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Arizona Central News
Dec 11 2008
12/13: Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding
by Ed Masley - Dec. 10, 2008 01:20 PM
The Arizona Republic
Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding has some interesting new flavors this year.
Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch, best remembered for the post-Mac solo smashes Sentimental Lady and Ebony Eyes, will be there. So will Robby Krieger of the Doors, whose set will feature reality star Survivorman blowing harp while Alice does his best Jim Morrison on Roadhouse Blues. And Alice says he's pretty sure his son's band, Runaway Phoenix, will open and close the whole shebang with a song they wrote especially for this event, the aptly titled Christmas Pudding Song.
As for Alice's headlining set, he isn't, as it turns out, doing Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits in its entirety, as oft reported. What he meant was he'll be doing Alice Cooper's greatest hits - or "all the songs that everybody wants to hear," as Alice puts it, listing Eighteen, School's Out, Billion Dollar Babies and Poison as examples.
As Alice explains it, "There are some songs on Greatest Hits that aren't as big as other songs we did after that album. So I'll take a few of those out and put in the bigger hits. So everyone's gonna get Alice's 10 biggest hits."
He doesn't do much in the way of staging at his Pudding shows, Alice says, because it's more a Christmas party than an Alice Cooper show.
"I got the idea from the old Hollywood Canteen movies in the '40s," he says. "All the army guys would go into Hollywood and the movie stars were actually the ones who served drinks and everyone would get up and do one or two songs. So I said 'Let's do that for Christmas. I'll go through my Rolodex and everyone will just get up and do a couple songs. Then, Marc Tarbell will serve his Christmas Pudding, which is great.' " This way, Alice says, "You might see Ted Nugent on stage with Glen Campbell or Amy Grant with Megadeth. That's the kind of thing I like to see."
It's more than just a party, though. All proceeds benefit the singer's Solid Rock Foundation, a Christian non-profit aimed at giving teens a better choice in after-school activities than getting hooked on drugs.
"Solid Rock is building places for kids in gangs to get more addicted to music than to meth and guns," he says. "And I think when this Solid Rock place gets open, it's gonna really change a lot of lives. When a kid on his way home from school decides, 'Well, lemme see, I can hang on the street and sell crack or I could go over to Solid Rock and learn bass or drums or guitar.' That's the idea, is get them addicted to something better."
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Dec 11 2008
12/13: Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding
by Ed Masley - Dec. 10, 2008 01:20 PM
The Arizona Republic
Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding has some interesting new flavors this year.
Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch, best remembered for the post-Mac solo smashes Sentimental Lady and Ebony Eyes, will be there. So will Robby Krieger of the Doors, whose set will feature reality star Survivorman blowing harp while Alice does his best Jim Morrison on Roadhouse Blues. And Alice says he's pretty sure his son's band, Runaway Phoenix, will open and close the whole shebang with a song they wrote especially for this event, the aptly titled Christmas Pudding Song.
As for Alice's headlining set, he isn't, as it turns out, doing Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits in its entirety, as oft reported. What he meant was he'll be doing Alice Cooper's greatest hits - or "all the songs that everybody wants to hear," as Alice puts it, listing Eighteen, School's Out, Billion Dollar Babies and Poison as examples.
As Alice explains it, "There are some songs on Greatest Hits that aren't as big as other songs we did after that album. So I'll take a few of those out and put in the bigger hits. So everyone's gonna get Alice's 10 biggest hits."
He doesn't do much in the way of staging at his Pudding shows, Alice says, because it's more a Christmas party than an Alice Cooper show.
"I got the idea from the old Hollywood Canteen movies in the '40s," he says. "All the army guys would go into Hollywood and the movie stars were actually the ones who served drinks and everyone would get up and do one or two songs. So I said 'Let's do that for Christmas. I'll go through my Rolodex and everyone will just get up and do a couple songs. Then, Marc Tarbell will serve his Christmas Pudding, which is great.' " This way, Alice says, "You might see Ted Nugent on stage with Glen Campbell or Amy Grant with Megadeth. That's the kind of thing I like to see."
It's more than just a party, though. All proceeds benefit the singer's Solid Rock Foundation, a Christian non-profit aimed at giving teens a better choice in after-school activities than getting hooked on drugs.
"Solid Rock is building places for kids in gangs to get more addicted to music than to meth and guns," he says. "And I think when this Solid Rock place gets open, it's gonna really change a lot of lives. When a kid on his way home from school decides, 'Well, lemme see, I can hang on the street and sell crack or I could go over to Solid Rock and learn bass or drums or guitar.' That's the idea, is get them addicted to something better."
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