The Roth Show

[ZahZoo]

It's what true musical geniuses do.

And Internet Moguls..?

[DONNIEP]

And Internet Moguls..?

Yes, and don't forget tonite is the Tuesday Nite Circle Jerk. Warf's gonna be the monkey in the middle this week.

[Hardrock69]

No.

I will not.

You cannot make me.

[DLR Bridge]

That is not from the Diamond Dave sessions.

Any idea when then? I feel like I've heard it before, a while back.

[TitanTopper]

I know you guys are going to trash me for this but, when I watch the old stuff of Dave before the '84 Tour...he was a badass. He seemed to be about kicking ass and taking names. Now, he just seems like a creepy, old uncle that you try to avoid at family reunions. I'm not the same as I was 30 yrs ago either, but "C'mon Dave. Give us a break!!" What happened to the Rock Star??

BTW, there's only one VH...and it's only with DLR.

[ZahZoo]

Yes, and don't forget tonite is the Tuesday Nite Circle Jerk. Warf's gonna be the monkey in the middle this week.

Tuesday nites are out... Sons of Anarchy Season 7 takes precedent!! Plus it's Taco Tuesday!!

The Jerks™ will have to circle on their own...

BTW I think Mustang Sally was recorded back in 96 when Dave was in his Vegas era...

[DONNIEP]

BTW I think Mustang Sally was recorded back in 96 when Dave was in his Vegas era...

Nope. It was just recorded for Dave's new album called Songs Already Covered By Sam.

[Calderone]

Yes i think its from the 90's sessions Seriously affected, Kicks, Crosstown traffic, Bad Habits, Ice Cream Man, Mustang Sally , Tramp , Aint that peculiar

[big fatty]

i believe this comes from the 1993 sessions
- Kicks
- Aint that peculiar
- Seriously affected
- Crosstown Traffic
- Bad Habits
- Mustang Sally

Yeah that was also my take on it. In one of last years episodes they played a little bit of " My Old School " from Steely Dan which he did in the '95 Vegas shows. One would think they'd be from the same sessions but who knows for sure unless they show a credit.

http://www.vegastripping.com/news/bl...ambo-slammers/

Here's the setlist

Living In America (James Brown)
Panama
Nothin But The Blues
Ice Cream Man
Free Ride (Edgar Winter)
That's Life
Hard To Handle (Otis Redding)
Love TKO (Teddy Pendergrass)
My Old School (Steely Dan)
Jump
California Girls (Beach Boys)
Just A Gigolo (Louis Prima)


Here's an old review says it was a great show full of superb musicianship and variety but irrelevant.

Not much has changed 20 years later he's still grooving to the beat of his own drum irrelevant or not. Dave does what Dave wants and for the most part that's just fine and dandy with me.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1999...ut-irrelevant/




Roth amusing as Vegas act, but*irrelevant

David Lee Renzi
Friday, June 25, 1995 | 3:21 a.m.

On the first of his six-night engagement at Bally's on Thursday, David Lee Roth announced that he has been "wanting to play in Las Vegas a long, long time," conveniently forgetting that he was here several times as a member of Van Halen and once as a solo rock act.


Roth is neither anymore, so maybe what he meant is that he's wanted to play Las Vegas as the performer he is now -- a short-haired interpreter of pop, blues, soul, mambo and swing tunes and the ever-grinning, social-commentating front man of a 14-piece band.

The good news is that around 700 people showed up to see his Strip debut. The bad news is that Bally's Celebrity Showroom seats 1,400. It must have been disheartening for Roth to see a half-empty theater, but he was outwardly optimistic, smiling that rictus smile of his for most of the 90-minute performance.

Based on the crowd's demographic makeup and its reaction to his show, it would appear that Roth's is an act without an audience. Clearly, the people who clamored to see him when he was lead singer of Van Halen deserted him here, and those who saw him Thursday -- many of them wrinkled and gray -- were little more than politely respectful.

That is less a reflection on Roth than it is on them, for Roth and his Blues-Bustin' Mambo Slammers -- which feature Edgar Winter on saxophone -- put on the type of variety show Las Vegas grew up on.

It had musicians playing their instruments onstage instead of on tape, a compendium of songs and styles, two nearly dressed dancers (one of Roth's few concessions to his past), an attractive female singer and Dave himself, mugging to and joking with the audience as he crisscrossed the stage in his matching black-and-white checkered bell-bottoms and vest.

True, it would have been nothing more than a good lounge act in the old days, but then almost nothing in Las Vegas is as it was. In that sense, the showroom is a good fit for Roth, who bears little resemblance to his former long-maned, high-kicking self.

Only once did he execute his famous spinning back kick, and he fittingly saved it for "Jump." It was one of the two Van Halen songs he offered ("Ice Cream Man" was the other) and the only song that noticeably defibrillated this mostly code-blue audience.

Roth's encore -- "you gotta cheer louder or I'm not coming back," he shouted from the wings -- was "Just a Gigolo," his popular remake of the song Louie Prima made famous.

Conclusion: Now that he's jettisoned most of his original material for the opportunity to tread well-worn musical styles and cover songs by James Brown ("Living in America") and Boz Scaggs ("Lido Shuffle"), Roth has become the consummate Vegas entertainer: talented and amusing but sadly irrelevant.

David Lee Roth

* WHEN: 9 tonight through Wednesday.

* WHERE: Bally's Celebrity Showroom.

* TICKETS: $38.50. Reserved seating can be obtained by calling the Bally's box office, 739-4567.

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[big fatty]

People joke about Dave coming 'full circle' with his bib over-alls look.

Out with the old bib-overalls and evolving into the trendy, industrial full coveralls!!

Dave spends the big bucks and wears Carhart overalls.

[Calderone]

he still got it , he still got it

[Calderone]

Yes, he missed some of his badass attitude since 94. But he still got it when he wants.

[ZahZoo]

Given Dave's history and over the top persona over the last 40 years...

What exactly do y'all "think" Dave should look or act like that would qualify as a Bad-ass™ "Rock Star" as he prepares to celebrate his 60th birthday next month??

[PETE'S BROTHER]

john5 pay per view!!!

[DLR Bridge]

What exactly do y'all "think" Dave should look or act like that would qualify as a Bad-ass™ "Rock Star" as he prepares to celebrate his 60th birthday next month??

Hmmm. As much as I would hate someone telling me how to look and act at 45, I'm gonna take a stab at this here question.

Looks: I don't mind his suits, but I do mind that for a while, it was only that one suit. He needs to mix it up. For live performances, I'd say its time to retire the leather pants. The short, silky shirts gotta go, too. I could see him doing aged blue jeans, boots sneakers or shoes and a t-shirt. He doesn't need the scarves and pleather shiny motorcycle jackets. Unnecessary accessories at this point.

Act: Interviews, I'd say I wouldn't change a thing. His more recent ones that he had done for various pod casters were well done. The non sequiturs of old have been replaced with actual responses to the questions. I like that. Live, there needs to be a small change and that is, loose the perpetual open mouthed grin that says, "I'm so happy to be here!!!" Leave all of that smiling to us. We're happy to have you here. Just because your 60 doesn't me you can't rock the swagger of old. Oh, and stop calling girls in the front row "hot stuff" or offering them "candy from a stranger". Thaaaaat's a little creepy, I'm affraid.

[Von Halen]

The Roth Show: Coming Soon:



Just posted on DLR's Facebook. Feel free to move or whatever...

You didn't see I posted this a few days ago in "The Roth Show" thread?

[Angel]

You didn't see I posted this a few days ago in "The Roth Show" thread?

I shared it to Tapa from FB 3 minutes after Dave posted it, and before you posted it..damn thing forced me to start a new thread.

Fuck, you're slow...

[big fatty]

What exactly do y'all "think" Dave should look or act like that would qualify as a Bad-ass™ "Rock Star" as he prepares to celebrate his 60th birthday next month??

Maybe he should shave his head and do some bodybuilding to go along with his new tattoos.

[Calderone]

i forgot that new tunes from those sessions are around, Kill the Guy and Cruel Obsession, so we have a full album

- Kill the guy
- Cruel Obsession
- Kicks
- Aint that peculiar
- Seriously affected
- Crosstown Traffic
- Bad Habits
- Mustang Sally
- Ice Cream Man
- Shine a Light
- My old school
- Tramp

[ZahZoo]

So the next episode was "coming soon"... back in September. Anyone in the Roth camp notice we're well into November..?

[DONNIEP]

So the next episode was "coming soon"... back in September. Anyone in the Roth camp notice we're well into November..?

Huh, I forgot all about it.

[ZahZoo]

I'd just like a little entertainment before my grandchildren start graduating college and getting married...

[twonabomber]

[katina]

Happy Holidays Dave !!!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Latest...

[twonabomber]

This just in

[ELVIS]

Not bad...

Wolfie's bass tone sounds good...

[DONNIEP]

Well...

[vandeleur]

Did he not post this last year , he has definitely posted that cover song before .
Don't know am getting old and pickled this is all blurring a bit now .

Is the grand ole duke of roth in or out , up or down

[ELVIS]

I never heard it before...

[vandeleur]

Really , I like the song and thought I had heard dave do it before .
Hey I could be wrong

[ELVIS]

Probably because it sounds like it came from the Diamond Dave CD...

[DONNIEP]

Really , I like the song and thought I had heard dave do it before .
Hey I could be wrong

You're not wrong. The last time he posted a video using it I said it was from his new album - Songs Already Covered By Sammy

[VAiN]

Nice of Dave to put something out and all, but not what we're waiting for...

[Angel]

Really , I like the song and thought I had heard dave do it before .
Hey I could be wrong

You're not wrong...

[vandeleur]

Oops

[ZahZoo]

I believe that version of Mustang Sally was recorded in 1996 during the same sessions with Edgar Winter that produced Bad Habits and the version of Ice Cream Man found on the Diamond Dave record...

[BillikenJohnson]

What an outstanding rendition of an ol' Sir Mack Rice Motown groove-ah!! Like Wilson Wicked Pickett said it once befo'!!

Roth on a bike with his pup in a buggy! Priceless! Roth dustin brooms...great reference.

Suddenly, my facebook year in review video doesn't look so cool ...gotta bridge the awesomeness gap in '15!

I wonder if there's a version of this cut by classic Van Rothin'...I watched It Might Get Loud the other day and they showed Jimmy Page's record/recordings collection...just thinking of the tapes that D-Ro and King Edward must have (I'd burn all the sammy and sharona recordings...in a ceremony...with a priest, rabbi, hoodoo practitioner, congo drums, a couple of Army Rangers, lots of midgets (physical and mental), a classical poet, lots of stomping and clapping and rejoicing when the van hagar and van sharona tapes are destroyed!...)

I'm a need a rarities box set from Van Rothin released/unleashed/unchained in '15!

Wait a minute!!...Sandler promised ME that GIG!--D-Ro

Look out, Santa!!

[BillikenJohnson]

D-Ro says ...bought you a brand new Mustang a nineteen ninety nine...was it recorded in '99?

[Calderone]

No i think he did the nine just to match the lyrics, but im sure it was recorded around 93 or 95