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Rough Shop Christmas 2011

We love Slade! Merry Christmas Everybody!

“Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday” with Kate Eddens, Danielle Aslanian and myself backed by Rough Shop being the best Stax-Volt.

The Kinks’ “Father Christmas” done righteously by Chris Grabau, John Horton on Flying V, Steve Scariano on bass, the rest of Rough Shop and me.

“At Last”

Matt Meyer and I were asked to do Etta James’ “At Last” for a May 2011 wedding.

Rough Shop Christmas Show 2010

John Wendland and I try to do Otis Redding & Carla Thomas doing “New Year’s Resolution.”

A little Charlie Brown “Christmas Time Is Here” action from the same Rough Shop Christmas show. Andy Ploof on guitar – he’s amazing.

An Alex Chilton Tribute Show

september gurls and boys

I’m the singer in the band The Remodels. We made our live debut during this KDHX tribute to Alex Chilton & Big Star. And here’s video from one of the 3 songs we did – “No Sex”:

Rough Shop Christmas

You should buy the Rough Shop Christmas CD.  Really.

Under the Covers

remodels iconSteve Staicoff and Toby Weiss remodel 6 songs by other artists.

Music and videos at The Remodels website

Just music at MySpace

The videos on YouTube.

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Being Iggy Pop

In tribute to a fallen family, we gathered for one night to commemorate a musical life well lived through The Stooges catalog. All the songs and performances from that incredible night can be seen here.

And for about 10 minutes, I got to be Iggy. I still don’t remember it, so luckily there’s this footage to remind me of what I missed during an out-of-body experience.

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KDHX Christmas Pageant

A review, photos and video by Roy Kasten about a Christmas Pageant hosted by John Wendland and his rough Shop crew. Read it here.

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Exorcising That “Halfbreed” Demon

The Finn’s Motel Escape Velocity is one of the greatest records ever. Thought that long before Joe Thebeau asked me to sing along on one of the songs (”Eero,” about the architect of our Gateway Arch!) and be an Indian in this video: