Jan. 20th 2012 Show Report

The gig at The Bikini Bar was a lot of fun. Both Claudia Marie and myself were exhausted from AVN week here in Vegas and we both had lost our voices. But thank goodness for CM’s big round ass and giant fake boobs all squeezed in a tiny bikini! As Keith Richards once said: "if things go wrong, we just jump about a bit onstage"

Worked good for us!

Thanks to legendary Kayla Kleevage who came out and supported the band right after her induction into The Legends Hall Of Fame earlier in the evening. Thanks also to Europe DiChan who also was in attendance. And thanks to Lonnie for putting up with our insanity.

We will be back again on Feb. 17th so mark it on your calendar.

Trailer Park Trash LIVE Jan. 20, 2012

Oh hell yeah! Porn Stars, Classic Rock, Cheap Drinks, Fun People and Claudia Marie in a tiny bikni! It’s all going down on Friday night Jan. 20th at The Bikini Bar right in the middle of AVN Adult Entertainment Expo week right here in fabulous Las Vegas

Bob Seger In Concert 12-30-2011

Went to see the legendary Bob Seger in concert on Dec. 30, 2011 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Gone is the long dark hair and beard. Replaced with short gray hair and a white beard….but the man can still SING! And every song was a monster hit. There wasn’t any filler in this concert.

From "Old Time Rock-N-Roll" to "Katmandu" to "Against The Wind" to "Travelin’ Man/Beautiful Loser" to "Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man" to "Hollywood Nights" to "Turn The Page" it was just hit after hit after hit.

The Silver Bullet Band was 16 members strong including Bob himself. And they were as tight as ever.

When he did his final encore with "Night Moves", I was a 12 year old kid again hearing it for the first time.
Just a great show, great songwriter, singer, and performer!

At 66 years old…this may have been the last time he will tour. Who knows? But I’m glad I FINALLY got to see one of the performers who contributed to the soundtrack of my life.

Trailer Park Trash @The Bikini Bar 12/16/2011

It’s gonna be a wild ass Trailer Park Trash Christmas at The Bikini Bar in Las Vegas! I will be giving free guitar lessons to any so-called "musicians" in town sitting in the audience. And of course Claudia Marie will be onstage in a tiny bikini with her fat round ass shaking and her GIANT fake boobs "accidentally" falling out constantly.

TRAILER PARK TRASH SHOW REPORT FROM OCT 14, 2011

Oct. 14, 2011 was a lot of fun!
First off I spent the preceding weeks re-designing my guitar rig. I brought it down to an incredible compact system that is the Line 6 POD HD500 coupled with the Bogner/Line6 DT150 tube amp. That system is an amazing technological wonder to behold.

The HD 500 controls the "topography" of the tube amp. And when you switch preamps on the HD 500 the DT150 PHYSICALLY changes it’s tube layout, grid voltage, etc to match the chosen amp model. It’s really, really something!

I also decided to move away from my Jeff Beck signature Fender Custom Shop Strat a bit. By "move away" I mean I used it for only 2 of the 4 sets we played. lol  And the guitar I edged back towards? My Floyd Rose Redmond Series Model K guitar. Both guitars play and sound SO sweet.

Claudia Marie caught a cold a few days before the gig and her voice was really struggling. But she pulled it together and sang the entire night. Thank God that her gigantic fake boobs kept "accidentally" falling out of the tiny, tiny bikini she wore for the performance!

Here are some pics from that night:  http://tptrash.com/livepics/10142011vegas/

And now some big news:
TRAILER PARK TRASH RETURNS TO THE BIKINI BAR ON FRIDAY NOV. 25, 2011!!!
My birthday in on the 23rd….so I plan on celebrating the night of the 25th! And as usual…I’m sure that CM will service a few lucky studs that night as well! Don’t miss this show!

TRAILER PARK TRASH "LIVE" FRIDAY OCT 14, 2011

Oh yeah! We RISE again!

On Friday Oct. 14th myself and Claudia Marie once again take to the stage! Fabulous Las Vegas is the city…bright lights, rock-n-roll, high rollers, THE BIG CITY! 

And the venue is THE BIKINI BAR. This place is a lot of fun and the bartender girls wear bikinis (and girls who come in wearing a bikini drink half price all night long.

It doesn’t get much better than this! Great bar, hot chicks in bikinis, and TPT rockin’ the house ALL NIGHT LONG baby!

Paul McCartney In Concert

Claudia Marie and I went to the Grand Garden Arena at the MGM Grand on Friday, June 10, 2011 and I witnessed something that I never thought I would get to in my lifetime.

I went to Paul McCartney in concert! One half of the greatest songwriting team in history. A Beatle. The man who was the soundtrack to my youth as I hit puberty in the 7th grade and "Band On The Run" was number one.

And the truly amazing thing about it is the fact that up until a few years ago Paul didn’t play these Beatles songs. Matter of fact, many of them had NEVER been performed live by any member of the Beatles since they stopped touring in the 1960’s before they hit their big string of musical genius inspired albums.

The show kicked off with: Magical Mystery Tour!!!
And yeah, it felt like it!

I was a little concerned how the show would go…Paul McCartney turns 69 years old on June 18, 2011. And when I was growing up, most people were in wheelchairs or walkers when they are hitting 70 years of age. But Paul looked great! And he put on a 2 hour plus show and sang his ass off! Hitting the high notes and full of energy.

He played bass of course. And he also played electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, and ukelele.

And he delivered the hits: From WIngs he did Band On The Run, Jet, Maybe I’m Amazed

And The Beatles catalog? You KNOW it!  Day Tripper, Eleanor Rigby, Day In The Life, etc.

Before they kicked Day In The Life, Paul announced there were some special guests in the crowd and the cameras went to the front row and there were Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, and George Harrison’s widow! And at the end of Day In The Life the band shifted into Lennon/Ono’s "Give Peace A Chance" while the crowd sang along.

It was poignant moment. I realized that back in the 60’s and early 70’s our youth rose up and protested the Vietnam War. Our musicians like John Lennon, our artists, our writers, even the press were all protesting the U.S. using the military to kill people in a foreign country.

And here we are in 2011: War in Iraq, Afghanistan, we’re bombing Libya and Yemen and our military occupies 200 countries! It’s harder to name a country that we DON’T have troops in than it is to name the ones we do because there are so many.

And our youth says nothing. Our "musicians" are clowns like Justin Bieber. It’s sad.

And seeing Paul McCartney leading the crowd and Yoko Ono on the screen chanting "Give Peace A Chance" was awe-inspiring to me.

Later Paul did his tribute to George Harrison starting on the ukelele and then the whole band kicking in for a magnificent version of "Something"

Explosions and flames kicked in on Wings "Live And Let Die"

Then Paul kicked it up. A gorgeous version of "Let It Be"  brought a tear to my eye. 
He ended the regular show with "Hey Jude" which had 17,000 people singing along at full voice!

The crowd demanded an encore and the band came back out and drilled "Helter Skelter"   Fuck yeah!

And then the crowd wanted another encore.
Paul came out and grabbed an acoustic guitar and played "Yesterday"

Wow!

The show ended when they did Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)   I hopped up and we were walking down the steps as they were coming to the end of Sgt. Peppers…when I stopped in my tracks as they switched gears mid-song and hit "Golden Slumbers"
The show ended PERFECTLY with Paul singing the end of Golden Slumbers:
"And in the end…The love you take, is equal to the love…You Make"

Cinderella In Concert Saturday June 4, 2011 Las Vegas

Claudia and I went to see the band Cinderella at The Chrome Room here in Vegas at The Santa Fe Station Casino.
I had last seen the band back in 1991 in Augusta Georgia on a bill with Faster PussyCat and David Lee Roth. And I have to say that Cinderella kicked everybodies ass that night. I went in thinking that Tom Keifer (the singer/guitarist for Cinderella) was nothing more than a glam poser. I went out realizing what a GREAT singer and talented player with a respect for the blues that he is.

Last night I didn’t know what to expect…but the band, after going through many changes over 25 years together, was back to the same lineup that I saw 20 years ago. And they were absolutely PHENOMENAL.

First off, The Chrome Room was absolutely packed. They have concerts there all the time, but this was the biggest sold out house I’ve ever seen there. And that includes a few months back when I saw NightRanger there.

And the band didn’t let their fans down one bit. The hits started rolling: "Somebody Save Me", "Nobodies Fool", "Last Train Out Of My Heart", "Don’t Know What You Got ‘Til It’s Gone", "Coming Home", "We All Need A Little Shelter", and more.  And Tom Keifer once again showed his incredible musicianship…playing some beautiful slide guitar, piano, and even saxophone. And his voice was top notch as he went up and hit some awesome high notes and sang with total authority.

I told Claudia that I was so impressed with his bluesy playing on guitar. And how when Cinderella first came out back in 1986 they played "pointy" guitars…but last night Keifer played a Les Paul, a Fender Telecaster, a Dan Armstrong plexiglass guitar, and a Gibson double neck…plus some nice acoustic guitars. He was just a monster up there.

Which just shows the strange direction of the music industry.

Here is a guy who has millions of fans, incredible vocal and instrumental talent, and the ability to write million selling hit songs. And yet…can’t get a record deal! Meanwhile shows like "American Idol" and "The Voice" are trying to find new "stars" who can’t even come close to singing as well as Tom Keifer. Much less have his songwriting skills and incredible musicianship.

It’s perplexing to think that this generation sees that kid Scotty who won American Idol as a great singer, while a guy like Keifer plays for fans every night and is ignored by the media and what’s left of the record industry. No offense to Scotty…but that kid is not even in the same league as Tom Keifer. And neither are any of the winners from past years either.

So while a clown like Justin Bieber rules the air waves….out in the trenches are real singers, real entertainers, real musicians.

If Cinderella’s current "25 Year Anniversary Tour" comes to your town…I wholeheartedly endorse it and recommend you see them.
 

GARY MOORE DEAD AT AGE 58

One of the greatest guitar players in the world. I spent a lot of time over the last 20 years TRYING to get his tone (and failed miserably). RIP Gary Moore:

Had A Blast!

Thanks to everyone who came and saw us play on Friday Dec. 3 at Brandos. Thanks to JC, Destiny Riley, and their crew. Thanks to Penn and the Cactus Club crew. Thanks to the folks from Gilleys.

And a big thank you to all the girls who got naked. I never get tired of seeing boobs and butts!