Pillars of Rock
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The Pillars of Rock deliver an electrifying performance chocked full of delicious classic rock hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Founding members from Vanilla Fudge/Cactus/Beck, Bogert & Appice; The Babys/Rod Steward Band; along with members of Tower of Power/Huey Lewis and the News; Buddy Miles Band. A chart topping list of multi-platinum songs featuring some of rock’s most well loved tunes in combination with well-seasoned live performances of the Pillars of Rock delight audiences.
BAND MEMBERS
TONY BROCKTony Brock is one of the world’s most explosive and technically proficient drummers. In addition to being a founding member of The Babys, Tony toured and/or recorded hits with Rod Stewart for ten years, Elton John, Jimmy Barnes, Jeff Beck, Bernie Taupin’s Farm Dogs and Roy Orbison to name but a few.
TIM BOGERTTim Bogert’s musical debut began in 1967 with the release of the Vanilla Fudge LP featuring a remake of the Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hanging On” which topped the charts for an amazing 200 weeks and remains a classic. Following the break up of Vanilla Fudge Tim and Jim McCarty (Mitch Ryder) with Rusty Day (Ted Nugent) formed the high-energy rock/blues band Cactus. From there Bogert went on to form the super-group Beck/Bogert/Appice featuring Jeff Beck on guitar. Their rendition of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition was an instant hit.
Carmen Grillo joined the legendary horn-based band Tower of Power in 1988, where he became a driving force within the group. His writing, singing and guitar playing gave him high visibility with fans world wide. He performed with TOP for almost ten years before leaving in 1997 to pursue other musical interests. Grillo has also worked with Rita Coolidge, Bill Champlin (Chicago), Donna Summer and Tom Scott to name a few.
JP CERVONIAt 20, JP Cervoni joined the Buddy Miles Band in Canada where Buddy heard JP playing Jimi Hendrix riffs and hired him on the spot announcing that, “JP is the only player after Jimi that kicked my ass!” JP toured with Miles for many years and wrote/recorded two LPs on Atlantic Records with Miles. JP went on to play/record/write with Nina Hagen, Derek St. Holmes (Ted Nugent), Jimmy Crespo (Aerosmith), Dennis McKay (Judas Priest) and many others.
HIT SONG LIST
TIM BOGERT Vanilla Fudge: - Keep Me Hangin' On Beck, Bogert & Appice: - Superstition Rod Stewart Medley: - People get ready - Infatuation Babys Medley: - Isn't it time - Head first - Midnight randeivous - Back on my feet again CARMEN GRILLO Tower of Power: - What Is Hip - So Hard To Do - You're Still A Young Man JP CERVONI Buddy Miles: - Them Changes - Down By the River - Hendrix Medley SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMERS
UPON AVAILABILITY: MIKE PINERA Blues Image: - Ride Captain Ride Iron Butterfly - I-Na-Gadda-Da-Vida WALFREDO REYES, JR. Santana Medley: - Oy Yo Como Va - Soul Sacrifice - Europa Contact Info: email: jp@jpcervoni.com phone: 1.818.205.5911 |
CARMEN GRILLO