Phil's Rock and Roll Autographs!!

Hey 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 100 rock and roll autographs I've been fortunate enough to acquire over the past years. Before I go any further, 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!! Many thanks, Dave...YOU ROCK! The folks at the Starland Ballroom for being kind and not chasing us away in the parking lot. 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. Many of the DJs have since moved on...Rob Moorehead, Matt Murray. Curtis Kay continues to be the ultimate DJ personality at DHA and thankfully, Terrie Carr has returned!! Thank you all so much for letting me share in the moments to meet these artists!

Of course, thanks to the many artists here below who were courteous and patient enough to sign whatever crap I stuck in front of them. This past year, 2009, was fantastic! I had a number of outstanding opportunities to meet bands like Halestorm, Pop Evil, Saving Abel, Royal Bliss, CAVO, etc. and, the best moment ever, having lunch with Chickenfoot (thanks to WDHA)! 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 fan of music and then have the opportunity to meet the artist(s) face-to-face and say thanks for some great tunes.

I hope whoever of you that view this site get a kick out of seeing it as much as I enjoyed getting the autographs to post! These ain't for sale, I just like getting 'em...unless there's one that somebody wants to pay me a couple of thousand $$$ for, well...maybe we should talk! And, if by some chance you are a famous rock and roller who stumbled by 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....

Please Note: I have these autographs split over 2 pages. In some cases, when you click on a link to those names listed M through Z, the images may not load fast enough to drop you at the correct spot. Therefore, you may need to scroll up or down a bit!
Age of Evil Doug Aldrich Tommy Aldridge Alice In Chains Alterbridge Angel Another Animal Anthrax UPDATE Carmine Appice Vinny Appice ASIA Dan Aykroyd Sebastian Bach Bad Company Jimmy Bain Frankie Banali Bar 7 NEW Gary Barden Reb Beach UPDATE Beatallica Black Stone Cherry Blondie Blue Oyster Cult Jason Bonham Bon Jovi Bruce Bouillet Jim Breuer Steve Brown Buckcherry Lindsey Buckingham Bumblefoot Burn Halo UPDATE Jon Butcher Chris Caffery Candlebox Jerry Cantrell Jon Caspi Carlos Cavazo Cavo Charm City Devils Cheap Trick Gary Cherone Chickenfoot Tommy Chong Karl Cochran Alice Cooper Kevin Costner David Coverdale The Crash Kings Marshall Crenshaw Russell Crowe/ Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts Cry of Love The Cult Cy Curnin (The Fixx) Joey D'Angeli (ROXX) Danger Danger Def Leppard Jimmy DeGrasso Dean DeLeo (STP) Rick Derringer Chris Difford Pat Dinizio Don Dokken Doobie Brothers UPDATE The Doors/ Riders On The Storm Kevin DuBrow Dennis Dunaway NEW Walter Egan David Ellefson Emerson, Lake and Palmer Extreme F5 NEW Charlie Farren finger eleven The Fiesty Pirahnnas Larry (The Indian) Fisher	Flyleaf Foghat Steve Forbert Lita Ford Foreigner Peter Frampton Aretha Franklin Free Spirit Paul Gilbert Ian Gillian Thom Gimbal Gin Blossoms Corey Glover Sammy Hagar Halestorm Stu Hamm Lauren Harris Kelly Hansen Helix Gary Hoey Glenn Hughes Charlie Huhn Chrissie Hynde InVitro Randy Jackson Jamey Jasta JET Joan Jett Patrick Johansson Damon Johnson Danny Johnson Eric Johnson Laurie Jones Mick Jones UPDATE Rev Jones Juliette & The Licks Kelly Keeling BB King The Kings Royal Kings X Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) Jeff Kollman Kottak Krigger Krokus Dave Krusen Bruce Kulick Jimmy Kunes (of Cactus) LA Guns Jani Lane Corky Laing Vic LeCar Legion Geddy Lee UPDATE Lillian Axe Lynam George Lynch Lynyrd Skynyrd Yngwie Malmsteen Frank Marino NEW Miljenko Matijevic (Steelheart) Mean Venus Ricky Medlocke Meat Loaf Megadeth Melodica Metal Mike Miss Derringer Ronnie Montrose Mr. Big NEW Night Ranger Willie Nile Peter Noone Eddie Ojeda Orange Sky Tim "Ripper" Owens NEW Pain of Days Graham Parker Davey Pattison Steven Pearcy AJ Pero Joe Perry	Mike Peters (The Alarm) Rickey Phillips Matt Pinfield Jeff Pilson Piper's Stone Jeff Plate Ted Poley Pop Evil Mike Portnoy Popa Chubby Puddle of Mudd Queensryche Quiet Riot Red REO Speedwagon Rev Theory Henry Rollins Bobby Rondinelli Michael T. Ross Royal Bliss Michael Sadler (of SAGA) Safetysuit Rudy Sarzo Joe Satriani UPDATE Saving Abel Brett Scallions Richie Scarlet Michael Schenker Scorpions Sevendust Billy Sheehan Kenny Wayne Sheppard Shinedown Eric Singer Skid Row Slaughter Steel Panther Stuart Smith The Smithereens Bruce Springsteen Staind Stewkey (from The Nazz) Street Dogs Styx John Sykes .38 Special Taddy Porter Geoff Tate Temperedcast Tesla Theory of a Deadman George Thorogood Glenn Tilbrook Tonic Peter Tork The Tour Bus Mike Tramp Pat Travers Robin Trower Joe Lynn Turner Twisted Sister TV Toy UFO Steve Vai NEW Valient Thorr Joe Walsh WASP John Waite Jay Weinberg Charlie (Chas) West Leslie West Whiskey Falls Dougie White Winger Chuck Wright Zakk Wylde John Young Rob Zombie Billy Zoom (of X)

Autographs A thru L
(click here to go to M thru Z)

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).

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!

Tommy Aldridge - Part 2
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.

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!

Alterbridge, 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 Alterbridge CD as well as 2 Creed discs, before I had to head off.

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.

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!!

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.

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 Syke's 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.

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!

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 Redbank, 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.

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!

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 Terri 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!!

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.

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!

I caught up with vocalist, Gary Barden during a stop at The Starland Ballroom on the Michaels Schenker/George Lynch tour.

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.

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 sey list from the guys from a performance at Bordentown, NJ's The Record Collector.

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!!

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! Franke and the Knockouts!!) and Paul Carbonara.

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.

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.

Part 2 - 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.

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!

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.

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.

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!!

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!!

I ran into current (???) 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 recent Chiller Convention in NJ. Just weeks before the release of Chinese Democracy, Ron signed a CD and posed for a quick photo with Annie.

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.

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!!!

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.

This is one of the few "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...yahoo!

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...

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.

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!!

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!

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.

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!

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!!.

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!

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.

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).

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!)

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.

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!!

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.

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!!

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!

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.

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!!

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!

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.

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.

Part 2
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.

Part 3
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!!

Part 4
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.

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.

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 MacDonald, drummer Chet McCraken and percussionist Bobby LaKind. This is probably from around the late 70's/early 80's.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!!

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!.

Part 2 - 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.

Part 3 - 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.

Part 4 - 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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

Corey Glover, lead singer of Living Color...stopped by Vintage Vinyl for an in-store performance to promote his solo release, Hymns. Very nice guy...he graciously signed everything.

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!!

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!!

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.

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.

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!

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!!

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!!

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.

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!!

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!!

Randy stopped by DHA to chat about an upcoming summer tour event...I was there and he signed my stuff.

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!

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!!

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.

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!!

Former (Rick) Derringer and Steppenwolf member is now out solo...literally...opening for Glenn Hughes at a show in NYC's BB King's.

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!!

Thanks to my good bud, Dave Iozzia, for snaggin' me this disc signed by Laurie Jones, a singer/songwriter out of Maine.

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.

Dave Iozzia's close friend, bassist Rev Jones, graciously signed this promo photo for me.

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!

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.

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.

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!!

Part 2 - 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!

Part 3 - Another Dave Iozzia "hit" on Doug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill while Kings X made another appearance at The Starland Ballroom.

My pal Dave Iozzia caught up with with Andreas while on tour with HAIL! handling the guitar duties for this "super group".

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!

Part 2 - 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!!

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.

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!!.

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.

Dave Iozzia grabbed drummer Dave Krusen while on tour with Candlebox. He had him sign Pearl Jam's first CD, which Dave drummed on.

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!

Caught up with Jimmy Kunes, vocalist of Cactus ("America's Led Zeppelin"), backstage at a Glenn Hughes show in NYC. Thanks, Jimmy!!

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!!)

LA Guns - Part 2
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.

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!!

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.

I met up with guitar shredder, Vic LeCar backstage at a recent Lita Ford show at BB Kings in NYC.

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!!

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)

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.

Thanks again to Dave Iozzia for landing me this insert signed by the brothers Lynam...David, Jacob and Mark.

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.

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!

Vinyl cover signed by Jimmy and Vinny.	Vinyl cover signed by Jimmy and Vinny.
CD insert signed by Jimmy and Vinny.		Vinny Appice and me!!

CD insert.	CD insert.	CD insert.
Vintage 80's photo signed by all the band members.
LP vinyl sleeves signed by Carl Palmer and Geoff Downes.

John Wetton's sig added.	Steve Howe and Wetton's autographs added.	CD insert signed by Wetton and Downes.

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!
Me and Paul Rodgers.		Me and Simon Kirke.

Healing Sixes CD insert signed by the whole band.	Drumhead signed by Jason.	CD insert signed by Jason.
CD insert signed by Jason.	CD insert signed by Jason.	Me and Jason.
These two items here to the right were signed by Jason when I caught up with him after a recent Foreigner show.	CD sleeve.	CD insert.

CD insert signed by the band.	CD insert signed by Sammy in silver.
CD insert signed by Sammy in silver.	CD insert signed by Sammy.
CD insert signed by Mike.	CD insert signed by Sammy and Mike.
CD insert signed by Sammy in silver.	CD insert signed by Chad.
CD insert signed by Joe.	CD insert signed by Joe.
My t-shirt signed by the band.
...with Sammy Hagar.	...with Michael Anthony.
...with Joe Satriani.	...and with Chad Smith.

Framed autograph with photos.
CD insert of Pat Travers Band Live.		CD insert.

		The inside of the Valley of the Kings CD single.

CD insert.	CD insert (also signed by Vince Martell).

Classic Buckingham Nicks LP cover.	Fleetwood Mac's Rumors LP cover.
CD insert.

Jon signed the back of my business card.	CD tray insert, pre-signed by Jon plus a JBA pick was included.

CD insert.	CD insert.	CD insert.
CD insert.	CD insert.	CD insert (also signed by Thom Gimbal).
CD insert.	CD insert.	CD insert.
CD insert.	CD insert.	CD insert.
CD insert.	DVD sleeve.
Charlie Farren, me, Annie and Jon Butcher.

CD insert.	CD insert.	Picture card included in the special edition version of Van Halen 3 that came in a tin box.
Me and Gary Cherone.

CD insert.

CD insert.	CD insert.
Cy with Annie and me.	Cy onstage (with Nick Harper) at MusicFest 09.

Poster from the event.		CD insert.

CD insert.	CD insert.

CD insert.	CD insert.

Dressing room door sign.

CD insert.	CD insert previously signed by Jeff Pilson.	CD insert previously signed by Jeff Pilson and George Lynch.
CD insert.	CD insert.	CD insert previously signed by Jeff Pilson.
CD insert.	DVD insert.	Me and an ecstatic Don Dokken.

Tour program cover.	Partial of program page.	Partial of program page.
Partial of program page.		CD insert.

Band photo signed by Kevin, Gary and Pat.
CD insert signed by Gary and Pat.	Setlist signed by Nuno.

Door sign.
CD insert.
Ticket stub signed by Mick Jones.

CD cover
Inner gatefold signed by the band.

Grammy Program cover.	Page that was signed.
Close-up of BB King's signature.	Close-up of Aretha's signature.

CD insert signed by Bruce and Paul.	CD insert signed by Bruce and Paul.	CD insert signed by Paul.
CD insert signed by Paul and previously signed by Billy Sheehan.	CD insert signed by Paul and previously signed by Billy Sheehan.	CD insert signed by Paul.
CD insert signed by Paul.	CD insert signed by Bruce.	Annie and Paul Gilbert.

Front and back of CD insert.		CD insert.
Front and back of CD insert.

Birthday greeting to Donna from Sammy.

CD cover.	Open CD spread signed by David Lauser, Victor Johnson and Mona.
CD insert.	CD insert.

CD insert.	Lzzy Hale and a "fan".
Promo poster signed by the band.	Promo photo signed by the band.

Original LP cover.	CD insert.	CD insert.
Me with Randy Jackson.

Promotional poster signed by Juliette and her band.
VHS sleeve	Juliette Lewis and Annie.

		8x10 digital printout, signed by the whole band.
CD insert.	CD insert.	CD insert.
The three inserts below were just signed by Doug Pinnick... two King X inserts and The Mob, a side project with Doug and Reb Beach.
CD insert.	CD insert.	CD insert.

CD insert.	CD insert.

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.

CD insert.	Promo CD sleeve.
CD insert.	CD insert previously signed by Eric Singer.

CD insert.	CD insert.
CD insert with Phil's signature added.	CD insert with Phil's signature added.	CD insert with Phil's signature.
Me with Stacy Blades.

CD insert.	CD insert.	Digipak CD cover.
Geddy signing my copy of Different Stages outside the WDHA studios.