Don Airey – Deep Purple
Don Airey shares his ROCK SCENE - keyboardist currently in Deep Purple. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Steve Vai, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, Thin Lizzy and Brian May.
Johnny Winter June 21, 2012
Johnny Winter talks about his "Rock Scene" June 21, 2012 at the Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
Tom Hamilton
Tom Hamilton is the bassist a founding member of Aerosmith. He grew up right outside of Boston, and met Joe Perry when he was a very young kid. In 1970, they formed Aerosmith. Most clubs wanted them to play top 40 hits, but the band wasn’t interested in that. They wanted to play their own songs. “We only took gigs where we could play the songs we wanted to play. It was more of a concert kind of vibe than…
Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar, who has fronted bands including Van Halen, Montrose, and Chicken Foot, was introduced to music at a young age. When he was four years old he saw Elvis Presley on TV. He first saw a guitar at his uncle's house and it quickly peaked his curiosity. He fell in love with music and started playing guitar. He saw The Rolling Stones in concert when he was a teenager and immediately knew he wanted to be like them. Photography…
Clem Burke
Blondie drummer Clem Burke grew up influenced by bands like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and other bands of the British Invasion. “From my early teens I was always in rock & roll bands. It was kind of like my social scene.” He would play in the battle of the bands in high school and spend his weekends gigging. In addition to playing with Blondie, he has recorded with various artists including Pete Townshend and Bob Dylan.
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent, born in 1948, first picked up the guitar when he was five years old. He grew up in the era of Motown, and was mesmerized by the energy of artists like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and especially James Brown. He would put bands together with schoolmates during the 50’s when he was still a young child. Since then he has gained fame through the Amboy Dukes and his own solo material. Ted is having the…
Carl Palmer
Carl Palmer started playing drums at the age of 11 years old. He comes from a long line of musicians in his family going all the way back to his great grandmother who was a classical guitar player. While in school, he left school played in numerous orchestras. He could read music very well & found too easy. He desired a path more exciting and was invited to join a rhythm and blues band called the King Bees, which he…
Pat Travers
Canadian rock guitarist Pat Travers started playing guitar in his early teenage years. He grew up in Ottawa, and started playing in local clubs, covering popular rock music by the Beatles & Jimi Hendrix. He would often play five sets a night, and jam with local musicians. He moved to England in 1975 and the scene was very different over there. He would show up at pubs and ask to jam, but would get rejected. “They were all playing original…