Tuesday, June 15, 2010 

Ground-Level Mile High Club (or) FU American Airlines!

Here's one for everyone who is SICK of these airlines squeezing money wherever they can from their customers - ESPECIALLY after the always irritating, borderline humiliating, 99.9% needless/pointless "security" measures we go through on every flight from these jackasses who probably aren't even qualified to cook fries at McDonald's.

We were flying back to Chicago from a show in Tuscon last Sunday, where I had repacked my stuff TWICE outside the skycap station to avoid paying $100 for an "overweight" suitcase. And WTF - you can't pay cash with that anymore OR use cash to buy booze & food onboard?!?!? 

While boarding, we witnessed some American Airlines manager bullying some girl about having to check (i.e., pay $25) for some thin, lightweight tube because it was her 3rd carry-on piece. Our singer Rich Perez (left) also had 3 pieces: guitar, laptop bag and backpack.

Luckily, her dispute served as a nice diversion, and Rich made it on the plane no problem but... weather was bad in Chicago, they delayed the flight, and they made everyone deplane with all their stuff.


After a couple of hours, we got the green light board again, but we weren't feeling so fortunate about a handy diversion this time, so... we put a denim shirt over Rich's backpack. DISCLOSURE. Half the reason we did it was just to get a laugh at his expense, but there was a legitimate reason, too. 


WE ALMOST GAVE OURSELVES AWAY by laughing so hard, and getting some looks; and the plane boarding clone did give Rich a funny look, but... it did indeed work. The only thing we might have done differently: Put the backpack on the front, making Rich look like he had a HUGE beer belly. BOO-YAH!!!!

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Thursday, March 19, 2009 

Creedence Again | 5 Song Sampler

Just got this one done (for the most part). It has to be said that while using Chicago Recording Company for a video shoot is like killing a cockroach with an atom bomb, it does convey a certain image that's over and beyond what other tributes would ever do for their recordings. Truth is, unless folks weren't always bugging us for CDs at these shows, we would never bother messing with re-doing these classics - I mean, you're only going to suffer by comparison, right?

And so, although this video is far from perfect (we recorded & taped everything in 2 hours), I think it gets across the idea of our somewhat unique approach to a tribute band: we're a sort of tribute. In other words: Since we definitely don't look anything like the original guys in CCR - especially John Fogerty - why bother trying? As long as we do justice to those timeless classics (I think we do); as long as we're entertaining (we definitely are); as long as we sound good (and I know we do, especially Rich Perez's vocals), I'd like to think that's enough for any true CCR fan.


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Monday, March 17, 2008 

Rich Perez | Creedence Again Singer

We're excited to announce the arrival of vocalist extraordinaire Rich Perez - aka "El Camaleón" (The Cameleon) for future Creedence Again shows (and probably a lot of other musical projects, too). (see video below).

Rich is an in-demand session & live performer. In 2000, his band Detours took first prize in Ed McMahon's national Next Big Star contest. Rich's uncanny ability to get "into character" as a famous singer - including John Fogerty, Bob Seger, Axl Rose, Paul Rodgers and other rock greats - keeps him busy with producers and recording sessions. As a performer, he blends his fiery Latin roots (Cuban American) with blue-eyed American rock, which elevate the timeless CCR/Fogerty classics to a completely new, electric level.


Creedence Again | CCR Tribute from Rocknrollchef on Vimeo.

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