For anyone interested..this thread is supposed to be a dig at me. A few years ago, I hired Eric Johnson to play at my birthday party. It was a large event. Over 400 people attended. I rented a huge tent, had food and beverages along with a beer stand. We sold the beers and the invitations to this event were clear. No presents. I asked for charitable contributions for our County Humane Society. At the end of the night I donated $57,000 to the Humane Society. I invited local TGP and MyLesPaul members to the event. Between the 2 boards around 20 people showed up. We actually had closer to 500 people there total.
We had the event in the front yard of my manufacturing facility. The weather was perfect and I believe a lot of people had a really good time.
I did ask Eric if I could play a few songs with him.. His manager had me send him an MP3 of some of my stuff. He said OK. I have to admit, I was thrilled. Eric has been an important influence for a long time.
Commenting on the cheap dig by our anonymous TGP members.. Eric and I practiced the songs at sound check that I played with him that night
View attachment 168271. He signaled me when to come in and when to back away. If you ever hear his version of Redhouse with Vai and Satriani you would've rethought your lame comment.
Last, I am not a Kiss fan. EJ was the only musician I ever wanted to play with.
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