MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO Performs At RANDY RHOADS Tribute Show; Video Available
December 19, 2010, 13 years ago
Ex-NITRO guitarist Michael Angelo Batio performed at Rhoadsfest II on December 4th in Tarzana, CA at Paladino's. The tribute show to OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Randy Rhoads was attended by members of the Rhoads family and featured RHOADS TO OZZ featuring his brotherm Kelle. Check out the footage below.
Ultimate-Guitar.com has issued the following report from Robert Gray:
Passing away at the tender age of twenty-five, without doubt Randy Rhoads left this world too early. Having recorded two stellar albums with Ozzy Osbourne before an airplane accident claimed his life, to this day Rhoads' influence is apparent. Rhoadsfest II, set to take place December 4th at Paladino's in Tarzana, California, will pay tribute to Rhoads. Appearing? Influential hard rock instrumental guitarist Michael Angelo Batio, a Randy Rhoads fan like many.
"I'm a big Randy Rhoads fan" confirms Michael. "I got to meet him before he died; I met him backstage at a concert in Chicago, my hometown. I was asked to do Rhoadsfest I last year, and prior to that in 2007, I was asked to be in a Randy Rhoads movie that hasn't come out yet. I met the Rhoads family then in 2007; I really liked his mom and his sister. and Kelle I had met before. Last year it was so great, and this year it should be even better. I just love him as a guitarist. I really like what he did for rock guitar, and there's a history there; me meeting him and participating in the movie, and plus, I think one of the reasons how I got involved too was they saw me play in Los Angeles in Hollywood at M.I. with Uli Jon Roth in 2007. It was his Sky Academy show; Paul Gilbert was there, I was there, Chris Poland. I played my "Tribute To Randy", and I did a very unique rendition of his soloing. Where the melodic contour sounds are played, people recognise them as Randy Rhoads' solos, but I play them completely different than Randy and they really liked that, that I was able to take something that he did and really make it my version. 'Tribute To Randy' - my version of two of his songs - is the most requested song that I play, so it's cool."Read the full report at this location.
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