Review by John Jeffrey, Photos by THOMAS S. ORWAT, JR. Buffalo, NY - As Alice Cooper embarked on the fall leg of his 2022 "Detroit Muscle" tour, Buffalo's own Shea's Performing Arts Center wound up being the fourth stop of his 20-city tour. In all honesty, I can't recall another Alice Cooper tour that began... Continue Reading →
Welcome to episode # 59 of the Rock Interview Series! The guest for this feature is John Jeffrey from the Buffalo, NY award-winning KISS tribute band, KISS THIS! During this interview, John talks about how he loaned rock legend, ACE FREHLEY his smoking guitar for the ACE FREHLEY concert on AUG 13, 2022 at the... Continue Reading →
By Thomas S. Orwat, Jr. Batavia, NY - After an unexpected 18 month break between reviewing concerts, I returned to see my first post pandemic show. And what a great show it was! Not only for my return back, but for many of the 1000 plus in the audience on this warm, humid, overcast evening.... Continue Reading →
Review by John Jeffrey, photos by Thomas S. Orwat, Jr. Canandaigua, NY - Over the past several years that I've seen Alice Cooper perform with his various lineups, it's been Alice opening for other acts, such as Deep Purple and Motley Crue. Prior to these tours, as a support act, when "the Coop" was headlining,... Continue Reading →
By John Jeffrey While my initial knee-jerk reaction was to put up a review of the CD when I was sent the advance prior to it's release, I have to say that the Hollywood Vampires' second album, 'Rise,' struck me in such an immense way, that before I could write a word about it, I... Continue Reading →
By John Jeffrey Coming out this week (March 17, 2017) is Producer/Singer-Songwriter/Guitarist Tommy Henriksen’s 5th solo CD, entitled, ‘Starstruck.’ Henriksen’s latest solo venture is the follow up to his 2014, ‘Tommy, Tommy, Tommy’ CD. While ‘Starstruck’ is yet another display of Henriksen’s uncanny knack of wearing his musical influences on his sleeve, this time around,... Continue Reading →
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