Happy 57th Birthday to the man himself: Jack Blades!
The one thing Jack Blades loves most about the Broadway musical “Rock of Ages” is that the songs are the true stars of the show.
Two songs the Santa Rosa bassist, songwriter and singer recorded — “Sister Christian” with the band Night Ranger from 1984 and “High Enough” with Damn Yankees from the early ’90s — are featured.
The musical, still running on Broadway after two years, is set on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip in 1987 and includes hits by Journey, Styx, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Steve Perry, Poison and Asia.
“It was pretty crazy back in the ’80s,” Blades recalled. “We were in LA then, recording our albums. The show recreates it pretty well, the whole style and the look.”
Check out this great interview with Jack about his involvement with the Broadway hit show Rock of Ages featuring songs from Damn Yankees and Night Ranger!
Welcome to the brand new Jack Blades site at JackBlades.net!
It has been a rockin’ year for Jack in 2010, we’re so happy that through the revamped JackBlades.net we can bring Jack’s fans the latest:
- Jack Blades News
- Special Events
- Tickets to see Jack perform live!
- Tour Date announcements
- Exclusive audio, video footage and never before seen photos
We look forward to making this website as fun and interactive as possible. Got questions for us? Hit up help@jackblades.net — we’re listening!
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The DAMN YANKEES reunited this August at NAMM, the North American Music Merchants Convention in Anaheim. This marks the first time Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades and Michael Cartellone have performed live since 2002.
Right after Night Ranger finished up their set at the Taylor booth at NAMM, Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw, and Michael Cartellone all joined Jack Blades on stage to play “Coming of Age” and “High Enough.”
