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  • Hardrock69
    DIAMOND STATUS
    • Feb 2005
    • 21897

    I Stood Directly Behind Lounge Machine This Evening At A Club In Gnashville

    A benefit was held at 12th and Porter this evening.

    For some literacy council or something. It was to raise money for GED courses and tuition for inmates in prisons. A worthy cause I might add.

    The cast of individuals who was playing this evening:


    Vinny Appice
    Carlos Cavazo
    Rudy Sarzo
    Mark Slaughter
    John Jorgenson (Elton John's guitarist, and has played with or for The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Hank Williams Jr., Barbra Streisand, Luciano Pavarotti, Roy Orbison, Patty Loveless, Michael Nesmith and Bonnie Raitt.)
    Chaz West (former vocalist for Bonham)
    Scott Warren - Keyboardist for Heaven & Hell, Dio, and more
    Lounge Machine (Kip Winger for those of you who don't know) :D
    Kenny Olsen (Kid Rock's former guitarist)
    One other keyboardist who came out to play Led Zep's "Rock N Roll", the very last song of the night. I had never heard of him before and cannot recall his name. I am sure he was someone worthy or he would not have been up there.

    I would say the room where the band plays at that particular club can hold maybe 150 people tops.

    Got to the club, managed to find a place to stand at the back of the room, but that was not so bad, as the room is 2wice as wide as it is deep, so even there I was only 20 feet from the stage. As the set went on, some people left, so I moved up and by the end of the set I was only 10 feet from the stage.

    Kip "Lounge Machine" Winger was in the audience for the first few songs. I stood directly behind him. Correction, I loomed over him while he was there, lol. Did not bother him at all.
    No reason to. I did not want to interrupt his "Coolness Vibe" he was exuding for the benefit of the friends he was with.

    "OOOOO KIP WINGER MY HERO!!!!" Not.


    Brought my Nikon DSLR, but halfway to the club I realized I had forgotten to put my flash card in it, which rendered it useless. No worries, I had also brought my Olympus point and pray, and even though the ratio of keeper shots to out of focus fucked up pictures is drastically high in lo-light situations, I knew if I took a few hundred shots everything would turn out ok.

    I was right.

    Set was about 90 minutes. Included some Dio tunes like Rainbow In The Dark and Last In Line, Black Sabbath (Heaven & Hell, War Pigs) Led Zep (Immigrant Song, Whole Lotta Love, Bring It On Home, Rock 'n' Roll, and Kasmir), The Beatles (Helter Skelter with Lounge on vocals and bass), Bonham (Wait For You), Quiet Riot (Come On Feel The Noize, Metal Health)

    Mark Slaughter and Chaz West handled the bulk of vocal duties. Both of them were fucking spot on and the epitome of what a rock vocalist should be. Carlos played a red Gibson Flying V through 3 Marshall halfstacks. Rudy Sarzo played through a pair of Ampeg SVT rigs (heads plus 8 X 10 cabs). There was another Marshall halfstack on the right side of the stage behind the keyboards that Kenny Olsen played through, as well as Mark Slaughter (he played guitar during most of the last half of the set while also helping with backup vox). For one of the encores Lounge played bass while Rudy stayed backstage. For the second encore Rudy came back out. Lounge played bass on about 3 songs overall.

    Overall it was a shit-hot performance, with some looseness. The LA guys I am sure were able to rehearse before flying into town, Kenny Olsen played on about 4-5 songs, and could easily have stayed home. He seemed like the odd man out, and I heard him occasionally fumbling around on some of the tunes. He was unimpressive, though he was constantly jumping up on the wedges and trying his best to appear as "Mister Hot-Shot". Sure. Yawwwn.

    Out of about 145 pics, 42 turned out in focus and pretty good. Pretty good ratio for the Olympus in that sort of environment.

    As could be expected, Vinny was incredible. Meter was spot on, and he beat the shit out of the drums most of the time. What can I say? We know him, we love him. Kicked my fucking ass as I expected he would. It was totally interesting and cool to hear him provide his thunderous accompaniment to cover songs like this. I mean, Helter Skelter never had such slam-bang to it.

    Overall, FUCKING AWESOME to see all these guys in such an intimate club environment!

    Some of my pics.

    Left to right: Carlos, Vinny, Chaz, Rudy (partially visible), John


    Left to right: Carlos, Chaz, Vinny, Rudy, John, Scott


    Left to right: Marc, Vinny, Rudy


    Same 3 as above:


    Lounge Machine during Helter Skelter


    Vinny, the Bringer Of Thunder


    So after the show, I was hanging around in the front room of the club and the musicians began to come out. Mark was wearing a t-shirt with an image of Fred G. Sanford on it, so I called out to him "HEY YOU BIG DUMMY!", because that was on the front of his shirt. He called out the same thing back to me, lol. Vinny Appice came out after awhile. REALLY cool dude. Opened up his stick bag and began signing drumsticks and giving them away to whomever wanted one. I got one for myself, and one for my youngest sister who is a huge Black Sabbath and Dio fan. Also got Vinny to sign my Mob Rules CD cover.

    I hung out for a little while longer and then took my leave.
    What a completely amazing and unexpected evening. I only found out about this show a couple of days ago, and being flat broke after paying my bills this past week, a couple of cool friends of mine who were the organizers of the whole thing put me on their personal guest list, so I was able to show up there and have a kickass time!

    This being Nashville, it is not a common occurence for metal gods of this stature to descend upon a club like this. I am also sure a lot of cash was raised for the Literacy Council of Williamson County, and it was a fantastic time for all.

    Thus endeth the review.
    Last edited by Hardrock69; 12-06-2010, 04:25 AM.
  • ThrillsNSpills
    ROTH ARMY ELITE
    • Jan 2004
    • 6627

    #2
    I don't think you're supposed to post pictures of said poster. I could be rong though.


    In related news the word "Bip" is a Warren Zevon lyric.
    see Werewolves of London.

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    • VanHalener
      ROCKSTAR

      • Nov 2006
      • 5451

      #3
      Right arm Lounge!

      That's fooking cool man!
      ~Only you can prevent low volume~

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      • kwame k
        TOASTMASTER GENERAL
        • Feb 2008
        • 11302

        #4
        Cool pics, HR!

        I was wondering where my Lennon glasses went............You could leave a $100.00 laying around and Lounge wouldn't touch it but leave some glasses, bracelets, booze and other trinkets laying around and the dude swipes 'em.

        Fucking bastard!
        Originally posted by vandeleur
        E- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first place :D

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        • Nitro Express
          DIAMOND STATUS
          • Aug 2004
          • 32942

          #5
          The guy who works on my cars is a felon. He was a car thief and drug dealer, did time, took advantage of the course available in prison came out and became a legitimate mechanic. He told me making an honest living is less stressful than being a criminal. Plus, who better to be a mechanic than a skilled car thief? This guy is top notch and his shop is busy.

          There are some people in prison that if they have some skills can make a go of it. Most will have to start their own business because people don't like the hire felons. So having educational programs in prisons eliminates crime and helps the one who want to go straight.
          No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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          • twonabomber
            formerly F A T
            ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

            • Jan 2004
            • 11294

            #6
            Originally posted by Hardrock69
            Lounge Machine during Helter Skelter
            at least he's standing in one spot instead of pirouetting around with his shirt off his shoulder "Flashdance" style. :D
            Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.

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            • PETE'S BROTHER
              DIAMOND STATUS
              • Feb 2007
              • 12678

              #7
              hr? did you happen to see jager there? he seems fond of the winger.
              Another one of those classic genius posts, sure to generate responses. You log on the next day to see what your witty gem has produced to find no one gets it and 2 knotheads want to stick their dicks in it... Well played, sir!!

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              • Jagermeister
                Full Member Status

                • Apr 2010
                • 4510

                #8
                Originally posted by PETE'S BROTHER
                hr? did you happen to see jager there? he seems fond of the winger.

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                • PETE'S BROTHER
                  DIAMOND STATUS
                  • Feb 2007
                  • 12678

                  #9
                  Another one of those classic genius posts, sure to generate responses. You log on the next day to see what your witty gem has produced to find no one gets it and 2 knotheads want to stick their dicks in it... Well played, sir!!

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                  • sadaist
                    TOASTMASTER GENERAL
                    • Jul 2004
                    • 11625

                    #10
                    Originally posted by twonabomber
                    at least he's standing in one spot instead of pirouetting around with his shirt off his shoulder "Flashdance" style. :D

                    Billy Squier already played that out.
                    “Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”

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                    • Hardrock69
                      DIAMOND STATUS
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 21897

                      #11
                      Actually Loung is NOT Kip, but I thought I would post that just to get a laugh out of the old rumour.

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                      • chefcraig
                        DIAMOND STATUS
                        • Apr 2004
                        • 12172

                        #12
                        Originally posted by sadaist
                        Billy Squier already played that out.
                        Yeah, and look what happened to him.









                        “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
                        ― Stephen Hawking

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                        • Diamondjimi
                          DIAMOND STATUS
                          • May 2004
                          • 12086

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Hardrock69
                          Actually Loung is NOT Kip, but I thought I would post that just to get a laugh out of the old rumour.
                          I've always thought he was this guy!



                          Trolls take heed...LOG OUT & FUCK OFF!!!

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                          • Hardrock69
                            DIAMOND STATUS
                            • Feb 2005
                            • 21897

                            #14
                            Haha....funny, I just read Danny's autobiography a few weeks back. He is proof that sheer luck exists in the world. Hilarious read, man at one point he was so down he had nothing, was homeless and was up to his ears in debt to Chinese Mafia cocaine dealers.
                            Look where he is now.

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                            • PETE'S BROTHER
                              DIAMOND STATUS
                              • Feb 2007
                              • 12678

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Hardrock69
                              Haha....funny, I just read Danny's autobiography a few weeks back. He is proof that sheer luck exists in the world. Hilarious read, man at one point he was so down he had nothing, was homeless and was up to his ears in debt to Chinese Mafia cocaine dealers.
                              Look where he is now.
                              i'm am very proud of lounge turnin' his life around like that. it takes luck, like you said, but also a lot of fortitude and determination/will power. had he not made it, we would never have been able to laugh at apache junction together.

                              oh. danny's story? oh, well, nevermind.
                              Another one of those classic genius posts, sure to generate responses. You log on the next day to see what your witty gem has produced to find no one gets it and 2 knotheads want to stick their dicks in it... Well played, sir!!

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