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VOODOO LOUNGE TOUR - PERSON BY PERSON
MICK JAGGER:Vocals, guitars, harmonica
KEITH RICHARDS:Guitars, vocals
CHARLIE WATTS:Drums
RONNIE WOOD:Guitar, peddle steel
CHUCK LEAVELL:Keyboards
DARRYL JONES:Bass
BOBBY KEYS:Saxophone
BERNARD FOWLER:Back-up Vocalist
LISA FISCHER:Backing Vocalist
THE NEW WEST HORNS:
ANDY SNITZER
MICHAEL DAVIS
KENT SMITH
MICHAEL COHL:Tour Director/Tour Promoter
JAKE BERRY:Production Manager
ALAN DUNN:Logistics Director
ARNOLD DUNN:Band Road Manager
BENJI LEFEVRE:Sound
PATRICK WOODROFFE:Lighting Designer
CHRISTINE STRAND:Video Director
MARK FISHER:Set Designer
STEPHEN HOWARD: Promoter Production Manager
DARRYL JONES, BASS
It's tough enough being the new bassist for the World's Greatest Rock'n'Roll
Band, replacing Bill Wyman, but don't make it any tougher by calling Darryl
Jones a jazz player. Chicago-born Darryl has a jazz-playing father and he's
logged major time with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock so no wonder the "jazz"
tag has stuck. But Darryl loves to rock, and although he plays on the new
Voodoo Lounge album and is touring with the band, he admits he ' s never seen
a live Rolling Stones concert.
"There ' s a thousand bass players who can play way faster than me, and who
know a lot more tricks than I do," he says. "I deal with the fundamentals, and
I play rock-solid bass. That' s what I love to do. I mean, I can dig a solo,
if the musical genre is appropriate for it. But that is not my first love. My
first love is laying down the bass line, and it's the same thing I did with
Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis, and the same thing I'm doing here."
Darryl came to the Stones' attention throuh recommendations from his friends,
who are members of Keith Richards' X-Pensive Winos solo ?oand. He also met
Jagger once before in 1985, when Mick dropped in to the Paris movie set of
Brin On The Night, Michael Apted's documentary of Sting and his band. But
Darryl still had to prove himself in New York auditions last summer, which he
passed handily, and the next test was making bond with Charlie Watts. The
bassist and drummer of any band have to work closely together, beca se the
rhythm section is "the engine room" of the band, as Keith Richards calls it.
Darryl says he fels he's getting along fine with Charlie, because they both
appreciate a good steady beat. His jazz experience didn't hurt either in
impressing Watts, but there was another unexpected thing they found in common.
"Charlie loves great clothes, and so do I, although it may not always appear
that way." r,'arryl says, looking down at the overalls he'swearing forband
rehearsals. Rock, soul, funk, or jazz --Darryl is ready for whatever the
Stones want to do.
CHUCK LEAVELL, KEYBOARDS
A veteran of the Stones for well over a decade, Chuck Leavell can lickly rhyme
off the battery of Yamaha, KORG, Hammond, MIDI-B and kurzweil keyboard
equipmellt he employs on stage. "I'm very keen on getting the absolute best
sounds, warm, and authentic, that are available -- I 've always been adamant
about that -- after all, this is the greatest rock'n ' roll band in the
world." But the bottom iine is that this much sought-after talent from Macon,
Georgia, always strives for the very best. Leavell's musicianship and
attention to detail has won him praise not only rom the Stones, but also from
other artists like Eric Clapton, who recruited him in l991. Leavell playcd on
"24 Nights," the Rush movie soundtrack, and the Grammy-winning Unplued al bum
and video, as well as Eric ' s ' 91- '92 World Tour. Other artists he has been
a solid part of through the yea.rs include the Allman Brothers Band, Sea
Level, The Black Crowes, George Harrison, the Indidgo Girls, and a host of
others. There's something else that Leavell has a passion for -- forestry. He
is an award-winning environmental forest farmer, and has l,500 acres of
woodlands in central Georgia. Actively involved not only in his forestland, he
also spends considerable time on public speaking engagements for promoting
green values.
BOBBY KEYS, SAXOPHONE
Born the same day, month and year as Keith Richards, Texas saxman Bobby Keys
was made to play with the Stones. He made his debut -- and introduced horns to
the Stones sound -- on the song "Live With Me" off 1969's Let It Bleed album.
But it's his distinctive blend with Keith's guitar on the "Brown Sugar" riff
two years later that really made him indespensible, although Keys calls it a
one take special. "It was a one-time thing. It was as unrehearsed as a hiccup.
I didn 't even know they were recording the thing," he recalls.
He first met the band long before he began recording and touring with them. "I
met the Stones when I played with Bobby Vee back in 1963," he says. "It was
their first trip to the United States. I met them in San Antonio, Texas, at
the Dick Clarke Teenage World Fair."
Keys has long been one of the most popular and fan-recognised players on the
Stones tours, and he was most recently on the road with Richards as part of
the X-Pensive Winos band. Keys is looking forward to hitting the highway with
the Stones again. "My best friends in life seem to always be the members of
the Rolling Stones," he says. "And their shows are great. There's still that
air that something could happen at any time."
BERNARD FOWLER, BACKING VOCALIST
When the Stones need a male backing vocalist, the first man they turn to is
New York-born Bemard Fowler. He was first introduced to the band by singing on
Mick Jagger's She 's The Boss debut solo album in 1985, an assignment he
landed while touring with Herbie Hancock. Since then, Bernard has also worked
on solo projects for Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood, and he
also produced Wood' s 1992 album Slide On This. He added vocal flavor to the
Steel Wheels and Urban Jungle tours, and he's happy to be doing the same again
for "Voodoo Lounge." "With the Stones you get to see how it's done for real,"
Bernard says. "That's probably the greatest thing about it, besides the music
-- you can't get to the source without crossing the Rolling Stones Memorial
Bridge."
LISA FISCHER, BACKING VOCALIST
Another graduate of the Steel WheelstUrban Jungle trek, Brooklyn-born Lisa
Fischer is also a veteran of many other shows. She sang for 11 years with
Luther Vandross and on Chaka Khan's I Feel For You Tour, and she performed
with reconstituted Motown acts the Marvelettes and the Crystals. She won a
Grammy for the best female Rhythm and Blues performance for the song "How Can
I Ease The Pain?" It' s her experience supporting Mick Jagger, both in his
solo work and with the Stones, that has given Fischer the most "satisfaction."
"You're on the edge every minute, because you're not quite sure what he's
going to do," she explains. "So you have to keep on your toes. But within that
'edginess' there's a sense of calm, because you know the boundaries, and there
' s a comfort in that knowledge . And Mick is very exciting to watch. During
rehearsals he's great, but on stage, he's a raging fire!" The Stones know how
to work and how to play, she adds. "I love that about them. They work hard
when they work, and they play hard when they play. There' s no middle ground."
THE NEW WEST HORNS
In New York, the recording artists and producers know the New West Horns as
Andy Snitzer, Michael David, and Kent Smith. Their collective discography and
tour itineraries are nothing less than a who's who of contemporary music. On
saxophone and keyboards, Andy Snitzer is a native of Philadelphia, with his
first solo recording for Warner Brother's scheduled for the fall, 1994.
Already recognised for his studio production skills, Snitzer is among the
busiest session players on the scene today.
Originally from San Francisco, JVC Recordinhg artist Michael Davis has
recently completed his next release titled "Midnight Crossing" also due out in
the fall of 1994. Michael is a graduate of the prestigious Eastrnan School of
Music. Kent Smith on trumpet is a native of Willmar, Minnesota and a graduate
of the Indiana School of Music. Leaving the mid west behind he headed to New
York to carve out a niche in the studio scene. In addition to touring and
session work he is an accomplished arranger and orchestrator.
They have recorded with Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Chaka Khan,
Bette Midler, Frank Sinatra, Al Green, Jonathan Butler, Anita Baker, Dr. John,
Twisted Sister, Roxette, Carly Simon, Alice Cooper, Roger Daltry, Ratt, and
Winger. Their work on the New York session circuit has made them first choice
for producers as diverse as Arif Mardin, Hugh Padgham, Phil Ramone, Roy Halee,
Thomas Dolby, Russ Titelman, David Damson and Paul Simon. On the live stage,
Snitzer Davis and Smith have performed with Paul Simon, Dr. John, Frank
Sinatra, The O'Jay's, The Temptations, Harry Connick Jr., Gladys Knight & the
Pips, Liza Minelli, Branford Marsalis and Sarah Vaughan. This is their first
tour with the Rolling Stones.