Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Retro: Kimmer

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GAVIN MCGRAW IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL..

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:18 PM PDT



Gavin DeGraw has been released from the hospital, following a violent attack on the singer in the early hours of Monday morning in New York City. DeGraw tweeted on Tuesday, "Hi my friends. Honestly, I don't remember much. I only know I can recover from here. I only know I can recover from here. Thank u for your genuine concern. I love u guys."

As reported yesterday, DeGraw suffered a concussion, a broken nose, black eyes, cuts and bruises, after being attacked early Monday morning on the street, just blocks from a bar he co-owns with his brother Joey. DeGraw later stumbled into the street, where he was reportedly hit by a cab.

Joey DeGraw told the New York Post that his brother was not drunk at the time of the incident and "had nothing but cranberry juice to drink" that night.

DeGraw has cancelled the rest of his concerts and appearances through at least this weekend. He has been on tour opening for Maroon 5 and Train, and will release a new album, Sweeter, on September 20.

SHARON TATE MURDER 42 YEARS AGO TODAY

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 04:05 PM PDT


Sharon Tate

In honor of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Steven Parent who were murdered 42 years ago yesterday... I am not going to mention any of their killers. I am just going to post a slide show and videos of how beautiful these people were until that horrible and fatefull day in 1969.






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SCOTT ASHETON REPLACED FOR SUMMER STOOGES TOUR...

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 01:45 PM PDT



Knoxville ex patriot Larry Mullins (right) is replacing Stooges drummer Scott Asheton (left), who is ill, for the band's summer tour.

Well it is official Rock Action is home and recuperating from an illness that affected him while on tour in Europe. Rock and family are back home in California and mutual friends say he is doing much better.




Now Mullins is touring with one of the most influential bands of all time, Iggy and the Stooges. With original drummer Scott Asheton sidelined with stomach problems, the Stooges needed a replacement fast to meet several high-profile festival commitments. So Mullins, who had already performed the Stooges repertoire hundreds of times with Iggy Pop, was the ideal candidate. The call came from none other than Iggy himself. Full Story from Metro Pulse

"It was just as surprising as the first time he called in 1990," Mullins says. "It was his first call in 12 years, so I knew it was serious. Scotty had gone into the hospital the day before, and they had no time to think twice."

I heard that Larry is doing a kick ass job sitting in for the legendary Rock last weekend in France... One of my best friends and Scott Asheton's Dennis Machinegun Thompson of the MC5 was back stage watching Larry with a very technical eye. MGT thought Larry did a phenomenal job at the kit. As the saying goes..."The Show Must Go On..."

We wish The Stooges all the best and our thoughts and prayers go out to Scott and his family.

I am so happy I got to see Rock in person at the Michigan Theater Stooges show this past April. I had such great seats and I really enjoyed watching him play... Thank you Heather and Natalie xxook

Scott Asheton Facebook
Rock Action Myspace
Stooges Forum Get Well Page

RETROKIMMER ***NEWS*** DENNIS THOMPSON DENIZ TEK AND PATTI QUATRO!

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:52 AM PDT

Have some great news today! We are going to begin featuring a guest writer on a weekly basis from my friends in rock/art/writers/broadcasters/and promoters... Starting soon...

First up will be my dear friend and partner in the blogosphere... Machinegun Thompson! One of the very coolest things I have been lucky to encounter is MGT's music collection... He has music from every genre and you'd be amazed just how in tune Dennis is... So with that in mind Den is going to feature 4 so9ng picks every week on Tuesdays... MGT's blog readers love his personal jukebox and his choices are amazing. Listen HERE For my blog Den will be explaining why he likes a tune from a drummer's standpoint. How lucky are we to have that kind of musical instruction?? Stay tuned for more with Machinegun...


Deniz Tek

Next up is the fabulous Deniz Tek... Deniz is a very sharp, honest, brilliant guitar player. Whenever I ask his opinion on a band/song/musician... Deniz fires back a fantastic story. Most a positive some not but always smart and brilliantly honest. I save all his emails for history... Now we are going to enlist Deniz to share some of his music, stories and opinions here on Retro Kimmer... Can't Wait!!!!


Ms Patti Quatro

Had a long chat today with my favorite hard rockin girl from Detroit, Ms Patti Quatro... I have been so fortunate to have met Patti and we get along like a house on fire. Patti has told me some fascinating tales from Detroit Rock and way beyond... Patti was there and is kindly willing to share them with my readers! First story will be about the Wild/Evocative/Innovative stage costumes the Quatros wore on stage... Can't wait to share this story with you. My guy fans and girls will both love this story... Stay tuned we have so much new things coming your way! These three rock legends are my dearest friends and I love them so much... I know my readers are going to love their new stories weekly! XXOOK

RETROKIMMER: OVER 1000 STORIES POSTED!!!

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 05:49 AM PDT



Well gang I woke up this morning and without realizing it I had cracked over 1004 stories posted on this blog! OMG that is 3 books!!! Anyone have a publisher for Kimmer??? Wow! I thought today I would tell the story of how Kimmer started going out to gigs with cameras and began the very coolest period of my life so far.....



Back in 2009 I began working with Dennis "Machinegun" Thompson the legendary drummer of the MC5. We collaborated on creating Machinegun's Blog and his MySpace/Facebook/Twitter etc...



One day Dennis received an invitation to sit in with The DoGs who were coming to Ann Arbor... He was happy to do it, but he had to cancel at the last minute. So after spending a lot of time talking to Loren Molinari about his band I decided to go see them play.

Took a few of my friends and 4 photographers from my friend Kirk's page the Motor City Blog... The DoGs were great and the show was such fun! I got home at 4 am!!! Beat but thrilled... So that gig started getting Kimmer invites to everything! Now I don't get out as much but I will always remember The DoGs!!!

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Here is the original story I wrote back then...

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