2009
Jordan Wagner, Anthony Hixon and Bruce Kulick layin’ it down. Photo by: Alan M. Poulin / alanpoulinphoto.com
Rundgren on stage playing with us. I mean,
come on! Does it get any cooler than that?
Jamie sang the closing tune and ended
it with the line, “Bruce Kulick rode me to
Hell!” which was hilarious. Bruce had worked
Jamie pretty hard in practice, and he had
to get this one in on him. It was a sign of
respect and showed that he hadn’t taken it
personally—he’d still had fun.
the future. All of the bands put on a great
show, and really showed their confidence
in the material. Watching from the balcony
above the stage was Steven Tyler, observing what we had all been working on so
hard since we’d jammed with him. Capping
off the night was an all-star jam that filled
the stage with the counselors from the
show, and several of the campers dancing
to the tunes alongside them. It seemed
that even after five grueling days of traveling, meeting and greeting, recording, and
practice, practice, practice that the campers weren’t ready for the ride to be over. If
anything, the looks on their faces gave the
impression that if given the opportunity,
they’d have stayed another day or two.
Todd Rundgren and Mark Hudson.
Photo by: Alan M. Poulin / alanpoulinphoto.com
The feelings of respect and joviality were
definitely shared among all the other campers, too. There were some great performances that night from all of the bands.
Some of the highlights were Share Ross’s
band, “Share’s Band on the Run,” whose
members were all 18 or younger. Olympic
ice-skating legend Scott Hamilton played
some mean drums opening the event in
Rami Jaffee’s (Foo Fighters) band. Teddy
Andreadis’s group, affectionately named
AIG (Agitators International Group), was on
fire. John Martin was their vocalist and lead
axeman, and this guy slayed every time I
saw him play during the camp—be on the
lookout for him and his trusty Les Paul in
I love the music
And I love to see the crowd
It’s difficult to sum up the experience that I
had at Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp, but take
it from me: everybody and anybody can
walk away from this camp with something
new and inspiring, no matter what your skill
level is. One of Fishof’s goals is to make it
