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March
19, 2002
Fran Shor
Child-Murderers
and Madmen
March
18, 2002
Tom Turnipseed
Crazy
is Cool
Dave Marsh
DeskScan:
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Armen
Khanbabyan
The
Pentagon in the Caucasus:
Georgia Is Only the Beginning
Gabriel
Ash
Abdullah
v. Osama
Bernard
Weiner
Middle
East for Dummies
Alexander
Cockburn
Tipping
in America
March
17, 2002
David
Vest
The
Politics of Packaging
Tariq
Ali
The
Left's New Empire Loyalists
March
16, 2002
Chris
Floyd
Ashcroft's
Secret Snatches
March 15, 2002
Doron Rosenblum
Israel's Settler Warlords
Alex Lynch
Rhetorical
Attacks On Iraq
Norman Madarasz
Neo-Con Propaganda
and the National Review
Paul-Marie
de La Gorce
Making
Enemies
March
14, 2002
Dr. Susan
Block
RIP
Danny Pearl
Francis
Boyle
Bush
Nuke Plan Violates International Law, Again
Wayne
Saunders
Memo
to Paul McCartney:
There Are Two Kinds
of Freedom, Sir
H.P. Albarelli
Anthrax
Cover-up?
March
13, 2002
Amira
Hass
Are
the Occupied Protecting the Occupier?
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Review Editors Suggest Nuking Mecca
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/ Weissman
Personal
Responsibility
for Corporate Elites?
Robert
Fisk
Arabs
Don't Want US
to Strike Iraq
Alexander
Cockburn
When
Billy Graham Wanted
to Kill One Million People
March
12, 2002
Kay Lee
Dangerous
Changes in
California's Prisons
John Patrick
Leary
The
Return of Otto Reich
Wole Akande
US
is Being Discredited
in the Eyes of Africa
March
11, 2002
Hani Shukrallah
This
is the Way the World Ends
Tommy
Ates
Bush's
New Nuke Policy:
Target Allies and Enemies
Lidia Andrusenko
The Great
Chicken War:
Bush v. Putin
Dave Marsh
10
CDs Playing On My Desk
John Chuckman
Footprints
in the Dust
Norman
Madarasz
Max
Steel in a Time of Chaos
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March 19, 2002
Roger Daltrey's LA Surprise
By Phyllis Pollack
On Monday night, March 18, the Who's Roger Daltrey
gave a surprise performance in Los Angeles at The Joint, appearing
with the club's Monday night "house band," comprised
of longtime Rolling Stones back-up vocalist Bernard Fowler, Stevie
Nicks guitarist Waddy Wachtel, guitarist Jack Tempchin, ex-Tom
Petty drummer Phil Jones, bassist Rick Rosas, and vocalist Terry
Reid, long reported to have been Jimmy Page's first choice as
lead singer for Led Zeppelin.
Bernard Fowler is often referred to as
Mick Jagger's secret weapon, in that the lead vocalist for the
Stones vocalist rarely ascends a stage any more without Fowler
on backing vocals. Bernard, who has toured with the Stones for
a decade, has also been an integral part of solo albums and tours
of band members Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ron Wood.
Fowler appeared on Saturday Night Live last year with
Mick Jagger, and at Jagger's L.A. performance that was filmed
for the documentary, Being Mick. Bernard recently gigged
with former X-pensive Wino Ivan Neville, as a member of Bruce
Willis' band on the Letterman Show. Fowler s heard on
several Stones albums, including the band's most recent work,
Bridges To Babylon. He's also recorded with numerous other
musicians, including Yoko Ono and Living Color.
Wachtel opened the set in his usually
animated form, giving no hint of what was to come. Wachtel, a
world-class guitarist, was heavily sampled on the multi-platinum
"Bootilicious" by Destiny's Child, a song that relied
upon Wachtel's rhythmic guitar track from the Stevie Nicks song
"Edge of Seventeen/Just Like A Wild Winged Dove." The
always humble Wachtel seems almost amused when asked about his
unplanned contribution to the success of the trio, which recently
performed at the Grammy's. "I never thought I'd be sampled
on a hiphop record," he muses.
It's not unusual for this group of musicians,
who jam together on Monday nights in L.A., to play covers of
popular rock classics, but last night, during the first set,
the intro was given, "We're going to do a song by the Who,
so we need professional help on the stage." At this point,
Bernard Fowler came up on stage and the audience loudly applauded,
as he took an exaggerated bow, while members of the audience
who knew what was going to go down, and got the joke, and laughed
at Fowler's sense of humor. Daltrey soon ascended the stage,
looking far younger than his years. The band broke into the legendary
Who classic, "The Kids Are Alright," from Tommy.
The fact that the Who will be touring
this year is no secret, but certainly no one expected Daltrey's
warm-up at this L.A. club. Daltrey clearly picked the best house
band in L.A. with which to do it. "This band's too loud
for me!" joked Daltrey, clearly a reference to the Who's
reputation for being the loudest band to ever grace a stadium,
and for decibel levels that have often cited as being a contributing
factor to guitarist Pete Townshend's hearing problems.
Meanwhile, among those in the club's
audience was Kid Rock with Pamela Anderson in tow. Audience members
were overheard making comments that they hoped Kid didn't go
on stage.
Daltrey's next number with the band was
the Ben E. King classic, "Stand By Me," a track that
has been covered by several artists, including John Lennon. Daltrey
and Reid exchanged verses.
Wachtel, wearing a ripped-up Headbanger's
Ball t-shirt, was soon ripping into AC/DC's "Sin City,"
with Fowler on lead vocals. Daltrey was fixated on watching Fowler,
as the dreadlocked singer pranced onto the bar, and performed
a rendition of the song that was so powerful, it would have likely
made Bon Scott come back from the dead if he had heard it. Daltrey
was clearly mesmerized as he watched Fowler.
Southern rocker Stacy Plunk followed,
with a rendition of the Tina Turner's"Nutbush City."
Fowler soon returned, taking the audience
away, with a cover of the Stones' "Wild Horses." Daltrey
watched Fowler, in what seemed to be a trancelike state. After
another musician took Fowler's place, the legendary Who frontman
slipped out of the club. It was clearly one of those nights that
will forever remain part of L.A.'s musical history.
The Who is slated to play in Los Angeles
on July 1 at the Hollywood Bowl.
Phyllis Pollack
lives in LA, where she writes about music and fights attempts
to censor lyrics by the likes of Tipper Gore and other prudes.
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