7/22/09

Once again, lots happening at Rock of Ages.  Since I last wrote, we played the Tony's.  It was an awesome experience to walk out on stage at Radio City Music Hall by myself and have the cast come up behind me on a lift while I was playing the opening solo.  Even more amazing was watching the 6,000+ light up their Rock of Ages lighters during Don't Stop Believing....Oh yeah, it was kinda cool being between Dolly Parton and Will Ferrell backstage too.

The Visa Signature Tony's Preview Concert also aired nationally on CBS.  I played High Enough with Constantine and Amy Spanger from the show and got a wonderful introduction from the show's host Harry Smith.

The Rock of Ages cast album has also officially been released.  Go pick up a copy!

We recently had some fun setting the world record (yes, Guinness was actually there) for most people playing air guitar at one time (810).  I NEVER thought the day would come that I would air guitar to my own playing.  Oh well, all in good fun.

Lots of celebs coming through to check out the show lately: Paris Hilton, Hugh Jackman, Phil Collins, Chad Kroeger and Ryan Peake from Nickelback. 

Night Ranger is also having an amazing year!  In addition to our headlining shows, we'll be opening for Journey on their tour this Summer!  In fact, we just played our first show with them a few days ago.  Come out and see us rock the big stages!  Also, we recently played the Rocklahoma festival and Eddie Trunk from VH1's That Metal Show joined us on Sister Christian.  Again...too much fun!

Many of you know that Gibson is a sponsor at Rock of Ages and I recently did an interview with them about the show/Night Ranger.  Check it out here!  http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/ArtistsAndEvents/Stories/rock-of-ages-602/

I want to give a big shout out to Ryan Brown at Schecter Guitars for the Hellraiser-6.  It is currently my "whammy bar" guitar in Rock of Ages!!!

I also recently became a proud endorser of Seymour Duncan pick-ups.....