Lita Ford Joined By Dee Snider And Carmine Appice For New York City Show
According to blabbermouth.net, Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider and legendary drummer Carmine Appice (Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, Vanilla Fudge, Jeff Beck) joined '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford last night, Monday, July 7th, during her concert at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City.
Lita's setlist was as follows: 1. Larger Than Life 2. Hungry 3. Gotta Let Go 4. Black Widow 5. Can't Catch Me 6. Falling In And Out Of Love 7. The Ripper 8. Only Women Bleed (Alice Cooper cover) 9. Back To The Cave 10. Playing With Fire 11. Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover; Carmine Appice on drums) 12. There's Only One Way To Rock (Sammy Hagar cover; Dee Snider on vocals) 13. Close My Eyes Forever 14. Kiss Me Deadly
Lita Ford just finished playing a few warm-up shows for her upcoming Rocklahoma appearance. Ford was billed as the Lita Ford "tribute" act Kiss Me Deadly for these special performances, which all took place in New York.
As previously reported, Lita Ford has a new band which is accompanying her for the shows. It is as follows: Stet Howland (W.A.S.P.) - Drums Teddy Cook (Dio) - Bass Michael T. Ross (Hardline, AngelL) - Keyboards Tom Cavanagh (Almost Queen, Bent Pussycat) – Guitar
Lita Ford recently signed a deal with Coallier Entertainment, the New York-based company whose list of clients includes such artists as Twisted Sister and Sebastian Bach.
In a brand new interview with Rock Confidential, Lita Ford stated about her lengthy absence from the music scene and her decision to return to performing and recording, "I married Jim Gillette (former Nitro singer) about 14 years ago and we pretty much checked out of the U.S. We moved to the Caribbean and have lived there for quite a long time. That's why nobody knows where I am. Literally, we're on a deserted island. Like Nihm's Island — that movie with Jodie Foster. We've been living in the islands and I had two kids and we've just been raising our sons. That's it. . . The music scene got so weird I just didn't know what the heck I was doing. It was almost like anything from the '80s was a dirty word. I thought it was good time to check out. . . I just checked out completely. I think one of the hardest gigs in the world is being a parent. It takes all of me. It also takes all of you to be in a rock band. I just couldn't do both. When I had my kids they were priority over everything else. My kids are getting older and they're starting to rock! My son got a gold top Les Paul for his 11th birthday. My other son is playing QUEEN on the drums and he's only six. They're ready to rock! They want me to rock. When they were after me to play I knew it was time!"
