[Laughs] Thats why some people think its just off the charts weird, but thats me. This video is property of its rightful copyright owner. On this Jeff Watson Interview: Loads of great stories about hooking up with Sammy Hagar, Ronnie Montrose, Ted Nugent, playing with ZZ Top, Jerry Harrison, how Night Ranger got started and lessons learned top 3 musical experiences, low points best decision he ever made, being invincible, the environment, regrets, more. obituary, review Ex- Night Ranger guitarist Jeff Watson apparently had a close brush with death as he is recovering from not one, but two brain surgeries in the last two and a half weeks. He appeared as a special guest on Douglas Docker's Docker's Guild project. Yes, I still have that. Night Ranger broke big a year . Youve got me curious! So they added Rick Springfield onto the bill. Galatic Cowboys The 65-year-old musician, who is a co-founding member of NIGHT RANGER but hasn't played with the group since 2007, opened up about his operation in a social media post earlier today (Friday, September 16). The trio then formed the band Stereo. Jeff Watson gave a positive update about his health after undergoing major surgery. All great music has resulted from people who lived as casts, who had unpopular positions, who wrote music because they wanted to write music, not because they wanted to make millions. The band at the time didnt have a name however it featured Johhny and Joe Gioeli from the band Brunette, whom Schon discovered when he started dating their sister. Then rumours persisted that he was tapped to join House Of Lords who also had a deal with Victory. Vivian Campbell These guys were just having a good time playing. vinnie moore, review Nobodys ever heard them. Isnt it funny how a new breed of young guitarist in the 2000s brought guitar solos back to the masses while the 80s dudes felt they needed to say something like guitar solos are history. Watson, who started an auto body business 33 years ago "in case . It sounds great and the audience is loving it. "I've been in ICU for two weeks after having two holes drilled through my skull for access to my brain to put in a drain pipe to remove the blood gathering in my brain cavity two weeks ago so I wouldn't die," he said. Breaking the silence for one of his first interviews, Watson sat down with Ultimate Classic Rock to talk about the upcoming trek, which features a band including former Ozzy drummer Brian Tichy and former Osbourne bassist Rudy Sarzo, his new music and the plans to release the Mothers Army material. xentrix, review I had a band of my own and I had more of a Deep Purple-ish [thing that was] more towards heavy hard rock than the rest of the guys. With regards to Jeff Watson, I have personally heard both sides of the story and there is alot of politics there. Bob Daisley and I wrote them with Joe Lynn Turner and Aynsley Dunbar played drums and we cut the demos for the songs on my two-inch machine upstairs and we put 16-track heads on the machines, so it sounds beautiful in that regard. As I understand it, youve got some other music in the can, right? All of those bands survived the flood, however Queensryche managed to commit hara-kiri many years after. Thats primarily due to the 12-string when I was a kid. While I dug Brad Gillis, I always dug Jeff Watson because of what he . Similar to AOR rockers Styx, Journey, and REO Speedwagon, Night Ranger yielded the same electric guitar wallop via Jeff Watson and Brad Gillis and sported a high-powered lead singer in the likes of Jack Blades.Since their albums only contained a small amount of strong material, Night Ranger's Greatest Hits is the essential one-stop for all of this band's best work. They have a new CD with some very good tracks (not just re-release of their own old 80's tunes with a re-mix of their vocals-ok, they actually did that as well on the previous CD, but this is actual new material with plenty of good guitar licks which are sadly missing from today's music in my opinion) . I've been alerted to that because I've come into the 21st century and now I have the interwebs and all of that. Of course that band would go on to become Hardline. It was really a lot of fun. It was almost biblical, how it affected me anyway. Because Im pretty sure that my cat and dog in this day and age can probably solo better than most of..the whole world. He went on to play keyboard for Sammy Hagars solo releases and was rooming with Jack Blades. They ramped it up on Psychotic Supper. But I decided the last couple of years, eh, its a bit noisy and I end up mostly signing things for people and getting a bit distracted and I had decided to pass on it. ShadowoftheSun June 21, 2021, 3:13am #7. [Laughs]. How many years had it been in there though? Night Ranger had a string of best-selling albums . He was just an amazing player and Ive seen him on YouTube. Its an amazing story how I met him. Steve Stevens Isn't Reb Beach in like 387,438 bands right now? Jack [Blades] had so many great ideas. A reformed Night Ranger with its original line-up is back touring. The Jeff Watson Band even opened up for Sammy Hagar, Heart and Ted Nugent. department of the interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations for 2023 117th congress (2021-2022) Getentrepreneurial.com: Resources for Small Business Entrepreneurs in 2022. Hes been making a lot of noise in recent years and from what I know about him, in addition to being a great guitar player, hes just a good dude and a big music fan. Watson will release the demos, once thought to be lost, one-by-one in the coming months. During one of those gigs, Preston Thrall, the brother of Pat Thrall was in attendance. Eventually, the pain in my brain started slowly subsiding as they slowly removed the catheter and the procedure finally slowly came to an end. Jeff Watson was born on November 4, 1956 in Sacramento, California, USA as Jeffery Victor Watson. But were going to kick butt and try to get a record deal.. I just talked to Bob Daisley, who is down in Australia and hes one of my best friends and a great bass player and a great writer. So Im probably going to be the old guy in the back of the bus with my banjo and my straw hat going, Get the hell off my porch! [Laughs] Theyre all real capable folks, so Im real grateful for them to invite me to come along. Even the reunion stuff was a good time for us and we had some great shows together. Richie Sambora Look at the now. While digging around in his wifes car, he found a cassette tape that had five demos for the never-completed fourth album from Mothers Army, the heavy 90s-era supergroup featuring Watson, Ozzy Osbourne bassist Bob Daisley, Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner and drummer Aynsley Dunbar(who, by this time, had replaced original drummer Carmine Appice). Trapped near the inner circle of thought. Theyre being born with more chops than any of us have put together these days. The 80's are gone, but I can tell you none of them mind any of the ASCAP checks that come in for "Sister Christian and Don't tell me you love me". He appeared as a special guest on Douglas Docker's Docker's Guild project. Im playing better guitar now than I was back in the day. The Them was always a moving target. Its coming all from the Yngwie [Malmsteen] stuff or the [Tony] MacAlpine stuff or that sort of thing. Posted on July 30, 2019 by Craig Garber. He used to live next to us in the apartments in L.A. when we were cutting the first Night Ranger records. Jeff also scored movies and did some acting, in addition to playing sessions \u0026 performing with with Chris Isaak, Sammy Hagar, Ted Nugent, Steve Morse, Styx, Heart, ZZ Top, Pat Penatar, Boston, Jerry Harrison, John Mayer, Aerosmith, Narada Michael Walden, Dave Jenkins, Tony McAlpine and loads moreSubscribe \u0026 Website: https://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/subscribeSupport this show: http://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/support You have to probably realize that starting with a 12-string is a really interesting place to start as a player, when you see years later where other people started. Well-known member. So anyway, its been sitting in there, I dont know, it was probably in the car for 12 years? Jeff Watson came from his own solo band, that had songs on radio and production from Ronnie Montrose. But studio stuff, I've been writing a ton of material -- and I've never stopped writing, since I was very young. Its like the Winchester Mystery House out here, so finding that cassette would be definitely difficult to do again. jptk June . night ranger. Can you talk a little bit about what it was that brought you back around? Yes, they are on the small club, Casino and County Fair/Ribfest summer circuit. Watson resurfaced in 1992 with his solo debut, Lone Ranger, followed a year later by Around the Sun; in 1995, he formed a new group, Mother's Army, and in 1997 also appeared with the reunited Night Ranger. Sites: Twitter, Wikipedia In Groups: Jeff Watson Band, Mother's Army, Night Ranger Variations: Viewing All | Jeff Watson (2) J. Watson, Watson Artist [a372620] Edit Artist 3,599 For Sale Discography "It's kind of a sad one and it's not something that I'd like to dwell on, really," he said. As you mentioned a few moments ago, hes very, very busy right now. He goes, Its just insane -- these guys are out there and I cant get to my car to get back to the airport to fly out of town without passing this guy just ripping the s--- out of all of our stuff!, So its pretty funny and hes saying that in a complementary fashion. We also have a cabin above Lake Tahoe where theres no electricity and theres no roads to get in and no phones. The end of Night Ranger happened with the success of Midnight Madness. Suddenly, the band was on the radar of the record label. Late in my teens was when I first started playing electric guitar -- I started on 12-string guitar and flatpicking was everything when I was a little kid. John Waite as Bad English was more or less over. Listening to it, I hear a Chet Atkins kind of vibe and the pacing certainly fits the squirrels part of the title. Watson has also released solo albums. I mean, Im sure he didnt intend it that way, but thats the kind of guy that he is. Sounds like Gillis is choosing, commercial song writing over being true to himself and it doesnt work, because Gillis is a guitar player that solos. And I taught myself to play, so I had no rules or guidelines to go by. From one super group to another super group. I think it would be great for you to play. Before his life-changing surgery, Watson worked with Night Ranger for decades before his exit in 2007. I think you need to be out there.. Steve Askew booted out of Kajagoogoo? I think that was a benefit that I wasnt drawing on years of playing in cover bands. I was reminiscing about my favorite rock bands, Night Ranger, this evening, and ran across this video from guitar great Jeff Watson (who is also a NorCal boy) and founding member Night Ranger on the proper micing of acoustic and electric guitars. He added that as a result of the procedures, his "guitar capabilities took a pretty big hit, so it's back to bed with metronome practice, and rebuilding my skill set to try getting my hands back into shape.". I mean, this is back when cars had cassette players in them, right? GREAT convo:Cool Guitar \u0026 Music T-Shirts! If I was to play it live, I would definitely pull it back a few beats per minute. Because otherwise, I dont think we would have had our own identity, to a degree. I think thats whats kind of cool about the fact that you put this out as your first bit of new music in a long time is that its something that if people have heard your stuff over the years, whether its with Night Ranger, solo or Mothers Army or whatever the case might be, it kind of gives a surprising new look at you as a player, in a good way. The band included Myron Grombacher (Pat Benater) on drums, Dave Ezrin on keys, Matt Bisoneette (DLR) on bass and Joe Taylor on guitars. Of course, Adrian Vandenberg went on to be involved in the supergroup Manic Eden that had Rudy Sarzo, Tommy Aldridge as well as Little Caeser vocalist Ron Young. I met those guys in L.A. and I played and it felt fun to be on stage again. NIGHT RANGER has issued the following response to a message from former guitarist Jeff Watson posted on a Night Ranger Message Board yesterday: Jack Blades (bass/vocals), Brad Gillis (guitars/vocals), Kelly Keagy (drums/vocals). Nash Bridges . I cant believe that it is not on Spotify for me to officially stream, however if I go onto YouTube it is available in its entirety, to be streamed unofficially. Hard Rock, Power Metal, Glam Rock and the pedal point Heavy Metal that we got used too was facing obliteration. The 65-year-old musician, who is a co-founding member of NIGHT RANGER but hasn't played. So we mastered the cassette and Im going to start releasing the Mothers Army Four songs coming up pretty quickly. Enchanted (2007) as On-Screen Musician. Most of those songs would end up 1992s Revenge including the excellent Unholy. I also did some film work on a couple of films and some TV work, scoring as well as participating in the film Enchanted and the filming in New York for that. He and I wrote the first three Mothers Army records together and then Joe Lynn Turner came in to do more writing as we got farther into the second and third records. So he said, Well, if youre coming to NAMM, would you like to play with me at this Randy Rhoads show? (with an exclamation point!). All rights reserved. Was out of a gig after David Coverdale disbanded Whitesnake. I really like to play and I really enjoyed playing, especially with Brian Tichy, Rudy Sarzo and Joel Hoekstra, who has become just a sweetheart of a friend and hes an amazing guitar player. It goes by quickly and its something that was difficult to play all the way through for me in the studio. Jeff Watson. Mixing gospel, thrash, punk, bluegrass, rock and metal with a touch of prog and signed to Geffen. It could have been teachers, parents, police officers, neighbours or anyone else that upset the status quo for the day. The album kicks off with the Jack Blades and Brad Gillis composition (You Can Still) Rock in America. The good news is that guitarist-extraordinaire Reb Beach of Winger, Dokken and more recently, Whitesnake has joined Night Ranger for the year of 2007. However it was a big price to pay to have that all-star backing band for a tour that didnt take off. Im not really sure how much Im playing. I was more interested in the 70s music and then before that, like I said, the folk stuff. Eventually went on to become a Def Leppard main stay. The soloing stuff, Ive actually gotten better at soloing, but I also find that I care less and less about guitar solos. "It was almost biblical, how it affected me anyway. And its always the least thing I would expect them to be commenting on. Joe Mesmars Collaboration with Sony Music Propelled Him into a Techno Stardom. A decade ago, IBM's public confidence was unmistakable. The bands line up was completed by Todd Jensen (DLR) on bass. Night Ranger should not have fired Jeff Watson. Guitarist Brad Gillis and drummer Kelly Keagy have been the band's only constant members, though bassist Jack Blades performed on all but one of their albums. In 2007, he was fired by the three other members of Night Ranger through a letter from their attorney. That guitar intro in Rumours In The Air is smoking and the keyboard call to arms lead break after the first chorus shows that Fitzgerald wasnt there just to play chords. Night Ranger: 03:43 . Its Watson supercomputer had just trounced Ken Jennings, the best human "Jeopardy . He has also released solo albums. He work with Sly and The Family Stone as a songwriter and experienced fame with funk rockers Rubicon in 1978 along with Brad Gillis. Well, several things. how are the united states and spain similar. Im just an 80s guy that likes to pluck the guitar a bit, but those are the real cats, you know? The fast-paced track quickly demonstrates that Watson hasnt lost an ounce of his skills on the fretboard. Watson is survived by his parents, Riley and Betty Watson, brother, Danny and wife Jeanne Watson, nephew, Daniel and wife Holly and great niece Adelay Watson, nieces Christy Watson and. Lita Ford Thats where I draw a blank, because Ive only played my own music. He just has to learn a couple of parts that I recorded. Of course the following month, it was also announced that Neal Schon along with Deen Castronovo signed a band to MCA. They have a new CD with some very good tracks (not just re-release of their own old 80's tunes with a re-mix of their vocals-ok, they actually did that as well on the previous CD, but this is actual new material with plenty of good guitar licks which are sadly missing from today's music in my opinion) . Is that still the plan? [Laughs] So I think that its exciting. Joe Taylor suffered the indignity of being fired by Jim Gillete, Litas husband at the time because Jim wanted to cut Taylors pay. James Hetfield Eric Martin (from future Mr Big fame) was the first of three singers the band had. Dolly Parton Rock Album Collaborators Revealed: Stevie Nicks, Paul McCartney, More! The songs where Gillis and Watson's solos shine are "Don't Tell Me You Love Me", and "You Can Still Rock in America". Squirrels and Kerosene, your new single, certainly shows that your fingers are in good shape. I hope they listen to other types of material. Jeff Watson's Journey With Night Ranger Before his life-changing surgery, Watson worked with Night Ranger for decades before his exit in 2007. There are very few guitar overdubs on the new Whitesnake album and on a couple of times we didnt even put a rhythm guitar underneath the solos. GREAT convo: Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. Jeremy Colson has already done the drums for me, who is a great drummer who lives right down the street here in Tiburon and he plays with Steve Vai and [Joe] Satriani and Billy Idol and hes just a monster. I guess thats the bottom line, once I find out what Im playing, I think Ill be fine. So Brad Gillis toured with Ozzy during 1982 and was on Ozzys Speak Of The Devil live album of Sabbath cuts. Its a very cool tune. In an update on Facebook, the musician revealed that he faced a worrying health issue that required him to undergo the procedure. But Bob is a dear friend and he reminded me --- I thought it was 1997.I think we actually cut those demos in 1999 and then Im sure I stuck them on a cassette to play in my wifes old car and Im sure when I was cleaning it out. Night Ranger broke up because they . You talked about Joel Hoekstra and you ended up jamming with him at the Rhoads tribute recently. That just carried over onto electric guitar. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. Night Ranger is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in the early 80's. A band that epitomized the mega-selling, big hair, soft metal sound, Night Ranger took a break at the end of that decade but reunited in 1996 and they continue to perform in various guises. From a Night Ranger perspective, it took the band three years to compose their greatest masterpiece from whenthey formed in 1980. It was the sweetest thing in the world. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. ", After the latest operation, Watson was discharged from the hospital and is now at home trying to regain his strength. He then released 2 solo records and started Mothers Army, along with Bob Daisley, Joe Lynn Turner \u0026 Carmine Appice. hamerfanclub.com The band was filled out with Denny Carmassi (Heart) on drums, Ricky Phillips (Bad English) on bass with Johnny and Joe Gioeli from the band Brunette rounding out the band. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. No, I think it was a benefit at those times, because my mind was a blank. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. In the decade to follow, the group scored a series of hits including "(You Can Still) Rock In America" and the perennial "Sister Christian" before disbanding in 1990. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. Night Ranger broke big a year later and suddenly hes on MTV and trading 64 bar licks with Jeff Watson. Maybe I should do one called Chipmunks on Meth or something, but Squirrels and Kerosene was basically just a test. It was unexpected and I really don't want to jump into the details. I sent it over to Steve and I said, Is this the guy? and he said, Yeah, the guy is out there, with his hat out, trying to collect pesos, just ripping the heck out of me on guitar, and this is Steve Morse saying this. In a way, you could call Night Ranger a pseudo supergroup. I'll take a six piece chicken and make it extra spicy. He then released 2 solo records and started Mothers Army, along with Bob Daisley, Joe Lynn Turner & Carmine Appice. Record Labels and suits believe they know best, because all they care about is profits. For folks that dont know, what was the story behind your departure from Night Ranger? He wrote back and he said, Jeff, Ive been wanting to get in touch with you for so long. He also shares some interesting insight regarding how he developed into one of the most unique guitar players of the 80s with his legendary 8-finger tapping technique. Watson reflected on his departure from NIGHT RANGER in a 2015 interview with Ultimate Classic Rock. Watson has also released solo albums. So it made sense to me to put those two types of songs together. Rumours started circulating that he was forming a project with Of course, the House Of Lords connection was there in the early incarnation of the band, as James Christian was the original vocalist. The bands line up was completed by Todd Jensen (DLR) on bass. In the immortal words of John Lennon, the separation was a failure. While Brad Gillis is a good guitar player and Jack Blades gave the band its crossover rock appeal, Jeff Watson was the shredder that the band needed, which in turn gave the band some serious metal cred. ~ Jason Ankeny HOMETOWN United States of America BORN November 5, 1956 Similar Artists Mother's Army Kelly Keagy Dave Sharman Brad Gillis GNR and Skid Row operated on a 70% of tickets sold tour. The label wanted another Midnight Madness so they could capitalise on the cash. I said, I want to put this out, because theres no way that we can recreate that energy and get everybody to do this again. It is what it is -- basically its the lost tapes, the MA4 lost tapes. Theres five songs and that is going to be all that comes out of that band, ever. He left in the 1990s to pursue a solo career before returning in 1996 and leaving for good years later. That looks like its going to be a really fun evening of music. So the three veterans the magazine caught up with are; Brad Gillis, Jeff Watson and Adrian Vandenberg. They should be starting to come out, I would think, next month sometime. But Im pulling out some of the stuff and the styles that I was writing back in those days, because I never really released them. Recordings With Night Ranger: Dawn Patrol (1982) Midnight Madness (1983) 7 Wishes (1985) Big . Jeff Watson, owner and trainer of Brody the Bear has been raising and training bears for 19 years. In 1996 Night Ranger regrouped (Keagy, Blades, Gillis and guitarist Jeff Watson, along with former Great White keyboard player Michael Lardie) and began rebuilding their touring base. You know, he was very prolific with ideas, so we were just filling in the blanks and writing parts and throwing things together. Jeff left the band to pursuit his own projects. He had been in my old spot in Night Ranger for several years and he had actually said something in a magazine once that said, You know, Jeff made my life a bit of a nightmare, because Im having to cover these specific solos and these approaches of things and he said, Thats the only downside is trying to play some of Jeffs parts, which I thought was really sweet and flattering. At that time, the magazine praised him for stretching the neoclassical style, which led to him disbanding Vandenberg, because every other artist started doing it. Vito Bratta Adrian Vandenberg back in 1985 was voted as a Metal God In Waiting in the same magazine. Its hard to explain. Side 2 opens up with two Jack Blades compositions in Touch of Madness and Passion Play. Its kind of a sad one and its not something that Id like to dwell on, really. Im not sure that I could pick up a guitar right now and play that song from top to bottom. Contrary to popular rumors, however, the band did not split up because of clashing egos -- Gillis and former NR guitarist Jeff Watson recently recorded together. That project ended up becoming Mothers Army and the final line up consisted of vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, guitarist Jeff Watson, bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Carmine Appice. It definitely seems like you would have a good amount of added dexterity with an electric, as you kind of spoke about, because you started on the 12-string. But after the reunion and great shows, "things" still happened and led him to his exit. So I just sort of pick something thats very difficult and try to develop it and then once I accomplish that, Ill try something thats more difficult. The Whitesnake album, So Many Tears mirrored the Blues rock direction of previous Whitesnake albums, as well as his Manic Eden band, which released a superb self-titled album in 1994. The operation, at that time, aimed to stop an artery from leaking into his cranial cavity. Nothing sounded like Volbeats Beyond Hell Above Heaven previously but it was a huge hit. Im sure the other side is full of just junky ideas. Some 80s players that use or used metal picks come to mind: George Lynch, Warren DeMartini, Brad Gillis and Jeff Watson. Lampo (1942) (CatZDech's Style) 44 Cats (2018) The Aristocats (1970) Lady and the Tramp (1955) Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure (2001) Pokemon (1997) Pokemon: The First Movie (1998) Pikachu's Vacation (1998) Pokemon: The Movie 2000 (1999) Pikachu & Pichu (2000) Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate (2006) Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) Sport Goofy in Soccermania . Again this news was out in 1991 and it wasnt until 1993 that the self titled debut hit the market. So thats kind of where Im going. Are you going to be NAMM? And I said, Yeah, Im thinking about NAMM. I havent gone in a couple of yearsI was going every year since 1978. I think that theres a lot of people that are a fan of you as a guitar player would be surprised to hear you say that. Watson was a founding member and played in Night Ranger from 1982 to 1989 and again from 1996 to 2007. First of all, Jeff Watson is not with Night Ranger anymore. I used a lot of that type of approach, but at a much lesser tempo, when I was scoring Vertical Frontier, the film, a lot of acoustic or flatpicking stuff. There is a quote that I remember from Adlai E. Stevenson that goes something like; All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.. Jeffrey Victor Watson (born November 5, 1956 in Sacramento, California) is an American guitarist originally known as one of the founding members and lead guitarist of the band Night Ranger, in which he has played as co-guitarist with guitarist Brad Gillis. But we have captured it digitally and it is ready to be released. 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