Bon Jovi Joins Billy In Nashville For Album release Party (MADE MAN)
Posted September 23, 2006
On Tuesday, September, 19th 2006, round about midnight, Billy Blocks
Western Beat (12th & Porter in Nashville) played host to the album release party for Billy Falcons new record, MADE MAN.
With Jon Bon Jovi and Ritchie Sambora in attendance, excitement permeated the theatre, which was packed beyond capacity with eager fans, which were treated to some amazing performances as Billy, with his band the Falcones, (featuring Michael Spears, bass and Bryan Hall, guitar, from Maydayground, April Sandridge and Billys daughter, Rose Falcon, contributing backing vocals, Bruce Bouton on Lap steel, Tony Harrell on keyboards, Jonathan Yudkin, strings, and Kelly Keegy of Night Ranger, on drums) performed songs from his stellar new record.
Billy opened with a smoking take on Made Man, followed by Mr. Smith,
And Sugar, which set the tone for the evening and had the crowd rockin from the gate!
Then, Billy, with daughter Rose sharing vocals, performed a moving rendition of Brick off a Bridge. Rose then took center stage, stunning the crowd with her performance of Melt Away, a track that may just make a grand appearance on her second record!
Billy continued with Happy Hour, which had the crowd crying in their beer, and proved to be the perfect intro into a moving performance of Good Cry, a new song recently written by Billy and Rose that they intend to record as a duet.
After the crowd had a Good Cry Billy and the Falcones rocked the rafters with
Better Than a Girl, a song reminiscent of something the Glimmer Twins would be proud to have written.
Then Billy launched into the opening chords of his signature song,
Power Windows (Pretty Blue World 1991), which had the crowd buzzing, when suddenly, Jon Bon Jovi strolled on stage and the place erupted as Jon joined Billy and sang an amazing rendition with the crowd joining in.
After telling the crowd how he was a fan of Billys music since the early days, and what a great writer he is, Jon and Billy performed Just Older, a song the two of them wrote in Billys kitchen in Nashville, for Bon Jovis multi-platinum Crush album (2000)
As they sang the chorus they were joined by the overflow crowd:
I LIKE THE BED I'M SLEEPING IN
JUST LIKE ME, IT'S BROKEN IN
IT'S NOT OLD - JUST OLDER
LIKE A FAVORITE PAIR OF TORN BLUE JEANS
THIS SKIN I'M IN I'S ALRIGHT WITH ME
IT' S NOT OLD - JUST OLDER
NOT OLD - JUST OLDER
They may be older, but tonight proved they can both still rock with the best of them!
The FalcOholic
(Photos Courtesy Of Heather Byrd)
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