Since 2014, Jason Bonham, son of Led Zeppelin‘s John Bonham, has been a member of Sammy Hagar‘s band. A few months ago, he had to leave the band’s current tour because his mother was in the hospital fighting for her life. To continue the tour, Hagar hired Kenny Aronoff and then decided to keep him in the band. Bonham said recently he was surprised by that and now Hagar explained in an interview with Rolling Stone why he decided to make this change. Sammy Hagar explains why he decided to hire a new drummer "Yeah (It was not easy for Kenny to learn the songs fast), and that’s why he is still in the band. That’s why we’re moving forward with him. There’s two reasons. Number one, he’s one of the greatest drummers on the planet. I think he’s been on more million-selling records than any musician in the world. And he did so well on this tour, and he plays with Joe on a full-time basis." "Keeping this Best of All Worlds band together is difficult when you got Jason doing his thing, you got Joe doing his thing, you got Mike and I. We need our beach time and our taco nights, Taco Tuesdays and stuff. Trying to get it together, it really helps by having Kenny’s schedule be with Joe. If Joe’s available, Kenny’s available, and it’s not trying to put pieces together." He continued: "Kenny’s right here. We can rehearse any day of the week. And he blew my mind. I played with Kenny in Chickenfoot, and he blew my mind then too, because when we auditioned him, he learns every song. 'Tell me what songs we’re playing.' 'Okay, here they are.'" "He charts them out and he sits there, and he fuckin’ can read it, and play it with soul and power perfectly, just one time, the first time he plays it. If that don’t blow a musician’s mind, I don’t know what would, especially these kinds of songs. These songs are crazy. They’re fuckin’ Van Halen arrangements," Sammy Hagar said. Besides Sammy Hagar and Kenny Aronoff, Sammy’s band is currently formed by guitarist Joe Satriani and bassist Michael Anthony. Hagar's 2025 Las Vegas residency The "Best of All Worlds" tour will continue in 2025 and Hagar announced a Las Vegas residency with the current line-up. The shows will happen in April and May at the Dolby Live at Park MGM. April 30 May 2 3 7 9 10 14 16 17 https://youtu.be/k-2dxYWDt2cThe post Sammy Hagar explains why he decided to hire a new drummer appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The former Journey vocalist Steve Perry released a new song called "Call Me Irresponsible" which is a duet with his late father Ray Perry. The track is already available on streaming platforms and will be part of the new expanded edition of "The Season", the Christmas album he released a few years ago. He talked about the song, saying: “My father, Ray Perry, was a singer and when I was a child he would sing to me at bedtime. I recently found a karaoke cassette of my dad singing that he sent me back in 1993 for Christmas. The one song that touched me the most was, 'Call Me Irresponsible'. His voice was lovely." Hear the new Steve Perry song "Call Me Irresponsible" featuring his father https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8NLCm0Vah8&pp=ygUhc3RldmUgcGVycnkgY2FsbCBtZSBpcnJlc3BvbnNpYmxl Lyrics "Call me, Irresponsible, Call me unreliable Through in, undependable too Do my, Do my foolish alibis, bore you Well I’m not too clever, I just adore you Call me, Call me, unpredictable Tell me, Tell me, I’m impractical Rainbows I’m inclined pursue Call me, Call Me irresponsible Yes I’m, Yes I’m unreliable But it’s, undeniably true, I’m irresponsibly mad, for you… {solo} Call me, Call me irresponsible Yes I’m, unreliable, but it’s, undeniably true I’m irresponsibly mad, for you…" Steve Perry was born in Hanford, California in 1949 and started his career in music in 1970. He first achieved fame as a member of Journey, band he joined in 1977, four years after the band’s foundation and after they had already four albums released. “Infinity”, the first album he did with the band, released in 1978 changed completely not only his life but also the future of the band. In following years they released some of their best-selling albums and became one of the biggest bands in the world. They stayed together until 1987 when the band entered a hiatus, returning in 1995. However, after three years Steve Perry decided to leave the band for good.The post Steve Perry releases new song which is a duet with late father appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The Van Halen co-founder and drummer Alex Van Halen recently released the book "Brothers", which tells the story of him and his late brother, the guitarist Eddie Van Halen, and the first years of their band. However, he decided to tell their story only until 1985, before Sammy Hagar joined the group and in recent interviews he said that the real magic of the band was really between him, his brother and David Lee Roth. He also said that he doesn't care about the current Sammy Hagar tour which celebrates the "Van Hagar" era and also has the bassist Michael Anthony. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Hagar was asked how he felt about being left out of Alex's book and those statements. Sammy Hagar talks about Alex Van Halen dismissing his era with the band "It's sad. I haven't read the whole book, but I've seen all the excerpts, and I heard some of the interviews. It breaks my heart, because if I think what Alex is going through, losing his brother, never played with anybody else in his life, and then his health. When I saw how rickety he is, I realized, 'No wonder he's not answering my call when I say, 'Do you want to go out and play with us?' He can't. That breaks my heart, because I can only put myself in those shoes and say, 'What if I couldn't sing and perform anymore?'" "The thing that I did my whole life, the thing I devoted my life to, the thing that made me rich and famous and gave me the most beautiful life on the planet, and all of a sudden I can't do that anymore? I would feel like I was robbing the fans, to start with. When you put yourself in his shoes, I'm saying, 'Okay, I feel sorry for him.' Why he left me out (of the book), I would like to hear him explain that someday, because I don't get it completely. I know that he's bitter about some things, whatever that is…" He continued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVJvX5WrjSc&pp=ygUUcG91bmRjYWtlIHNhbW15IDIwMjQ%3D "It's like, 'If you don't want that era, that even gives me more justification to say I own it then,' because no one else can do it, and he can't do it even without me. It makes it easier for Mike and I. We're sitting there going, 'Okay, I guess we own this,' and we have the obligation to bring this to the fans to keep this music alive, keep it live and alive. This music is too good to throw away." "It's on my bucket list that I will not take this to my grave, and I don't want Al taking it to his grave. I've put the olive branch out there many times, and I just put it out again Irving Azoff. I want to be friends… I don't want to play in a band with Al. I'm not asking for that. I can see that he's not capable of doing that. If he was, I'd be happy to play with him, but it's not what I'm looking for. I just want to be friends again," Sammy Hagar said. The current Sammy Hagar tour features Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Kenny Aronoff. Besides performing Montrose and Sammy solo songs, the setlist is quite focused on the Van Hagar era. Alex simply told Billboard recently that they can do whatever they want but they are not doing the band’s justice.The post Hagar talks about Alex Van Halen dismissing his era with the band appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The legendary Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, started his musical career in 1960, the same year The Beatles were formed. However, he first achieved fame when Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr were already changing the world. The Beatles influenced practically every rock band that emerged after the '60s, directly or indirectly. But did they influence Blackmore? What is his opinion of Paul McCartney? What is Ritchie Blackmore's opinion on Paul McCartney Besides being one of the most influential guitar players of all time, Blackmore also is quite sincere about other bands and artists. So when he praises someone, he really thinks they are good. He likes McCartney and even said he was the greatest composer the world had during the past 100 years. He said that in an interview with Metal Hammer magazine in 1987. “I was reading the Melody Maker the other day and there was this stuff about Paul McCartney.” “They were just crucifying him; the best composer we’ve had in the past hundred years. They were saying that he had too much money and he was overweight with this horrible wife. I can imagine them saying the same thing about Beethoven in his day,” Ritchie Blackmore said. A few years before, in 1976, in an interview with Melbourne Radio (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage), he praised The Beatles. “The Beatles were excellent. Probably the best band ever lived, without a doubt, along with Hendrix and Jethro Tull.” “(...) I admire Paul McCartney and Ian Anderson. Especially Ian Anderson, his songs are just beyond me,” Blackmore said. As Blackmore also previously said, when he started his career in the 60s, The Beatles were "the measure of all things". Interesting connections between Ritchie Blackmore and The Beatles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsBYen4qXQo&pp=ygUQZGVlcCBwdXJwbGUgaGVscA%3D%3D Deep Purple included a really interesting cover of The Beatles hit "Help" on their debut album "Shades of Deep Purple" (1968). The group gave the song a Progressive/Psychedelic Rock touch. They did a mashup with an instrumental piece and "We Can Work It Out" in 1968 on their album "The Book of Taliesyn". A few decades later when Deep Purple reunited their classic line-up in 1984, they simply had George Harrison as a guest on stage. Jon Lord and Ian Paice were Harrison's neighbours and they became really good friends. So when Purple was playing in Australia and Harrison was also there, the Beatle went to see them playing live. They gave him a guitar and Harrison joined them on stage to play a version of Little Richard's "Lucille". In an interview with Warner Brothers Music (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) back in 1987 he recalled that moment. “They’re my neighbors, two of them, Jon (Lord) and Ian (Paice). They live near me and I’ve known them now for probably 8, 9 years. Yet they were so famous in the 70s, I got to know them in the period after they broken up before they reformed. So I never knew their music. I mean, I heard this one thing about ‘Smoke On The Water’ or something like that. I’ve actually never seen them and I heard that they are in the Guinness Book Of Records for being the loudest group in the world.” He continued: “So I thought, well, I was in Australia at the time and they happened to be doing a concert in Sydney. So I thought I’d go and check them out, get my earplugs and go and see them. I really enjoyed the show. I sat on the stage for part of the show behind the loudspeakers. Then I walked down and sat right on the center of the hall and it was not too loud. It was really funny, I liked it.” “I thought Ian, who is my neighbor, Ian Paice, he is such a good drummer and Jon Lord, rocking his organ (laughs). Ian Gillan, I thought he is just a scream, he is really funny. I enjoyed and they said ‘Hey! Here’s a guitar, come on!’ So I just went on and sang. I don’t know what it was, I was playing the wrong key but it didn’t seem to matter”. The post Ritchie Blackmore’s opinion on Paul McCartney appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

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