Valerie Bertinelli began her New Year with wedding vows. In a holiday week that saw the announcements of several celebrity engagements, the former seventies sitcom star took the ultimate plunge, marrying financial planner and longtime beau Tom Vitale at their home in Malibu New Year’s Day. “We’re so happy!” Berinelli told PEOPLE after Saturday’s nups. [...]
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15 Creative Celebrity Inventors
December 13th, 2010 |
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From pop stars to politicians, here is a list of celebrities whose creative talents include a knack for inventing something new. And frequently useless.
Valerie Bertinelli Engaged To Beau Of Six Years Tom Vitale
May 20th, 2010 |
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Valerie Bertinelli is engaged! The former One Day at a Time star, now 50, and her boyfriend of nearly six years — Tom Vitale — will be married in a ceremony set for later this year.“After Ed (ex-husband Eddie Van Halen) and I separated, I thought, ‘I’ll finish raising my son, and I’ll go [...]
Gov’t Mule | 01.15 – 01.19 | Jamaica
January 21st, 2010 |
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Words & Images by: Dino Perrucci
Gov’t Mule Island Exodus :: 01.15 – 01.19 :: Negril, Jamaica
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Gov’t Mule held its first ever Island Exodus at the all-inclusive Grand Lido Resort in Negril, Jamaica. The event featured three headlining shows from Gov’t Mule as well as a Warren Haynes solo show, three sets from Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, guests Ron Holloway (sax), “Mean” Willie Green (drums) and DJ Logic. The weekend fiesta also featured a golf outing, Drum Clinic with Matt Abts, road stories from Warren Haynes’ guitar tech Brian Farmer and much more.
With a stage located right next to the water on a beautiful sandy beach, the table was set for the experience of a lifetime. The Gov’t Mule sets throughout the weekend offered a great mix of songs from the new release By A Thread mixed with old favorites and island themed covers. Friday nights opener “Jam-Aica” > “The Joker” (Steve Miller cover) set the tone for what was to come. By the end of the set when Ron Holloway stepped out for “Dirty Work” (Steely Dan cover) and the set closer “Sco-Mule,” the beach was on fire.
Saturday night opened with a nod to local hero Toots Hibbert with a cover of the Maytals’ “54-46″ that led into “I’m A Ram.” The strong show was topped off with multiple guests joining for encores of “32/20 Blues” featuring Willie Green and Ron Holloway, followed by “Stop That Train” with Willie Green, Ron Holloway, Grace Potter and Nocturnals guitarist Scott Tournet.
Sunday evening featured a big Nocturnals set and two full sets of Warren Haynes solo. Though somewhat marred by rain and the ensuing sound problems, the show still provided some of the finest musical moments of the weekend. Monday night’s final set was one for the ages. High energy from the start, things really took off once “Rocking Horse” led into a “Beat It” jam with Warren ripping the Eddie Van Halen solo through the Jamaican night. “Beat It” also featured the stage debut of Sean Carlsson (Jorgen’s son) and his robot dance. The second set opened with Matt Abts on vocals leading the band through a cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Shattered” with Jorgen Carlsson on drums and Danny Louis on bass. It’s worth noting that over the course of the weekend Danny Louis, while usually seated behind the keys, also stepped out to play trumpet, guitar, bass and even joined Abts on Drums. The “Many Rivers To Cross” that opened the encore saw many goose-bumps and more than a few tears. I couldn’t help while standing there in paradise but to think for a moment that not too far away in Haiti there is a whole country with many, many rivers to cross. Ending the night with a rousing “Southern Man” (Neil Young cover), everyone walked away with big smiles on their faces.
In the end, fans and musicians alike seemed to agree that this was one of the most memorable times any of us have ever spent together.
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Gov’t Mule :: Friday :: 01.15.10
Set I: Jam-Aica > The Joker, Thorazine Shuffle, Banks Of The Deep End, Larger Than Life, Have Mercy On The Criminal, Lay Your Burden Down, Steppin’ Lightly > Any Open Window, Dirty Work (w/ Ron Holloway), Sco-Mule (w/ Ron Holloway)
Set II: Find The Cost Of Freedom (w/ Grace Potter) > Ohio (w/ Grace Potter),
Take Me To The River (w/ Grace Potter), Brand New Angel, Broke Down On The Brazos, The Shape I’m In > Afro-Blue (w/ Ron Holloway), Lively Up Yourself
E: Raven Black Night, Gold Dust Woman (w/ Grace Potter)
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Gov’t Mule :: Saturday :: 01.16.10
Set I: 54/46 > I’m A Ram, Gameface, Child Of The Earth, Frozen Fear, Beautifully Broken, Mule (w/ Ron Holloway) > I’ve Been Workin’ (w/ Ron Holloway) > Mule w(/ Ron Holloway)
Set II: Bad Little Doggie, Streamline Woman, Brighter Days > Like Flies > Drums >
Drums & Bass, Railroad Boy > Fallen Down > The Other One Jam with Gimme Shelter Tease (w/ Ron Holloway), Blind Man In The Dark with Get Up, Stand Up & Sleepwalk Teases (w/ Ron Holloway & Danny Louis on drums)
E: 32/20 Blues (w/ Willie Green & Ron Holloway), Stop That Train (w/ Willie Green, Ron Holloway, Grace Potter & Scott Tournet)
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Warren Haynes Solo :: Sunday :: 01.17.10
Set I: Patchwork Quilt, The Real Thing, Listen To The Lions, No Celebration, Back Where I Started, Stranded In Self Pity (w/ Ron Holloway), Change Is Gonna Come (w/ Ron Holloway), Goin’ Down Slow, Old Friends, Wild Horses (w/ Grace Potter)
Set II: Hallelujah Boulevard, Panonica’s Dream, It Hurts Me Too, Poor Boy Blues, In My Life (w/ Matt Abts), End Of The Line
E1: Hallelujah (w/ Danny Louis)
E2: That’s Why I’m Here > Stella Blue
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Gov’t Mule :: Monday :: 01.18.10
Set I: Hammer & Nails > Time To Confess > Painted Silver Light, Wandering Child, Monday Mourning Meltdown > Forevermore > Rocking Horse > Beat It Jam (w/ Sean Carlsson on the dance floor & Ron Holloway), Reggae Soulshine (w/ Ron Holloway > Devil Likes Slow (w/ Ron Holloway
Set II: Shattered, New World Blues, Effigy > Folsom Prison Blues Jam > Effigy > Slackjaw Jezebel > Drums (w/ DJ Logic), Play With Fire (w/ Ron Holloway & DJ Logic), No Need To Suffer, Money (w/ Ron Holloway)
E1: Many Rivers To Cross (w/ Ron Holloway & Grace Potter), Somebody To Love (w/ Grace Potter)
E2: Southern Man (w/ Grace Potter & Scott Tournet)
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Eddie Van Halen “Two & A Half Men†Guest Appearance
August 5th, 2009 |
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Eddie Van Halen is set to make a TV appearance, playing himself on an upcoming episode of the CBS sitcom Two & A Half Men.
After learning he was a big fan of the long-running comedy, series producer Chuck Lorre approached the rock guitarist about making a cameo as he celebrated his recent honeymoon.
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Sat Eye Candy: Queen
July 18th, 2009 |
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RIFF GENERATING GENIUS TURNS 62 TOMORROW
Queen is one of those rock bands so rippled into what we consider that genre at this point that it seems too small a thing to call them “influential.” From strict radio fare to the more outre melange of Howlin Rain, of Montreal and My Morning Jacket, there’s Queen smiling out at us, all art spangled and power chord sweet. They are hard rock and tearful weepers, brainy concept makers and silly song slingers – an incongruous, unapologetically massive swirl of elements that didn’t exist before them but surely survives in myriad permutations today.
This Sunday, July 19, is guitarist Brian May‘s 62nd birthday and we couldn’t let the weekend pass without raising a glass to him. The Caucasian afro-ed picker is muscle and grace, so tough yet so tender and right up there with the greatest riff architects in history. Without May there’d be no Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani or many others – or at least they’d play with a certain significant part of their vocabulary stripped out. Since Queen’s self-titled 1973 debut, May has been nudging the genre in potent directions and we hope he gets the full measure of whatever birthday wish he makes this year when he blows out the candle.
We start this week with a crushing piece of so-wrong-it’s-right perfection from the boys. Just wait for May’s six-string blast that haymakers us 30 seconds in. And in hindsight, it’s not too tough to figure out which way the pendulum swung with ol’ Freddie, right?
While countless plays at sporting events and over film montages has stolen some of this classic’s thunder, presented here when the song was still fresh in 1981 at a famous Montreux performance it shows itself the pub-ready sing-along great that it is, emerging with saloon piano and a nigh irresistible lyric belted out by one of the finest frontmen ever.
Now this is some nasty guitar! The lead-off track from Queen’s debut has propulsive force in this 1977 live take at the legendary Earl’s Court.
One of the neat tricks Queen pulled off was remaining relevant through several decades. While this version lacks David Bowie‘s original vocal it does show Freddie’s crowd mastery before the band drops into a tight, kinda wistful rendition of the mega-hit.
“Can anybody find me somebody to love?” It’s a simple enough sentiment, and Queen excelled at tapping a wildly populist vein and this bit of miniature opera stands as perhaps their crowning jewel in a long line of fantastic love songs. This romp from 1982 at the Milton Keynes Bowl is appropriately, uh, enlarged for your pleasure.
Anyone who doubts Queen’s influence on metal and contemporary marvels like The Mars Volta need only peep this scorching 1977 performance of one of the band’s early best.
1976′s A Day At The Races – and companion precursor 1975′s A Night At The Opera – was where all the elements of Queen fully coalesced. The switchback rush of moods and styles is apparent from Races‘ opening pair, presented here in sterling live form.
All those post-gig hours spent in European discos paid off as 1980 rolled around and Queen discovered their funky side. Quite the outfit on Freddie on this one.
There’s an air of life-clinging energy to this 1989 single packed with compact, tasty playing from May and an impassioned Mercury lead vocal surely powered by his then-recent HIV diagnosis. In ways, this tune seems like Queen’s smackdown of the hair metal acts that invaded the 1980s, where they show how easily they could toss off something akin to but quite superior to anything Poison, Slaughter, et al. had to offer.
For all their pomp, they could be quite goofy, as witness by this loopy number (and matching video) from 1978′s Jazz chock full of pop culture references.
We wrap up this week’s installment with a pair of the band’s finest from A Night at the Opera. First, “something a bit heavier” and then a number that contains all the group’s charms, ambition and immense talent in one multifaceted marvel (offered below in both live and original, iconic video form). Thanks so much for the killer music, Mr. May.
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