DEREK SHERINIAN - 'In The Summertime' Video Featuring SLASH And BILLY IDOL Available Online
July 27, 2006, 17 years ago
Former DREAM THEATER, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN keyboardist DEREK SHERINIAN has posted the video for the song 'Summertime' (from his new album Blood Of The Snake) on his website http://dereksherinian.com/.
The video, for Sherinian's cover of MUNGO JERRY’s 'In the Summertime', was shot on location in Los Angeles, with director Chad Michael Ward of Digital Apocalypse Studios.
'In the Summertime' captures the loose, happy-go- lucky spirit of the original, while getting an injection of BILLY IDOL’s gritty vocals and SLASH’s always-sweet blues-licks.
The concept was very basic - 5 guys in a rehearsal room playing the song with some hot chicks hanging around” states Sherinian. “It was very cool to see Billy and Slash together for the video. Everyone had a great time at the shoot."
“’In The Summertime’ was my favorite song when I was 3,” acknowledges Sherinian. “Billy started singing it one day at soundcheck, and we started jamming on it. We agreed it would be a great song to cover one day. Slash was the perfect guitarist for this track. I think that 'In The Summertime' is a great, timeless song. The timing is perfect to do a remake, and the combination of Billy and Slash is very cool.”As previously reported, Blood Of The Snake will be released by InsideOut in Europe on July 27th, in North America on August 1st and via Marquee/Avalon in Japan on August 23rd.
