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January 10, 2008

FOUR

So the keen eyes among you will have seen the MySpace profile for Circus Diablo has changed and the picture is now of a four piece band!! And I want to say that it has been SO much fun up to now - a huge thank you goes out to Brett, Billy and Ricky. We are all still close friends and its not a drama. Its more a case of realizing that the 'rotating member' thing just wasn't gonna work. And because of everyones schedules, we were unable to tour as much as we would have liked. So the mutual decision has been made - here we go with Circus Diablo V2.0. Myself on lead vocals and rhythm gtr. Rob Patterson on lead gtr. Patrick Cornell on bass and Charles Ruggiero on drums. New songs have been written already, more are being crafted as we speak, and we have been rehearsing as well this week. Its different for me - I now return to the familiar place of having a guitar around my neck!! So check out the band at its first show with the new slim look at Venice Rocks on January 30th. The flyer is below (yes I have ripped another Banksy off - he is the modern day Warhol, and besides....his art makes great flyers!!).

OK - starting the year as I mean to go on. Questions.....

Paul - I will actually see about some live Diablo stuff on here as a gift from us to you. Not immediately, but once we get out in the summer and get into touring mode, that is something I am happy to do - good suggestion mate.

Danni - As someone else has said already. it has, up to now, been a random selection of band members on Camp Freddy radio - with Dave and I taking the lions share. And with the movie stuff - horror is better for me than suspense, but I'll watch a good nail-biter every now and again. Saw Premonition and loved it. Haven't seen Perfect Stranger yet.

Slice - Not a bad idea! A live DJ Morrison set, complete with some IM messaging etc. I am willing to do that. But I would need some help with the streaming technology. I am not set up to do that stuff, and dont understand it. Mind you, thats never stopped me before!! Let me look into it.

Tucker - Welcome to the sunkissed shores of Camp Freddy Radio. Let this be a place that can whisk you away from the cold, grey Welsh hills and into a tropical paradise of music, video, blogging and all things entertainment. Or maybe just hang out here when you wanna read some mindless shit!! Ha ha - welcome!!

Alec - Living La Vida Loca you are!! Nice to see you are still around. Have fun mate.

Cori - Actually I have two pairs of the important stuff like the Diablo ones. One get worn and used and the other takes up space in a closet, getting dusty and forgotten about. Why do I do that??

Beth - Well I did have some Namm stuff lined up, but I changed my plans and I am now gonna be in Park City the whole time for the Sundance Film Festival. I am DJing up there at a T-Mobile Diner thing so this year I am afraid that Namm will be Morrisonless. I am sure that they will cope!!

A few other items of interest (or not) - Those of you who have been around here for a few years (has it really been THAT long??) will remember me spending some time writing and recording three tracks for an American Idol finalist, Ryan Starr (the female, not the male!!). Apparently they are being released on an album very soon - I will get the details soon, but they sent me the mastered tracks to listen to, and they sound great. Haven't listened to those three songs since I did them, but they stand up well. I played most of the instruments on them and wrote the songs with my friend Jed Leiber. And talking of Jed, another one of our co-writes, the old Doheny track Evergreen got a make over before Christmas. I resang the vocal and Charles played some drums on the song and once we mix it in a week or so it will be in the movie Basement Jack. That's the movie I played a cop in, and plans to do a killer green screen video for the song are still firmly in place.

I also wanna quickly thank our very own Richard for sending me this dynamite pic of the Pistols, way back in 1978, getting off the bus in Memphis. For a Pistols fan like myself, its always nice to see new pics surface and new accounts of the goings on back then. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ONLINE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT THE SEX PISTOLS VISITING MEMPHIS. Finally, I think that Camp Freddy will be playing a small charity show in Los Angeles on March 14th. As I haven't yet had the 'final' word, I think I should keep some details to myself for now, but it appears that Stephen Perkins will be on the drums, and a certain Linda Perry (one of our all time favorite guests) is also involved in the event. So details of the charity and the venue once someone tells me for sure that this is locked in. Thats it from me - I gotta go have breakfast with Mr Sorum, hit the gym, pass by the WGA benefit and then get stuck in to one of those new Diablo tunes in my studio. Sounds like a good day. Later.

Billy

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Posted by vivelerock at January 10, 2008 07:40 AM

Comments

First off,THANK YOU for always answering my questions:)! Suspense is my favorite, Perfect Stranger is one you will have to "que"

Sounds like you have a lot of good music and muscians. As I stated, maybe sometday I will get to see your bands. If not, there is always You Tube right?

Happy Weekend! Db

Posted by: Danni at January 7, 2008 11:51 PM

Wow, what an update! Glad to had been able to see Ricky & Billy play w/CD & had the opportunity to meet Brett. Now looking forward to seeing the new line up LIVE. If Im not mistaken, I was present at the only show that you sang and played bass on during the last tour. Which was killer,btw. Love the Pistols pic too. Hope your day is going as planned, as I sit in my cubicle while it is raining/snowing in KC-ugh. Take care Niki

Posted by: Merc957 at January 10, 2008 12:38 PM

I kind of noticed something on the myspace pagewhen they listed the "members" and Ricky's name was removed. Keen eye....yes indeed! ;-)
And to be honest I don't know why Dave doesn't set you up with a time slot on his SRL gig. Everyone else has one-Metal Sanaz,Lisa & Johnny from Killola, Stoney, Messy...why not Billy Morrison? He's got a small internet empire going...why not have you be part of it?

Question-what ever happened to the idea "Camp Freddy 5 years, 5 cities" shows? Because after seeing VR on Kimmel Monday night playing on top of the building in Times Square (taped NYE before the Hammerstein show) brought me right back to the last time CF was in NYC and you guys played on top of the Hard Rock marquee! Good times....

Posted by: Robin (peebs) at January 10, 2008 01:29 PM

Now that's a fully loaded update, the way I like em! I look forward to seeing the new Fab Four this year.
I echo the question from Peebs on the Camp Freddy 5 Year five Cities tour, now I am guessing 6 years 6 cities tour?

Hope you enjoy Sundance. Remember, if you get tired of the glitz, the glamour, the snow, the cuisine, the free stuff...there is always NAMM where 6000 booths await you, miles of walking, no parking, and a hotdog in a paper wrapper.;-)

Posted by: beth at January 10, 2008 09:05 PM


Glad you liked my idea! I'm touched. Can't imagine it's that hard to get streaming going, something tells me you're savvy enough to make it happen. Really looking forward to it.

Slice x

Posted by: BkSlice at January 11, 2008 08:17 AM