Speaking of the Stones and food, I'm reminded that Keef shepherd's pie recipe is excellent, made it several times.
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Unusual Rock Trivia?
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I love shepherd's pie. My wife made some for dinner just the other night. Great when it's 28 degrees F outside.
I'm with you. An even better recipe from Mama Keef is his bangers and mash. A knockout, particularly if you use really good bacon.
The recipe is included in Keith's autobiography, and can be found in both links below; I included a second link because Keef offers no ingredient list, so a fan bridges that gap for those who need Mapquest to get there.
Bangers and mash.... Shepherd's pie... Hard to choose a winner in that shootout!
bookcooker: Life by Keith Richards and His Bangers and Mash
Kevin's Social Blog: Keith Richards' Cooking Tips: Bangers and Mash, Shepherd's Pie
They both look kinda like tort when you're done.
A couple Elton John ones:
1) He was booked to sing on King Crimson's "In The Wake of Poseidon" then Fripp cancelled the arrangement
2) He played keys in Simon Dupree and the Big Sound briefly, they would later become Gentle Giant.
1) He was booked to sing on King Crimson's "In The Wake of Poseidon" then Fripp cancelled the arrangement
2) He played keys in Simon Dupree and the Big Sound briefly, they would later become Gentle Giant.
5 facts you might not know about Trans-Siberian Orchestra
As the holiday season approaches, hundreds of thousands of people will partake in what has become one of music's most enduring Christmas traditions, seeing Trans-Siberian Orchestra in concert. The metal band best known for its holiday-themed rock operas and its massive light and pyrotechnic show has been touring successfully for over fifteen years. But there's more to Trans-Siberian Orchestra than just Christmas concerts. Here are five facts you might not know about the band.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Was Formed from Metal Band Savatage
Before Trans-Siberian Orchestra, most of the core of the band were all members of progressive metal band Savatage. Its primary lyricists, Paul O'Neill and Jon Oliva, played that role in Savatage for years, with Oliva being the band's original vocalist. Music director Al Pitrelli has also been Savatage's lead guitarist since 1995. Fourth founding member Bob Kinkel had been involved with the group for years in the role of engineer and session musician. In fact, Trans-Siberian Orchestra's best-known song, “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)” is re-issued from Savatage's 1995 album “Dead Winter Dead.” Paul O'Neill passed away on April 5, 2017.
They Are One of the Best Selling Tours of the 21st Century
Despite only touring extensively for approximately two months per year, November and December, Trans-Siberian Orchestra is so popular that Pollstar and Billboard both named them one of the best-selling tour acts of the 2000's. In many markets, the band plays two packed arena shows per day during their winter tour, doing both a matinee and an evening performance.
There Are Two Touring Versions of Trans-Siberian Orchestra
As mentioned, Trans-Siberian Orchestra only has a two-month window in which to tour in support of their holiday shows. Since the band is unlike traditional acts in that it has always featured a rotating cast of singers and musicians, they have solved the shortage of supply problem by taking two versions, known by fans as TSO East and TSO West, out on the road. It isn't uncommon to see four Trans-Siberian Orchestra shows per night on Ticketmaster's listings, with both editions taking two shows. The two versions of the band have swapped out members throughout, with the one constant being that the two groups have been led by Savatage's guitarists. Chris Caffery leads TSO East while Al Pitrelli leads TSO West.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra is One of Rock's Most Charitable Bands
A part of every Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert is the donation of $1 from each ticket sold to that show to a local charity. Since its founding, the band has donated over $10 million dollars to local charities throughout the country. While the foundations vary from city to city, the band's philanthropic work tends to focus most on those that protect and children, such as Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and Toys for Tots.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Isn't Just About Christmas
While their Christmas albums and Winter Tours have put Trans-Siberian Orchestra on the map, the band has expanded their hard rock opera style into non-holiday fare as well. In 2000, the band released “Beethoven's Last Night”, followed in 2009 by “Night Castle”, and in 2015 by “Letters from the Labyrinth. In 2015, Trans-Siberian Orchestra made rare mid-year news when they and Savatage pulled off a never-before-seen feat at Germany's Wacken Open Air Festival. Performing on two side by side stages with a connecting catwalk, the groups performed at the same time, with their music and lyrics intertwining to create a cohesive narrative.
As the holiday season approaches, hundreds of thousands of people will partake in what has become one of music's most enduring Christmas traditions, seeing Trans-Siberian Orchestra in concert. The metal band best known for its holiday-themed rock operas and its massive light and pyrotechnic show has been touring successfully for over fifteen years. But there's more to Trans-Siberian Orchestra than just Christmas concerts. Here are five facts you might not know about the band.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Was Formed from Metal Band Savatage
Before Trans-Siberian Orchestra, most of the core of the band were all members of progressive metal band Savatage. Its primary lyricists, Paul O'Neill and Jon Oliva, played that role in Savatage for years, with Oliva being the band's original vocalist. Music director Al Pitrelli has also been Savatage's lead guitarist since 1995. Fourth founding member Bob Kinkel had been involved with the group for years in the role of engineer and session musician. In fact, Trans-Siberian Orchestra's best-known song, “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)” is re-issued from Savatage's 1995 album “Dead Winter Dead.” Paul O'Neill passed away on April 5, 2017.
They Are One of the Best Selling Tours of the 21st Century
Despite only touring extensively for approximately two months per year, November and December, Trans-Siberian Orchestra is so popular that Pollstar and Billboard both named them one of the best-selling tour acts of the 2000's. In many markets, the band plays two packed arena shows per day during their winter tour, doing both a matinee and an evening performance.
There Are Two Touring Versions of Trans-Siberian Orchestra
As mentioned, Trans-Siberian Orchestra only has a two-month window in which to tour in support of their holiday shows. Since the band is unlike traditional acts in that it has always featured a rotating cast of singers and musicians, they have solved the shortage of supply problem by taking two versions, known by fans as TSO East and TSO West, out on the road. It isn't uncommon to see four Trans-Siberian Orchestra shows per night on Ticketmaster's listings, with both editions taking two shows. The two versions of the band have swapped out members throughout, with the one constant being that the two groups have been led by Savatage's guitarists. Chris Caffery leads TSO East while Al Pitrelli leads TSO West.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra is One of Rock's Most Charitable Bands
A part of every Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert is the donation of $1 from each ticket sold to that show to a local charity. Since its founding, the band has donated over $10 million dollars to local charities throughout the country. While the foundations vary from city to city, the band's philanthropic work tends to focus most on those that protect and children, such as Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and Toys for Tots.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Isn't Just About Christmas
While their Christmas albums and Winter Tours have put Trans-Siberian Orchestra on the map, the band has expanded their hard rock opera style into non-holiday fare as well. In 2000, the band released “Beethoven's Last Night”, followed in 2009 by “Night Castle”, and in 2015 by “Letters from the Labyrinth. In 2015, Trans-Siberian Orchestra made rare mid-year news when they and Savatage pulled off a never-before-seen feat at Germany's Wacken Open Air Festival. Performing on two side by side stages with a connecting catwalk, the groups performed at the same time, with their music and lyrics intertwining to create a cohesive narrative.
^ Very cool! We're going to see TSO on the 20th here in Tulsa. I'm curious now if we'll get TSO East or West. I'd expect West here in OK.
EDIT: Yep, TSO East is playing in Uniondale, NY the same night.
EDIT: Yep, TSO East is playing in Uniondale, NY the same night.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra requires 26 tractor trailers to carry all of their equipment.
A classic Prince story from Questlove (the video below has more details).
The most surprising encounter I had with a fellow artist this decade was: One night I got a random non-sequitur 10:30 call from Prince (“where Jimmy Fallon at?”) wanting to challenge Jimmy to a game of ping pong at Susan Sarandon’s Spin (as a novice New Yorker this was a mind-blowing 15 sec request to unwrap: “Why wasn’t I invited?” “Wait…Susan has a place for ping pong?”…..Prince plays ping pong!!!?!?!) this first witness account was the gift that keeps on giving. I got a text from Jimmy 2 nights later at 9pm “It’s going down! hurry!!!” I was in Brooklyn and immediately hightailed it to Manhattan. By the time I got on the block I saw a whirl of chaos whooosh into an SUV. Sensing I missed the fun, I rushed to the door to see one of Jimmy’s writers standing outside smoking a cigarette. “Hey what i miss?! Did it happen??!?!”…….She pointed “You just missed him, he’s pulling off”…..I turned to my right to see his SUV creeping to the corner to a red light. “YO!!” I yelled and jogged to the passenger side out of breath. “What happened?……what happened?!?!?”…..Grey Poupon style the window rolled down slowly…..Prince in the back seat with a (custom) gold paddle (??!!!) dressed immaculately deadpans slowly “Ask yo boy”……*window rolls up*……..car whisks off in the night.
The most surprising encounter I had with a fellow artist this decade was: One night I got a random non-sequitur 10:30 call from Prince (“where Jimmy Fallon at?”) wanting to challenge Jimmy to a game of ping pong at Susan Sarandon’s Spin (as a novice New Yorker this was a mind-blowing 15 sec request to unwrap: “Why wasn’t I invited?” “Wait…Susan has a place for ping pong?”…..Prince plays ping pong!!!?!?!) this first witness account was the gift that keeps on giving. I got a text from Jimmy 2 nights later at 9pm “It’s going down! hurry!!!” I was in Brooklyn and immediately hightailed it to Manhattan. By the time I got on the block I saw a whirl of chaos whooosh into an SUV. Sensing I missed the fun, I rushed to the door to see one of Jimmy’s writers standing outside smoking a cigarette. “Hey what i miss?! Did it happen??!?!”…….She pointed “You just missed him, he’s pulling off”…..I turned to my right to see his SUV creeping to the corner to a red light. “YO!!” I yelled and jogged to the passenger side out of breath. “What happened?……what happened?!?!?”…..Grey Poupon style the window rolled down slowly…..Prince in the back seat with a (custom) gold paddle (??!!!) dressed immaculately deadpans slowly “Ask yo boy”……*window rolls up*……..car whisks off in the night.
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i love her first book, i'm with the band. i literally read my first copy to pieces over the years. the next book, not so much. sometimes it's better to me not to find out what happened to a wild child when they grew up... if one could use that term.
In their hey-day during live Hall and Oates gigs, mid gig the band used to do an instrumental.
Unbeknown to the crowd enjoying the music Darryl Hall used to use this time to run off and blow dry his hair.
Unbeknown to the crowd enjoying the music Darryl Hall used to use this time to run off and blow dry his hair.
But why? They must haul their stage, and PA with them...did they set up dormers in some of them for the performers? I don't even wanna know the cubic footage that's used.
When USA Today initially reported that John Frusciante is rejoining RHCP, they posted the words "He's baaack" and a picture of Flea. They've since edited their story.
Not exactly rock trivia, the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" was written for the Technicolor movie Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).
Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (born Howard Kaplan) joined Frank Zappa's band The Mothers Of Invention after the Turtles broke up, but were contractually prevented from using their real names, and were thus given the names "The Phlorescent Leech" shortened to "Flo" (Mark Volman) and "Eddie" (Howard Kaylan). The pair recorded tracks on five albums, toured to support them, and appeared in the film 200 Motels, a semi-documentary film directed by Zappa.
After an irate fan pushed Zappa into an orchestra pit during a concert, he was confined to a wheelchair and unable to sing or play guitar so he formed a different band which placed more emphasis on big band jazz-rock fusion pieces. Kaylan and Volman didn't fit into the new band; leading them to start their own band as Flo & Eddie.
After an irate fan pushed Zappa into an orchestra pit during a concert, he was confined to a wheelchair and unable to sing or play guitar so he formed a different band which placed more emphasis on big band jazz-rock fusion pieces. Kaylan and Volman didn't fit into the new band; leading them to start their own band as Flo & Eddie.
According to bassist/songwriter Bob Daisley's book, "S.A.T.O." (track 7, Diary of a Madman) stands for "Sharon, Adrian, Thelma, Ozzy".
