Talking Hendrix News For the Week of June 14, 2019

What's coming up this week..... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our guest this week is drummer David Lauser who drums for former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar and he's also got a new album out with his other band that he is in when not playing for Sammy and that band is Alliance and their new album is called "Fire and Grace" and features Robert Berry on vocals and more if you'd like to know more about David check out the information below: David has a long musical history that began by chance when a friend gave him his first pair of drum sticks. "I'll never forget that day" he says." I was hanging out over at a friend's house. We helped his older brother clean up his bedroom. I found an old pair of Ludwig drum sticks, 1S model to be exact. My buddy's brother said I could have them for helping clean up. I started banging on a nearby chair to a Beach Boys record...they all said, 'wow, you sound pretty good!' I was 14." "My best friend, Jamey Brzezinski, had an electric guitar and amp. We formed this band (just the two of us), and would jam together every day after school. I took a plastic bucket and wrapped waxed paper around it with a rubber band...that was my snare drum. Then I had a plastic trash can for a tom tom, and last but not least, a fire place shovel for a ride cymbal. I think the first tune we played together was "Route 66", by the Rolling Stones. This all took place in the summer before 9th grade. By the time we were back in school that fall, we had a keyboard player in the band, Jack Blair. I still didn't have a real drum set, nevertheless, we still got together to work up tunes." "By this time, I was on my parents pretty heavily to get me a drum kit. Jamey and I would hit all the music stores in town after school and on weekends. After a couple of months, the store owners would see us coming a mile away...they would stop us and say, 'no, no touching the G...Damn, instruments!' So, I was finishing my first 9th grade quarter, and to my dismay discovered that I was flunking Algebra! My mom flipped out and said that unless I brought my grade up to a B, I wouldn't be seeing any drums for a long time. That meant I had to get an A for the 2nd quarter. I went up to the teacher and requested that he let me sit up in front. I explained that I needed to get an A for the next quarter, or I wouldn't get my drums. I don't know who said it, but it's true...you really do appreciate things that you have to work for. I passed that class with flying colors." "For my 15th birthday, my dad took me to Wallach's Music City and bought me a red sparkle drum kit. I think it was a "Crown" kit...made in Japan. I'll never forget, I got it home and had no idea how to integrate the bass drum. That weekend, I took my new kit over to Jack's house and we played our material for the first time on real gear! I think I just played 4-on-the-floor to all the beats I knew with my hands. Later that year we did our first real gig. It was at the Arrow View Jr. High assembly. We called ourselves, 'Young Blood.' It's amazing to think of how much we accomplished in a short period of time... everyone was self taught (except for the keyboard player). We started playing all the school dances and parties. We even had a manager...basically, a guy who thought we were cool and had his own car." "That ride lasted until the beginning of my Junior year in high school. Then, as fate would have it, I was asked to jam with an 'older bunch of guys'... they were in their early twenties. I was torn between friendship and a chance to really stretch my wings. It was tough, but I left my first band, and joined a band that would change my life up to this very day! We called ourselves the 'Mobile Home.' We were quite ahead of our time as we had three guitar players that all sang. As it goes with bands, one of the guitar players didn't like having to share the lime light with two other guys. His name was Eric Fields. We went to school together... he's who actually referred me to the other guys. Well, Eric had an older brother named Barry who played bass. Barry's best friend (who happened to play guitar and sing) was a young Sammy Hagar. Barry had told Sammy that Eric wasn't happy with the band, and Sam asked Barry to take him over to our rehearsal." "I recall Sammy being dressed really cool and really digging our music. Afterwards the leader, Jesse Llamas, told the rest of us that Sammy wanted to take Eric's place. Even at that young age, I had the balls to ask if this Sammy guy was any good...'what can he do?' Well, the next day we all jammed a couple of Cream songs...Sammy played the solo to "Sunshine Of Your Love" note for note. We've been friends and gigging together ever since. After the Mobile Home broke up, Sam and I formed several bands together. I was out of high school by then but still too young to play in bars. In those days you could actually play hip rock music and make decent bread in bars. It was the early seventies in Southern California. My older brother let me use his I.D., and Sam and I landed our first night club gig. The band was called The Justice Bros....the club was called "The Night Club!" We jammed our asses off, playing as loud and as much Rock as we wanted." "That band eventually moved up to the San Francisco Bay Area. From there, Sammy heard from a mutual friend that Ronnie Montrose was looking for a singer. Sammy auditioned and became the lead singer and co-songwriter for Ronnie Montrose's new band..."Montrose!" During that time I was becoming disillusioned with the Rock scene, and wanted to delve more into Funk and R&B. I did so for a couple of years and by doing that I really began to understand how the rhythm section worked, and developed a lot more independence on my drum kit. Finally, I moved back to Southern California, playing in several Rock and R&B groups." "I finally decided to take a chance on this young rock group called Free & Easy..later to be renamed TOYS. Funny, all this time before I had been playing with the older guys, and now I was was the oldest guy in the band! This time around I was really playing Rock with a newly found confidence and savvy, having come full circle so to speak. Sammy and I always stayed in touch as friends, and during my stint with Toys, Sammy checked us out now and again, and actually helped produce a couple of our demos. I was getting valuable composing and recording experience. It is so important to realize that even though some things may seem insignificant or temporary in one's career, they all lead to forming the overall picture. Sammy took notice that I had really progressed as a Rock drummer, and asked me to join his solo band in 1980. From that re-connection with Sam, I went on to record all the Geffen albums for Sammy up until and during his stint with Van Halen." David and Sammy have played together on and off for over 30 years. In fact, there is no drummer Sammy has spent more time touring and recording with than David. According to Sammy, after he and Van Halen parted ways, David was the natural choice. Even during Sammy's time in Van Halen, he asked David to play drums on his non-Van Halen music, including his solo record, I Never Said Goodbye, and his 'Best Of' record, Unboxed. Additionally, Sammy recruited David and Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony to form his "party" band down in Cabo San Lucas, aptly named "Los Tres Gusanos" ("the 3 worms" in Spanish). According to all involved, Los Tres Gusanos will never die, and rumours abound that they may resurface in Cabo in the future. David's discography, found in the Discography section, highlights all his professional recordings, videos, soundtracks, DVDs, even video games for which he has supplied music. David Lauser's Official Website: www.davidlauser.com So don't forget to join us this friday night from 7-8 p.m. on: www.activatemedia.org and don't forget to stay tuned in right after our show is Joe Vig's non visual radio from 8-9 p.m. and joe always has some great guests from Joe Perry of Aerosmith to Jodie Foster you'll never know who he's gonna have on next, so stay tuned in to see who he has for the week right after our show. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music News.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Concert Dates and .... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday June 12th David Crosby The Garde Arts Center New London CT www.gardearts.org Friday june 14th Peter Asher & Jeremy Clyde iron horse music Hall Northampton Massachusetts www.iheg.com sunday june 16th The Happy together tour; featuring the turtles, chuck negron of three dog night, gary puckett and the union gap, the buckinghams, the classics iv, & The cowsills Calvin Theater Northampton, Massachusetts www.iheg.com friday june 21st Jon butcher Axis Center for the Arts natick Massachusetts www.natickarts.org Friday June 21st Almost Queen Toad's Place New Haven, CT www.toadsplace.com Saturday June 22nd Dave Matthews Band Xfinity Theater Hartford, CT www.ticketmaster.com or www.livenation.com Sunday June 23rd Joan Osbourne Sings Dylan Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Sunday june 23rd Boz Scaggs Calvin Theater northampton massachusetts www.iheg.com Monday June 24th The Kingston Trio Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Tuesday June 25th The Kingston Trio Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, MA www.iheg.com Wednesday June 26th Boz Scaggs Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT www.ridgefield.playhousect.org Friday June 28th The Happy together tour; featuring the turtles, chuck negron of three dog night, gary puckett and the union gap, the buckinghams, the classics iv, & The cowsills The Garde Arts Center NewLondon CT www.gardearts.org Saturday June 29th Jackson Browne and his Band Toyota Oakdale Theater Wallingford, CT www.ticketmaster.com or www.livenation.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Week's Talking Hendrix Special Link... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://archive.org/details/TalkingHendrixSpecial34PhoebeLegere672019 Talking Hendrix Special 34 Phoebe Legere 6-7-2019 Phoebe Legere Interview Conducted On May 30th 1:00 p.m. Phoebe Legere Official Website: www.PhoebeLegere.com Phoebe Legere Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/phoebelegeremusic/ feel free to e-mail us with guest suggestions and or music requests at: talkinghendrix@gmail.com and if you want to get our weekly newsletter you can e-mail us at the above address as well. Have you joined us on Facebook yet?....If you haven't please go to our facebook group page and check out all the fun with links to our older shows and what people are posting about Jimi and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/386159081588529/ Also follow us on Twitter click the link below: https://twitter.com/HendrixTalking Would you like to hear our show when it airs...tune in friday nights from 7-8 p.m. eastern standard time on www.activatemedia.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Talking Hendrix Show Link.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://archive.org/details/TalkingHendrixShow184Remembering1969Part6KickOutTheJams692019 Talking Hendrix Show 184 Remembering 1969 Part 6 Kick Out The Jams 6-9-2019 Kick Out The Jams MC5 Kick Out The Jams 1969 Good Times Bad Times Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 1969 It's All Too Much The Beatles Yellow Submarine 1969 Do It Again The Beach Boys 20/20 1969 Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) The Beach Boys 20/20 1969 Bring It On Home To Me Aretha Franklin Soul '69 1969 Baby I Need Your Lovin' Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Easy 1969 Rainmaker Harry Nilsson Harry 1969 Mr. Bojangles Harry Nilsson Harry 1969 Evil Ways Santana Santana 1969 Soul Sacrifice Santana Santana 1969 It's No Secret Jefferson Airplane Bless It's Pointed Little Head Live 1969 Plastic Fantastic Lover Jefferson Airplane Bless It's Pointed Little Head Live 1969 Somebody To Love Jefferson Airplane Bless It's Pointed Little Head Live 1969 Here Comes The Sun The Beatles Abbey Road 1969 Octopus's Garden The Beatles Abbey Road 1969 Oh! 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Host Ed Wrobleski a Massachusetts native has been a fan and following Hendrix's music since the age of 8 and has completed over 200 shows that has been posted up on mixcloud.com and archive.org Now having just a straight interview spin off of the regular music show we've broadened our horizons with versatile guests that may not just have a connection with Jimi's music but also may have somehow secretly followed his career in other mysterious ways the artist, songwriter, or author themselves may have not even realized. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you like our show then you should check out Voices of time with Alan James Patterson on Wednesdays from 2-5 p.m. if you want to hear some of Alan's older shows than join him on his facebook group and you can find some of his previous shows up on mixcloud posted on the page at the link below: https://www.facebook.com/groups/225608664513521/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you like the free form type of formatted show??? then you should listen to the syndicated radio show "Anything Anything" with host Rich Russo aka "The King Of Free-form Radio" on sunday nights on your local airwaves if you can't find him on your local radio stations then you can go to Rich's website and listen to the show on mixcloud.com Rich's official website: www.richrusso.net where you can also find information on previous shows of Rich's and check out his other show called "The Jersey Guy" which can be heard on Sirius XM radio on Little Steven's Underground Garage Channel. if you can't find a radio station in your local area that plays "Anything Anything" you can still listen to the show on sunday nights from 10:00 p.m. - Midnight eastern standard time on www.bostonfreeradio.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you like our show that focus's mainly on Jimi Hendrix for the most part, then if you're a Pink Floyd fan then check out "Floydian Slip" which is a syndicated weekly one hour show on Pink Floyd with host Craig Bailey. 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