Experience Hendrix - concert review

This is the single-record album called Jimi Hendrix Rainbow Bridge, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.  It is on the Reprise label, made in the UK.  Billy Cox plays bass on all but two songs on it.  I just saw Billy Cox play at the Experience Hendrix concert this past week at the Chicago Theater.   Chicagoan Buddy Miles drums on it too.  The EH concert was awesome.  I've never see such a diverse gathering of musicians gather to play music.  Billy Cox played with Ernie Isley - they each told stories of playing with and knowing Jimi.  Ideal guy for the role, Chris "Whipper" Layton (ex-SRV and Double Trouble) manned the drum kit for entire 3-hour show.  Living Colour (Vernon Reid!) mashed up with Susan Tedeschi.  And so many other groupings and combinations of players.  Eric Johnson did three Hendrix songs.  Kenny Wayne Shepherd playing Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) had me recalling seeing SRV play it 25 years earlier at the Aragon Brawlroom.  Brad Whitford (Areosmith!), plus Jonny Lang, and lastly Joe Satriani.  One of the last living connections to Chess Records, Hubert Sumlin played with Susan and Brad.  What a thrill.  The night was an outpouring and heartfelt homage to Jimi.  During Red House, a 14-year old blues prodigy from Chicago was introduced.   Will get that boy's name up here soon.

Jim Peterik - One of America's Great Singer/Songwriters

Jim Peterik has more talent than most casual rock and roll fans might think or guess.  He (literally) wrote the book on how to write FM radio-friendly rock and roll anthems.  He did write that book!  Besides his early career as founder of the Ides of March (Vehicle), and then in the early '80's with Survivor.  He co-wrote Eye of the Tiger for the Rocky III movie.  So many of the great songs we all hear often, but don't know who wrote.  If you guess Jim Peterik, you'd be write more often than not.  Most (all?) of the .38 Special hits, like Hold on Loosely, Fantasy Girl, Rockin into the Night, and So Caught up in You.  Unlike many pop song-singers, Jim hits to all fields: he writes the songs, plays both guitar and keyboards, and sings.  Jim wrote Heavy Metal for Sammy Hagar.  Check out Jim doing it accoustic on a youtube clip, just click on the post title above.  Why is Jim not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?  Jim signed my copy of Premonition (above) where we saw him play this past Saturday night.  He took my request and play a short version of Rebel Girl