Old Sounds: Cheap Trick
VUE Weekly - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
Originally released: 1978 When Illinois rock ‘n’ roll band Cheap Trick set up in Japan for two nights in 1978 at the Nippon Budokan, recording the shows, …

Cheap Trick: Budokan!
Pitchforkmedia.com - Chicago,IL,USA
If punk taught us that anyone can do it, then Cheap Trick showed that anyone could make it. Their 1979 commercial breakthrough, At Budokan, is not just one …

Cheap Trick, engineer Geoff Emerick team up for ‘Lonely Hearts …
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
Hmm, somebody might want to tell Cheap Trick about that. After staging the entirety of Sgt. Pepper’s at heralded live shows in New York and Los Angeles last …

Interview: Classic Rock Revisited

Budokan 30 reviewed in same Classic Rock Revisited edition

Another Budokan review, this time from the NJ.COM website

Popmatters has their own take on Budokan

Fresh Budo review from The Phoenix

Vintagerock.com has even more Budo!

RICK INTERVIEW from classicrockrevisited.com

More from Rick in this edition of THE GAUNTLET

Expect plenty more reviews, press, and interviews surrounding the Budokan 30 release!

Donovan (www.donovan.ie) is featured in the critically acclaimed, newly released documentary “Sunshine Superman – The Journey of Donovan“, and was one of the guests invited by The Beatles to join them at Abbey Road Studios for the final orchestral overdub session for the Lennon-McCartney collaboration “A Day in the Life, the grand finale to their opus Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

According to a 1968 Paul McCartney interview with Radio Luxembourg, Donovan taught John Lennon and Paul McCartney various guitar finger-picking styles. Lennon went on to use the technique to write songs including “Julia,” and “Dear Prudence” McCartney also picked up the technique with “Blackbird.”

Donovan’s thirteen British hit singles; his innovative, ingenious and meticulously textured blending of disparate genres such as jazz and folk and rock (not to mention medieval, Indian and Caribbean) music; and his songs which have been covered by heavy hitters such as Joan Baez, Kate Bush, Hole, the Allman Brothers Band, Nigel Kennedy, Eric Burdon, Jefferson Airplane, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills make Donovan one of the most intriguing figures in the history of music.

Limited remaining tickets are priced at $75.00 and $52.50 will be available at the Ruth Eckerd Hall Ticket Office located at 1111 McMullen Booth Road in Clearwater, by calling 727.791.7400 or by logging onto www.rutheckerdhall.com. The Ruth Eckerd Hall Ticket Office is open Monday through Saturday, from 10 am to 6 pm and one hour prior to showtime. Group seating is available by calling 727.712.2717.

A portion of ticket sales will benefit The First Tee Clearwater, a charitable organization that impacts the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf. For more information on this organization, go to: www.thefirstteeclearwater.org.

I’m Robin Zander of Cheap Trick. The First Tee Clearwater and I would like to announce our celebrity fundrasising events for the third annual “Rockin’ the First Tee.” These events will be held on Friday evening, Nov. 21 & Saturday, Nov. 22nd, 2008.

The First Tee of Clearwater’s “Rockin’ The First Tee” is an annual fundraising event that is an effort to help underprivileged children living in the Clearwater, FL area. Having a chance at an education through the friendship of The First Tee of Clearwater is, for many of the children, their last chance for a good education and a better quality of life. The Mission of The First Tee is to impact the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf.

Friday evening will feature a 40th anniversary tribute concert presented by two of our sponsors, Ruth Eckerd Hall and Bill Edwards. Cheap Trick, accompanied by The Florida Rock Symphony and special guests, will perform the Beatles’ landmark Sgt. Pepper album in its entirety at Ruth Eckerd Hall (located in Clearwater FL). After the show, there is a VIP jam session with Robin Zander and Friends. Past participants have included Brian Johnson (from AC/DC), members of REO Speedwagon, Blue Oyster Cult, The Eagles and many more. In addition, there will also be a silent auction, food and a fabulous live auction.

A Celebrity Golf Tournament will take place on Saturday the 22nd at Chi Chi Rodriguez’s golf course in Clearwater, FL. This is a chance to come and hit a few rounds with your favorite celebrities for a great cause.

We are in need of corporate sponsors. Join corporations such as Wal-Mart, Progress Energy, Raymond James and IBM as a Tournament Sponsor to take advantage of the multitude of positive public relations, networking, promotional and media possibilities. Depending on your sponsor level you will, of course, get a great deal of advertising along with tickets to the shows and other perks. If for some reason you cannot attend, please make a donation by giving something to the auction. Items such as discounts on store items, product donations or invitations to special events are always appreciated. Please join us! It’s a good thing to do and more fun than you can shake a “stick” at.

The First Tee Clearwater is a 501(c)(3) non-profit youth organization in conjunction with Chi Chi Golf Academy, Clearwater FL.

If your company is interested in sponsorship for the event, please click here.

Contact: www.thefirstteeclearwater.org
or call Frankie Ingo at 727-726-8829, ext. 246