Robert Berry has managed to survive in the treacherous minefield that is the music business and flourished as a performer, songwriter and producer. It seems he's done it all. While he may be best known as the vocalist/bass player in the ELP spinoff, 3, with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, Berry impressive list of credits include a stint fronting Ambrosia, and long running affiliations with Alliance, December People, and the Greg Kihn Band. Berry has released 5 solo albums, contributed to a number of high-profile tribute albums and has an impressive track record in the studio.
2017 was noteworthy for some major efforts. Early in the years, Berry, on bass and lead vocals joined with Terry Brock (GIANT, STRANGEWAYS) on lead vocals, Gary Pihl (BOSTON, SAMMY HAGAR, ALLIANCE) on guitar, and Matt Starr (ACE FREHLEY, MR. BIG) on drums, to form ALL 41. They released the band's debut album, "World's Best Hope". Simultaneously, he mounted a dedicated effort to complete his collaboration with Keith Emerson on the long awaited 3 follow up.
That album, which took shape in 2016, was nearly shattered with the news of Keith Emerson tragic death.Ultimately and as a tribute to the friendship of Emerson and Berry, it somewhat painfully got back on track and The Rules Have Changed on Frontiers Music SRL was released earlier this year.
THE RULES
HAVE
CHANGED
3.2
ROBERT BERRY
AND
KEITH EMERSON
Available NOW at amazon.com
Purchase the latest album from Robert Berry and Keith Emerson
entitled 3.2 The Rules Have Changed at amazon.com
Also the incredible Classic Rock Christmas CD collection by
Also don’t forget to purchase a copy of my book entitled Check the Gs -the true story of an eclectic American family and their Wacky family business ... available now at amazon.com.
SUZI QUATRO is an
internationally renowned renaissance woman. Although most of her extraordinary
achievements in the arts were celebrated outside the United States, she has
left a momentous impression as the original first lady of rock ‘n’ roll.
The leather clad, bass guitar slingin,’ Motor City- rock ‘n’ roll queen-
Quatro, first gained notoriety in the early 60’s playing venues around Detroit
in an all-female garage rock band called The Pleasure Seekers. Her sister Arlene became the bands piano player and
Suzi’s older sister Patti
Quatro their
guitarist. Patti would later become epitomized as a member for yet another
all-girl rock sensation ‘Fanny’ (“Butter Boy” #29 Hit on
Billboard’s Hot 100).
The Pleasure Seekers
shared the limelight in those early days with future rock legends Bob Seger,
Grand Funk Railroad, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper and many other acts. In
1965, The Pleasure Seekers recorded two singles, “Never Thought You’d
Leave Me” and “What a Way to Die.” In 1968, Mercury Records signed The
Pleasure Seekers to a recording contract and the band began touring
extensively throughout the U.S. and internationally. Also that year, the band
toured with Eric Burdon and The Animals.
With the music scene rapidly changing into heavier album rock format FM radio,
the band quickly shifted gears. They formed a new band called ‘Cradle’ which spotlighted the sensational
vocalizations of Suzi and Nancy
Quatro. Cradle became
an incredible psychedelic/hard rock act that toured with groups like The
Jefferson Airplane, Jeff Beck, Santana, Ten Years After, Traffic, Mountain, and
numerous other bands. The band broke up in 1973.
Suzi Quatro’s vivacious performances in Cradle caught the
attention of legendary British producer Mickie Most (The Animals, Herman’s Hermits, The Jeff
Beck Group, Donovan, Hot Chocolate and Lulu). In 1971, Quatro moved to England
permanently and signed onto Mosts’ label RAK Records.
Her first single was called, “Rolling Stone” (#1 Hit in Portugal) and featured
Peter Frampton (Humble Pie) on guitars, Micky Waller (Jeff Beck Group) on drums
and Errol Brown (Hot Chocolate) on back-up vocals. After modest success from
her debut single, Most brought in the songwriting and production team of Nicky
Chinn and Mike Chapman.
Quatro immediately hit the road on a UK tour supporting the bands Thin Lizzy
and headliners Slade.
Suzi Quatro’s second single; “Can the Can” became a #1 Hit in Europe and
Australia in 1973. Quatro followed with a string of hits, “48 Crash,” “Daytona
Demon,” and “Devil Gate Drive.” Each sold over a million copies.
Quatro supported Alice Cooper on his ‘Welcome to my Nightmare’
tour in 1975 but couldn’t duplicate the notoriety she earned in the UK and
Australia. But in 1979, Suzi scored big in the U.S. with the hit, “Stumblin’
In” (#4 Hit on
Billboard’s Hot100) a Chinn/ Chapman penned composition performed as a duet
with Chris
Norman (Smokie).
Suzi Quatro became
a household name in the U.S. as ‘Leather
Tuscadero’ on
the hit Television sitcom, ‘Happy Days.’ Leather was the leader of an all-girl
band called, ‘Leather Tuscadero and the Suedes.’ Her sister in the series was
‘Pinky Tuscadero’ a former girlfriend of ‘The Fonz.’ Garry Marshall offered her
an audition after seeing a picture of Suzi on his daughter’s bedroom wall.
In 2005, Quatro was featured in a documentary film called, ‘Naked Under Leather’illustrating her life and much-esteemed
career. Also that year she recorded a tribute song, “Singing
With Angels” dedicated
to her lifetime idol Elvis Presley at Emerald Studios in Nashville
with Presley’s original backup singers The
Jordanaires. Quatro
released her self-written autobiography, ‘Unzipped’ in 2007.
In 2010, Quatro was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends online Hall of Fame. Quatro released her fifteenth studio
album, In the Spotlight in 2011.
Suzi Quatro has sold over 50-million records and helped pave the wave for
generations of women rockers. Some of the women inspired by Quatro are Joan Jett, The Runaways, Pat Benatar and Deborah
Harry to name just a few.
Let’s hope the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame realizes
that too.
And just think … it all began when her father gave her a 1957 Fender Precision,
her first bass guitar, which she still plays today.
Recently Quatro
performed at the third “Remember the Child” Dick Wagner memorial fund concert
at the MotorCity Sound Board. Proceeds went to the Children’s Miracle Network
Hospitals, which include Beaumont Children’s Hospital and Flint’s Hurley
Children’s Hospital, providing music therapy and music instruction to
hospitalized children. Wagner’s old friend Mark Farner, who rocketed to fame
with Flint’s Grand Funk Railroad, headlined the roster of talent, along with
Suzi Quatro and the Pleasure Seekers.
Suzi celebrates over 53
years of performing and eloquently states …
"I
WILL RETIRE WHEN I GO ONSTAGE, SHAKE MY ASS,
AND THERE IS SILENCE"
QSP
featuring Suzi Quatro
Andy Scott (guitar Sweet)
and Don Powell (drums Slade)
can be purchase atamazon.com
The
Girl From Detroit City
A four CD set, the first ever career-spanning anthology
from
And don’t forget to purchase a copy of my book entitled Check the
Gs -the true story of an eclectic American family and their Wacky family
business… or the second edition entitled …Wacky Shenanigans on F Street-
‘Proud to be Politically Incorrect in Washington DC’ ... available now at
amazon.com. You’ll live it!!!
Prog Icon Billy Sherwood To
Release Solo Album and Career Retrospective – Now Available as a Direct
Sales Offer Only!
On November 6th Frontiers Music
Srl will Release Sherwood's Brilliant New concept album
entitled 'CITIZEN'
Prog icon BILLY SHERWOOD, best
known for his work with YES and CIRCA:, has made available his studio album
DIVIDED BY ONE and a compilation called COLLECTION with a hand autographed
postcard!
These two CDs and the signed
postcard are ONLY available directly from www.billysherwoodcollection.com ahead
of a mainstream release in October 2015! Orders through this website are
being sent out NOW!
Says Billy, “I’m very excited to
finally have ‘Divided By One’, my 7th solo release come out on CD. I’m proud of
the record and look forward to getting it out there, I had many requests to
release it on CD as it was only for download till now.”
BILLY SHERWOOD is the current
bass player in the band YES and will be touring with the band throughout 2015.
Billy Sherwood was a key part of the line-ups which created the YES albums OPEN
YOUR EYES, THE LADDER and was also part of the TALK tour. He recently mixed the
band’s HEAVEN AND EARTH album and 2 subsequent DVDs.
DIVIDED BY ONE is Sherwood’s
seventh solo album and this edition through Cherry Red is its first release on
CD. This CD release will be eagerly greeted by YES fans especially in light on
Sherwood’s recent return to the band in mid-2015.
Tracks include:
1. On Impact
2. The Scene Comes Alive
3. No Stone Unturned
4. Between Us
5. Divided By One
6. Sequence Of Events
7. Sphere Of Influence
8. Here For You
9. Constellation Codex
10. End Of An Era
COLLECTION is the ideal
introduction to Billy Sherwood’s solo career and includes TWO EXCLUSIVE TRACKS.
This edition through Cherry Red is its first release on CD.
Says Billy, “I’m happy to
announce the release of ‘Collection’, it’s made up of tracks from each of my
previous solo records. In addition to that there are 2 bonus tracks, one is a
new yet unreleased solo track and the other is a cover I did of Sting’s song ‘I
Hung My Head’”
Tracks include:
1. Drone Decipher
2. Seeing Through The Walls
3. Call
4. On Impact
5. Dying Breed
6. The Recurring Dream
7. What Was The Question?
8. I Hung My Head*
9. Dark To Light*
(* Previously unreleased)
The albums will be available
through third party distributors and retailers on Backyard Levitation Records,
via Cherry Red Records from October 30, 2015
For more information: www.billysherwoodcollection.com
On November 6,
2015, Frontiers Music Srl will release Billy Sherwood's
latest concept album entitled CITIZEN.
Billy Sherwood created this
concept album based on a lost soul that is reincarnated into various
periods of history. "I was inspired by the notion that General Patton
believed he was reincarnated on various battlefields through time; I wanted to
take that concept even further." As the songwriter/producer, Billy placed
the citizen character into significant moments of history.
The lead off track is called “The
Citizen" which sets the stage for what's to come on the recording. “The
Citizen” features Billy's longtime friends and members of the legendary
Progressive Rock band Yes: bassist Chris Squire and former Yes
keyboardist Tony Kaye.
Billy has written all the music
and production is now in full swing. Guest artists joining Billy in this
journey through music, time and space include:
1 John Wetton (Asia [Original
Asia])
2 Rick Wakeman Music (Yes)
3 Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater)
4 Tony Kaye (Yes)
5 Geoff Downes (Yes, Asia)
6 Chris Squire (Yes)
7 Steve Hackett (Genesis)
8 Jerry Goodman (The Mahavishnu Orchestra)
9 Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs)
10 Steve Hillage (Gong)
11 Patrick Moraz (Yes)
12 John Wesley (Porcupine Tree)
Billy Sherwood was born in Las
Vegas Nevada and into a showbiz family of talented musicians. His father
was big band leader/musician/actor Bobby Sherwood -his mother Phyllis was a
singer and a drummer and his brother Michael a singer and keyboardist. Now
if that hadn’t convinced anyone that they were indeed a showbiz family how
about the fact that his Godfather was legendary comedian Milton
Berle.
That album, which took shape in 2016, was nearly shattered with the news of Keith Emerson tragic death. Ultimately and as a tribute to the friendship of Emerson and Berry, it somewhat painfully got back on track and The Rules Have Changed on Frontiers Music SRL was released earlier this year. 
