...and a video of one of his "hits."
No kidding -- this yutz actually booked himself as the opening act for The Eagles at the Garden on September 19th. Thus proving that, yes, money really CAN'T buy you class.
Seriously -- I sing worse than this guy and my backing musicians aren't nearly as good. So why aren't I opening for One Direction?
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Am I supposed to know who this is, and/or care?
I've heard pedestrian lyrics before but these really might bite tight. Right? Good night.... blight. Plight.
It's been pointed out that Dolan's current attention to music may have the benefit of letting Phil Jackson run the NY Knicks without Dolan's invaluable guidance.
You'd think a guy that rich could get his jacket sleeves properly tailored.
I've heard much worse. It not so much that it is bad is that it is completely void of any taste, character or inspiration. I will have forgotten it by the time this is posted.
No worse than the bloody Eagles. OK, maybe just a bit.
Does this guy's company own the LA Forum too? I see on
YouTube his band opened for The Eagles there JAN-2014.
I'm so sorry I heard a whole verse. His timing is terrible, and it's the worst kind of 5th rate Little Feat bluesy garbage.
BBJ: nailed it exactly.
Money talks. He should be singing karaoke in a TGI McScratchy's on $2 Coors Light night. Delbert McClinton's original blows him away.
To me the interesting thing is that it was the Eagles. I doubt most bands would have stood for it. Says something about their attitude to the fans.
Pete:
Yep.
He's perfect for a jam session on the Mike Huckabee show:-). Out of respect for Little Feat and Delbert McClinton, I wouldn't mention their names in the same breath with this Lame-oid. He's no J.D. Souther, that's for sure.
And since when do the Eagles need an opening act? JD's not just at MSG, he's on a lot of the stops. Methinks Irving Azoff has everything to do with this. The fans don't dig the Shitshots but it probably helps alcohol sales.
Vickie Rock - You ain't lived till you've heard JD cover Pink Cadillac
Vicki--I used to watch Huckabee's show solely for the band performances.
A weekly train wreck of mediocrity and cluelessness. It got old pretty fast, though.:-)
Nope, nope, nope. This is horrible. Dude makes Nickelback sound like the Beatles. Just awful. Must be nice to be in the 1% and have no shame.
This is not a good way to start the new year.
Capt. Al
Steve,
Re: your comment on Huckabee's show.
In a similar vein, I also refuse to watch shows such as "American Idol".
The way I look at it, I've spent years building a diverse and entertaining collection of vinyl and CDs by performers whom I really enjoy. Why would I want NOT to experience THAT and instead sit in front of my TV watching... AUDITIONS ?!?
J. Lag
The only thing left to do is get the word out to Eagles fans: boo this putz off the stage.
Saw Dolan and his band open for a James Gang reunion event at NYC's Beacon Theater in 2007.
Pedestrian, uninspired, but competent was how I recall JD & The Straight Shot. Only later did I realize that Dolan ran the Beacon Theater as well as Madison Square Garden.
And while U2 made its way into my iTunes library recently as a cross-promotion free giveaway from Apple, JD & The Straight Shot's RIGHT ON TIME album ended up appearing -- for free -- in my iTunes library back in 2008.
And I can't delete the goddam thing! HELP!
And oh ... another point, and one that came to mind when you -- Steve -- put quotation marks around the term HITS.
At two shows I attended recently, both of which were sold out, songs that received little or no airplay by known artists received word-for-word singalong attention by fans attending the shows. One show was Ian Hunter and the Rant Band performing Hunter's own WHEN I'M PRESIDENT, the title track from Hunter's most recent album, and a great political song about U.S. presidents past and present. The other was The Dandy Warhols doing SOLID from their 2000 album, 13 TALES FROM URBAN BOHEMIA, which is the best Lou Reed song Lou Reed never wrote.
Sure, I know the lyrics to both songs. I'm a huge fan of Hunter's and a big fan of the Dandies, but I was knocked out when apparently EVERYBODY knew the lyrics to these songs. And believe me, the audiences at neither of the shows consisted of kids.
So how the hell did this happen? This was behavior that radio hits used to engender, and while I know that 13 TALES sold briskly in its time, Hunter's recent albums sell only (and sadly) in bits and drabs.
@Mark
I was at the Beacon Theatre, James Gang reunion, too. JD & his band of rich pricks had the nerve to cover "A Change Is Gonna Come."
Mark: With regard to your comment about JD Dolan opening up for the James Gang - Irving Azoff also manages Joe Walsh. He has everything to do with billing his cozy business partner along side his name acts.
I also saw a reunion gig of the James Gang in September 2006. It was at the old Universal Amphitheater [Gibson Amphitheater]. Ticket sales were so poor that they were giving away excellent seats on the day of show. I got great sweet-spot orchestra seats for free. Even so, I don't think the venue was half full.
The opening act was a terrible band I'd never heard of. I couldn't even get through their first number. The front man was completely incompetent. They had absolutely nothing going on. I had to get out of there and escape to the lobby. I ran into some old friends and chatted through the entire opening set. Now that I think about it, that opening act could very well have been JD Dolan and the Straight Shot. They were excruciatingly bad, whoever they were, but obviously forgettable too. I can't find my binder of 2006 ticket stubs to verify.
Vickie Rock - I just turn my pretty head and walk away
P.S. I'll take Irene Wilde over When I'm President anyday. That may very well be me screaming on the Welcome To the Club album.
Reminds me of Richard Scrushy, the HealthSouth guy who started a band called Dallas County Line because he could. In a way this fits as any former Eagles fan (their first 3 albums) has to be aghast at what The Eagles are currently...Why not have a super lame opening act whose very reason for being (shameless money) is the only reason The Eagles still exist? I guess Joe Walsh is the most easy-going rocker around for putting up with the shit he does. Of course, it goes back to shamless money.
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