Last Updated — March 30, 2020
Last Updated — March 30, 2020
Donna Keene-Laskowski
On March 18, 2014 my wife of 33 years passed away from cancer. I was the luckiest person on Earth to have someone so loving and beautiful to be with a guy like me. She was extremely tolerant to all my imperfections and was so giving to allow me to pursue this hobby. Donna also was the greatest mother of all to our daughter, Anna. At least now she's someplace with no pain and enjoying some great music with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, John Bonham, Ronnie Montrose and many, many others. And as would most likely be Donna, she's probably asking them for their autographs for me. Love you, Don. We miss you. |
Hey there and welcome to my autographs page! Overall, it's a bit "pointless" but I guess I just want to show off a bit and display the over 1,000 individual rock and roll autographs I've been fortunate enough to acquire over the past number of years.
Music. It’s always been there for me. Since growing up listening to WABC-AM radio in the 60’s to the FM radio staples of the 70's... WPLJ, WNEW, vinyl records and cassettes, to WDHA-FM, Q104 and CDs to satellite radio and MP3s, music has been in the background of my life. I wish I could say that I enjoy ALL types of music, but all I can say is that I do enjoy a wider spectrum of music now than I did in my younger years! Obtaining these signatures has been and still IS a blast for me. I've equated this hobby to fishing. Sometimes you're there for hours, waiting...sometimes you get a bite and sometimes you don't. But when you do get that ”bite”, it certainly does feel rewarding!
I need to mention that I owe a great, great deal of thanks to a few people. First, my wonderful friend Dave Iozzia of davesontour.com for graciously hooking me up with SO much great stuff! Check out his site and his awesome drumstick collection!! Many thanks, Dave...YOU ROCK! Vintage Vinyl Records in Fords, NJ...thanks to their many in-store appearances of so many great bands. Also, the folks at WDHA-FM for their outstanding friendship and courtesy...allowing me to just "hang out" whenever they had some in-studio guests coming by. Terrie Carr and Curtis Kay...you guys are THE BEST and continue to be the ultimate DJ's on the radio! (I also need to shout out to former DHA jock, Rob Moorhead as well!) And thanks to the many other places where I've just stood for hours, just waiting, without being hassled (well, not too much, anyway). Thank you all so much for letting me share in the moments to meet these artists!
And, of course, thanks to the many artists here who were courteous and patient enough to sign whatever crap I stuck in front of them. For the most part, everybody was very cool about throwing down a signature for me. And for those very few of you who were a little grumpy about it...HEY! It's great to be a huge music fan and then have the opportunity to meet the artist(s) face-to-face and say thanks for some great tunes.
Recently I’ve come to the conclusion that there are some artists that I will, most likely, never get to meet in person so I've embarked on additional sources to supplement my collection. One has been some online auctions and the other has been through sites like the now defunct Pledge Music and Newbury Comics where you are able to buy pre-signed items. I make note of which items are purchased items and which are from auction sites. I went through a burst of getting autographs this way, but I’m not going that route anymore because, to me, it diminishes the thrill of getting the autograph in the first place! Plus, it can get a little expensive!!
I have to mention, at the time I'm posting this update, the world is dealing with the COVID-19 virus. The virus is extremely contagious. So, it would certainly have an impact on doing something like meeting an artist and getting an autograph! With that in mind, I have been very fortunate to have built this collection to this point and we'll see where it goes from here! Be safe!
I hope that whoever you are that views this site will get a kick out of seeing it as much as I enjoyed getting these autographs! These ain't for sale! I just like getting 'em…that is unless, there's someone out there who wants to pay me a couple of thousand $$$ for one, well...maybe we should talk! And, if by some chance, you are a famous rock and roller who stumbled across this page and would like to add to my collection or just wanna chat about this stuff... E-MAIL ME!! at pldesigns@comcast.net (PS- Put something like "Phil's R&R Autographs" or something like that in the subject line so I don't think it's junk e-mail and delete ya!!) Enjoy! Later....
Autographs A thru L
(click here to go to M thru Z)
Who else but my bud, Dave Iozzia, could get me a signed setlist by the guys in 1910 Fruitgum Company? Granted, it's the 2016 line up consisting of Frank Jeckell (original guitarist), Mick Mansueto, Glenn Lewis, Bobby Brescia and Keith Crane. C'mon, you remember the hits....Simon Says and 1, 2, 3 Red Light!!
 Extensive set list signed by the band. |
Ummmm, ok, so you may be wondering about THIS item...well, thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia, for finding this very unusual fan artwork, that I assume is supposed to be the band's founder, Linda Perry? I am not 100% positive if it's an exact likeness or not, but it is signed by other band members Dawn Richardson, Roger Rocha and Christa Hillhouse.
 Fan artwork signed by the band. |
Thanks to my bud, Dave I, for getting this setlist, signed by Johnny A (The Yardbirds), Ron Stewart (Joe Perry Project), Dean Cassell (Beaver Brown Band) and Myke Scavone (Ram Jam).
 Signed setlist. |
Purchased item. Grabbed this signed CD from Lee Aaron's website.
 CD insert. |
My best friend, Bob, had been talking about this saxophonist, Mindi Abair, for a number of years. He always expressed a desire to see her live and that day finally came in February 2017 at BB Kings in NYC. We had great seats right up front and she put on a fantastic show. After the show, Mindi met with fans and signed stuff. I had her sign the promo poster from BB Kings and her live CD, which was also signed by guitarist Randy Jacobs, bassist Derek Frank and drummer Third Richardson, all members of her backing band, The Boneshakers. A few weeks before the show, I had also purchased a limited edition print, also signed by Mindi.
 CD cover signed by Mindi and members of The Boneshakers. |
Limited edition print signed by Mindi. |
 Poster signed by Mindi. |
Purchased item. Grabbed this signed CD from Paula's website.
 CD insert. |
Purchased item. Picked up this CD signed by the band from Newbury Comics.
 CD cover. |
Dave interviewed the guys from Addicted To Pain in NYC and they were nice enough to sign their promo disc for me. Signed by Leo Curley (guitar and vocals), Bob Horvath (bass) and Greg Nash (drums).
 Promo CD cover. |
I met up with the members of Adrenaline Mob when they stopped by WDHA's 2014 Pet Fest. Adrenaline Mob drove in from Pennsylvania (they had a show there that night) just to do an acoustic performance for DHA! Band members Russell Allen, Mike Orlando, AJ Pero and Erik Leonhardt signed my CD and insert.
 CD insert. |
 CD cover. |
These four guys from Arizona ROCK and they recently opened for HAIL! at BB Kings in NYC. Thanks to my great friend, Dave Iozzia, who interviewed these guys for www.davesontour.com, they agreed to sign their promo CD for me! Signed by Jeremy Goldberg (vocals), Jordan Ziff (guitar), Jacob Goldberg (bass) and Garrett Ziff (drums).
 Promo CD cover. |
I caught up with former Skid Row and current Four By Fate drummer, Rob Affuso, at the 2016 Food Truck and Rock Carnival. Rob wasn't able to attend the instore performance and CD signing held at Vintage Vinyl a few weeks earlier and since I didn't have their CD with me, I just had hime sign an index card.
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I recently acquired a huge stack of CDs that I've been selling at a local flea market. Among all of the CDs, I found a handful of them autographed! Among them was this one by the band, Ahmir, an R&B/pop band out of Boston. Apparently signed by all of the members.
 CD cover. |
Purchased item. Grabbed this signed CD by the rock keyboardist from Newbury Comic's website. Don is now a member of Deep Purple but has played for a NUMBER of bands throughout the years.
 CD insert. |
I met up with director, Drew Stone and the subject of his documentary Who The Fuck Is That Guy?, Michael Alago, at the 2017 Chiller Con. Drew struck up a conversation with me when I had my Detective LPs signed by Michael Des Barres and in turn, gave me a promotional poster signed by himself and Michael. Thanks, guys!
 Signed poster. |
Purchased item. Addin' a lil' country to my collection here. I picked up Jason's signed CD directly from his website.
 CD insert. |
Me and my pal Dave Iozzia (of davesontour.com) caught up with guitarist Doug Aldrich (along with drummer Tommy Aldridge and guitarist Reb Beach) on a hot afternoon in July during soundcheck for Whitesnake. Doug is a great player who's appeared on many a great rock album and numerous tribute CDs (like the Queen tribute disc shown below...cover design by Chuck Wright).
UPDATE - Caught up with Doug during a promo stop at WDHA promoting The Dead Daisies live CD. While there, I had him sign my copy of Revolution Saints debut CD.
 CD insert. |
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 CD insert. |
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Tommy has drummed for just about everybody...Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers, Ozzy, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy and so on... So, one morning I'm taking a business trip and waiting for a flight out of Newark Airport. My friend Joe Trezpla and I are grabbing a cup of coffee at one of the snack bars before the flight. As we're sitting there by the window, this tall, skinny guy with a big blond "afro" goes strolling down the terminal!! I knew (by the hair!) exactly who that was, so I grab my coffee and head down to the waiting area. I grab Tommy (who's on his way back home after recording with Ted Nugent) and get a quick autograph. My apologies to bass player, Marco Mendoza who was travelling along with Tommy and who I totally ignored. It WAS very early in the AM!
UPDATE - Another hot July day in the parking lot of the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. Whitesnake is on tour and my pal Dave Iozzia and I sweat it out again waiting to meet the guys in the band. This time the lineup includes Reb Beach on guitar, Doug Aldrich on guitar and Tommy on drums. We grab the guys as they arrive for soundcheck and are told David Coverdale does not do soundchecks...so it's a no-show from David.
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Framed autograph with photos. |
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 CD insert of Pat Travers Band Live. |
 CD insert. |
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Another nod to my pal Dave on this one...and risking his life to get it!! Well, not exactly. It seems the "reformed" Alice In Chains find themselves on a bit of a pedestal these days. It was the first (and maybe not the last) time that Dave was PHYSICALLY escorted to his car while hanging in the parking lot of the Starland Ballroom during soundcheck hours!!! Before being "shown the exit", Dave was able to snag original AIC drummer Sean Kinney on these pieces. YEESH!
UPDATE - Auction item. Found this item and thought it 'd be nice to have something signed by the original band, including Layne.
UPDATE 2 - Purchased item. I picked up this band-signed CD from Newbury Comics.
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
 Promotional photo signed by Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney and Mike Starr. |
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 CD insert. |
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I had a great opportunity to meet Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen during his appearance ay The Wentworth Gallery in Short Hills, NJ. Rick was there to promote his artwork (which I love most of but it's a bit too outside MY price range!). Us fans who were there just to see Rick had to wait until the gallery's promotion was over, but once that was done, Rick was amazingly gracious to meet, chat and take pics with the fans that waited so long. Kudos to Mr. Allen for being generous with his time with the fans!
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
 Rick and a fan. |
 Rick signing my stuff. |
Purchased item. Picked up this CD signed by the band from Newbury Comics.
 CD insert. |
Auction Item. Came across this copy of Win, Lose or Draw LP on an auction site and thought it was a nice item signed by Gregg.
RIP, Gregg Allman. I never caught the Allman Brothers live but was fortunate to see Gregg open for The Doobie Brothers a couple of years back.
 LP cover. |
Recently on the Bio channel there was a biography of Queen. It reminded me of what I liked about Queen's music. A month or so later, Almost Queen was putting on a free, Summer concert at a local park. Almost Queen consists of Joe Russo as Freddie Mercury, Randy Gregg as John Deacon, John Cappadona as Roger Taylor and Steve Leonard as Brian May. The band put on a great show, running thru Queen's hits and the crowd loved 'em! After the show the guys were available for meet and greets. It gave me a chance to meet up with Randy Gregg who had signed an Angel setlist a few years earlier!
 Promo photo of the band. |
Auction item. There are a number of items I've obtained from purchases and auctions, just to add to my collection. Some have "memories" attached to them and this is one of those items. Certainly not a "rock" artist but I have fond memories of hearing Herb Alpert music pouring from my dad's stereo in our basement in my childhood home. Like Tom Jones, Alpert was (and seemingly still IS) just a fucking cool ass dude! It may not seem like it, but the music and everything around it just seeps sexy!! I guess I know now why my dad liked it! So happy to add this guy to my collection! Maybe someday I can get one in person.
UPDATE - Auction item. I added this signed LP (with the amazing CLASSIC cover!) as the album was part of a group of misc. items from a local auction.
 LP cover. |
 Signed LP cover. |
Alter Bridge, made up of 3 former members of Creed along with Myles Kennedy on vocals, was hitting the Starland Ballroom with Another Animal. I was only able to hook up with bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips, who signed my Alter Bridge CD as well as 2 Creed discs, before I had to head off.
UPDATE - Essential see: Creed...but I've now added Mark Tremonti's autograph to the Alter Bridge CD. Hopefully Myles Kennedy someday....
UPDATE 2 - Purchased item. Bought a pre-signed copy of the band's latest CD from Newbury Comics, signed by all 4 members. STILL hoping to meet Myles someday... SOMEDAY!!
UPDATE 3 - FINALLY!!!! Myles and Mark made a stop at the WDHA studios recently and NOW my debut Alter Bridge is COMPLETE!! Myles also added his signature to the live CD as well!
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
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 CD insert now signed by Mark Tremonti. |
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 CD insert signed by full band. |
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 Debut CD with Myles added! |
 CD insert signed by Myles and Mark. |
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Purchased item. Came across this album signed by founding members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell.
 LP cover. |
For the past few years we've enjoyed watching NBC-TV's talent show, America's Got Talent. After the 2010 season ended (and singer Michael Grimm was announced as the grand prize winner...where is HE now??) they decided to take the top 10 finalists on the road for a short U.S. tour with one of the stops being at The Beacon Theater in NYC. Donna, Annie and I scored tickets to the show and afterwards we all hung out by the multiple tour buses and meet and greet some of the performers, a number of which signed the program booklet we had (as well as one of the guys from Fighting Gravity who signed Annie's T-shirt). Here I just highlight the three main musical acts on the tour...Michael Grimm, the flamboyant Prince Poppycock (John Quale) and Taylor Mathews.
Michael Grimm |
Prince Poppycock |
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Taylor Mathews |
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Purchased item. Picked up the signed, deluxe version, of Amos' new CD, Native Invader, from Newbury Comics. I like the little heart...nice touch!
 CD insert. |
Auction item. Saw this photo of Paul Anka up for auction and I had to add this classic artist to my list! Did you know that he wrote the theme music for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson!?
 Signed photo. |
Since Angel was formed back in the 70's, I felt I needed to include the 2004 date above. My friend, Dave Iozzia of davesontour.com picked this up for me during one of his interview tours. Signed by original Angel vocalist, Frank DiMino, drummer Barry Brandt, Randy Gregg, bass; Steve Blaze, guitars; and Michael T. Ross, keyboards.
 The setlist, signed by the whole band, circa 2004. |
THIS is a GREAT CD!! Find it and BUY IT! I am personally told (by one of the guys in the band) that this is NOT a one-time-only project. Another Animal is made up of former and current members of Godsmack (Tony Rombola, Lee Richards, Shannon Larkin and Robbie Merrill) along with great vocals by former Ugly Kid Joe frontman Whitfield Crane. The guys were fantastic to meet and chat with...they all signed the AA disc and Robbie, Tony and Shannon signed a couple of Godsmack discs for me. Thanks guys!!
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
I caught up with the Pantera and Down vocalist at the 2016 MonsterMania Con. Every once in a while, these "monster conventions" have other, diverse guests like musicians, etc. Phil tried to be "cute" signing my Down CD for another Phil (me) but with a too soft silver Sharpie, it's a bit muddy!
 CD insert. |
The original lineup for Anthrax has gotten back together and were doing a show/DVD shoot at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville. My pal Dave Iozzia of www.davesontour.com and I hung out for a while, hoping to grab the guys as they showed up for soundcheck. Bassist Danny Spitz showed up first, had his hands full on they way in and promised to come back out to do a signing (didn't happen). Drummer Charlie Benate (signed in blue) showed up next and at first passed on signing, but then came back out. The rest of the band showed up about an hour later...Joey Belladonna and Frank Bello signed next. I missed out on Scott Ian as he slipped in while I had Joe's attention.
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
Michael Anthony (Van Halen, Chickenfoot)
Auction item. Even though I've met Michael Anthony a few years back with Chickenfoot, I came across this photo for a decent price and decided to go for it!.
 Signed photo. |
I had the opportunity to meet these Canadian classic rockers as they arrived at a local venue (The Crossroad in Garwood, NJ). Founding members Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner signed my CD insert and promo photo, also signed my new bassist, Sal Italiano.
 CD cover signed by "Lips" and Robb. |
 Promo photo signed by the band. |
The Appice Brothers (Carmine and Vinnie)
Purchased item. One of the first items I purchased from Pledge Music, back when I first discovered the website, has finally arrived! An incredible album by rock's drumming siblings!! Having met both Carmine and Vinnie a number of times over the years at different events, it would almost seem pointless to buy this, but it's such a great, great rock album!
 CD cover.  Inner spread with Carmine and Vinnie's autographs on the right panel. |
This is probably my first rock and roll autograph. Loria Music in Rahway, NJ was holding a "drum clinic" with Carmine as their guest. John Sykes' Blue Murder had just released their first CD. I somehow had a promo copy CD single of the song Valley of the Kings (my favorite Blue Murder tune!!) which I brought with me to the clinic. Carmine signed this and a poster, which is long gone.
UPDATE - Met up with Carmine again at an event where I had him sign on of his Guitar Zeus and Vanilla Fudge CDs.
UPDATE 2 - Again, caught up with Carmine at a recent Chiller Con where he was promoting his book, so naturally I grabbed a copy!
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The inside of the
Valley of the Kings CD single. |
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 CD insert. |
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 Book cover. |
 Inner page signed by Carmine. |
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The powerhouse rhythm section of many great metal bands of the 80's...Dio, Black Sabbath, WWIII...were now on tour as the Hollywood Allstars. The Allstars includes Vinny on drums, Jimmy on bass, Charlie West on vocals, Carlos Cavazo on guitar and Krigger on a second set of skins!!. My pal Dave Iozzia, his cousin Rocco and I hung out outside Double D's in Morristown, NJ before the show. The guys all arrived together and I have to say...the NICEST bunch of guys ever! Sorry I couldn't make the show, but I'm looking forward to a future recording by THIS line-up!
UPDATE - I met up with Vinnie again when he was pounding the skins for Black Knights Rising on the 2015 Extreme Guitar Tour at BB King's in NYC. He was gracious to all the fans after the show (as always) and chatted and signed for everyone.
UPDATE 2 - Caught up with Vinnie once again during the Last In Line tour. Here I got two very smudged signatures on a Rick Derringer and 3 Legged Dogg CD inserts.
 Vinyl cover signed by Jimmy and Vinny. |
 Vinyl cover signed by Jimmy and Vinny. |
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 CD insert signed by Jimmy and Vinny. |
 Vinny Appice and me!! |
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 Heaven and Hell CD insert signed by Vinny. |
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 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
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Purchased item. I was listening to Eddie Trunk's Volume show on Sirius XM and he had drummer Kenny Aronoff on air one day. It got me curious and I went to Kenny's website where you can order a signed drumhead! Kenny has drummed for John Mellencamp among a number of other artists.
 Drum head signed by Kenny. |
Well, it's two of the guys so far....vocalist Scott Stapp and guitarist Bumblefoot! This is a great album by another short-lived super group. Hopefully, someday, I'll be able to add the other members.
 Cover signed by Scott Stapp. |
 Inner spread signed by Bumblefoot. |
ARW (Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman)
Thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia, I had an opportunity to see ARW, a band made up of former members of YES...Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman. Although we did meet Rabin and Wakeman after the show, Jon Anderson just waved at the crowd, so I was glad I picked up this pre-signed poster at the merch booth!
 Promo poster. |
Auction item. Peter Asher was one half of the 60’s British Invasion pop group, Peter and Gordon! Peter later went on to become a successful manager and record producer for a number of well known artists like James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt.
 Promo photo. |
THE supergroup of the 80's, ASIA reformed with all the original members recently and hit the road with one of those stops being here in NJ. Once again my buddy Dave Iozzia was on the job at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ. Unfortunately members John Wetton and Steve Howe were a bit difficult to "get at" and were only able to sign the vintage photo below. Carl Palmer and Geoff Downes were more than happy to sign whatever crap Dave passed in front of their faces. Thanks guys!
UPDATE- Dave caught up with the ASIA guys once again as they came thru our area and supplemented some items shown below.
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 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
 Vintage 80's photo signed by all the band members. |
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  LP vinyl sleeves signed by Carl Palmer and Geoff Downes. |
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 John Wetton's sig added. |
 Steve Howe and Wetton's autographs added. |
 CD insert signed by Wetton and Downes. |
Dan Aykroyd was making the promotional rounds for a new vodka he is involved in producing. One of those stops was at a liquor store in Elizabeth, NJ. One of the great things about this "meet and greet" was that Dan would sign 3 items and you did NOT have to purchase the vodka (or his wine) if you didn't want to. A very classy move for Dan and his staff...thanks!
 Album cover. |
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 DVD insert. |
 DVD insert. |
Purchased item. Grabbed this band-signed CD (2017 line up...original members Tony Brock and Wally Stoker, along with Joey Sykes and John Bisaha) from the defunct Pledge Music website.
 CD insert signed on back cover. |
An outstanding WDHA "happening"...the station had run a promo on their website to enter a drawing for "Absolutely Live...in the studio with Sebastian Bach". I showed up to just hangout outside the studio in hopes of grabbing a quick autograph and photo, when DJ Terrie Carr pops her head out to inform me that one of the winners cancelled and would I like to hangout inside? (The answer here is obvious!!) Sebastian Bach...former Skid Row vocalist, solo artist, Broadway actor (Jekyll & Hyde, etc) and TV star (Gilmore Girls)...was animated and happy to see everybody. He signed autographs, stood for photos and fielded questions from the listeners all while his 11 year old son, London, videoed everything! Great guy! Thanks, Terri!!
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
 Sebastian and a fan. |
 Terri Carr and SB in the studio. |
Purchased item. Cool to add another "staple" of my childhood years, Randy Bachman of The Guess Who and, of course, Bachman-Turner Overdrive!! Picked up this signed CD directly from Randy's own website!
 CD cover. |
Purchased item. Picked up this CD, signed by Kevin Bacon and his brother, Michael, direct from the Bacon Brother's website.
 CD cover. |
During the Merchants of Cool Tour, Bad Company stopped by the WDHA studios one evening. Founding members Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke were kind enough to sign a few things for me. It was a great evening...there were just a few fans hanging the DHA studios, so Terrie Carr was nice enough to invite us in for some eats and to hear (and see!) the band perform a few acoustic numbers on air. Paul and Simon were wonderful to all the fans.
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Solo Paul Rodgers CD insert. |
Solo Paul Rodgers CD insert. |
CD insert. |
This is the inner spread of the first Bad Company album, signed by Paul and Simon. This is my original vinyl purchased when the album first came out! |
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 Me and Paul Rodgers. |
 Me and Simon Kirke. |
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Purchased item. Picked up this signed CD cover from Newbury Comics. Nice!
 CD insert. |
My pal Dave Iozzia grabbed these guys from the California band, Badflower when they recently made a stop at The Starland Ballroom. The band is singer/guitarist Josh Katz, lead guitarist Joey Morrow, bass guitarist Alex Espiritu and drummer Anthony Sonetti.
 Promo photo. |
Purchased item. Picked up this signed CD from the 80's English duo (Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward) via Newbury Comics.
 CD insert. |
After the breakup of Tesla, some of the band members formed other bands. Bar 7 was a new band formed by vocalist Jeff Keith and guitarist Tommy Skeoch. To promote the release of the Bar 7 album, the band was to perform in-store at Vintage Vinyl. Unfortunately for the band (but fortunately for me!)...NOBODY showed up! I was the only fan at the store!! I had picked up the Bar 7 disc and had brought some Tesla inserts with me as well. Jeff and Tommy were very gracious to sign and chat (as were the other members of Bar 7) and invited me to the show that evening (which I had to pass on!)...thanks, guys!
Bar 7 CD insert signed by the whole band. |
CD insert signed by Jeff and Tommy. |
CD insert signed by Jeff and Tommy. |
CD insert signed by Jeff and Tommy. |
 Me and the guys of Bar 7 outside Vintage Vinyl. |
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My pal Dave Iozzia snagged this list of band times and had it signed by the ladies in Barb Wire Dolls, who are Isis Queen (vocals) Pyn Doll (lead guitar) Krash Doll (drums) Iriel Blaque (bass) Remmington (rhythm guitar and Dave's fav!).
 Signed setlist. |
I caught up with vocalist, Gary Barden during a stop at The Starland Ballroom on the Michaels Schenker/George Lynch tour.
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Thanks to my bud, Dave Iozzia, for snagging me a couple of signatures from Jethro Tull guitarist, Martin Barre.
 CD insert. |
 Signed promo calendar. |
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Vocalist/bassist was opening for George Lynch at BB King's recently and my bud Dave Iozzia caught up with Willie at the show where he signed a copy of his promo CD.
 CD insert. |
I was given a pile of free CDs and this was one of the items in the stash...singer/songwriter Jessie Baylin (originally from Jersey!).
 CD cover. |
Beach Boys (Mike Love & Bruce Johnston)
Auction item. Oh yea, The Beach Boys...unfortunately only TWO of the members, but I'm happy enough with that. This album is signed by lead vocalist and founding Beach Boys member, Mike Love. Also signed by Bruce Johnston, who joined The Beach Brothers for live performances in 1965. As The Beach Boys were maturing musically, Brian Wilson was spending more time in the studio perfecting their sound, so Bruce was brought in to take Brian's place on the road. Bruce left the band for a bit during the 70's but has since returned.
 LP cover. |
Whitesnake and it's long roster of great guitarists...John Sykes, Adrian Vandenberg, Steve Vai to name just a few...has now added the great Reb Beach to the list! My pal, Dave Iozzia and I caught up with Reb, guitarist Doug Aldrich and drummer Tommy Aldridge as they arrived for a soundcheck at the Starland Ballroom on the latest Whitesnake tour. Prior to joining up with Whitesnake, Reb has handles six-string duties for Winger and a couple of Dokken albums.
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
 CD insert. |
Purchased item. Beasto Blanco is a band fronted by long time Alice Cooper bassist Chuck Garric, who signed the front of the CD. The back is signed by guitarist Brother (Chris) Latham and Calico Cooper (Alice Cooper's daughter).
 CD cover front. |
 CD cover back. |
Like the Beatles? Like Metallica? Then Beatallica is your band! Dave Iozzia (need I say more?) caught up with the guys while hitting our area and they were all kind enough to sign their CD for me!
UPDATE- Once again, Dave I. pulls through and snags me a signed set list from the guys from a performance at Bordentown, NJ's The Record Collector.
 CD insert cover. |
 Inner spread from CD insert, signed by all band members. |
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 Setlist signed by the band. |
Purchased item. I picked up this CD, signed by Jean, from his website. Beauvior, aside from being an accomplished solo artist, is a former member of The Plasmatics and Little Steven Van Zandt's band.
 CD insert. |
As the CD says..."FINALLY!". A HUGE thanks to my buddy, Dave Iozzia, for this fantastic addition to my collection!! A few years back, I totally blew MY opportunity to get Beck's autograph and he was literally just a few yards away from me!! Fast-forwrad to just recently when Dave had the lucky opportunity to get backstage at a concert at the PNC Arts Center and caught up with Jeff to sign the CD and adding "Finally Phil!" to the signature!!
 CD insert. |
Purchased item. Since the "royal highness" Pat Benatar doesn't like to grant us "little people" (ie: her fans) an autograph now and then, I came across this offer from Pledge Music for a live DVD and poster signed by Pat and hubby, Neil Giraldo.
 Signed poster. |
Auction item. What can I say....Tony Bennett! Probably not my ideal chice for an item signed by Mr. Bennett, but it was affordable so there you go!
 Book cover. |
 Inner page. |
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Ray Benson (Asleep At The Wheel)
Purchased item. I'll admit, not really a big Asleep At The Wheel fan and not familiar with much of their music, BUT I do, so much, remember seeing their albums and album art when growing up. I came across the opportunity to pick up an autographed CD by founding member, Ray Benson, on AATW's website.
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My pal, Dave Iozzia, caught up with vocalist, Robert Berry, at a recent Greg Kihn show. Robert graciously signed the 3 LP, an album he did back in the 80’s with former ELP members, Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer.
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Andy Biersack (of Black Veil Brides)
I had the chance to briefly meet and get the autograph from the Andy Biersack, vocalist for (my daughter Annie's favorite band) Black Veil Brides. It was after a taping of Eddie Trunk's "That Metal Show" where the guests were able to head down and mingle with Eddie and the guests. Pretty COOL!
UPDATE - Purchased item. Picked up this band-signed copy of BVB's latest CD via Newbury Comics.
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I had the opportunity to meet Gregg during a stop in NJ on his tour with Ringo's All Star Band. You may not know his name but I'm sure, at one point, you've heard his drumming. Gregg has hit the skins for artists like David Lee Roth, Don Henley, Santana, etc., not to mention can be heard on a number of soundtracks for movies and TV. I just had the opportunity to quickly say hello and he signed his solo project, Submarine.
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The super excellent mega-group Black Country Communion made a stop here in Jersey recently at The Starland Ballroom. This band is FAN-TAS-TIC!! Glenn Hughes (my MAN!), Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian make up this group. Unfortunately I could only get Glenn's and Joe's autographs. Jason was bit "subdued" that day and Derek was no where to be found.
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 CD insert signed by Glenn and Joe and previously signed by Jason. |
 Promo photo signed by Glenn and Joe. |
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My friend Bob and I were able to get last minute tickets to see The End 2016 tour of Black Sabbath. GREAT show and Ozzy sounded really good! During the tour, attendees were able to purchase hand signed copies of Sabbath's The End CD, only available at the shows. Inside, the CD is signed by Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Ozzy.
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Purchased item. Rising from the ashes of Thin Lizzy comes Black Star Riders! The band is vocalist Ricky Warwick, guitarists Scott Gorham and Damon Johnson, bassist Robbie Crane and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso. Heavy Fire is the third album by the band and I picked up this copy with the signed insert from Pledge Music.
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These four young dudes from Kentucky were on tour with Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society. My pal Dave Iozzia hooked up with them outside the Starland Ballroom and he said they were GREAT! Signed (quite nicely I must say) by all four members, John Fred Young drums, Chris Robertson vocals, Ben Wells guitar and Jon Lawson bass. Sorry I missed the show but hopefully we'll catch 'em next time around. Thanks guys!!
UPDATE - Purchased item. Black Stone Cherry recently released their 5th studio album, Kentucky, and they've just gotten better and better with each release! I pre-ordered the CD and some pre-orders came with this signed insert.
UPDATE 2 - FINALLY got to see BSC perform live as they came through New Jersey recently! Great. great show!! And I was able to catch up with the guys after the show where they signed my copy of Kentucky and a promo photo.
UPDATE 3 - Purchased item. Picked up yet another signed item from the gang via Newbury Comics.
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Purchased item. Came across this CD with a signed insert offering from the band's website.
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Heard these guys on WDHA's School of New Rock program and the song, Where The Wind Blows, just ROCKS! I checked out their website and purchased their latest CD (which also has a great cover of Dream On!). I decided to email them and ask if I could get the CD signed. I got a prompt email back from their singer, Matt James, who said no problem! Also signed by drummer, Nathan Gillis, Ryan Kiefer and Ken Irwin on guitars and bassist, Matt Curtis. Thanks guys!
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 Inner spread of CD. |
Thanks again to my bud Dave Iozzia for this great addition to my collection...the 2008 touring line-up of Blondie! Original members Debbie Harry, guitarist Chris Stein, drummer Clem Burke as well as Leigh Foxx (Yay! Frankie and the Knockouts!!) and Paul Carbonara.
 Band photo signed by the whole band. |
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Thanks to my bud, Dave Iozzia, for snagging me this recent setlist, signed by BSandT band members, Brad Mason (trumpet), Ric Fierabracci (bass) and Dylan Elise (drums).
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And yet again, my good pal, Dave Iozzia caught up with Blue Oyster Cult on tour with Foghat. Dave had BOC founding members Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma sign this CD insert for me.
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Purchased item. Oh man, I can hear the laughing now..."Michael Bolton"....yea, yea.... Well, dig back a bit further in time and Mr. Bolton ROCKS! Before going solo, Michael did 2 albums with the band Blackjack (with guitarist Bruce Kulick who was in KISS!). Then his first two solo albums after Blackjack were rockers!! (Check out Everybody's Crazy from 1985!) Sure, it's a very heavy 80's sound but still rockers! And even tho he went in a different direction, I still respect the man (especially after he did those self-deprecating Honda Christmas ads a few years ago!). So I saw an opportunity on Pledge Music to get a signed CD and I jumped at the chance!!
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I had Joe sign one of his early CDs while here on tour with Black Country Communion. He comes across as a friendly guy to the fans.
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The Bongos are a band founded in the 1980's in Hoboken, New Jersey, led by Richard Barone. Thanks to my good pal, Dave Iozzia, he caught the band at a recent 2016 show and snagged me this setlist signed Barone and the rest of the 2016 band members.
 Setlist signed by the band. |
Healing Sixes was Jason Bonham's new band. He and the rest of the group were out promoting their new CD, with a stop at WDHA. Matt Murray was nice enough to allow me into the studio during the on-air chat! I "bummed" a free copy of their new disc, which everyone signed. I had also brought along a drum head for Jason to sign as well.
UPDATE - Dave Iozzia and I caught up with Jason after a recent Foreigner show in Morristown, NJ. Jason is now part of the newly reformed Foreigner, which also includes Kelly Hansen on lead vocals, Jeff Pilson on bass and Thom Gimbal on guitar.
UPDATE 2 - I had the great opportunity to meet up again with Jason Bonham while on tour performing Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience...a tribute to his late father, John Bonham. I met Jason, along with vocalist James Dylan, guitarist Tony Catania, bassist Michael Devin and Stephen LeBlanc on keys. All very cool guys to speak with! It also allowed me the opportunity to start getting signatures of the "real" musicians that appear in and on the movie Rockstar!
Healing Sixes CD insert signed |
Drumhead signed by Jason. |
CD insert signed by Jason. |
CD insert signed by Jason. |
CD insert signed by Jason. |
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These two items here to the right were signed by Jason when I caught up with him after a recent Foreigner show.
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DVD cover (signed lower left). |
Signed by James and Michael.
Signed by whole band. |
 Set list signed by James, Michael, Tony and Steven. |
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Another DHA event...Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were stopping by the station to talk about the new CD, Bounce. One of the more crowded events at DHA, but not as overwhelming as I was expecting. I was lucky to get a quick JBJ signature on my CD insert by reaching over some people in front of me...HA!
 CD insert signed by Jon. |
 The top of Jon's head while he signs my CD. |
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Purchased item. Vocalist for Rainbow, Impellitteri and Alcatrazz to name a few bands, offered signed copies of various CDs at his website. I opted for a copy of Alcatrazz's Dangerous Games CD reissue.
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Got this cool little item from my friend and drumstick collector Dave Iozzia, who, in his request for a pair of sticks from Mr. Booker also received the enclosed autograph with some kind words and some nifty doodles! Thanks Dave!
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Thanks to my bud, Dave Iozzia, for handing over this signed poster by blues drummer, Jimi Bott, that he received with a signed pair of drumsticks!
 Promo poster. |
Auction item. THIS is just a fun item and a great photo of the Culture Club frontman to have found and add to my collection!
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Auction item. A number of years back, I went to this "Weekend of 100 Rock Stars" convention and one of the attendees was supposed to be Dale Bozzio BUT she was NOT there the night that I went! I have this great Missing Persons EP that I wanted her to sign, but it was not to be. Fast forward to recently where I came across this album signed by Dale multiple times! Best comment on there is on the right..."Lady Gaga stole my look!" HA!
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I caught up with the band, Breaking Benjamin during their 2016 Summer tour with Disturbed, Alter Bridge and Saint Asonia. The band offered an after show meet and greet where they met fans and signed some merch.
UPDATE - Purchased item. Picked up this CD, signed by Ben only, from Newbury Comics.
 CD insert signed by 2016 line up of the band. |
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 Signed CD by Ben only. |
Purchased item. Grabbed this signed CD from Newbury Comics.
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I met the guys from Brand of Juelz when they opened for a recent Vince Neil show. At first I didn't recognize the band but after looking at their logo for a bit, I realized these guys opened for someone at The Starland Ballroom a few years earlier and I remembered that I swiped one of the band members t-shirt!! Regardless, they were very nice and all of the guys signed my CD!
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When it comes to comedians, you don't get anymore rock and roll than Jim Breuer!! Former Saturday Night Live member Breuer, along with Eddie Trunk from Q104, introduced Joe Lynn Turner at a show at Morristown's Double D's.
 Envelope signed by Breuer. |
Auction item. Saw this unique item on an auction site and thought it would be cool to add Mr. Jeff Bridges (THE DUDE!!!) to my collection.
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Auction item. Always kinda liked Brightman's vocal style, so when I saw this item up for auction, I thought it would be a cool item to have.
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I caught up with former Cinderella bassist, Eric Brittingham, when he appeared with Bret Michaels for WCBS-FM's Kick Off to Summer 2016. Bret, Eric and the band played about 10 songs at 8:00 in THE MORNING on the Seaside Heights boardwalk the Friday before Memorial Day weekend! And yes, that REALLY IS Eric B-R-I-T-T-I-N-G-H-A-M's autograph on the back of one of my business cards!! REALLY??
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During the Summer of 2019, my pal Dave Iozzia scored us backstage and photo passes for the Shinedown show at the PNC Arts Center in Jersey. (I should say that those passes came via the band Badflower.) Another band on the opening slot was the English group, Broken Hands. I don't remember how Dave got the promo CD from the band, but while waiting between shows, vocalist Dale Norton was making his way through the crowd and that's when I snagged his signature.
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Steve Brown (of Trixter, 40 ft. Ringo and Stereo Fallout)
I caught up with vocalist and guitarist Steve Brown (founding member of the great band, Trixter) while he was heading into soundcheck. His latest band, Stereo Fallout was one of the openers for Hinder.
CD insert. |
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Purchased item. Pantera and Down bassist, Rex Brown expands from four strings to six and created a fantastic heavy, blues rock album. I picked this up from Pledge Music.
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Auction item. Grabbed this signed 45 picture sleeve via an online auction.
 45 picture sleeve. |
Tyler Bryant and The Shakedown
Purchased item. Picked up this band-signed copy of the band's latest CD from Newbury Comics..
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Dave and I caught up with the guys from Buckcherry while doing a stop at the Starland Ballroom. I have to say, all the guys were great, taking a few seconds out of their busy evening before the show to chat and sign. I had vocalist Josh Todd sign the CD inserts in silver. The rest of the band, guitarists Keith Nelson and Stevie D., bassist Jimmy Ashhurst and drummer Xavier Muriel signed the insert for their latest CD, 15, in black. Many thanks!!
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 Promo CD single insert. |
Lindsey hit the road in support of his new album, Under The Skin. One of the stops was at The Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. Although Lindsey was VERY late due to mucho traffic coming from Philadelphia to NJ, he was kind enough to squeeze in a few seconds to sign a few things for me. Thanks, Lindsey!!
 Classic Buckingham Nicks LP cover. |
 Fleetwood Mac's Rumors LP cover. |
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Purchased item. Picked up this signed print from the "legendary" groupie and singer directly from her website.
 Signed print. |
I ran into former Guns N' Roses guitarist, Bumblefoot (aka: Ron Thal) backstage at a Lita Ford show at BB Kings in NYC.
UPDATE- I caught up with Ron once again at a Chiller Convention in NJ, just weeks before the release of Chinese Democracy. Ron signed a CD and posed for a quick photo with Annie.
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 Ron and Annie at Chiller. |
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Caught up with singer James Hart, guitarist Joey Cunha and bassist Aaron Boehler of Burn Halo while these guys were on tour with Chevelle and Halestorm.
Promo photo signed by Aaron, James and Joey. |
 CD cover signed by Aaron, James and Joey. |
Purchased item. Burning Witches is an all-female heavy metal band from Switzerland. Came across their signed poster on Pledge Music and decided to add them to my roster!
 Promo poster. |
For whatever reason, I've been on a "mission" to add Glen's signature to my collection. I've enjoyed his music since I first heard Talking In Code and I guess knowing that he's a "Jersey Guy" just made it that much more important. Recently I finally caught up with Glen at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, NJ while on tour performing Beatles songs along with Marshall Crenshaw and Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel's former drummer). Thanks, Glen!!
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Purchased item. Gary Busey made a name for himself playing Buddy Holly in one of his first movies. Skip ahead to 2018 and Pledge Music offered this 45 single signed by Busey.
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Purchased item. Picked up this presigned CD off of Amazon.com, signed by the band Bush.
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I've been a fan of Jon Butcher since day one with The Jon Butcher Axis. During the Wishes Tour, I was lucky enough to get Jon's autograph as he returned to the club from dinner. Many years later, I picked up an early release copy of Jon's latest disc... which came with a pick and an autographed tray insert.
UPDATE - I have been a fan of Jon's since day one. I was lucky enough to meet him once back in the mid-80's and it scored me an autograph and a chance to say "hi!" Fast-forward to July 2010 and the first annual "Weekend of 100 Rock Stars" Con here in NJ. I originally blew it off because I wasn't overly impressed with the lineup of guests...until I saw that Jon was going to be there!!! Admittedly, a bit over-the-top, but I had Jon sign EVERYTHING and I had the fantastic pleasure of talking with him (and Charlie Farren) for a few minutes. Thanks, Jon and PLEASE come to Jersey more often!!!
Jon signed the back of my business card. |
CD tray insert, pre-signed by Jon plus a JBA pick was included. |
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 Charlie Farren, me, Annie and Jon Butcher. |
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Purchased item. Picked up this CD signed by the band from Newbury Comics.
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Purchased item. I will be the first to tell you, the type of music that Camila Cabello performs is not, as they say, in my "wheelhouse"! But I came across her website JUST before she hit "big" and figured I would pick up her signed CD while it was still available (and since sold out).
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The band Cactus stopped by Vintage Vinyl to do an instore performance and signing in honor of their new release, Black Dawn. Vocalist Jimmy Kunes, drummer (and original member) Carmine Appice, Pete Bremy on bass and Randy Pratt on harmonica performed 3 songs and then sat down to sign and chat with fans. Unfortunately, due to a flight delay, guitarist Jim McCarty (also an original member) wasn't there. (My apologies for not remembering who filled in on guitar.)
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Thanks to my pal Dave Iozzia, he scored for me The Cadillac Black members Jaren Johnston, Neil Mason and Kelby Ray. They were openers for a recent ZZ Top show so they ended up signing a page from concert program.
 Page from program. |
Purchased item. Hmmmm. Is this a new autograph or an update? Well, let's go with new. The guys from The Cadillac Three, were formerly called The Cadillac Black (and formerly in an INCREDIBLE band called American Bang...find that CD!). Same three guys and I picked up a signed copy of their latest CD from the band's website.
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Guitar great, Chris Caffery (Trans Siberian Orchestra, Savatge) played on some tracks on Tim "Ripper" Owens' solo CD "Play My Game". Chris was at a recent HAIL! show in NYC and my good bud, Dave I. grabbed him to sign the flip side of "Ripper's" promo CD.
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Glenn Hughes' new band, California Breed, opened recently for Alter Bridge. As a few of us waited patiently in the parking lot before the show, it was cool to hear Glenn warming up his vocal cords for 30 minutes on his tour bus! Then he came out after soundcheck to meet, take photos and sign stuff for the fans. I was also able to grab guitarist Andrew Watt as he arrived at the venue.
 CD insert signed by Glenn and Andrew. |
I caught up with Journey's Jonathan Cain during his promo tour for his autobiography. I picked up his book, which he signed, as well a copy of Journey's Arrival CD AND I had him add his signature to drumhead I picked up through an auction that had been previously signed by other Journey band members, which you can see at the Journey link!
 Book cover. |
 Signed inner page. |
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Guitarist Vivian Campbell was on tour with Thin Lizzy recently when they made a stop at The Starland Ballroom. Vivian may be best known as one of the members of Def Leppard, (not to mention Whitesnake, Dio, and Shadow King as well) but I opted instead to have him sign a copy of his solo CD and a promo of (the great) Riverdogs CD from a pre-Def Leppard time.
UPDATE - I caught up with Vivian once again, this time while on tour with Last In Line. This time I had him add his name to these classic Dio albums, already signed by Vinnie Appice and Jimmy Bain.
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 Album cover already signed by Vinnie Appice and Jimmy Bain. |
 Album cover already signed by Vinnie Appice and Jimmy Bain. |
OK, it's like this... the original members of Candlebox recently regrouped and hit the road. I couldn't make the autograph stalking so it was up to my pal Dave I. Now, alot of time has passed since these guys made these CDs. EVERYBODY has a haircut these days!! Anyway, original drummer Scott Mercado signed these...as did TOURING GUITARIST Sean Hennesy.
UPDATE - OK, now THIS is better...! During a recent stop at WDHA on a promo run for their new album, Love Stories and Other Musings, Kevin Martin, Peter Klett and Sean Hennesy stopped in and performed some acoustic numbers. So this gave me the opportunity to update some CD booklets and score the signed promo photo. Very cool! Always loved these guys!
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Purchased item. This is one of a handful of "pre-autographed" items in my collection. I believe it was Compact Disc World, when you purchased the new CD, you would get an autographed booklet too...yahoo!
CD insert. |
This signed CD by the pop singer was another CD I came across in a bunch of free music that was given to me.
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I had the opportunity to meet the former Damn Yankees and current (like for the past 20 years!) drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd at an appearance at Wentworth Galleries in Short Hills, NJ. Michael was there presenting his artwork but he was very gracious to meet and chat with any fans about his art OR music. I spoke with hime for a bit about both and he very kindly signed my Damn Yankees CD insert.
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Auction item. Grabbed this promo photo, signed by the country music star from an online auction website.
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Thanks to my bud Dave Iozzia for snagging me a signed CD by the great singer/songwriter Jon Caspi from NJ.
UPDATE - My pal Dave Iozzia caught up with Jon Caspi again at a recent gig where he very cleverly "personalized" a copy of the band's set list for my collection! Many thanks, Jon!
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 Set list signed by Jon. |
Auction item. There had been numerous times where David Cassidy would be appearing at a venue here in Jersey but my schedule didn't give me the opportunity to "stalk" for an autograph. Unfortunately, he passed away before another opportunity came up. So, when this CD insert popped up on an auction site, I gave it a shot and scored the win! Glad to add him to my group!
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Carlos, former lead guitarist of Quiet Riot, now touring with the Hollywood Allstars. The Allstars includes Vinny Appice on drums, Jimmy Bain on bass, Charlie West on vocals, Carlos on guitar and Krigger on a second set of skins!!. Carlos was one of the nicest guys you could ever meet (as were the rest of the band!) and he even joked around abit while snapping some photos. I had Carlos add his signature to a classic Quiet Riot album that I had the other band members sign a few months earlier.
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 Me and Carlos outside... |
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Caught up with the guys from CAVO as one of the bands on the second stage at CrueFest 2009. After their set was over, vocalist Casey Walker, guitarist Chris Hobbs. Brian Smith, bass and drummer Chad LaRoy signed stuff for the fans.
CD insert. |
Promo poster signed by the band. |
Thanks to my pal Dave Iozzia for grabbing me this signed promo photo by the band, Cemetary Sun, who was opening for someone at Starland.
 Promo photo. |
Purchased item. Picked up this CD signed by the former Chicago frontman directly from his website.
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Caught up with the guys from Charm City Devils, who also appeared on the CrueFest 2009 second stage. After their set they mingled with the fans for photos and autographs. Here signed by all the guys, vocalist John Allen, guitarists Vic Karrera and Nick Kay, bassist Anthony Arambula and drummer Jason Heiser.
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Another in-store event at Vintage Vinyl. I missed the few acoustic songs they did, but arrived in time to get in line for some autographs. The deal was...buy their new DVD and get a wristband allowing you in for the show and signing. You were only supposed to get the DVD autographed, but as you can see, I got a few extras...
My original Live at Budokan LP signed by (I think) Tom Petersen. |
My original In Color LP also signed by Tom (I guess!) |
CD insert signed by everybody. |
DVD cover signed by the band. |
Rick Nielson had a pile of picks for the fans...and the wristband for the event. |
Thanks to my best friend, Bob, for another amazing Christmas gift...this time, the legendary Chubby Checker!
 Signed promo photo. |
Gary Cherone (from Extreme/Van Halen 3)
Another DHA stop. Gary was stopping to promote the release of his new CD with his new band, Tribe of Judah. He may have gotten a raw deal with Van Halen III, but all the Extreme discs are great!!
UPDATE- Gary signed a copy of his solo project, Tribe of Judah, while here on tour with Extreme.
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CD insert. |
Picture card included in the special edition version of Van Halen 3 that came in a tin box. |
 Me and Gary Cherone. |
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Auction item. Well, obviously not ALL of the members of Chicago, but three key founding members...Robert Lamm, James Pankow and Lee Loughnane. For what it's worth, Peter Cetera is just above!
 Signed LP cover. |
BEST, BEST, BEST THING EVER!! Many thanks to the folks at WDHA-FM, especially Curtis Kay and sales exec, Valerie Freda. WDHA ran the "Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner" promotion where one person would be picked to have lunch with the band at The Hard Rock Cafe in NYC and then tix to the show that night (and also an overnight hotel stay in NYC as well). Well, I won it and it was better than expected!! For about 2 hours, my wife Donna, myself and a small number of other winners from the tri-state area got to rub shoulders, chat, drink and munch with Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith. As you can see, they were more than generous with their time and signatures. It was great to finally meet Sammy after being a huge fan for years and he added his signature to some pieces signed last year by The Waboritos. While standing there to take a picture for Valerie, Sammy decided to sign my T-shirt which resluted in me asking the rest of the band to do so as well. Great, great time and a fantastic show later that night!!
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Thanks to my bud, Dave I, for snagging this flier, signed by 80's pop/rock band China Crisis founding members Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon.
 Promo flyer. |
How often does THIS opportunity come up?? Tommy stopped in a the morning show at DHA (with Rob Moorehead) to chat for a bit about things. Rob was kind enough to invite myself (and 2 other guys) inside to hang while Tommy was there. These are the original 45 picture sleeves that I bought when they first came out in the 70's, man!
 Me and Tommy Chong at WDHA. |
Original vinyl 45 picture sleeve. |
Original vinyl 45 picture sleeve. |
Thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia, I'm able to add an icon from the days of punk rock, former Dead Boys guitarist, Cheetah Chrome. Dave dusted off his safety pins, ripped his shirt and spiked up his hair to get me a set list signed by Cheetah and band members guitarist Jason Kottwitz, drummer Chris Alaniz, and bassist Curt Christenson.
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Thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia, for picking up this CD by the California band, Chrysalis, when they were here in Jersey opening for another band at Starland.
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 Signed booklet. |
Auction item. Thought this promo photo signed by the pop star and winner of the first season of American Idol would be a cool item to have.
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Nephew of Clarence "The Big Man", Clemons, Jake Clemons and his band made an appearance at Vintage Vinyl to promote the release of his solo CD. Jake played a few numbers and then met and signed for the fans. A thanks to the guy in line in front of me (who's name I cannot remember). We had a good conversation while waiting and I agreed to take his photo with Jake. So in return he gave me an extra CD that he bought, which I had the whole band sign.
 CD cover signed by Jake. |
 CD cover signed by Jake and the band. |
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Doug Clifford and Stu Cook (from Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Auction item. Picked up this great, classic album by CCR, signed by drummer Doug Clifford and bassist Stu Cook. The name of the album comes from the warehouse in Berkeley where the band rehearsed early in their career. It was dubbed "The Factory" by drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford, because Fogerty made them practice there almost every day. This classic album has a number of their hits from the 70's, including my favorite, Run Through The Jungle. Nice! Maybe someday I could get John Fogerty to sign this!!
 LP cover signed by Doug and Stu. |
Guitarist Karl Cochran had a table at the 2005 KISS Expo. I had been meaning to pick up his solo disc, Voodooland, for sometime since it had vocals by John Corabi and Joe Lynn Turner. Karl was selling copies of the disc at his table and we had him sign it to our daughter, Annie. Had I been a bit more on the ball, I would have had him sign the ESP booklet along with Eric Singer.
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Auction item. I guess you could consider musician/songwriter/poet Leonard Cohen a "folk artist" of sorts, considered to be up there with the likes of Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. Cohen is most likely best known now for his song "Hallelujah", covered by hundreds of artists. I saw this signed "Old Ideas Tour 2013" program up for auction and was able to pick it up for a great price.
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Thanks to my pal, Dave I., who attended a concert on the beach in Long Branch, NJ where he picked up this signed setlist for me by the Liza Colby Sound, signed by Liza Colby-vocals, Charlie Roth-drums, Alec Morton-bass and Robbie "Seahag" Mangano-guitar
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Purchased item. Picked up this poster, signed by the band, directly from their website.
UPDATE- Purchased item. I added to my Collective Soul items by purchasing this signed CD from Newbury Comics.
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Thanks to the folks at The Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, NJ, I was a lucky winner in a drawing to 2 free tickets to a show during the 2011 - 2012 season. I selected a "Christmas Show" featuring performances by two music legends...Arlo Guthrie and Judy Collins. No luck meeting either artists but they did have signed Judy Collins CDs for sale in the lobby, so...
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Thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia, for snagging this signed print by the band Common Wealth, who hail from Toms River, NJ. They opened for The Josh Todd Conflict at a show here in Jersey.
 Signed print. |
Thanks to my pal, Dave, who caught up with ex-New York Dolls guitarist, Steve Conte, at Punky Meadow's CD release party in NYC. Steve is currently lending his talents with Michael Monroe’s band
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Scot Coogan is drummer/vocalist who has worked with a huge number of artists, such as Brides of Destruction, Ace Frehley, Lita Ford and George Lynch to name just a few. I was lucky to meet up with Scot, with a nod to my pal Dave Iozzia, after the opening night of Ace Frehley's 2014 Space Invader tour. Scot signed my copy of the Red Zone Rider CD that he did with Kelly Keeling and Vinnie Moore.
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Auction item. This promo photo was one of a handful of items included in a batch of stuff at local auction.
 Signed photo. |
Great snag by my good pal, Dave Iozzia! Dave just happened to show up at the Bergen PAC at the right time when the always elusive Mr. Cooper was exiting the venue after just taping a VH1 "thing". Dave asked Alice if he would be kind enough to oblige with a quick autograph. Alice signed, Dave wished him luck on the show that evening to which Mr. Cooper replied that he didn't need luck for the show that night but instead could use some luck for his golf game the next day!
UPDATE - Auction items. Came across these great items, the two LPs and especially this AWESOME Epiphone SG style guitar, signed by Alice! At least the body of the guitar is signed and not just a pick guard!!
UPDATE 2 - Purchased item. Picked up Alice's new CD with signed insert from Newbury Comics.
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As shown above, I recently picked up Alice Cooper's latest CD, Paranormal, that included the CD insert signed by Alice. On that release, Alice's old band mates Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith and Michael Bruce (from the Billion Dollar Babies era) regrouped to record some new tracks. At the 2017 Chiller Theater Convention, those three guys were in attendance, so it was a perfect opportunity to add them to the new CD!
 CD insert additional signed by Dunaway, Smith and Bruce. |
Incredible that vocalist and musician, John Corabi, performed nearby at The Crossroads, in Garwood, NJ. In the 80's he fronted a band called The Scream...excellent CD! When Vince Neil left Motley Crue, John was the replacement vocalist (for just one album though....) and he also was part of Union and ESP with guys like Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick! Although he played to a small crowd on a Sunday evening, he entertained with his music and humor. PLUS he was so giving to the fans that were there that night, talking and taking photos and signing for everyone. And all around great guy!
UPDATE - I caught up with John once again, at the WDHA studios during another Dead Daisies promo stop. And I had John add his signature to a great, live solo CD covering his one time as the Motley Crue frontman!
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My bud Dave Iozzia scored this signed photo of the band that they included in Dave's request for drum sticks for HIS collection. Promo photo is signed by band members Mick Michaels (guitars, keyboards), Treese Logan (vocals), Mad T (drums), James Pera (bass).
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Met up with guitarist Gary Cornish (from The Rascals...Good Lovin', Groovin, People Got to Be Free, How Can I Be Sure?, A Beautiful Morning) at a recent Chiller Theater Con.
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Auction item. Hey, hey, hey!!! It's the COS!! Look, I know what's been going on with him lately BUT back in the day, when I was a kid, his stuff was HILARIOUS!! Anyway, it came up on an auction site and I got it!!
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OK, so your wondering..."what the hell does Kevin Costner have to do with ROCK AND ROLL autographs????" Well, I was one of a lucky few who caught up with Kevin (we're on a first name basis, ya know) after his SOUNDCHECK at the Starland Ballroom. Kevin's BAND...Kevin Costner and Modern West...were making one of their tour stops there recently. Look for and buy the CD...it sounds great!!.
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David stopped by WDHA while promoting his solo releases, Into The Light. I was thinking, "man, Coverdale is a LEGEND! I hope he's not all stuck up and stuff...". Well, Dave (and I believe his manager) showed up about an hour late...here comes this Crown Victoria into the DHA lot and out gets David from the front passeneger seat. Since I'm the only person standing outside, he apologizes to ME for being late!!! "No problem" I said, and he graciously signed everything I had and stopped for some pictures BEFORE going onto the studio! What a great...legendary...gentleman!
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 Deep Puple's Burn album. |
 David and me..."standing in the shadows of love" I guess...! |
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I caught up with the guys from Crash Kings (Tony Beliveau, Mike Beliveau and Jason Morris) when they recently opened for JET at The Starland Ballroom.
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A few years back, Alter Bridge came to town and I was lucky enough to score autographs from drummer Scott Phillips and bassist Brian Marshall. Scott and Brian are also members of Creed, so at that time I had them sign some Creed stuff. Now recently, Creed was in touring area so I made another attempt and was able to add guitarist Mark Tremonti to stuff Scott and Brian previously signed. Mark and Scott also signed the Full Circle CD...I had JUST missed getting Brian to sign as well. Now all that's left is to score vocalist Scott Stapp! Oh well, next time.
UPDATE - OK, NOW it is finally complete! I caught up with Scott Stapp during a book signing tour for his autobiography "Sinner's Creed". During the signing I mentioned that his was the last name I needed to complete my full Creed autographs! And he graciously signed my CD's. Over. Done!
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Now these are "complete" and are signed by Scott (although I still need Brian on the Full Circle CD).
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I finally had the opportunity to catch up with the great Marshall Crenshaw just before he performed an acoustic show at church in Woodbridge, NJ. Marshall was very friendly and kind enough to sign my stuff here (and I did get the opp to tell him my favorite Crenshaw song: "You're My Favorite Waste Of Time"...so cool).
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Caught up with Brandon Yeagley and Chris Bishop from Crobot when they were opening for Volbeat at The Starland Ballroom. Unfortunately, brothers Paul and Jake Figueroa had parted ways with the band just a few weeks earlier! ARRGH!!
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I decided to go thru my vinyl collection recently and found a handful of signed LPs that I didn't know I had!! Most likely items won from WDHA back in the day. And this gem, Ratt's Dancing Undercover album, signed by guitarist Robyn Crosby!
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Thanks to my good pal, Dave Iozzia for catching up with comedian David Cross after a performance at The Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ. With nothing else but his ticket stub and a red ballpoint pen....
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Dave I's ticket stub signed by David Cross (upside down even!!). |
Russell Crowe / Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunts
Crowe's band was touring around in support of their new CD. The band made a stop at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park. I wish I could say that I met the band and they all signed the DVD...the truth is, at the souvenir table where you buy T-shirts, you could buy the DVD with or without the autographs...KA-CHING! I'm a bit embarassed to say for how much! (I am 99% certain that I was standing next to and spoke with...at that time...Crowe's girlfriend, who is now Mrs. Crowe!)
DVD cover signed by the whole band. |
Cry of Love was one of those "blues-rock" styled bands formed in the mid 90's. They only released 2 CDs, each one with a different vocalist. WDHA was holding a charity auction at Compact Disc World in the Menlo Park, NJ store. A majority of the items up for bid were stuff signed by rock artists. Alot of the items were a bit beyond my financial means at the time, but I was able to bid on and win this Fender guitar autographed by the band.
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No, not Ian Astbury, not Billy Duffy...it's 2006 Cult touring drummer, John Tempesta. The real story here is that my great pal, Dave Iozzia suffered scrapes and bruises and shed BLOOD to get this setlist!! Well, actually, no...the setlist came easy...it was Dave leaping over a fence around the soundboard to grab the tamborine Ian Astbury tossed in the audience that caused all the physical damage...but he GOT the tamborine!!
Setlist signed by drummer John Tempesta. |
Former lead singer of 80's band The Fixx, Cy Curnin, was the opening act at MusicFest 09. MusicFest is a free, open air music festival featuring a number of bands over 2 days now here in my hometown of Clark, NJ. Cy and guitarist Nick Harper opened the festivities with a great acoustic set of classic Fixx tunes and solo songs. After the set I was able to grab Cy for some signatures and a quick photo.
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 Cy with Annie and me. |
 Cy onstage (with Nick Harper) at MusicFest 09. |
In the 70's, Cherie Currie was the voice of The Runaways. Whenever you hear the song Cherry Bomb (like in The Guardians of the Galaxy movie)...that's her singing! Aside from the rockin' music The Runaways gave us, there was an obvious appeal to a many male fans. After The Runaways, Cherie did some solo work and has appeared in movies and TV. I met up with Cherie at the 2014 Chiller Con where she signed my ORIGINAL copy of the first Runaways and her solo LPs. And she still looks great!
 Runaways album cover. |
 Cherie's solo album cover. |
 Cherie Currie and...uh...um?...oh yea, me! |
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I met Joey (former lead vocalist of ROXX) at the 2009 Chiller Convention. Ironically, not there signing specifically, but he's currently involved in The Wild Life Animal Conservation Center in Ridgefield Park, NJ (www.njbatman.com) and they had a live bat display at the con. The display itself was very cool and informative (my daughter LOVED it!!) and Joey himself was very personable and friendly! Thanks!!
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Thanks to my pal Dave Iozzia, for snagging me this setlist signed by Shawn Brown, Brian Baker, Roger Marbury and Colin Sears of the hardcore band Dag Nasty.
 Setlist signed by the band . |
Purchased item. I picked up this signed CD directly from Bob's website. Daisley has played bass on a number of releases by hard rock artists over the years, such as Ozzy, Black Sabbath and Gary Moore. I opted for THIS Mother's Army CD because of the awesome line-up of artists involved with the band.
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Purchased item. I really don't have to explain WHO this guy is....picked up the CD from Newbury Comics.
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Auction item. Although I'm not a big fan of The Charlie Daniels Band's music, I was compelled to snag this autographed photo simply because The Devil went Down To Georgia was a song that was part of my teenage years.
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This, I believe, is my first of what would become many, MANY, WDHA "events"...listeners called in to win tickets to the Danger Danger show that evening at a club in northern NJ. From that list of winners, the station pulled 3 people as grand prize winners to have dinner with and meet the band before the show. All I had was a piece of paper that I had the guys in the band sign...on BOTH SIDES!
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Purchased item. Picked up this CD, signed by this English band, from Newbury Comics.
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Purchased item. Picked up the band-signed CD from Chris Daughtry and the gang from Newbury Comics.
UPDATE - Thanks to Dave Iozzia for supplementing my Daughtry with a CD signed by Chris and another band member.
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Purchased item. From Newbury Comics, a collection of solo tunes from the 70's by Dave Davies of The Kinks.
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Purchased item. Signed solo CD by the Korn frontman, from Newbury Comics.
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I caught up with Martha Davis as she arived for soundcheck in Morristown, NJ. In the 80's, you could not escape hearing The Motels on the radio and MTV. She was very gracious to the fans waiting, taking pictures and signing for us! Martha was one of the acts on tour with The Go-Gos and Patty Smyth from Scandal. I didn't get any autographs from either of those bands but I did get "dissed" (in a nice way...I'm pretty sure he smiled as he passed me!) by John McEnroe, who's married to Patty Smyth
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I had the opportunity to meet The Dead Daisies when they toured on the 2013 Uproar Festival when it made a stop at the PNC in Jersey. I'm so glad I missed them! Because I had a much better and more unique opportunity a year later at the WDHA studios! The band was doing an on-air appearance to support their new EP. The great Curtis Kay at DHA was so nice to let me "sneak in" and hang in the hallway while the band warmed up! For about 30 minutes I had my own private acoustic show with vocalist Jon Stevens (INXS), guitarist Richard Fortus (GnR), keyboardist Dizzy Reed (GnR), bassist Marco Mendoza (everybody!) and drummer Brian Tichy (everybody!!). SO COOL! After they warmed up, the band signed my photo (guitarist David Lowy was no longer with them at this point.)
UPDATE 2 and 3 - How things have changed in just a couple of years! It's now 2017 and some lineup changes in the band have made The Dead Daisies all the more better (in my opinion)! Vocalist Jon Stevens has been replaced with one of my favorites, John Corabi and guitarist Richard Fortus has been replaced with the amazing Doug Aldrich! AND David Lowy is back with the band!! And in the past few years, with this new lineup, the band has put out a handful of kick ass albums!! So now, here in 2017, the band has hit the road promoting their new, live CD. And with that, first a stop at the WDHA studios on a Tuesday afternoon in July, followed by a Wednesday night show at The House of Independents in Asbury Park, NJ. All this yielding me a handful of signed items!
UPDATE 4 -Members John Corabi and Marco Mendoza were making the promotional rounds for the bands upcoming release and stopped by the WDHA studios once again. Naturally, I made an appearance as well and had them sign the new Rise Up CD single and Revolution insert!!
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 CD booklet signed by all but Lowy. |
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 Promo postcard signed by all. |
 Setlist signed by all. |
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I got to meet The Dead Deads when they were here in New Jersey, as an opening band at The Starland. Band members Meta Dead, Johnnie Dead, Dolly Dead and Daisy Dead (do I see a theme here?) signed their set list and poster.
 Signed poster. |
 Signed set list. |
My best bud Bob and I caught Deep Purple on their 2015 tour as it came through The Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. After the show, Steve Morse, Ian Paice, Roger Glover and Don Airey came out in the parking lot to greet, hang out and sign stuff for the fans. Unfortunately Ian Gillian did not come out!
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Def Leppard was in Jersey to promote the release of their new album, "X". The CD was being released that day and the band stopped by WDHA on their way to a Wal-Mart store in Saddlebrook for an in-store signing!!! Since the band was running extremely late, there was no time for any autographs...they zoomed into the studio and zoomed out. They only stopped for ONE photograph of the entire group of us waiting outside...which their tour manager said "everybody will get a copy"...yea, right! Hey!! Anybody have a copy of that photo?? This was one of the rare times with no autographs...but I did shake hands with drummer Rick Allen.
 Vocalist Joe Elliot. |
 Guitarist Phil Collen. |
Many thanks to the guys from Default who braved a drizzly Sunday afternoon to sign my stuff! Vocalist Dallas Smith signed first, followed by bassist Dave Benedict and drummer Danny Craig (who did his best to shield my stuff from the raindrops) and lastly, guitarist Jeremt Hora.
 Promo photo signed by the band. |
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Dean DeLeo (of Stone Temple Pilots)
The great Dave Iozzia (and his young son, Michael) made the trek to Connecticut to catch up with the newly reformed Stone Temple Pilots. Dave was kind enough to snag me guitarist Dean DeLeo's autograph but it's kudos to Michael for sticking it out for HOURS to finally get Weiland's signature! Congrats, little man!!
Doodles and Dean DeLeo. |
I mentioned earlier here that I found a handful of signed LPs recently that I didn't know I had. This Del Fuegos LP, signed by brothers Warren and Dan Zanes, was one of those albums!
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Delta Deep is the side project of Def Leppard's Phil Collen and Stone Temple Pilot's Robert DeLeo, along with vocalist Debbi Blackwell-Cook and Forrest Robbinson on drums. My pal Dave Iozzia caughtup with the band after a show in Asbury Park, NJ and had them sign this promo photo for me.
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Auction item. Awesome photo of the Ratt guitarist from an online auction.
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Again, kudos to my pal Dave Iozzia for grabbing this for me! At a recent Johnny and Edgar Winter show, guitar legend Rick Derringer was also on the bill. Rick kindly signed a photo I had taken of him from a show in Asbury Park back in the late 70's. Rick assured Dave that he no longer makes those leaps off of the amps anymore!
UPDATE - Purchased item. While cruising around the internet, I decided to check into Rick Derringer's website. I found out that he offered some of his CDs autographed, so I wanted something from "the 70's", so I opted for a copy of Derringer Live!
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One of my favorite bands in the mid 70's, although short lived, was the band Detective. Probably considered a sort of "super group" of that time, the band consisted of Des Barres on vocals, former Steppenwolf guitarist Michael Monarch, former Yes organist Tony Kaye, drummer Jon Hyde from Hocus Pocus and bassist Bobby Pickett. I got to meet Michael at the 2017 Chiller Con and got to play for him my ringtone for incoming texts, the Detective song Grim Reaper. Google that song and for those of you who grew up in the 70's will remember hearing those opening riffs for a bunch of local radio commercials!
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Purchased item. When I had mentioned to my friend, Dave Iozzia, about looking forward to meeting and getting an autograph from Michael Des Barres (above), he responded back with "what about Pamela?" So, that got me doing a Goggle search which landed me at Pamela's own website where one could purchase a signed print of her classic 1968 Rolling Stone photoshoot. For those of you not familiar with who Pamela is, she's the famous rock and roll groupie, who back in the day, was...ummm, "friendly" with such folks as Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison, Gram Parsons, Waylon Jennings, and actors Michael Richards, Woody Allen and Don Johnson to name a FEW!
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Very cool items from the "punk rock" band the Decendents, thanks to my pal Dave Iozzia and his son, Michael (who cretaed the nice flier....note the "Phil Sucks"...LOL!). The band (Bill Stevenson, Milo Aukerman, Karl Alvarez and Stephen Egerton) made a recent in-store appearance at Vintage Vinyl.
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Purchased item. Picked up this signed CD by the heavy metal band from Newbury Comics.
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Liberty DeVitto, former long-time drummer for Billy Joel was in the area recently performing with Glen Burtnick and Marshall Crenshaw (as the Incredible Simulators performing Beatles songs). I caught up with him as he came outside and asked him to sign a couple of Billy Joel items.
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I caught up with the former Styx frontman after a soundcheck at the Welmont Theater in Montclair, NJ. Although it was a chilly afternoon, Dennis was very gracious and signed my stuff before heading out for some dinner before the show!
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Thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia, for finding this music fanzine, signed by 90's glam/punk band DGeneration, signed by the band, including Jesse Malin.
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My good bud, Dave Iozzia finally caught up with the "other half" of Squeeze, Chris Difford at a recent Squeeze show in NJ. Glenn Tilbrook had previously signed this disc.
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Auction item. NOT Stephen Stills, but by classic rock and roll photographer, Henry Diltz. Diltz (Google him) has photographed a huge number of classic images of rockers through the 60's and 70's.
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Purchased item. Grabbed this signed CD of the jazz/fusion guitarist from Newbury Comics.
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Purchased item. Frank DiMino was the vocalist for the incredible 70's band, Angel. I picked up this signed copy of Frank's solo CD directly from his website.
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Pat Dinizio of The Smithereens / The Smithereens
Pat was doing a small tour of bookstores and was making a stop at Borders Books in Princeton, NJ. My buddy Rob Sims and I decided to sit in for what was a great evening of acoustic renditions of Smithereens songs...along with the classic Smithereens' Dairy Queen commercial song!! Since I saw other people doing it, I grabbed on of the posters of the wall and had Pat sign it.
Part 2 - The Smithereens were part of the lineup of MusicFest '05, a free(!) outdoor concert at Echo Lake Park in Mountainside, NJ. Also on the bill was headliner Joan Jett, They Might Be Giants and Joe Bonamassa among others. I was able to grab signatures from the 3 original members, vocalist Pat DiNizio, drummer Dennis Diken and guitarist Jim Babjak.
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My old pal Dave Iozzia caught up with the Smithereens doing a show at BB King's in NYC. Pat, Dennis and Jim all signed the Blow Up CD and Pat signed the soundtrack CD from his ESPN TV series.
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Once again old pal Dave I catches up with the Smitherens while performing down in Lakewood, NJ. All the guys graciously sign my copies of their latest...Meet The Smithereens and their new Christmas CD. Thanks all!!
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There should be no question that this is yet another acquire by the great Dave Iozzia! Dave "swiped" the dressing room door sign for the band to sign while at another appearance at NYC's BB King's.
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Yet one more item to add to the collection...the Smithereens 2011 CD insert signed by the band. I met up with the guys when they performed this year at my town's 3-day MusicFest.
RIP - Pat DiNizio...gone too soon.
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Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan and Shania Twain
Auction item. Came across this amazing poster promoting "Divas Live" on VH1. What's cool about this is that it's signed by Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan and Shania Twain. Calling out for some help out there folks...if anybody has contact info, I would love to complete this poster with the two missing artists and add Aretha Franklin and Mariah Carey.
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Auction item. Picked up this photo signed by David Draiman, Dan Donegan and Mike Wehgren of Disturbed off of an auction site. These guys just made it really big with their cover of Simon and Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence.
UPDATE - Purchased item. Picked up this signed CD from Newbury Comics.
UPDATE 2 - At a recent auction I attended, someone had dumped this framed Disturbed poster, signed by David Draiman and Mike Wehgren, so naturally I picked that up!
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Got to meet up with these up and coming rockers when they opened for The Dead Daisies show at The House of Independents in Asbury Park, NJ. The band is comprised of guitarist and lead singer Evan Stanley, guitarist and lead singer Mike Lefton, bassist Sergio Ortega and drummer Jimmy Meier (who, in a somewhat complicated story, my pal Dave Iozzia and I met a number of years ago!).
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Auction item. I snagged this fantastic shot of these ladies for a fantastic price on an auction site. I think this is a great shot with quality signatures!
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RUN-D.M.C. is considered one of the most influential acts in the history of hip-hop and rap. Their collaboration with Aerosmith on "Walk This Way" was instrumental in breaking down the walls between rock music and rap. D.M.C. aka Darryl McDaniels (who prefers to be called "D") made an appearance at a benefit music sale put on by DJ Rich Russo. Rich's show, "Anything, Anything" airs on WDHA and The Peak. It was a blast to meet this music legend (who's taller than I had thought!!) and chat with him for a bit. He signed some CD's and posed for a photo with my daughter, Annie.
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I caught up with Don when he and Kelly Keeling opened for Queensryche at The Starland Ballroom. It was cool to finally meet Don and he graciously signed everything for all the fans. He was especially interested in the live Dokken/UFO CD I had. He mentioned that he had only ever seen one or two of 'em around.
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 Me and an ecstatic Don Dokken. |
I got to meet Dolenz at a recent autograph convention and picked up their new CD, which he signed.
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Auction item. Could not pass on this promo photo of this TRULY classic rock and roller!
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Purchased item. A little blast from my childhood, a signed CD from the Hurdy Gurdy Man himself! Picked this up directly from his website. The only disappointment is that the signature is so SMALL!! On the open spread, it's on the first of the three panels, in the upper right corner.
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My pal Dave Iozzia of Dave's On Tour (www.davesontour.com) has this MASSIVE collection of signed drumsticks. Dave recently purchased a signed Doobie Brothers stick. When he received the package, the seller tossed in this signed paper plate (hopefully unused!!) with signatures from Michael McDonald, drummer Chet McCraken and percussionist Bobby LaKind. This is probably from around the late 70's/early 80's.
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The Doors/Riders On The Storm/John Densmore
The great Dave Iozzia once again grabs a great set of signatures for me at a recent Riders On The Storm show in PA. I have this great promo CD for the Doors box set that was released a few years back, now signed by founding members Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger. Dave also had the other band members...vocalist Brett Scallions, bassist Phil Chen and drummer Ty Dennis sign the program for the evening's show.
UPDATE - While sitting down to eat some burgers with Robbie Krieger before a show, my pal Dave Iozzia scored Robbie's and Ray Manzarek's signatures on my Doors Greatest Hits CD insert.
UPDATE 2 - Doors drummer John Densmore was doing a book signing at Vintage Vinyl recently. I picked up his book and also had him add his signature to the Doors promo CD previously signed by Manzarek and Krieger.
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 John Densmore's book cover. |
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 Promo CD signed by all 3 members. |
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I caught up with the "legendary" German-born singer Doro (Pesch) at the 2016 Food Truck and Rock Carnival. She had the fans waiting for a good 30 minutes before finally stepping off her bus to make way to the stage. But not the diva, she was very gracious to me and a few other fans to sign for us (although her escort to the stage wasn't to thrilled about it). And we share the same birthday (except I'm just a wee bit older)!
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New band on the scene from LA called Dorothy who made an in-studio stop at the WDHA studios in August 2016. My daughter Annie and I were two of a handful of guests that were selected to be in the studio during their appearance on Terrie Carr's show. They did a couple of acoustic numbers then stayed for photos and signing for us guests. The band is vocalist Dorothy Martin, drummer Zac Morris, guitarist DJ Black and (Annie's favorite) bassist Gregg "Cash Money" Cash.
UPDATE - Met up again with Dorothy and the band twice in the span of 2 weeks. Once when the opened for Greta Van Fleet at The Starland, where I was able to get the band to sign a promo poster. Then again a bit later at WDHA's very first listener party at The Raven Room in Morristown, NJ. It was a small, intimate acoustic performance and Dorothy signed another promo poster for me!
 CD insert signed by the band. |
 Annie and myself with the band. |
 Poster signed by the whole band. |
 Poster signed by just Dorothy. |
Auction item. I came across this great shot of guitarist and founding member of Judas Priest, K.K. Downing, on an auction site and thought it was pretty cool.
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Former Alice Cooper bassist Dennis Dunaway's new solo disc, The Dennis Dunaway Project. Through my pal Dave Iozzia, Dennis was nice enough to send on a copy of the disc signed by all four band members...Dennis, vocalist Ed Burns, guitarist Rick Tedesco and drummer Russ Wilson.
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Purchased item. Drummer, percussionist and former Prince band member, Sheila E released her latest CD, available signed from Pledge Music.
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Back in 1978 I heard this song "Magnet and Steel" done by this guy, Walter Egan. I was hooked by the tune and still love hearing it to this day! Walter was one of the guests appearing at Jersey's "Weekend of 100 Rock Stars" Con recently and I was fortunate enough to meet him, tell him that I love the song and have him sign the original LP as well as a "Best Of" CD.
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Purchased item. Grabbed this signed CD from the Newbury Comics website. At the time of the release, one of the band members was unavailable to sign the CD, so it arrived separately at a later date!
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Purchased item. Grabbed this signed CD by the former Oingo Boingo front man and legendary soundtrack dude from Newbury Comics.
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David Ellefson and Jimmy DeGrasso
On tour with guitar god, Ronnie Montrose, were bassist David Ellefson and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso. Ellefson had been a long time member of the band Megadeth. DeGrasso also was a member of the band for a few discs. Both guys were very gracious to sign a few things for me.
David Ellefson Part 2
Just a few months after meeting Ellefson on tour with Ronnie Montrose, my pal Dave Iozzia caught up with him again, this time touring with the band F5. Dave Ellefson was gracious enough to sign some more Megadeth stuff for me via Dave I.
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Purchased item. Def Leppard’s front man, Joe Elliott has a quirky little side project know as Joe Elliott’s Down N’ Outz. The music is sort of in that 70’s/glam rock/Mott The Hoople vein. I purchased two of the band’s CDs thru the label’s website…the CDs are signed by the band members.
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Another "grand prize" win from WDHA that went from cool to sour to great...ELP was doing a Summer tour to promote their new CD. The shows were at outside venues. As grand prize winners, we were supposed to watch the entire show (Jason Bonham's band was the opening act) from the side of the stage and then meet ELP backstage after the show. That summer, there were alot of nasty thunderstorms with high winds rolling thru NJ. And, of course, the night of the show was another "stormy night". Not real bad, but just nasty! As it turned out, with the weather being potentially rough, Bonham decided not to play. And also due to the weather, it was decided that it might not be safe for us to be on the stage...so we ended up watching the show standing next to the soundboard stand. After the concert we made our way to the side of the stage where we met up with the DJ for DHA. He informed us that due to the weather and other things, ELP just got in their limo and went back to the hotel! Sucks, right? Now it gets better...the DJ (who's name I cannot remember and was a big ELP fan) told us that he knew which hotel the band was staying at and invited us to follow him over to see if the band would be hanging out in the hotel lounge. Well we did and they were...the DJ told their manager our story and we were promptly given a tour program, hats and shirts. We got to comfortably sit down for a while and chat one on one with Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer!! It turned out so much better than how it was supposed to be!
UPDATE - A number of years later, my pal Dave Iozzia was interviewing members of Keith Emerson's solo band and got Keith to sign the Brain Salad Surgery CD insert which is also signed by Greg Lake and Carl Palmer. Keith's signature is a bit hard to see...right below Carl's and to the left of Greg's. Thanks for the gift, Dave!!
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Purchased item. Newbury Comics offered a copy of Rik Emmett's solo CD with a signed insert. I always loved the band Triumph and having the opportunity to snag the guitarist and co-vocalist's autograph was a definite plus!
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Travelling the streets of Manhatten with my pal, Dave Iozzia, in his quest for yet another drumstick to add to HIS collection, brought us to the Gershwin Theatre to meet Matthew Vander Ende, the orchestra drummer for the long-running play Wicked. Aside from Dave's sticks, Matt signed a Playbill and promo photo for me!
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Purchased item. Grabbed this signed promo photo directly from the band's website.
UPDATE - Caught up with Chip Z Nuff about six months later at an 80's themed show at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ. Chip manned the merch booth where he signed a few CDs for me!
 Promo photo signed by the band 2018. |
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Purchased item. Another item available from Newbury Comics, the latest copy of Sully's solo CD with a signed booklet.
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Purchased item. Pledge Music offered some great items signed by Melissa in support of her latest CD. I opted for the signed CD and this awesome promo poster.
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Auction item. I remember seeing a ten-year old Jackie Evancho on America's Got Talent. I'll admit, the type of music she sings is not my cup of tea, but it certainly seems like she's on her way to a big and long career.
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Extreme stopped by The Starland Ballroom recently while on tour with RATT. Here's a band photo signed by vocalist Gary Cherone, bassist Pat Badger and drummer Kevin Figueiredo. I hung around as long as I could waiting for Nuno, but no luck. Thanks to my bud, Dave Iozzia, for scoring me a "make-up" Nuno autograph on the band's set list after the show.
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Once again, my buddy Dave Iozzia pulls thru for me with a set list signed by the band F5. The line up includes Dale Steele on vocals, Steve Conley guitar, Dave Small drums, John Davis guitar and bassist Dave Ellefson formerly of Megadeth.
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Auction item. Understandably, I picked up this autograph very cheap because most people don't know who Chris Farlowe is...or would even care. But for me (and for my friend Bob), Farlowe has a special place in my musical upbringing. Being a huge Led Zeppelin fan, obviously anything put out by the band or the individual members, I had to have! Farlowe was the vocalist on two solo Jimmy Page releases, the Death Wish II soundtrack and Jimmy's LP, Outrider.
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Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad)
In the late 60's and early 70's America's greatest rock band was Grand Funk Railroad. Hailing from Flint, Michigan, they were the States answer to Zeppelin, Deep Purple and the like. We're An American Band and Shinin' On are just two fantastic rock albums. It was a treat to finally meet founding member Mark Farner where I had him sign a couple of inserts for me. And I got an opportunity to tell him that when I was a kid, my cousin from Flint was friends with bassist Mel Schacher's cousin! Yea, that really solidified our friendship!!
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Back in the mid-80's there was a CD released by a band called Farrenheit. That CD contains some really great, catchy tunes that I have always loved. Well, what a pleasant surprise it was for me to find out that leader of that band, Charlie Farren, was going to be at NJ's "Weekend of 100 Rock Stars" Con so that I'd have the chance to meet him in person! (Even better is that he's teaming up with my all-time fav, Jon Butcher, on some projects!!) Charlie was great to chat with and he graciously signed a few items for me.
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Dave "ROCK" Feinstein's history goes back to the band Elf which included his cousin, the late, great Ronnie James Dio. Dave was also a member of the metal band, The Rods. My pal Dave Iozzia met up with Dave F. and he graciously signed over the promo CD "Bitten by the Beast" to me saying "Beast Wishes!"
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An incredible opportunity, thanks to the great folks at WDHA-FM! I won an in-studio with the legendary Don Felder, former member of the Eagles. He was SUCH a great guy to meet, he was so polite to all the fans and signed everything and posed for pictures with anybody and everybody. The station supplied lunch for the winners and Don was getting ready to leave, but decided to stay and have some lunch with us after he got a wiff of how good the food smelled! Fantastic guy!
UPDATE - Purchased item. While trolling around the internet, I stopped at Don's site and saw this awesome mini white Gibson double-neck, signed by Don and thought that it would be a cool item to add to the collection!
UPDATE 2 - Had the opportunity to see Don's show when he opened for REO Speedwagon and Styx during The 2017 United We Rock Tour. There were these beautiful signed prints available at the merch booth and I HAD to get one of those! Beautiful piece!
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 Donna, Don Felder and you-know-who! |
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 Limited edition mini double-neck guitar signed by Don Felder. |
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OK, so Frank Ferrer may not be the "biggest" musician whos autograph I have but, thanks to my pal Dave Iozzia, it IS the biggest autograph I have! Dave caught up with the current Guns N' Roses (and one time Dead Daisies) drummer at a Psychedelic Furs show. Since he didn't have any G N' R stuff on hand, he had Frank sign the back of a Psychedelic Furs poster for me! AND....Frank also used to drum for The Furs at one time.
 Signed back of poster. |
Purchased item. Picked up this great signed poster of Bryan Ferry, the velvet voice of Roxy Music, from a collectibles site. I still feel that Roxy Music's Avalon is one fantastic sounding LP.
 Signed poster. |
Live DVD signed by the guys in the band, courtesy of my pal, Dave Iozzia.
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Anton Fig, Reese Wynans and Michael Rhodes (Joe Bonamassa's backing band 2016)
Caught up with legendary drummer, Anton Fig (most notable for being in David Letterman's house band), along with keyboardist Reese Wynans and bassist Michael Rhodes after backing up guitarist Joe Bonamassa at a November 2016 show in Red Bank, NJ.
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Thanks to my good pal, Dave Iozzia, I'm able to add the band Filter (circa 2011) to my roster. Filetr leader and founder Robert Patrick signed my Filter and (side project) Army of Anyone CDs. Dave also offered up his backstage pass, signed by drummer Mike Fineo and bassist Phil Buckman.
UPDATE - Once again, my bud Dave grabs another Filter item to add to my roster! This time a poster signed by band members (minus Robert Patrick) while on tour with STP.
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A great quad-billing show rolled through Starland Ballroom recently with Airbourne, Saving Abel, Theory of a Deadman and finger eleven. I completely missed out on Airbourne (due to a breakdown enroute) and Saving Abel (???), but caught up with Theory and James Black, Rick Jacket, Rich Beddoe and Sean Anderson of finger eleven. I missed out on vocalist Scott Anderson tho...
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This is pretty cool. I had a feeling that 80's rocker, Fiona, would be making an appearance at a local Kip Winger show. But when that day came, I completely forgot all about it! So I decided to reach out to her and asked if she's sign some items for me and she agreed! So here they are, a CD insert of her third album (with the song "Everything You Do (You're Sexing Me)") and a (sexy) CD single cover! Many thanks!!
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Purchased item. Grabbed this signed card and pick from founding member of Heart, Roger Fisher, from the V-Picks website.
 Signed card with pick. |
I caught up with drummer Brent Fitz while recently on tour with Slash and Myles Kennedy. Here I had him sign two Union discs he played on. Brent has drummed for a number of artists such as Bruce Kulick and Theory of a Deadman.
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Purchased item. Grabbed this band-signed CD from Newbury Comics.
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Purchased item. So, you're probably wondering who the heck is Robert Fleischman!?! Believe it or not, a one-time member of the band Journey. He was with the band between the Next and Infinity albums and had written three of the tunes on the Infinity album! He was also a possible contender for the vocal duties in the band, Asis, as well. I picked up this signed CD from Robert's website.
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Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, respectively known as Flo and Eddie, were founding members of the 60's band, The Turtles. After The Turtles, they were involved with many different artists such as Frank Zappa, T. Rex, John Lennon, Sammy Hagar, Alice Cooper and so on and so on. During their 2014 Happy Together tour (which I tried at THREE different venues!!) to get their signatures, I was only able to snag "Flo". Never even saw Eddie!! Oh well, next time...
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My pal Dave Iozzia scored this setlist signed by the 2016 version of the band after a performance in Asbury Park, NJ. Mike Score (yea, the guy with the hair...) is the only original member of the band here.
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Auction item. Saw this promo photo from these up and coming country artists and figured, why not?
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Recently Flyleaf opened for Seether. I caught up with guitarist Jared Hartmann and drummer James Culpepper while at The Starland Ballroom but missed out on getting Lacey, Sameer and Pat to sign the photo.
Band photo signed by James and Jared. |
Purchased item. I've been a fan of the band FM for years and was thrilled to grab this band-signed copy of their recent CD directly from their website!
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Purchased item. Snagged this really cool, updated repackaging of Fogerty's classic Centerfield album from Pledge Music. In keeping with the "baseball" theme, it also came with a pennant...AND SOCKS!!?
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Foghat...man, I've always loved this band! Even though original member "Lonesome" Dave Preverett passed away a few years back, Foghat still rocks on. The line up has changed over the years but my bud Dave Iozzia caught up with the band while on tour with Blue Oyster Cult. Here's their recent 2-CD release signed inside by the current members (l to r) Craig MacGregor, Roger Earl, Charlie Huhn and Bryan Bassett.
UPDATE - Purchased item. After seeing the band at WDHA's 2016 Rock the Park (with Southside Johnny and ZZ Top also on the bill), I was inspired to visit their website where I found you could purchase a poster signed by the band...Roger Earl, Craig Macgregor, Bryan Bassett and Charlie Huhn.
UPDATE 2 - Just a few weeks after Rock the Park, my pal Dave Iozzia and I got to see the band do a full set at BB Kings in NYC! After the show, the band came out to meet with the fans. I got my wish to have drummer and founding member, Roger Earl, sign my copy of Fool For The City LP. That's Roger there on the cover, sitting in the middle of a New York City street with a fishing pole!! It's a great story that can be found at my friend Dave's site (click here) and read about the show (click here).
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My good friend Tom Noonan, who shares my love of great music and is a HUGE! Foghat fan, is a frequent figure at appearances by Steve Forbert. Tom was nice enough to pick up this CD, signed by Steve, for me.
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FINALLY caught up with Lita at a recent Chiller Convention...after seeing a GREAT come back performance at BB Kings in NYC earlier this year!! She signed my CD booklets and even signed the Black CD twice since it didn't really show up too good on the front side.
UPDATE - I caught up with Lita once again during an in-store stop at the great Vintage Vinyl in Fords, NJ. Lita performed 3 acoustic numbers and then spent time signing and chatting with the fans. Lita signed my vinyl copy of Out For Blood along with my Greatest Hits CD cover and the insert from her latest (and OUTSTANDING!) new disc, Living Like A Runaway. Thanks, Lita!
UPDATE 2 - Purchased item. Lita was on her 2016 tour with a stop at The Starland Ballroom. During the show, she mentioned some stories in her autobiography, which was onsale at the merch booth. After the show, all copies of the book were sold out but you could get signed copies at her website.
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 Lita and me! |
 Lita's first solo album with original cover. |
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Purchased item. Picked up the nicely signed CD by the blues/rock/jazz guitarist from Newbury Comics.
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During 2005/2006 the newly reformed Foreigner have been touring heavily. And, it seems, most of those stops have been or will be in New Jersey! The new lineup consists of original, founding member Mick Jones, Kelly Hansen on vocals, Jeff Pilson on bass, Jason Bonham on drums, Thom Gimbal on sax and guitar and Jeff Jacobs on keyboards. As evident by the links here, I've met most of these guys on some of those previous stops. My buddy Dave Iozzia grabbed this door sign on his 3rd (or is it the 4th now??) concert of this tour and was nice enough to have all the band members sign it for me!.
UPDATE - While on tour during the Summer with Styx, my pal Dave picked up this tour-only edition of a live disc of the new line-up, presigned by all the band members.
UPDATE 2 - Dave Iozzia and I caught up with the guys as they hit Jersey yet again during the 2005 - 2006 tour. I caught Mick Jones outside the Bergen PAC and had him sign my ticket stub.
UPDATE 3 - Another Dave Iozzia grab...Dave caught up with the band at a recent 2009 outdoor show and had the guys sign their brand new release.
UPDATE 4 - Need I say it...another Dave Iozzia grab...this time, new drummer Jason Sutter signed Dave's ticket for me. Welcome to the club, Jason...!
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The band, Four By Fate, consists of bassist John Regan, Tod Howarth (vocals and keys), Rob Affuso (drums) and Patrick James Gasperini (guitars). John and Tod are former members of Ace Frehley's band, Frehley's Comet and Rob is the former Skid Row drummer. The band made an in-store appearance at Vintage Vinyl to promote the release of their new CD, Relentless. Unfortunately Rob Affuso wasn't able to attend the in-store.
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Purchased item. Fozzy is a heavy metal band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, by lead singer and WWE wrestler Chris Jericho and guitarist Rich Ward. Picked up this CD signed by the band from Newbury Comics.
UPDATE - Shortly after receiving the CD from Newbury Comics, Chris Jericho made a stop by the WDHA studios where I caught up with him to sign the extra CD booklet.
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 Insert signed by the band. |
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Another WDHA "event". Lenny Block (Bloch?) was the program director at the time and he was familiar with my name from being a frequent winner/listener to DHA. When I heard that PETER FRAMPTON! was stopping by the station, I called Lenny and asked him if it would be OK for me to hang out in the parking lot. Lenny graciously allowed myself (and a few other fans) to hang out inside the lobby. After being on air, Frampton stopped for photos and signed everything for the fans.
UPDATE - Purchased item. Newbury Comics offered this very nice Best of Frampton Comes Alive package that came with an commemorative booklet, signed by Peter, and I couldn't resist!
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 Me and Peter Frampton. (This was at the beginning of the roll of film and almost didn't make development! I had to scan the negative to get this shot, which is why it's in black and white.) |
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 Inner page of booklet signed. |
Auction item. As a young lad, I had a "thing" for Connie Francis whenever she would pop up on TV in the early/mid sixties! I got this sexy photo of Jersey's own from an online auction site.
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Thanks again to my pal, Dave Iozzia, for setting this up for me! Back in the 70s, when you had SO much great music on the radio, a local NYC band (Long Island, actually), was quite popular...The Good Rats! Some really great blues rock music!! Jump ahead a few albums and line up changes and you have drummer Joe Franco in the mix. Joe has played with The Good Rats, Twisted Sister, Leslie West and many other acts. Here's Joe signed my vinyl copy of Birth Comes To Us All. Thanks, Joe!!
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One of THE BEST prizes from WDHA...!! It was one of those weekend contests that you would call in and be entered to win the grand prize, which was two tickets to the Grammys in NYC (along with an overnite stay!). Needless to say, I was THE lucky winner! It was at Radio City and granted, the seats were as far back and as high up as you could get...but they WERE dead center. It was a cool event to see in person. Whoopi Goldberg was the host, Metallica and Queensryche performed, among others. And after the show, as Donna and I were leaving, you could look down from the staircases and see everybody exiting from the main floor. I could see Donald Trump and Mayor David Dinkins, among others, and I figured that the bottom of the stairs would be roped off to us "little people"...WRONG!! We had missed a great opportunity to rub shoulders with some great artists!! But, as we went outside, Aretha was having a smoke before her limo pulled up and BB King was there waiting as well, so I asked them to sign the program booklet.
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I caught up with bassist Tony Franklin recently while on tour with Kenny Wayne Shepherd. It was really cool to meet Tony since I've been a fan since his days in The Firm and especially with Blue Murder. He agreed with me when I said I loved Blue Murder and it was a GREAT rock band. Tony was also impressed by the CD single package of Blue Murder's Valley of the Kings. Tony graciously signed my stuff...a very cool guy!
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Inside of Blue Murder's Valley of the Kings CD single, previously signed by Carmine Appice.
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Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads)
Thanks to my buddy, Dave Iozzia for reaching out to the husband and wife rhythm section of the Talking Heads for this signed CD!
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Met these guys outside Double D's in Morristown...they were opening for the Hollywood Allstars. The disc is signed by all the guys in the band... Tm Caso, Larry Guild, Paul Carroll, Jonathan Plout and John Gray. If you miss that classic "J. Geils Band" sound, check these Bostonians out!
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I met Ace Frehley, founding member of KISS, at the 2014 Chiller Con. As he was signing my CD he was complaining about the gum sombody gave him, so he bummed a couple of Tic Tacs off me!
UPDATE - Auction item. Saw this awesome copy of Ace's solo LP on line and had to have it!
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Purchased item. Picked up this signed CD by the rock/blues artist from Pledge Music.
 CD insert. |
Purchased item. I guess Gus G is a lot easier to say than Konstantinos Karamitroudis! Picked up this CD by this Greek guitarist (Firebrand, Ozzy) from Newbury Comics.
 CD insert. |
Auction item. Came across this signed CD insert from Peter Gabriel at a great price!
 CD insert. |
Purchased item. Grabbed this signed CD by the comedian from Newbury Comics.
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 Signed CD. |
After being a fan of Eric's since the beginning, I finally got the opportunity to see him in person and a wonderful, intimate show at Mexicali Blues Cafe in NJ. After the show, Eric met with fans, took photos and signed items.
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Auction item. Saw this item up for auction, signed by the whole band and thought it would be a great item to add to my collection.
 Signed CD insert. |
Was pleased to meet former Vixen frontlady, Janet Gardner, when she stopped by the WDHA studios to promote her upcoming solo album. She very graciously signed my "vintage" Vixen items!
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Purchased item. David Brent: Life on the Road is a 2016 British mockumentary comedy film by comedian Ricky Gervais, who I think is hilarious! When this item popped up on the Newbury Comics website, I had to grab a copy!
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Auction item. This signed "classic" album, signed by Barry Gibb, was included with other items at a local auction. When this album came out, I was a teenager working part time at a Bradlees Department store in the record and appliances department. This album FLEW out of the bins!!
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Auction item. Starting here with Billy Gibbons (guitarist, vocalist and founding member of ZZ Top), I've come to the realization that there are a handful of artists out there that I would like to add to my collection but will probably never get the chance to meet. So, within reason, I've decided to take a chance with some auction items (all with certificates of authenticity, of course!) and give that a try.
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Yes, it's true...Debbie Gibson. I met her at the 2014 Chiller Con as well. Now here's the story...at some point, back in the early 90's (I'm assuming) I picked up this "limited edition" video (that's VHS, folks) and CD gift pack. Based on the price sticker, it probably cost around one dollar at the time. Best part is that I had NEVER OPENED IT! It was still shrinkwrapped. So what was kinda cool is that Debbie's people videotaped (digitally of course!) Debbie removing the plastic and signing it for me.
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 Debbie and me. |
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Met up with these guys when they had the opening slot for Warrant in North Jersey. Very nice guys who signed their CD for me!
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Paul Gilbert and Bruce Bouillet
Once upon a time in the 80s there was a fantastic "metal-shred" band called Racer X. Master guitar slingers Paul Gilbert and Bruce Bouillet gave Racer X it's life. After Racer X, Bruce went on to join The Scream (do yourself a favor and find that CD!) and Paul went on to Mr. Big. Time passes, things happen and Bruce and Paul are back together again doing the latest G3 tour with Joe Satriani and John Petrucci. I hooked up with Bruce and Paul at The Starland and they were very cool and signed all. Thanks, guys!
 CD insert signed by Bruce and Paul. |
 CD insert signed by Bruce and Paul. |
 CD insert signed by Paul. |
 CD insert signed by Paul. |
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 Annie and Paul Gilbert. |
Many thanks to The Aquarian (a local, tri-state area, rock & roll newspaper) for this unexpected surprise that came in the mail! I had entered one of their many online contests and apparently was one of the winners for this new solo release from Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillian. It's a great dual disk package that Ian apparently autographed while in the area performing some shows.
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I caught up with Thom after a recent Foreigner show in Morristown, NJ. Thom, originally from Morristown, has been part of the Foreigner lineup for a number of years. The new lineup also consists of Kelly Hansen on lead vocals, Jeff Pilson on bass and Jason Bonham on drums. I should also mention that founding member Mick Jones is still there banging out those killer riffs and Jeff Jacobs up there on keyboards. Many years before joing Foreigner, Thom handled sax and keyboard duties for one of my all time favs...Jon Butcher! Thom was a great guy to chat with and he was nice enough to sign a few Jon Butcher discs he played on. Thom also got a kick out of my Jon Butcher concert T.
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The Gin Blossoms made a stop here recently, playing at MusicFest 2009, a local 2-day outdoor music event here in my hometown! After their set I was able to grab signatures from lead singer Robin Wilson and guitarist Jesse Valenzuela.
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If you're not aware, Neil Giraldo is not only the guitarist for Pat Benatar since the first album but he's also her husband. Now a few years ago, when I was trying to get Pat and Neil's autographs I had a bit of a "run in" with, I guess, her tour manager? Cannot remember her name but it was a one word name (like "Asshole" or something to that effect). Aside from complaining that myself and TWO OTHER "FANS" were being annoying and that she would call the cops on us, she would constantly be nasty and say that Pat or Neil will not sign anything! Well, a few years later I did see Neil and he was sort of "ok" but no sign of Pat...or "Asshole". UGH!
 Pat's debut album signed by Neil. |
Purchased item. Picked up this new CD by the "Prog-rock supergroup" whose members are former Police drummer Stewart Copeland, Level 42 bassist Mark King, Italian keyboardist Vittorio Cosma, and guitarist Adrian Belew who played for King Crimson, the Talking Heads and many others.
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Corey Glover, lead singer of Living Colour...stopped by Vintage Vinyl for an in-store performance to promote his solo release, Hymns. Very nice guy...he graciously signed everything.
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Purchased item. Newbury Comics offered Godmack's Live & Inspired and 1000 Horsepower CDs with booklets signed by the full band.
UPDATE - Purchased item. Could not resist yet, another item from Godsmack, again from Newbury Comics!
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Purchased item. Picked up this signed CD by the quirky actor from Newbury Comics.
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I met guitarist Craig Goldy during the 2015 Extreme Guitar Tour as it rolled through BB King's in NYC. Craig has played on a number of artist's albums but most notably with the band Giuffria and a number of Dio albums.
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Thanks to my pal Tom Noonan for sending this, what I'm assuming is a band-signed CD cover from this indie-band from England.
 Signed CD. |
Purchased item. Pledge Music offered this opportunity to get the latest release by The Mule with the CD insert signed by Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, Danny Louis and Jorgen Carlsson.
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What a great opportunity to finally meet the incredible Lou Gramm! I had the chance to meet Lou while on tour with Eddie Money and Mickey Thomas for the 2011 Jingle Bell Rock Tour. I had Lou sign my promo copy of Rough Diamonds, previously signed by Mick Jones, and my copy of the debut Foreigner CD.
 Promo CD cover. |
 CD insert. |
Auction item. SO happy to land this photo signed by the FOUR band member, when GFR had four members...Mark Farner, Mel Schacher and Don Brewer along with Craig Frost! Awesome band!! Awesome photo!!
 Promo photo. |
Got this band-signed promo photo from my bud, Dave Iozzia.
 Signed photo. |
Lucky me!! Shortly after the debut album came out from GVF, I ordered a t-shirt from the band's website. I inquired if there were any signed items available. I was told no, but they would send me a signed photo and here it is!
 Signed photo. |
Auction item. I know...what can I say...Josh Groban. It was cheap (sorry Josh!) so I thought it would be a good item to add to my collection!
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Purchased item. These guys opened a show one Summer at the PNC Arts Center (sorry, cannot remember the headliner) and they sounded incredible! I contacted them through their website, requesting the CD be signed if I purchased and they came through!
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Thanks to my buddy, Dave Iozzia for snagging me bassist extrodinaire, Trey Gunn! Dave caught up with Trey on tour with his band Security Project.
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Auction item. Snagged this solo album, signed by the one-time Genesis and GTR guitarist from an online auction site.
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I have always been a Sammy fan since the days of Montrose, but this story has just proved to me how great a person Sammy is! First, a little backstory...my wife, Donna, and I are the same age. I was born in June, her in December. One milestone year (I'm not putting ages here!) she threw me a surprise birthday party. Since she was having the same "milestone" in December, I couldn't do the surprise party thing TOO! So, I decided to try and write to a bunch of her favorite celebrities...actors, musicians, SAMMY, etc...and ask them to write a happy birthday wish on the supplied return card. I would have the returns go to my folks house, so she wouldn't know about it. Well, I didn't get quite as many back as I would have hoped, but I got a decent handful. So her birthday (in December) comes and goes and she's really surprised by the autographs and stuff. Jump ahead a few months to the following March. I stop at my folks house and my Mom says "another one of those cards came". I'm thinking, it's 3 months later...who's sending it NOW?? Well, it turns out it's from Sammy!! He APOLOGIZES for being on the road and not getting to his mail right away, so here's a belated birthday greeting!!! Now he could have very easily just said, "hey I missed the date" and tossed it in the trash. But instead, Sammy was nice enough to go through the trouble to fill out the card and send it back. Thanks, Sammy!!!
UPDATE - ...and the Waboritas
Ten years after getting Sammy's autograph I am now able to add The Waboritas to the roster!! On a recent tour stop here in NJ at the Bergen PAC, I had the opportunity to grab Mona (bass), Victor Johnson (guitar) and David Lauser (drums) for their autographs. I have to admit, myself along with just a handful of other fans, were a bit disappointed to not have the opportunity to get Sammy's autograph that night...next time!!
UPDATE 2 - Auction item. Came across this beautiful white Epiphone guitar signed by the great Sammy Hagar...had to have it!!!
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 Open CD spread signed by David Lauser, Victor Johnson and Mona. |
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I caught up with Lzzy and the guys from Halestorm (Arejay, Joey and Josh) while on tour with Chevelle and Burn Halo. I have to say that, aside from being a tight, rockin' band (with a one of the coolest drum solos I've seen on stage in a long time!), they are the friendliest group to their fans that I've come across in awhile. I've been lucky to have a met a number of artists over the years and most all have been terrific, but to see a band focus on their fans the way that Halestorm does is just wonderful. And a nod to their manager for grabbing Lzzy off the tour bus just before showtime to sign my stuff and grab a quick photo! Many thanks!!
UPDATE - Thanks to WDHA, I won a quick meet and greet with Halestorm at the 2016 Food Truck and Rock Carnival where they handed out signed 8x10's to their fans.
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 Lzzy Hale and a "fan". |
 Promo poster signed by the band. |
 Promo photo signed by the band. |
 Promo photo signed by the band. |
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Purchased item. Picked up this signed CD by the metal god himself, Judas Priest's frontman, Rob Halford, from Newbury Comics. Believe it or not, this is Halford's SECOND solo Christmas CD!!
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Auction item. Grabbed this signed LP cover off of an online auction site.
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I caught up with super bassist, Stu Hamm, who was doing a bass clinic at a local Sam Ash music store. He gave a great presentation and seemed like an all around fun guy!
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Purchased item. Picked up this first volume of cover tunes by Tesla guitarist, Frank Hannon from Pledge Music.
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Kelly Hansen (from Hurricane and now Foreigner)
I met Kelly as he, Mick Jones, Jason Bonham and Jeff Pilson arrived at the Count Basie Theater in Redbank, NJ during a tour in Foreigner. I had him sign the "classic" Hurricane CD booklet that was one of the many examples the PRMC sited as being "inappropriate" for young music buyers. Following releases had the woman removed from the photo. He also signed a booklet for a CD (Heaven and Earth) that he did vocal duties on along with Joe Lynn Turner, who had signed the booklet a few weeks earlier. Since I had to get these autographs, I covered my bases with my pal, Dave Iozzia (since Dave was going to the show, he was going to meet the guys after the show). So that's why the "blue" cover is signed in silver.
Part 2 - My pal Dave Iozzia and I caught up with Kelly after a recent Foreigner show...which also includes Jason Bonham on drums, Jeff Pilson on bass and Thom Gimbal on guitar.
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Purchased item. Randy is best known for his "Hendrix Tributes" and, of course, his 17 minutes on the soundtrack of Apocalypse Now! I ordered a couple of CDs from guitarist, Randy Hansen’s website and asked if I could have the CDs signed…and Randy happily obliged! Many thanks!!.
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Auction item. Nice LP cover signed by Emmylou.
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While at CrueFest 2009, my pal and walking rock encyclopedia, Dave Iozzia spotted a handful of other rock celebs out and about. One of those was singer Lauren Harris (daughter of Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris). Dave did the intros and Lauren and guitarist Richie Faulkner signed for me.
 Lauren Harris and guitarist Richie Faulkner. |
Beth Hart made an in-store appearance at Vintage Vinyl recently to promote her latest album, Fire On The Floor. Beth played a few songs then met with fans for photos and to sign whatever they had!
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My buddy, Dave Iozzia, collector of signed drum sticks, tossed this goodie over to me...a signed promo photo of former Boston drummer, Sib Hashian. Sib's drums are what you hear on the first two classic Boston albums.
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Keyboardist and founding member of The Cars, Greg Hawkes, was part of the touring band with Martha Davis and The Motels and Patty Smyth of Scandal during the Summer 2014 tour. I caught up with Greg when he took a break outside the venue and chatted with fans.
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Purchased item. Got this signed solo CD by the Moody Blues' singer/guitarist from Newbury Comics.
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Heart was on tour during the Summer of 2014, with a stop in Morristown, NJ. It was a warm day, but not terribly hot. As I was patiently sitting and waiting, a gentleman from the venue came out to tell me that Ann and Nancy Wilson were already inside the building and probably won't be coming out until after the show, so there was no need for me to hang around. I said thanks and said I'll just hang for a bit longer. Not long after that, two other people came out of the theater and went off to grab something from a local store. When they came back, the woman asked me if I wanted my stuff signed? I told her yes and she took my stuff inside. A few minutes later, she came out with my stuff signed! She said it was the least she could do since I was sitting there for a while in "the heat"! Thanks!
UPDATE - Purchased item. After a few years of the Wilson sisters bickering, it seems like they've come back together and recently released a Live in Atlantic CD CD/DVD package! I picked up the signed CD from Newbury Comics.
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Purchased item. Scattered about my website here, I can actually say that I have the entire original line to the band Heart! This band, with members Steve Fossen and Michael Derosier, formed as a "cover band" doing Heart songs!
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Purchased item. Picked up this signed CD/DVD release from the LA-based rock band, Heaven & Earth from Pledge Music. Heaven & Earth members include Joe Retta (lead vocals, guitar), Stuart Smith (guitars), Lynn Sorensen (bass), Mike Mangan (keyboard) and Steve Wilson (drums).
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Thanks again to my pal, Dave Iozzia, for this signed setlist from the all-female AC/DC tribute band from Seattle! Signed by band members Adrian Conner, Judy Cocuzza, Mandy Reed, Amber Saxon, and Sharon Needles!
 Signed set list. |
Purchased item. Newbury Comics had this signed CD by the heavy metal supergroup and felt it was a good addition to my collection!
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Thanks to my good friend, Dave Iozzia (AGAIN!), he tapped Brian Vollner and the rest of the guys in Helix to cough up a signed copy of their new CD for your truly!
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Auction item. Kind of an odd item, but I came across this drumhead signed by Eagles founder Don Henley AND country artist Faith Hill. Personalized to somebody named "Jeff"....oh well!
 Signed drumhead. |
Dale Heslip and Allan Weinrib (brother of Rush's Geddy Lee)
Purchased item. A bit of an "oddity" here but I picked up this DVD from Newbury Comics. Director Dale Heslip and producer Allan Weinrib put together this documentary on the band, Rush, that chronicles the final tour of the legendary band. The DVD is signed by Dale and Allan, who happens to be Geddy Lee's brother!
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Purchased item. I picked up this signed CD by the great John Hiatt from Newbury Comics.
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Thanks to my pal (and an amazing artist!) Mark Romanoski, for getting legendary artist/illustrator, Greg Hildebrandt autograph for me! Greg has illustrator a number of rock LP covers and has done many of the covers for The Trans Siberian Orchestra, including this cover. You may be familiar with some of Greg’s (and, along with his late brother, Tim) artwork on some things like a poster for a little known sci-fi movie called Star Wars!
UPDATE - I finally had my opportunity to meet Greg in person at a recent comic con held in Jersey, where Greg had a booth, displaying and selling his artwork. He graciously signed this classic Black Sabbath LP that he did the cover art for.
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Well actually just TWO of the guys from Hinder...vocalist Austin Winkler and guitarist Mark King signed my stuff...although I did SEE the other 3 guys but just could not get their attention to come over and sign. Oh well, next time!
UPDATE - Purchased item. Picked up the latest CD from the band Hinder through Newbury Comics. CD is signed by the full band. I have to be honest here, Hinder's new lead singer Marshal Dutton does a good job, but I really miss original vocalist Austin Winkler!
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Purchased item. Picked up this item from Roger's own website. As co-frontman and founder member of prog-rock band Supertramp, Hodgson composed and sang a majority of the band's hits, including Dreamer, Give a Little Bit, Breakfast in America, Take the Long Way Home and The Logical Song.
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Guitar great, Gary Hoey was making a tour stop at The Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ on a HOT August day. As usual, I'm hanging in the parking lot in the late afternoon and NOBODY is around!! I later find out that Gary is about 3 hours late! Finally at 5:30, Gary and crew pull in the lot...with Gary DRIVING the minivan!! Very politely (after a long drive up from Maryland), Gary graciously signs my stuff and agrees to a photo. Sorry I couldn't make the show, but he promises to be in this area more often now that Gary lives in New Hampshire. Gary has been cranking out these great, rockin' Christmas CDs for years. Early in his career, he played guitar in a band called Heavy Bones and had I been a bit more on the ball (again!), I would have noticed that on drums for Heavy Bones was none other than Frankie Banali whom I had just met 2 days earlier!!
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 Me hangin' with a tired, but very cool Gary Hoey! |
Thanks my pal Dave Iozzia for getting me this promo photo signed by Holy White Hounds, a rock band from Des Moines, Iowa.
 Promo photo signed by the band. |
Purchased item. Have loved this band since the 80's! Pledge music offered a package for Honeymoon Suite's latest CD project, so I jumped at that one!! Got a free t-shirt with the CD too!
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My good pal Dave Iozzia braved lousy weather to make the wait for Devon Allman's band Honeytribe when they hit NJ. That's Devon Allman, son of Gregg! Well, unfortunately, Devon was not available when Dave was around, supposedly Devon was in NYC visiting his girlfriend! So, for now, band member Gabriel Strange and George Potsos were kind enouh to sign this promo photo for me.
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Purchased item. If you can find it, check out this fascinating story of "hired guns" (musicians who are essentially "in" a band, but not really). Very sad story thread about former Billy Joel drummer, Liberty DeVito, and the other band members on how they were treated after a line up change. Picked up this signed DVD from Jason's website!
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Auction item. Picked up this copy of Bruce Hornsby's new CD from Newbury Comics.
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Auction item. Picked up this classic Tuna album with a couple of hard-to-see signatures from guitarist/vocalist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady, but they ARE there on the right side in the dotty artwork on the cover.
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Thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia, for scoring me Ron Howden, drummer and founding member of the classic prog-rock band, Nektar!
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Purchased item. I picked up this signed CD by the Irish musician, singer, songwriter from Newbury Comics.
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OK...pay attention, cuz this one gets tricky...Joe Lynn Turner was stopping by (yet another) WDHA event. I grabbed a couple of inserts fom CDs that Joe was involved with and he signed 'em. Around the same time, my old art school (the duCret School of Art in Plainfield, NJ) was preparing to put together a fundraiser. I contacted Joe's management regarding some donations for our auction and as we were talking via e-mail, we got to talking about Joe's involvment in projects with Glenn Hughes. To make a long story short, I mailed out the inserts and they were returned to me with Glenn's signature...COOL!! But to be a jerk...when I opened the package I realized that one of the inserts was missing...so I again contacted Joe's managment, cried about it like a 4-year old, and got a replacement booklet but only signed by Joe...HEY!
UPDATE - AWESOME! Having been a long time fan of Glenn's I had NEVER seen him live...until now! Dave scored some passes to one of Glenn's TWO shows in the US at BB Kings in NYC. Dave and I spent a fair amount of time backstage and chatted with Glenn and the other band members throughout the evening. I finally had the opportunity to have Glenn add his signature to a classic Deep Purple album previously signed by David Coverdale. It was a FANTASTIC show where Glenn sounded perfect! Hope to see you again soon, Glenn!!
UPDATE II - Had the chance to meet up with Glenn once again while on tour with Black Country Communion. I had him sign the insert to his live concert DVD. So cool!
UPDATE III - Once again met up with the always gracious Glenn Hughes while on tour with his band California Breed. Glenn came over after soundcheck to meet and sign for the fans and I had him sign a few more items in my collection....
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 Vinyl album cover of Burn, previously signed by David Coverdale. |
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My pal Dave Iozzia caught up with vocalist, Charle Huhn, while fronting the current Foghat line up. Charlie had also handled lead vocal duties for Ted Nugent at one time and here he signed an insert of Ted Live at the Hammersmith.
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Purchased item. I got this signed CD from the legendary crooner directly from his website!
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Chrissie Hynde (of The Pretenders)
My good friend, Dave Iozzia (AGAIN!) caught a recent Pretenders show here in NJ and although Dave was mesmerized after chatting with drummer Martin Chambers, he was able to grab Chrissie's autograph here for me. Also signed by NJ's own TM Stevens who played bass on this particular CD. Dave said that Chrissie couldn't promise that she'd check out my site but that her kids probably would...hi guys!!
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Auction item. So happy to have found Billy's bio at a really affordable price and add him to my collection!
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 Inner page signed by Billy. |
Purchased item. Picked up this signed CD booklet from Newbury Comics.
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Thanks again to my pal, Dave Iozzia, for grabbing me this Infinite Staircase CD signed by brothers Jeff and Lenny Cerzosie
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Yet AGAIN my pal, Dave Iozzia, picks up another set of signatures for my site. This time, while attempting to hook up with the band Sevendust (which did not happen!!), Dave met up with the guys from Invitro who were opening for Sevendust. The Invitro guys (Jeff Weber-vocals, Mike Doling-gtr, Brad Dujmovic-bass, Benny Cancino-drums and Mike Pygmie-gtr) all signed a promo poster for the band and drummer Benny Cancino also tossed his sig on their CD single. Thanks guys!!
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Purchased item. Grabbed Jackson's recent CD, signed, from Newbury Comics.
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Zebra frontman, Randy stopped by WDHA to chat about an upcoming summer tour event...I was there and he signed my stuff.
 Signed LP cover. |
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 Me with Randy Jackson. |
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My friend Bob laughed when I told him that I had free tickets to see Gary Puckett and Tommy James and The Shondells. But after the show was over, we were both impressed on how great a show it was! Classic music done with style. Tommy STILL sounded the same and we both agreed, he put a nice rockin' edge on those old classics! After the show, both Gary and Tommy were available to meet with the fans. An excellent night!!
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My bud, Dave Iozzia, caught up with Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed while doing an in-store appearance at Vintage Vinyl promoting his new project, Kingdom of Sorrow!
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Purchased item. I always kinda liked The Jayhawks quirky country rock sound, so I picked up their recent CD, with a signed insert, from Newbury Comics.
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The guys from JET were headliners at a recent show at The Starland Ballroom for a "Welcome Back Terrie Carr" (of WDHA-FM) party. The guys from Australia were very gracious, signing my CD and photo...thanks, mates!!
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 Promo photo signed by all band members. |
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts were headlining MusicFest '05, a free(!) outdoor concert at Echo Lake Park in Mountainside, NJ. Also on the bill was The Smithereens, They Might Be Giants and Joe Bonamassa among others. As Joan and her manager(?) snuck out of her trailer for a few minutes to take a walk down by the lake, another fan and myself grabbed a few seconds to say hi and snag an autograph.
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Purchased item. Picked up this signed CD by Jewel through Newbury Comics.
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Again, good bud, Dave Iozzia caught up with drummer Patrick Johansson during a recent tour stop here in NJ. Patrick graciously signed these Yngwie CDs he played on. Thanks, Patrick!!
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Purchased item. John Lowery, or John 5 as he is best known, is a guitarist that has played with David Lee Roth and Marilyn Manson. He now plays for Rob Zombie and has also released a number of solo CDs. I grabbed this signed copy directly from his own website.
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Got a chance to hear and meet Caleb Johnson when he opened for Black Stone Cherry recently. INCREDIBLE voice by this guy...winner of American Idol's 13th season. After his set, I picked up two of his CDs at the merch both (both are great!) and had Caleb and his band mates (who's names I do not remember!) sign the discs!
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Good ol' Dave Iozzia caught up with Damon Johnson while on tour with Alice Cooper handling the lead guitar duties. Damon was the voice and lead guitar of the great band, Brother Cane.
UPDATE - Again...Dave I. catches up with Damon while on tour with his new project, the "country-tinged" Whiskey Falls, and has him sign my Slave To The System CD insert.
UPDATE 2 - Dave I. once again sets me up with a signed copy of Damon's solo EP!
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Former (Rick) Derringer and Steppenwolf member is now out solo...literally...opening for Glenn Hughes at a show in NYC's BB King's.
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Eric was making an appearance at Guitar Center in Springfield, NJ. I had him sign an advance copy of his new CD (which I had picked up at a record show for a few bucks). What makes this interesting is that the promo disc has the title as "Travel One Hope", but when it was released the title became "Venus Isle". This was another "Eric will only be signing one item per person" event...so I got hime to sign the G3 CD insert as well...HAH!!
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Got to meet this Seattle rocker when he and his band (bassist Bob Lovelace and drummer Ehssan Karimi) opened for Theory of a Deadman during their Fall 2017 tour. Aryon and Bob were at the merch booth after the show, signing CDs and I caught Ehssan just before Theory hit the stage (and I only had a black Sharpie on me!).
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 Inner spread signed by the band. |
80's rock icon, Howard Jones (What Is Love, No One Is To Blame) was cutting is Summer 2016 tour through the Ny/NJ area and my pal Dave Iozzia caught up with him here in Jersey, where he signed a CD insert for me.
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Thanks to my good bud, Dave Iozzia, for snaggin' me this disc signed by Laurie Jones, a singer/songwriter out of Maine.
 CD insert signed by Laurie. |
Mick Jones (founding member of Foreigner)
I met Mick as he and Jason Bonham, Kelly Hansen and Jeff Pilson arrived at the Count Basie Theater in Redbank, NJ. Mick put together this great "super group" line up as touring band for Foreigner. I had him sign the insert for this limited edition CD I bought at a previous Foreigner show back in 1999. My pal, Dave Iozzia, who met with the band after the show, got Mick to sign the Mr. Moonlight insert shown on the right.
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Dave Iozzia's close friend, bassist Rev Jones, graciously signed this promo photo for me.
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Purchased item. Picked up this incredible poster through Journey's website. Signed by the 2016 lineup of the band consisting of Neal Schon, Ross Valory, Steve Smith, Jonathan Cain and Arnel Pineda.
UPDATE - Auction item. I picked up this signed (circa 2002) drumhead from an online auction. It came signed by guitarist and founding member, Neal Schon, drummer Deen Castranovo and vocalist, at the time, Steve Augeri. Shortly after, I met keyboardist Jonathan Cain at a book signing and he added his signature as well (along with the year!).
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Thanks to WDHA for an incredible contest opportunity! With the release of their album Redeemer of Souls, Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner were doing a signing at the Hard Rock Cafe in NYC. Thanks to DHA, I was one of a handful of winners who were escorted to the front of the line to get our CD's signed first! Very cool!
UPDATE - Purchased item. I picked up these band-signed Firepower vinyl and CD set from the now defunct Pledge Music website.
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 Special Edition digipak cover. |
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Actress Juliette Lewis has been fronting various rock bands over the years, her latest being Juliette and The Licks. While handling the opening spot for Chris Cornell's tour, I caught up with Juliette as they stopped at the Starland Ballroom. Juliette graciously signed my VHS sleeve of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as well as herself and the band signing a promo poster. Juliette also spent a few minutes with Annie playing Frisbee!
Promotional poster signed by Juliette and her band. |
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 Juliette Lewis and Annie. |
Thanks again to my pal, Dave Iozzia, for snagging me this signed CD by the band, Kaleido, consisting of Christina Chriss (vocals), Joey Fava (drums), Ronnie Rosolino (rhythm guitar), Cody Morales (bass) and Zach Bolling (lead guitar)!
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YAY! Finally!! Kansas has been one of those bands that I've always hoped to add to my collection and it finally happened, thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia who scored us some tickets and aftershow passes. As it was, I was lucky to grab Phil Ehart and Richie Williams before they went in for soundcheck since neither of them showed up for the aftershow. During the aftershow, band members Billy Greer, Ronnie Platt, David Ragsdale, Dave Manion and Zak Rizvi signed and chatted with fans while the crew packed up equipment.
 CD cover signed by Phil, Richie and Billy. |
 Promo photo signed by Billy, Zak, Ronnie, Dave and David. |
 Aftershow pass. |
 Promo photo signed by Billy, Zak, Ronnie, Dave and David. |
Purchased item. Grabbed this signed CD from the frontman of the legendary group, Steppenwolf, direct from John Kay's website.
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Purchased item. Before there was cable TV and MTV, here in the Jersey area, I believe we had a UHF channel 68. And I seem to vaguely remember part of their programing was airing early music videos. The band KEEL, fronted by Ron Keel, was one of the few bands that had music videos in those days and it was in heavy rotation on this channel. You could count on hearing "The Right To Rock" at least ONCE during the evening. So I have a fondness for Keel's work and I picked up these items directly from his website.
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The INCREDIBLE Kelly Keeling (Michael Schenker, Baton Rouge, Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus, John Norum...to name a FEW!!) had joined Don Dokken on his acoustic tour, opening for Queensryche. I ran into Kelly just outside the bathrooms at Starland and snagged his autograph.
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I met Tom as he arrived at the WDHA studios for an on air chat and performance. Outside, Tom was such a GREAT guy signing stuff for other fans and even having the patience to deal with me while my Sharpies were malfunctioning!! That's why the signature on Still Climbing looks like scribble! Great guy with a great new solo album.
UPDATE - It was another intimate WDHA event at The Raven Room in Morristown, NJ with Tom Keifer, just about the time of his second solo release, Rise. I caught Tom coming offstage after a few acoustic tunes and had him sign the reissue of his first solo release, The Way Life Goes.
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Purchased item. Picked up Myles first solo CD, away from Alter Bridge and Slash's band, directly from his website.
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Purchased item. Todd Kerns is a Canadian musician, best known for his role as bassist for Slash's band. Picked these items up via Pledge Music and was unaware that there'd be THREE posters sent in the package!
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Great addition, courtesy of my pal, Dave Iozzia! Dave was stalking the Simple Minds' drummer at a recent tour stop here in Jersey, and caught frontman Jim Kerr, as he came off the tour bus! I knew Dave wouldn't "forget about me"!!
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Purchased item. THIS guy was ALL OVER the radio and MTV back in the 80's with songs like The Breakup Song and Jeopardy. Not to mention his album titles that were puns based on his name, such as Kihntinued, Kihnspiracy, Kihntageous and Citizen Kihn. And of course, this CD, which I snagged from Greg's website, Rekihndled!
Update - Thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia! He recently attended a Greg Kihn show and after he got to sit and chat with Greg for a bit, where Greg signed a couple of my LPs!
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Auction item. I was looking to add Carole King to my collection and came across this photo on an auction site!
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A nod to my pal Dave Iozzia for snagging me this promo CD by The Royal Kings (on tour with Candlebox), signed by lead vocalist Benny Marchant.
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This was a last minute quicky. The guys from Kings X stopped by DHA (yawn!) unannounced. I quickly went to their website, downloaded some concert pics...ran over there just as they were leaving...got all three members to sign it...just made it...WHEW!!
UPDATE - Dave Iozzia caught up with Doug Pinnick from Kings X while he was out to interview the guys from Skid Row. A bit later in the week we caught up with Doug again for a few more signatures from him and the other guys in Kings X!
UPDATE 2 - Another Dave Iozzia "hit" on Doug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill while Kings X made another appearance at The Starland Ballroom.
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Auction item. I was never a big Kiss fan back in the early days, but I've kinda been rediscovering the band recently, especially their earlier catalog. I came across this awesome photo of the original lineup, signed by Gene, Ace, Peter and Paul and had to have it!
 Promo photo signed by the original members of Kiss. |
Andreas Kisser (Sepultura guitarist)
My pal Dave Iozzia caught up with with Andreas while on tour with HAIL! handling the guitar duties for this "super group".
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What a cool find from my friend Dave Iozzia!! While purchasing some items at a garage sale, Dave stokes up a conversation with the seller, only to find out that he used to be a driver for Ms. Kitt back in the old days! Long story short, he had some CDs signed by Eartha and here it is! Thanks, Dave!!
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Purchased item. Picked up this signed CD/DVD documentary of Baltimore's own, KIX, from Newbury Comics.
 CD insert signed by the band on the back. |
Dave and I caught up with this great guitarist while on tour with Glenn Hughes' band. Had I only known he was with Phil Mogg's side projects...Sign of 4 and Mogg/Way!
UPDATE - Many thanks to bud, Dave Iozzia for snagging me some additional Jeff Kolman while on another tour with Glenn Hughes! As I stated above, I wished I had known about Jeff's participation with two other projects...and there you go!! Thanks Jeff!!
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When you hear the opening drum hits of Kingdom Come's "Get It On"...THAT'S James Kottak. James is now pounding the skins for The Scorpions. My bud, Dave Iozzia, caught up with James and the guys (AND James' wife Athena) in HIS band KOTTAK while performing the same night with the Scorpions!! James signed the KOTTAK CD as well as the 2 Kingdom Come CDs and James' early band Wild Horses CD. The KOTTAK CD is also signed by Mrs. Kottak...Athena and bass man Rev Jones. Bassist "Price" and guitarist Chris Sheridan in KOTTAK's touring band signed the setlist for me.
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Oh man...finally!! I have been a fan of Richie's for YEARS but he hardly toured over here on the East coast and when he did, it was very few venues. Now with the success of The Winery Dogs, Richie is finally an "overnight sensation". Thanks to an assist from my friend Dave Iozzia, I am able to add Richie to my list. I had the opportunity to meet Richie briefly as he took a quick break from sound check and signed a few more items. The DVD was a pre-sign item that I picked up at The Winery Dogs show.
UPDATE - Got a chance to catch Richie's solo show at BB Kings, in NYC in early 2016. While there I picked up a pre-signed copy of his live tour DVD.
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I had the great opportunity to meet Ed Kowalczyk, founder and lead singer of the band LIVE. He was making the promo rounds for his new solo CD "Alive" and made a stop at the WDHA studios. Nice to meet him in person and hear two acoustics songs done on air.
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 Me and Ed at WDHA. |
Purchased item. Picked up this signed solo CD from the former Dire Straits frontman from Newbury Comics. I have to admit, I'm not exactly sure WHAT is up with Knopfler's signature!!
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Diana Krall (and Tony Bennett)
Purchased item. Picked up this nifty little package via Pledge Music. A duets release with Krall and Tony Bennett and with the package you received the CD and a photo signed by BOTH artists!
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Auction item. Nice classic photo of the Aerosmith drummer, via an online auction.
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Purchased item. Picked up this new release, signed by Allison Kraus, from Newbury Comics.
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Although I already have former Doors guitarist, Robby Krieger, on some Doors items, I did not have him on any of his solo stuff...until now!! Many thanks again to my pal Dave Iozzia for snagging this for me!
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Drummer (Alan) Krigger of the band Giuffria (among MANY others!!!) was touring with the Hollywood Allstars. The Allstars includes Vinny Appice on drums, Jimmy Bain on bass, Charlie West on vocals, Carlos Cavazo on guitar and Krigger on a second set of skins!!.
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 Me and Krigger. |
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Auction item. I may not be a huge Kristofferson fan, but you have to admit, this guy has always just been cool! Great photo to add to my collection.
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Swiss rockers, Krokus, finally returned to tour the US after a long (17 year!?) hiatus. They hit Double D's nightclub in Morristown. Thanks to my pal Dave Iozzia, there were plenty of signatures to go around!! The 2005 touring lineup consisted of longtime frontman Marc Storace, guitarist Mandy Meyer, guitarist Dominique Favez, bassist Tony Castell and drummer Patrick Abey.
 CD insert signed by Marc. |
 CD insert signed by Marc. |
 CD insert signed by Marc. |
 CD insert signed by everybody except Mandy (he didn't play on this disc). |
 Poster by signed by all. |
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Dave Iozzia grabbed drummer Dave Krusen while on tour with Candlebox. He had him sign Pearl Jam's first CD, which Dave drummed on.
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Purchased item. Bob Kulick (older brother of KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, below) actually auditioned FOR KISS and has played (uncredited) on a few of their albums. Bob has played with Michael Bolton to WASP and on a number of tribute albums as well. I picked this up from his website.
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Bruce Kulick (KISS, Union, ESP, and tons of other stuff!!)
Caught up with legendary guitarist, Bruce Kulick, at the Chiller Theater Convention 2009...so it was another "pay-for-my-signature" show. Bruce was friendly and very gracious in signing my extra stuff for just a few bucks more, but I must mention that the woman with him at the show was a bit annoying with $$ in her eyes. She was all greed and cash to the point where she "zoomed in" on my wallet to point out that I had the cash available...YEESH!
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Caught up with Jimmy Kunes, vocalist of Cactus ("America's Led Zeppelin"), backstage at a Glenn Hughes show in NYC. Thanks, Jimmy!!
UPDATE - I met up again with Jimmy at the same location, SEVEN years later! Jimmy opened up for Richie Kotzen at BB King's in NYC.
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 Setlist signed by Jimmy. |
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Puchased item. Picked up this signed vinyl LP by the all female rockers via the now defunct Pledge Music.
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Once again, many thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia... hanging out with the guys in LA Guns at a soundcheck in Clifton, Dave was able to snag autographs from band members Steve Riley, Stacy Blades and Adam Hamilton! (Sorry Guns fans, Phil Lewis was SLEEPING at the time!!)
UPDATE - The Guns were back in NJ, on tour with WASP and Stephen Pearcy, playing at the Starland. I was hanging with Dave once again during soundcheck time and got to meet guitarist Stacy Blades. Naturally, lead singer Phil Lewis was not around at the time. Since Dave was heading back later that night to hit the show, he was kind enough to have Phil add his signature to a few CD inserts.
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 Me with Stacy Blades. |
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Purchased item. Picked up this solo disc by guitarist Jeff LaBar from the 80's band, Cinderella, from his record label's website, Rat Pack Records.
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Purchased item. I'll admit, I don't know much about this country band, but it was an "impulse buy" I guess from Newbury Records.
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Auction item. Grabbed this nice signed poster by the one time Moody Blues and Paul McCartney and Wings member...not to mention his solo career.
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Jani is part of the Metal Mania Stripped acoustic tour...which also includes Kip Winger, Don Dokken, Stephen Pearcy and Firehouse. I caught Jani as he "flew" into the parking lot of the Starland Ballroom and then quickly headed out to take someone to the airport!!
RIP - Jani.
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Kudos to my pal Dave Iozzia for catching up with legendary Mountain drummer Corky Laing while appearing with his band at BB King's in NYC. Corky graciously signed these Mountain CD inserts.
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Jonny (and Buddy Guy) were touring through NJ with a stop at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ. I was lucky to catch Jonny as he arrived at the venue. He was great and signed all my stuff. He had some CDs and stuff in his hand, so I asked him what he was listening to and Jonny mentioned that he just came from doing some recording with Leslie West. An incredibly friendly guy!
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Purchased item. Last in Line is a band formed by former members of the original lineup of Dio. Following the death of Ronnie James Dio in 2010, the original lineup of drummer Vinny Appice, bassist Jimmy Bain and guitarist Vivian Campbell reunited along with vocalist Andrew Freeman to form Last In Line. Jimmy Bain passed away in 2016 and was replaced with bassist Phil Soussan. The current (2017) line up consists of Vinny Appice, Vivian Campbell, Andrew Freeman, Erik Norlander (keyboards) and Phil Soussan. I picked up the signed photo from the band's website but got Andrew's autograph when I saw the band live in early 2017.
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 Lead singer Andrew Freeman's autograph. |
Auction item. Nice little autograph (to Danny??) from Cyndi Lauper. Love the "kiss"!
UPDATE - Many thanks to my best friend, Bob, for a terrific Christmas present AND a cool addition to my collection...this signed photo of Cyndi!!
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Thanks to my bud, Dave Iozzia, for this signed setlist from Sammy Hagar's drummer.
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SO weird! My good friend Dave Iozzia worked at Lowes in Staten Island and met up with a customer who was in the 80's rock band Law and Order. Dave offers to get me something signed by him and when I dig into my collection I find that I already HAVE a completely signed Law and Order CD!!! And I have NO idea how or when that even happened...
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 CD booklet spread signed bt Phil Allocco and Sean Carmody. |
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 CD booklet spread signed by Rob Steele. |
I met up with drummer Chris Layton while on tour with Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Chris was the drummer for legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. After Stevie's death, Chris went on to form the band Arc Angels with Charlie Sexton. Chris was such a super-cool guy to meet and he was extremely polite in signing my stiff.
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Purchased item. Not exactly sure how or why I went to Chuck Leavell's website, but I did and found a number of signed items for sale, so I grabbed this signed Christmas CD! Chuck is a keyboard player and has lent his talents to a number of bands such as The Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Clapton, David Gilmour and on and on.
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I met up with guitar shredder, Vic LeCar backstage at a recent Lita Ford show at BB Kings in NYC.
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Purchased item. One of the iconic "rock and roll photographers", Annie Leibovitz has photographed countless musicians (maybe you've heard of some guy named John Lennon??) and celebrities over the years. I was a little disappointed in the "tiny" signature, but she's a great addition to the roster none the less.
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Auction item. THIS is the pinnacle of my collection for me! A limited edition poster promoting Led Zeppelin, The Ride, of which there were only 20 copies signed by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones. The poster was released to commemorate the opening of the Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, SC that opened April 2008 (and has since closed). The park featured a Led Zeppelin-themed rollercoaster - Led Zeppelin The Ride - and the three living members of the band signed this extremely limited "Commemorative Issue" poster, which was presented to the first 20 VIP guests at the grand opening.
You can read about the theme park's demise here.
 Limited edition poster signed by Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant. |
Purchased item. Picked up this new, live Evanesence release through Newbury Comics. Not signed by the band, only Amy.
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This is a great "combo-stalking" event. Geddy Lee was making a rare appearance at WDHA and Compact Disc World to promote the release of his first solo album. My friend Ted Dickinson, his friend Rob and I decided that we could hit both the DHA appearance and the CD World stop! So we spent our day running to CD World in the morning to buy the CD and get the wristband, driving up to the DHA studios for the afternoon appearance and then back to CD World in the evening to get on line for the meet and greet! What a buncha geeks!!
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 Geddy signing my copy of Different Stages outside the WDHA studios. |
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Auction item. Jake E Lee played with Ozzy in the mid-80s and later formed the incredible band, Badlands, with vocalist Ray Gillen. Most recently, Jake has formed a new band, Red Dragon Cartel.
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Purchased item. I'll admit, I'm not familiar with ANY of singer, songwriter, musician and actor Jon Legend's work but Newbury Comics had this item available and figured I'd snag a copy!
UPDATE - Purchased item. Picked up this sweet Christmas CD, signed by Jon, again from Newbury Comics.
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Legion is an up and coming Jersey band that have a great classic "Rainbow/Dio" sound! I met a few of the guys...guitarists Frank and Joe Adamo and drummer Colin Bianchi...while we waited out in the cold after seeing Yngwie Malmsteen at the Starland Ballroom. If you can, check these guys out! (www.legion-music.com)
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A HUGE thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia, for latching on to this Stone Pony ticket stub, signed by the legenadary Motorhead frontman, LEMMY!! Nice!
 Front of ticket stub. |
 Signed back of stub. |
Jared Leto (Thirty Seconds To Mars)
Purchased item. Actor Jared Leto also fronts the band 30 Seconds To Mars. Newbury Comics offered the band’s recent release with a “signed cover” by Leto. Uhhh, yea, ok….
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Bassist Tony Levin has appeared on and played with a HUGE number of musicians since the 1970s. Known more as a "prog-rock" or "prog-metal" musician, Levin is probably best known for his work with Peter Gabriel and the band King Crimson. Thanks to my bud, Dave Iozzia, for picking this up for me! This King Crimson insert is also signed by drummer, Pat Mastelotto.
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Gary Lewis is the son of comedian Jerry Lewis. Gary was the leader of the 60's band Gary Lewis and The Playboys who had the hit song, This Diamond Ring. I met Gary while on tour with Flo and Eddies 2014 Happy Together Tour.
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Had these two CD inserts for a few years now and never got around to posting them. Huey Lewis and The News were doing a stop at The Count Basie in Red Bank, NJ. I didn't get the chance to meet Huey or anyone else from the band except guitarist Bill Gibson, who graciously signed my two inserts.
UPDATE - Auction item. Well, since I never got to meet Huey, I opted for this auction photo!
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Lez Zeppelin (that's LEZ Zeppelin!)
Had a great night in June 2017 with my wonderful daughter, Annie, and my two best buds, Bob and Dave, sitting front row in a local theater rocking to great "cover bands", Nirvanaish and Lez Zeppelin! After the show, got to meet the ladies in the band, founder Steph Paynes (who signed the 2 CDs), Megan Thomas, Leesa Squyres and Shannon Conley and got them to sign the setlist.
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 Setlist signed by all current 2017 band members. |
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Purchased item. Picked up the most recent CD with a signed booklet from this Brooklyn metal band from Newbury Comics.
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I met up with the guys from Like A Storm as they arrived at The Starland as an opener for Alter Bridge. The guys from New Zealand, brothers Chris, Kent and Matt Brooks along with drummer Tom Karanasos were kind enough to brave a cold afternoon in NJ to sign my promo photo. Thanks guys!
UPDATE - I met up with these amazingly super friendly lads when they appeared as one of the opening bands for Alter Bridge (AGAIN!) in 2014! They were all so friendly to all the fans before and after the show.
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Again, my bud, Dave Iozzia, comes through with Lillian Axe's lead guitarist Steve Blaze on a couple of LA's classic CDs. Later, for Cristmas, Dave surprised me with the band's latest disc, signed by ALL of the guys in the band...Steve B., Eric Morris, Sam Poitevent, Derrick LeFevre and Ken Koudelka.
UPDATE- Again, my pal Dave I. caught up with the current line-up of Lillian Axe which now includes former Metal Church vocalist Ronny Munroe who replaced Derrick LeFevre. Dave snagged me the signed setlist along with Ronnie's signature on a Metal Church promo CD.
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 Setlist signed by 2010 line-up. |
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Purchased item. Picked up Little Steven's latest CD from Pledge Music with a nifty CD booklet signed by Steven Van Zandt! Terrific album!!!
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Purchased item. Grabbed the new release by these guys from Newbury Records. I met vocalist Corey Glover at Vintage Vinyl many years ago and got his autograph then, but this disc is signed by all the band members, Corey, Vernon Reid, Will Calhoun and Doug Wimbish!
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Thanks to my pal, Dave Iozzia for getting me this one. Lloyd, best known as a founding member of the "new wave" band Television, was in attendance at a recent Midge Ure show where Dave had him sign his ticket stub.
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John Lodge (Moody Blues and all around asshole...or at least the folks who run his website and online store!)
Purchased item. Well, sort of. You see, I PAID for an autographed CD from John Lodge's website BUT it was never sent! And, to be more insulting to the fans, I have written to them NUMEROUS TIMES about never receiving the CD and apparently, the people "responsible" for his store could care less, because they have never even bothered to write back...even once. So my advice is to AVOID his website at all costs, especially the store section. If you feel the need to spend your money with nothing in return, PLEASE send it to me!! (At least I would have the decency to e-mail you back and say thank you!)
UPDATE - OK, so I never did receive the CD. His "people" claimed they never saw the order and they never saw my repeated attempts to contact them about the order (bullshit and more bullshit). Then they claimed they ran out of stock and that a new shipment was arriving soon and that I should have my order in about a week. So after over another month had passed, I told my credit card company about the scam and I got a refund! DO NOT BUY FROM JOHN LODGE'S WEBSITE!!
 A CD supposedly signed by John Lodge would be here, but I wouldn't know because his store does not honor purchases made. |
Purchased item. Grabbed this awesome poster from Pledge Music, signed by Nils, solo artist and former member of Crazy Horse and Bruce Springsteen's band.
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Thanks to Dave I. for getting me this band-signed CD (line up circa 2001) by the country music band.
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Auction item. Between 1968 and 1974 Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez backed Bruce Springsteen in a number of bands, including Steel Mill and the E Street Band. He played on Springsteen's first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park and The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle.
UPDATE - Auction item. I picked up this signed poster as a companion item to the drumhead.
 Signed drumhead. |
 Signed promo poster. |
Purchased item. Picked up a signed CD direct from Mr. Into The Danger Zone/Footloose's own website!
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Yep....THAT Traci Lords! Traci was at the 2014 Chiller Con and since I really DID have a copy of her CD, I figured now is the time to get that signed and meet a girl of many, ummm, "dreams". Truth be told, she was very nice to chat with!
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 Me and my good, good friend, Traci Lords! |
Auction item. Very nice signed print by New Zealand singer & songwriter, Lorde.
 Signed print. |
Auction item. Whenever I think of Nick Lowe, I always think about Dave Edmunds, since they’ve always seem to have done projects together. Would still like a Dave Edmunds item to add to my roster but for now, I’ve got this quirky Nick Lowe photo.
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Purchased item. Snagged this signed CD from Beach Boys frontman, Mike Love, from Newbury Comics!
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Auction item. Found this item on an auction site, signed by four of the five original members!
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Auction item. Singer, songwriter, actor and one-time hubby to Julia Roberts (with THAT HAIR!?!). Anyway, thought he's be cool to add to my stuff!
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Purchased item. Picked up this informative autobiography of the Toto guitarist. And reading through his book, it seems like Steve has played on just about every song you’ve ever heard!! Amazing! Picked this up through his website.
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 Inner page. |
Thanks to my bud, Dave Iozzia, for grabbing me these 2 setlists signed by Luvplant drummer, Michael Scott Amos.
 Signed setlist. |
 Second signed setlist. |
Thanks again to Dave Iozzia for landing me this insert signed by the brothers Lynam...David, Jacob and Mark.
CD tray insert signed by the band. |
OK...this does seem a bit excessive here, but George doesn't come to Jersey that often! George and Lynch Mob were playing at a small club in Woodbridge and I stopped by during sound check for some autographs and then went back to the show later that night, where the band did a signing after the show.
Update - As if I needed to add more....my pal Dave Iozzia was at a recent Lynch Mob show in NYC and snagged me two more George signatures on the Lynch/Pilson CD (already signed by Jeff Pilson) and the Dokken Shadowlife CD (now signed by all 4 Dokken band members)
"Wild" Mick Brown and Oni Logan
When George Lynch's Lynch Mob came to town recently with drummer "Wild" Mick Brown and original Lynch Mob vocalist Oni Logan on board. Thanks to my good pal Dave iozzia who made it to the show, he was able to snag Oni's signature on the first Lynch Mob CD along with Mick's signature on that and a couple of Dokken CDs as well.
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Centerspread of CD insert signed by the whole band |
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 CD insert with Mick Brown's signature added, now signed by all Dokken band members.. |
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 Lynch Mob CD insert, previously signed by George, now includes Mick and Oni Logan. |
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Purchased item. Yet another new album by George, this time as Lynch Mob. Picked this up from the Rat Pack Records website (they have some great stuff there!) and aside from some nice little chachkis with the CD (guitar pick, sticker, etc.), is signed on the back of the slipcase by the whole band, George, Oni Logan, Sean McNabb and Jimmy D'Anda.
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Auction item. Snagged this signed photo of The First Lady of Country Music (aka: The Coal Miner's Daughter) for a good price on an online auction site!
UPDATE - I picked up this signed CD from Newbury Comics.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd / Ricky Medlocke
Once again, my pal Dave Iozzia of Daves On Tour comes thru with some great stuff for me! Dave was able to arrange an interview with Ricky Medlocke of Blackfoot/Lynyrd Skynyrd fame. The cool part is that Dave would have liked to do the interview over the phone, but since Skynyrd was performing 2 nights in Atlantic City, Ricky prefered to have Dave do the interview face-to-face! While Dave was there, Ricky signed the Blackfoot insert and then asked some of the Skynyrd guys (like Billy Powell and Gary Rossington) to sign the booklets as well. Thanks Ricky!
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Hope you enjoyed that stuff! Hope to hear from y'all! Thanks!
And now that you've checked these out...check out "The Others"...
Phil
