JAM FOR RON ASHETON

Art Work was done by Greg McKeighan in the poster I posted......

Thanks for the info!!

Scott, Mike and Steve will be there?? OH SHIT I have to make this!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you make it Steve!

Me too! I should know today, tomorrow at the very latest.

Got my plane ticket and just got my ticket to the Jam.

I am there!

Natalie wrote:

Got my plane ticket and just got my ticket to the Jam.

I am there!

Have a great trip!!

Bring a camera and a notepad!!

Natalie wrote:

Got my plane ticket and just got my ticket to the Jam.

I am there!

YAY! It should be great- I just wish there was some way I could swing it...please take photos for us!

Have camera, will travel!

Natalie wrote:

Got my plane ticket and just got my ticket to the Jam.

I am there!

Great to hear, Natalie!

Well SHIT.

I can't get the damn time off work. I'm hosed.

Natalie, please have a good time for BOTH of us, OK?

Loose1969 wrote:

Well SHIT.

I can't get the damn time off work. I'm hosed.

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aww, shame you can't make it Steve!

Yeah, I'm pretty bummed.
I was afraid that might happen, but I thought my boss might be able to cut me loose for a couple of days. Unfortunately we're running on a skeleton crew right now.

I repeat- SHIT.

Well, I'm pretty sure I'll be there. Honestly, I'm not so sure about this. These kind of "jams" can go a whole lot of ways and not all of them are good. I'm hopeful but a bit wary.

Loose1969 wrote:

Well SHIT.

I can't get the damn time off work. I'm hosed.

Natalie, please have a good time for BOTH of us, OK?

That really sucks!

heavy liquid wrote:

Loose1969 wrote:

Well SHIT.

I can't get the damn time off work. I'm hosed.

Natalie, please have a good time for BOTH of us, OK?

That really sucks!

That it does.

Steve,

That really does suck. I was hoping we could meet up and have fun together. I promise to have some extra fun just for you. I will try my best to get some photos.

Natalie

Bad luck there Steve. I really wish I was going. If anyone hears about anything similar in London please make sure and post about it.

Natalie wrote:

Steve,

That really does suck. I was hoping we could meet up and have fun together. I promise to have some extra fun just for you. I will try my best to get some photos.

Natalie

Thanks, Natalie. I was also hoping to meet you as well. It would have been a blast! This is a double downer.

Give my regards to Scotty if you get the opportunity..

I really wish I could be at the "Jam For Ron" today. I hope it goes well for all that attend and all those who perform. It is truly sad that Ron didn't make it long enough to see his band inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, but for all of us Stooges fans that didn't matter because we all already knew that Ron was a bona-fide Rock Star.

So, the jam was last night. The high points were meeting fellow Stooge Board members Natalie and Radish.

The music was, well, shambolic seems like a nice word to use. The most interesting aspect was that the official guitarist for the evening was Scott Thurston. He played a few songs along with Scott Asheton, Steve Mackay and Mike Watt. An endless array of people came and went on various instruments, most of them without being named. In fact, that was really frustrating - so many people came and went with no indication who they were or why they were there. Some were recognizable - the drummer from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Don Bolles and maybe a couple of others I'm not remembering. Mostly it was just people taking up space on the stage and playing sloppy versions of Stooges songs.

The opening acts ran the gamut from awful to decent and seemed to have little or no connection to anything that was going on or to anything related to Ron Asheton.

Overall it was pretty much what I would expect from a jam session. And as a good friend of mine said when I told him that this show was coming up - "nothing says Ron Asheton like a jam session."

I'm glad I went in Ron's honor. It was one year to the day from his funeral
(Tuesday January 13, 2009) and seemed a good way to spend the time - whatever might occur onstage. And, as I said, I got to finally meet Natalie Schlossman and Radish (I won't reveal her name as that would be ungentlemanly to presume that she would want that).

Overall, I'd say you didn't miss much if you weren't there. Let's see what the others have to say.

I know a few pix are going to go up on a blog soon, and will link same when applicable. The
evening's weirdest moments came when, while jamming with Awesome Color's Derek Stanton, singer Michael CircusBoy pissed off the band (including Steve MacKay, Chilli Pepper Chad Smith, Scott Thurston) by trashing the band's own equipment instead of directing his onstage chaos towards a more Ig-worthy adversary, the actual audience. No bottles or cameras were thrown.

Oh, and the last performer was from the Stooges tribute band, The Raw Power Rangers. What a thrill for its singer to be backed by actual Rock Action.

review+photos:
http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/14/ron-asheton-tribute-jam/

Better pictures now posted further on in the thread, so these ones have been removed.