to rock, and Rainbow, again? Ritchie Blackmore: It was kind of like I was 70, and I just felt like playing some rock n’ roll on a few dates. So I basically put together the […]
SONS OF APOLLO ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF SPECIAL SIX-TRACK EP OF LATEST SINGLE, “ALIVE/TENGO VIDA”
Sons Of Apollo–former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force)—released a six-song EP today, Alive/Tengo Vida, which includes three versions of the latest single, Alive, from their number one […]
3/26: LIVE SHOWS THIS WEEK FROM DALLAS/McKINNEY TX. LIVE STUMP THE TRUNK SHOW THIS THURSDAY IN TEXAS, MORE
Busy week and couple months coming up. Thanks to John Corabi, Deen Castronovo and Ron Young (Little Caesar) for being my guests today on my SiriusXM show. I’m in the Dallas area this week Wed-Fri. Radio shows with King Diamond and John 5 planned. Live 2-4P ET on SiriusXM 106 Volume. The show this Friday […]
DEF LEPPARD ANNOUNCE FIRST OF FOUR PLANNED CAREER-SPANNING BOX SETS
On June 1st, Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/UMe fires the first salvo in Def Leppard’s projected four-volume career-spanning box set series, when the appropriately dubbed Volume One appears in multidisc LP and CD collections. The collection arrives in time for this summer’s highly anticipated Def Leppard co-headline tour with Journey. This first volume of the band’s complete recorded […]
REMEMBERING DOKKEN’S “ONE LIVE NIGHT” CD/DVD
Since the classic line-up of Dokken has been in the news lately, I thought I would revisit an older release, which I have discussed before, but would like remind you of, again. Back in 1995, when hard rock and metal was out fashion, Dokken released a CD/DVD called One Live Night. It encompasses acoustic performances […]
3/23: COMING TO THE DALLAS AREA NEXT WEEK, LIVE Q&A SHOW, RADIO BROADCAST W/ KING DIAMOND, JOHN 5 & MORE
Hope everyone has a great weekend. If in the Dallas area come on out and join me Thursday night at The Guitar Sanctuary in McKinney TX 8P. I’ll be doing my live Q&A, Stump The Trunk show (with prizes), and a $20 admission comes with free beer! Hope to see you if in the Dallas […]