Chords for Blackie Lawless to Roadies After 1987 WASP/Donington Show, "Grab the SOB & take him to the airport"
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This excerpt was taken from [E] a Full and Bloom interview with producer [Eb] engineer [D] Alex Woltman.
You [Gm] can listen to the [Am] entire interview at [D] fullandbloom.com or on YouTube.
Click the links in the description.
I got a good one here too.
Okay, so you might notice some pieces on this.
We get done with the record and I think, is it Benelli that's now, he can't go, okay
they're going to do the, like [N] Donington or some Monster or Rock or something in England.
Yeah, the big Rock Fest in the summer of that summer, which would be what, 86?
And Blackie goes, you know any drummers?
I'm like, yeah.
Oh, you mean Steve Riley couldn't go?
No, yeah, you're right.
Riley couldn't go.
So Blackie's like, gotta find a drummer.
He's got, they're going to go play this big show.
And so I, you ever hear of a guitar player named Greg Leon?
Of course, yeah.
Greg Leon, invasion?
I think, no, no, that, well, I don't know if it was the invasion or not, but Greg Leon
had something to do with meeting Motley Crue before they were signed kind of a thing.
He was in Sweet 19 with Tommy Lee.
Yeah, yeah, okay, so I met, he's somebody, I met Greg Leon and then in playing Greg Leon's
band was a guy who I ended up producing the Lizzie Borden record with, Elliot Solomon,
who became my really good buddy for a while.
And the drummer in their band was a dude named Kelly.
Can't tell you the last name, I don't know it.
And so this Kelly guy was like, man, he was one damn good drummer.
Now he was, he's just in an LA band, right?
Greg Leon's band, poor Greg, never, never, never hit it big in his bands.
Right.
So I did some recordings with him and it just, it wasn't quite good enough of a band, but
this drummer guy is great.
So Blackie goes, are you guys got a drummer?
I'm like, yeah, I got this, this guy I could hook you up with.
I said, but I got to give a disclaimer.
I only know the guy from having him come into the studio and play drums.
I don't personally know him, so I can't vouch for his character.
And I was really clear because, you know, if someone wants a referral, you know, I'm
only going to go off the fact this guy could play and he could play like no one's business.
So Blackie's like, okay, well connect me up.
So I told this dude, Kelly, hey, Blackie Lawless is looking for a drummer to go to this,
I'll call it the Donington Festival for lack of whatever else.
I think that's what it was.
And so this guy's, you know, this is like a big shot, right?
He's all excited.
And so I connect him up and, you know, maybe a couple of weeks later,
I talked to Blackie and he goes, hey, yeah, taking that guy to England.
That guy's rocking, man.
You call it good.
I said, okay, good luck to you.
Let me know how it goes.
So they go.
Few weeks or so later, Blackie comes in like, hey, how'd it go?
He goes, oh man, it wasn't good.
He goes, but I got to tell you.
And he goes, well, and he starts kind of laughing and he kind of puts his head down, puts his,
you know, shaking his head thinking what the hell went wrong?
And he says, they're getting ready to go on stage.
And, you know, this is like the massive rock concert.
There's thousands of people out there, tens of thousands.
He says they're backstage and they have like, you know, maybe 10 minutes to go.
And he hears the crowd go nuts.
And he looks up, he goes, what the hell's going on?
Why is the crowd screaming their head off?
And he looks around and there's Donnie Rodd and his Holmes.
He walks to the side of the stage and says the drummer is standing in the middle of the
stage with his arms up and he's throwing the devil horns and he's taking bowels right in
front of the big crowd all by himself.
And so Blackie's, I go, what the hell did you do?
He goes, I told the guys, get your ass out there now.
We got to start.
So they went out there and they played the set.
He said the set went really well.
He said the second it was done, he told his roadies, grab the son of a bitch and take
him straight to the airport.
So this dude named Kelly had his golden 90 minutes or probably an hour.
And, and what could you believe the arrogance of some dude who gets hired to go out with
you know, an internationally recognized touring band.
And he's walked in front of the crowd of 50, 60, 70,000 people.
And he's putting his arms up in the air, like, look at me.
Have seen Blackie's face would have been worth a million dollars.
And so I just, I just like, oh, dude, I'm sorry.
He's like, you didn't know.
I said, yeah, I remember.
I go, told you I can't, I'm not going to vouch for his character.
I just tell you, I know a good drummer.
I want to see a good drummer.
You know, you want a good keyboard player.
I'm going to get you guys going to play it like the record.
I don't recommend people unless they are like spot the fuck on, but some dudes are a little screwy.
That guy's a little screwy.
So never knew what happened to Kelly, but I remember he had a hot girlfriend.
I'm sure he's, he's probably insuring salesman now or something like that.
Or that he's dead.
He's probably fat with short hair, you know, has some sales job.
His grandkids now tell me, I play with wasp.
Somebody would have pictures of him.
He probably wouldn't have them now.
But I gotta say, I said, I'm not vouching for his character.
I don't know the dude personally.
[Am] He just came in and did these recordings and I played like one or two nights and I saw,
I saw him play a show one time.
I'm like, yeah, [E] that dude is really good.
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You [Gm] can listen to the [Am] entire interview at [D] fullandbloom.com or on YouTube.
Click the links in the description.
I got a good one here too.
Okay, so you might notice some pieces on this.
We get done with the record and I think, is it Benelli that's now, he can't go, okay
they're going to do the, like [N] Donington or some Monster or Rock or something in England.
Yeah, the big Rock Fest in the summer of that summer, which would be what, 86?
And Blackie goes, you know any drummers?
I'm like, yeah.
Oh, you mean Steve Riley couldn't go?
No, yeah, you're right.
Riley couldn't go.
So Blackie's like, gotta find a drummer.
He's got, they're going to go play this big show.
And so I, you ever hear of a guitar player named Greg Leon?
Of course, yeah.
Greg Leon, invasion?
I think, no, no, that, well, I don't know if it was the invasion or not, but Greg Leon
had something to do with meeting Motley Crue before they were signed kind of a thing.
He was in Sweet 19 with Tommy Lee.
Yeah, yeah, okay, so I met, he's somebody, I met Greg Leon and then in playing Greg Leon's
band was a guy who I ended up producing the Lizzie Borden record with, Elliot Solomon,
who became my really good buddy for a while.
And the drummer in their band was a dude named Kelly.
Can't tell you the last name, I don't know it.
And so this Kelly guy was like, man, he was one damn good drummer.
Now he was, he's just in an LA band, right?
Greg Leon's band, poor Greg, never, never, never hit it big in his bands.
Right.
So I did some recordings with him and it just, it wasn't quite good enough of a band, but
this drummer guy is great.
So Blackie goes, are you guys got a drummer?
I'm like, yeah, I got this, this guy I could hook you up with.
I said, but I got to give a disclaimer.
I only know the guy from having him come into the studio and play drums.
I don't personally know him, so I can't vouch for his character.
And I was really clear because, you know, if someone wants a referral, you know, I'm
only going to go off the fact this guy could play and he could play like no one's business.
So Blackie's like, okay, well connect me up.
So I told this dude, Kelly, hey, Blackie Lawless is looking for a drummer to go to this,
I'll call it the Donington Festival for lack of whatever else.
I think that's what it was.
And so this guy's, you know, this is like a big shot, right?
He's all excited.
And so I connect him up and, you know, maybe a couple of weeks later,
I talked to Blackie and he goes, hey, yeah, taking that guy to England.
That guy's rocking, man.
You call it good.
I said, okay, good luck to you.
Let me know how it goes.
So they go.
Few weeks or so later, Blackie comes in like, hey, how'd it go?
He goes, oh man, it wasn't good.
He goes, but I got to tell you.
And he goes, well, and he starts kind of laughing and he kind of puts his head down, puts his,
you know, shaking his head thinking what the hell went wrong?
And he says, they're getting ready to go on stage.
And, you know, this is like the massive rock concert.
There's thousands of people out there, tens of thousands.
He says they're backstage and they have like, you know, maybe 10 minutes to go.
And he hears the crowd go nuts.
And he looks up, he goes, what the hell's going on?
Why is the crowd screaming their head off?
And he looks around and there's Donnie Rodd and his Holmes.
He walks to the side of the stage and says the drummer is standing in the middle of the
stage with his arms up and he's throwing the devil horns and he's taking bowels right in
front of the big crowd all by himself.
And so Blackie's, I go, what the hell did you do?
He goes, I told the guys, get your ass out there now.
We got to start.
So they went out there and they played the set.
He said the set went really well.
He said the second it was done, he told his roadies, grab the son of a bitch and take
him straight to the airport.
So this dude named Kelly had his golden 90 minutes or probably an hour.
And, and what could you believe the arrogance of some dude who gets hired to go out with
you know, an internationally recognized touring band.
And he's walked in front of the crowd of 50, 60, 70,000 people.
And he's putting his arms up in the air, like, look at me.
Have seen Blackie's face would have been worth a million dollars.
And so I just, I just like, oh, dude, I'm sorry.
He's like, you didn't know.
I said, yeah, I remember.
I go, told you I can't, I'm not going to vouch for his character.
I just tell you, I know a good drummer.
I want to see a good drummer.
You know, you want a good keyboard player.
I'm going to get you guys going to play it like the record.
I don't recommend people unless they are like spot the fuck on, but some dudes are a little screwy.
That guy's a little screwy.
So never knew what happened to Kelly, but I remember he had a hot girlfriend.
I'm sure he's, he's probably insuring salesman now or something like that.
Or that he's dead.
He's probably fat with short hair, you know, has some sales job.
His grandkids now tell me, I play with wasp.
Somebody would have pictures of him.
He probably wouldn't have them now.
But I gotta say, I said, I'm not vouching for his character.
I don't know the dude personally.
[Am] He just came in and did these recordings and I played like one or two nights and I saw,
I saw him play a show one time.
I'm like, yeah, [E] that dude is really good.
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This excerpt was taken from [E] a Full and Bloom interview with producer [Eb] engineer [D] Alex Woltman.
You [Gm] can listen to the [Am] entire interview at [D] fullandbloom.com or on YouTube.
Click the links in the description.
I got a good one here too.
Okay, so you might notice some pieces on this.
We get done with the record and I think, is it Benelli that's now, he can't go, okay
they're going to do the, like [N] Donington or some Monster or Rock or something in England.
Yeah, the big Rock Fest in the summer of that summer, which would be what, 86?
And Blackie goes, you know any drummers?
I'm like, yeah.
Oh, you mean Steve Riley couldn't go?
No, yeah, you're right.
Riley couldn't go.
So Blackie's like, gotta find a drummer.
He's got, they're going to go play this big show.
And so I, you ever hear of a guitar player named Greg Leon?
Of course, yeah.
Greg Leon, invasion?
I think, no, no, that, well, I don't know if it was the invasion or not, but Greg Leon
had something to do with meeting Motley Crue before they were signed kind of a thing.
He was in Sweet 19 with Tommy Lee.
Yeah, yeah, okay, so I met, he's somebody, I met Greg Leon and then in playing Greg Leon's
band was a guy who I ended up producing the Lizzie Borden record with, Elliot Solomon,
who became my really good buddy for a while.
And the drummer in their band was a dude named Kelly.
Can't tell you the last name, I don't know it.
And so this Kelly guy was like, man, he was one damn good drummer.
Now he was, he's just in an LA band, right?
Greg Leon's band, poor Greg, never, never, never hit it big in his bands.
Right.
So I did some recordings with him and it just, it wasn't quite good enough of a band, but
this drummer guy is great.
So Blackie goes, are you guys got a drummer?
I'm like, yeah, I got this, this guy I could hook you up with.
I said, but I got to give a disclaimer.
I only know the guy from having him come into the studio and play drums.
I don't personally know him, so I can't vouch for his character.
And I was really clear because, you know, if someone wants a referral, you know, I'm
only going to go off the fact this guy could play and he could play like no one's business.
So Blackie's like, okay, well connect me up.
So I told this dude, Kelly, hey, Blackie Lawless is looking for a drummer to go to this,
I'll call it the Donington Festival for lack of whatever else.
I think that's what it was.
And so this guy's, you know, this is like a big shot, right?
He's all excited.
And so I connect him up and, you know, maybe a couple of weeks later,
I talked to Blackie and he goes, hey, yeah, taking that guy to England.
That guy's rocking, man.
You call it good.
I said, okay, good luck to you.
Let me know how it goes.
So they go.
Few weeks or so later, Blackie comes in like, hey, how'd it go?
He goes, oh man, it wasn't good.
He goes, but I got to tell you.
And he goes, well, and he starts kind of laughing and he kind of puts his head down, puts his,
you know, shaking his head thinking what the hell went wrong?
And he says, they're getting ready to go on stage.
And, you know, this is like the massive rock concert.
There's thousands of people out there, tens of thousands.
He says they're backstage and they have like, you know, maybe 10 minutes to go.
And he hears the crowd go nuts.
And he looks up, he goes, what the hell's going on?
Why is the crowd screaming their head off?
And he looks around and there's Donnie Rodd and his Holmes.
He walks to the side of the stage and says the drummer is standing in the middle of the
stage with his arms up and he's throwing the devil horns and he's taking bowels right in
front of the big crowd all by himself.
_ And so Blackie's, I go, what the hell did you do?
He goes, I told the guys, get your ass out there now.
We got to start.
So they went out there and they played the set.
He said the set went really well.
He said the second it was done, he told his roadies, grab the son of a bitch and take
him straight to the airport.
So this dude named Kelly had his golden 90 minutes or probably an hour.
And, and what could you believe the arrogance of some dude who gets hired to go out with
you know, _ an internationally recognized touring band.
And he's walked in front of the crowd of 50, 60, 70,000 people.
And he's putting his arms up in the air, like, look at me.
Have seen Blackie's face would have been worth a million dollars.
_ And so I just, I just like, oh, dude, I'm sorry.
He's like, you didn't know.
I said, yeah, I remember.
I go, told you I can't, I'm not going to vouch for his character.
I just tell you, I know a good drummer.
I want to see a good drummer.
You know, you want a good keyboard player.
I'm going to get you guys going to play it like the record.
I don't recommend people unless they are like spot the fuck on, but some dudes are a little screwy.
That guy's a little screwy.
So never knew what happened to Kelly, but I remember he had a hot girlfriend.
I'm sure he's, he's probably insuring salesman now or something like that.
Or that he's dead.
_ He's probably fat with short hair, you know, has some sales job.
His _ grandkids now tell me, I play with wasp.
Somebody would have pictures of him.
He probably wouldn't have them now.
But I gotta say, I said, I'm not vouching for his character.
I don't know the dude personally.
[Am] He just came in and did these recordings and I played like one or two nights and I saw,
I saw him play a show one time.
I'm like, yeah, [E] that dude is really good.
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
You [Gm] can listen to the [Am] entire interview at [D] fullandbloom.com or on YouTube.
Click the links in the description.
I got a good one here too.
Okay, so you might notice some pieces on this.
We get done with the record and I think, is it Benelli that's now, he can't go, okay
they're going to do the, like [N] Donington or some Monster or Rock or something in England.
Yeah, the big Rock Fest in the summer of that summer, which would be what, 86?
And Blackie goes, you know any drummers?
I'm like, yeah.
Oh, you mean Steve Riley couldn't go?
No, yeah, you're right.
Riley couldn't go.
So Blackie's like, gotta find a drummer.
He's got, they're going to go play this big show.
And so I, you ever hear of a guitar player named Greg Leon?
Of course, yeah.
Greg Leon, invasion?
I think, no, no, that, well, I don't know if it was the invasion or not, but Greg Leon
had something to do with meeting Motley Crue before they were signed kind of a thing.
He was in Sweet 19 with Tommy Lee.
Yeah, yeah, okay, so I met, he's somebody, I met Greg Leon and then in playing Greg Leon's
band was a guy who I ended up producing the Lizzie Borden record with, Elliot Solomon,
who became my really good buddy for a while.
And the drummer in their band was a dude named Kelly.
Can't tell you the last name, I don't know it.
And so this Kelly guy was like, man, he was one damn good drummer.
Now he was, he's just in an LA band, right?
Greg Leon's band, poor Greg, never, never, never hit it big in his bands.
Right.
So I did some recordings with him and it just, it wasn't quite good enough of a band, but
this drummer guy is great.
So Blackie goes, are you guys got a drummer?
I'm like, yeah, I got this, this guy I could hook you up with.
I said, but I got to give a disclaimer.
I only know the guy from having him come into the studio and play drums.
I don't personally know him, so I can't vouch for his character.
And I was really clear because, you know, if someone wants a referral, you know, I'm
only going to go off the fact this guy could play and he could play like no one's business.
So Blackie's like, okay, well connect me up.
So I told this dude, Kelly, hey, Blackie Lawless is looking for a drummer to go to this,
I'll call it the Donington Festival for lack of whatever else.
I think that's what it was.
And so this guy's, you know, this is like a big shot, right?
He's all excited.
And so I connect him up and, you know, maybe a couple of weeks later,
I talked to Blackie and he goes, hey, yeah, taking that guy to England.
That guy's rocking, man.
You call it good.
I said, okay, good luck to you.
Let me know how it goes.
So they go.
Few weeks or so later, Blackie comes in like, hey, how'd it go?
He goes, oh man, it wasn't good.
He goes, but I got to tell you.
And he goes, well, and he starts kind of laughing and he kind of puts his head down, puts his,
you know, shaking his head thinking what the hell went wrong?
And he says, they're getting ready to go on stage.
And, you know, this is like the massive rock concert.
There's thousands of people out there, tens of thousands.
He says they're backstage and they have like, you know, maybe 10 minutes to go.
And he hears the crowd go nuts.
And he looks up, he goes, what the hell's going on?
Why is the crowd screaming their head off?
And he looks around and there's Donnie Rodd and his Holmes.
He walks to the side of the stage and says the drummer is standing in the middle of the
stage with his arms up and he's throwing the devil horns and he's taking bowels right in
front of the big crowd all by himself.
_ And so Blackie's, I go, what the hell did you do?
He goes, I told the guys, get your ass out there now.
We got to start.
So they went out there and they played the set.
He said the set went really well.
He said the second it was done, he told his roadies, grab the son of a bitch and take
him straight to the airport.
So this dude named Kelly had his golden 90 minutes or probably an hour.
And, and what could you believe the arrogance of some dude who gets hired to go out with
you know, _ an internationally recognized touring band.
And he's walked in front of the crowd of 50, 60, 70,000 people.
And he's putting his arms up in the air, like, look at me.
Have seen Blackie's face would have been worth a million dollars.
_ And so I just, I just like, oh, dude, I'm sorry.
He's like, you didn't know.
I said, yeah, I remember.
I go, told you I can't, I'm not going to vouch for his character.
I just tell you, I know a good drummer.
I want to see a good drummer.
You know, you want a good keyboard player.
I'm going to get you guys going to play it like the record.
I don't recommend people unless they are like spot the fuck on, but some dudes are a little screwy.
That guy's a little screwy.
So never knew what happened to Kelly, but I remember he had a hot girlfriend.
I'm sure he's, he's probably insuring salesman now or something like that.
Or that he's dead.
_ He's probably fat with short hair, you know, has some sales job.
His _ grandkids now tell me, I play with wasp.
Somebody would have pictures of him.
He probably wouldn't have them now.
But I gotta say, I said, I'm not vouching for his character.
I don't know the dude personally.
[Am] He just came in and did these recordings and I played like one or two nights and I saw,
I saw him play a show one time.
I'm like, yeah, [E] that dude is really good.
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