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Godfrey Townsend and Heavy Friends
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I'm a big fan of Classic Rock especially British Rock. I always read Circus and Cream Magazine as a teen. Giant posters filled the walls and ceilings in my room. I went to many huge arena and stadium concerts. Going to a concert was very exciting when I was growing up. These personalities were larger than life and almost on the level of demigods.
Rockstars, idols, heroes, whatever you want to call them... Getting to work extensively with a lot of them has been a very fulfilling and eye-opening experience. Witnessing their human frailties and strengths and getting to know them as people is quite a trip. Anyway, have a look... There are many members of Rock's Royalty here... |
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At Woodstock ' 99 in Rome, New York with John Entwistle, drum tech Jim Merrins, an unknown crew member and my son Joseph.
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Me, Jack Bruce and Alan Parsons - DTE Energy Music Theatre / Clarkston, Michigan ...a schmooze photo for Gibson Guitars - Summer 2002
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John Entwistle - Turning Point / Piermont, NY ...I can only imagine that John is making a joke about the photographer - August 1999
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Pete
Townshend, and Deb - Madison Square Garden
/ New York City, NY August 2002
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Zak Starkey - London, England ...at the reception after John Entwistle's Memorial Service - October 2002
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Lee Starkey - Zak's sis and Ringo's lovely daughter after John Entwistle's Memorial Service - October 2002
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Hilton Casino Ballroom / Atlantic City, N.J. August 2003
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With Kenny Forgione of Wonderous Stories, and Chris Squire from Yes - backstage at Madison Square Garden / New York City, NY August 2002
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Montalvo Winery / Saratoga, CA ...we were celebrating Ann's birthday and Nancy and their mom came to the show. - June 2001
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With the amazing Jeff Beck -Jones Beach Theater / Long Island, NY Summer 2004
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Celebrity Theatre / Phoenix, AZ - Summer 2002 ...during the Abbey Road tour, Jackie traveled with us on the tour bus for a few days.
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Kip Winger and Alan Parsons - John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino / Sparks, Nevada This was our first gig as The Alan Parsons Live Project. January 2003
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At the Cutting Room NYC... ...with my buddies Jon Paris & Neville Chesters Jon has played with Johnny Winter and Bo Diddley, and Neville used to roadie for The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.
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Columbus Zoo Amphitheater / Columbus, OH ...one of my earliest guitar heroes and heck of a nice guy. July 2002
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May Pang & John Montagna after our gig with Denny Laine
at The Cutting Room, NYC
May 2006 |
Greek Theater / Los Angeles, CA Summer 2002 Did you know she wrote "Bette Davis Eyes"?
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Denny Laine from Wings & The Moody Blues - Asser Levy Park / Coney Island, NY - Summer 2002 ...this photo was taken before I actually worked with Denny. He opened the show that night.
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Asser Levy Park / Coney Island, NY Summer 2002
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With Daryl Stuermer , John Montagna
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Steve Murphy - Potawatami Casino / Milwaukee
Daryl has played guitar with Jean Luc Ponty, Genesis
and Phil Collins. He opened for our Parsons show
as a solo act.
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Larry
Carlton - Tokyo
We played the Cotton Club for a week with
Denny Laine & Alan Parsons. The same week,
Larry played the Blue Note. We would meet up
every night in the hotel lobby on the way
to our shows.
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Christopher Cross -
Hilton Casino Ballroom
/ Atlantic City, N.J.
A Walk Down Abbey Road 2002's end of tour party.
Christopher has become a good friend and is a talented musician and
great guy to work with.
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George Carlin -
Rihga Royal Hotel / NYC, NY
As you can see, I'm still wearing my backstage pass
from The Who show at MSG.
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Joe Satriani House of Blues / New Orleans, LA He played there the night before us. The John Entwistle Band tour 1999
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Jeff Campatelli & Stu Hamm Drummer and bassist with Joe Satriani at the time. Stu was pissed that they were rolling after the show that night and he wasn't going to get to see Entwistle the next night. |
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Yvonne Elliman
- Hawaii
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Yvonne autographed the sign on our dressing room door.
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One of my first guitar heroes... Martin Barre from Jethro Tull- Austria
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Another of my guitar heroes...
Danny
Johnson - Itchycoo Park Festival
Manchester,
Tennessee
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With Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper's bass player) Rock 4 Christmas Benefit / Winter 2001
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With Pat Travers and Tom Curiale (Rick Derringer's drummer) Rock 4 Christmas Benefit / Winter 2001
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Joe
Bouchard, me, Dennis Dunaway,
Ritchie
Scarlet, Mitch Perry, Anton Fig Rock 4 Christmas Benefit / Winter 2001
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Pat Travers Roseland Ballroom - NYC Rock 4 Christmas Benefit / Winter 2001
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With Glenn Hughes
(Trapeze,
Hughes/Thrall, Deep Purple)
& Steve Murphy at
the Bospop Festival
in
Weert, Netherlands
July 2006 |
Speaking of Glenn Hughes...here's me and buddy (and amazing guitarist) Pat Thrall in our dressing room after our APLP show with Dennis DeYoung and an orchestra at the Alladin in Las Vegas, Nevada. October 2005
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With Colin Blumstone...singer with The Zombies. (Time Of The Season" & "She's Not There") He also sang on some of The Alan Parsons Project's greatest songs.
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With Rod Argent...keyboardist extraordinaire for The Zombies and Argent ("God Gave Rock And Roll To You", & "Hold Your Head Up")
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With good friend Frank Guella & Bernie Worrel... keyboardist from Parliament-Funkadelic. Backstage at BB King's in NYC where Bernie and I performed with Jack Bruce.
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With Country Joe McDonald... of Country Joe & The Fish (Woodstock's famous "Fish Cheer" and "Fixin-To-Die-Rag")
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With Johnny Farina...of the famous Santo & Johnny ("Sleepwalk") I tried to get the lap steel tuning for Sleepwalk out of him but "no cigar".
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With Gary Pihl & Tom Scholtz of Boston and Rick Derringer at the Arrowfest in Houston, TX Summer 2008...other acts on the bill were Night Ranger & Styx
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Tiny Tim, his wife Miss Sue, and Mitch Ryder - Flamingo Hilton Ballroom / Laughlin, NevadaWinter 1995
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With buddies Jimmy Canno, and Tommy Byrnes (long time guitarist with Billy Joel) upstairs at Le Bar Bat, NYC - Summer 2003
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With Leslie West & Jimmy Canno backstage at BB King's NYC 2002
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With Jimmy Canno & Corky Laing backstage at BB King's 2002 |
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With Kari Wuhrer... Playing her boyfriend's vintage Martin Acoustic backstage in Atlanta 1998
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My son, Joseph with Jim Breuer from SNL... we did a radio show up at Sirius with Alan Parsons
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Some of the Juke Box Giants gang... Front to back; a friend, me, David Leon, Mitch Weissman, Ken Weiss (producer of the show), Merrilee Rush, Spencer Davis
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Merrilee Rush and me backstage before the Juke Box Giants show... Flamingo Hilton Casino Laughlin, Nevada 1995
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With Denny Laine at Canno's Swiss Tavern in Lynbrook, Long Island in the summer of 2005. From left to right: John Montagna, me, Denny, (good friend and soccer coach) Alfonso Mondelo, and Manny Focarazzo.
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Drum Tech Jimmy Merrins, Texas Blues Guitarist Chris Duarte, myself and FOH engineer Joe Berger... We were playing the House Of Blues in New Orleans with John Entwistle but, the night before, Chris was opening for Joe Satriani. Of course, I couldn't miss that.
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Left to Right: unknown person, me, Victor the "Snakemannn", TM Stevens, unknown person at a NAMM show.
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The Bangles - Humphrey's By The Bay/San Diego, CA They played there the night before us. A Walk Down Abbey Road tour 2001 |
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