Gov. Huckabee Jams With DEF LEPPARD Guitarist at NAMM
January 12, 2011, 13 years ago
According to The Ocean County Regisrer, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee took part in a bass jam with DEF LEPPARD's Phil Collen on lead guitar.
They were among the eclectic line-up of professional and part-time musicians who came to the Anaheim Convention Center on Wednesday to kick off the 2011 NAMM Show, a massive music-products convention that runs through Sunday.
The 2011 NAMM Show is the largest music trade show in America, with more than 80,000 attendees and more than 1,500 exhibitors traveling from more than 100 countries. The private convention which runs through Sunday, features the music industry's newest musical instruments and state-of-the-art technologies.
"This is like musicians' heaven," Huckabee said as he toured several booths showing off everything from neon glowing guitar strings to the latest in iPhone apps that act as a full recording studio.
The NAMM Show, help by the International Music Products Association, has a reputation for bringing together musicians from just about every musical background – classical to heavy metal.
Jazz greats such as drummer Peter Erskine routinely roam the halls next to KISS' lead singer Gene Simmons, lending star power or musicianship to promote the latest products.
On Wednesday, Collen and TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick showed off some of the latest in guitar technology.
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