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ALEX SKOLNICK, GILBY CLARKE, ULI JON ROTH Jam With VERNON REID At New Zealand's G-TARANAKI - July 20, 2008

Vernon Reid (LIVING COLOUR) ended his Friday night (July 18) "Midnight Session" G-TARanaki guitar festival set, held at Puke Ariki knowledge centre in New Plymouth, New Zealand, by jamming with Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT), Gilby Clarke (GUNS N' ROSES) and Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS). The Saturday night TSB Stadium concert was played to a sold-out audience by Joe Satriani, Glenn Hughes, Vernon Reid, Tim Donahue and the BRIAN HATCHER BAND.

Both Hughes and Reid performed with unique bands comprising Kiwi musicians. The former DEEP PURPLE bassist/vocalist played a set of exclusive PURPLE numbers, including "Stormbringer", "Burn" and "Gettin' Tighter", with guitarists Kara Gordon and Simon Koretz alongside Anders Olinder on keyboards and Nathan Koretz on drums. Vernon Reid's show, which kicked off with a version of JIMI HENDRIX's "Are You Experienced?" and included LIVING COLOUR's "Middle Man", featured Australian drummer Magesh Magesh and New Zealanders Jonathan Crayford on Hammond organ and Crete Haami on bass.

G-TARanaki's success has organizers predicting the event will now become annual.

Photo by: Emily McCarvill

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	COMMENT \| posted by : Tokamana 7/20/2008 9:53:39 AM

	Wish they'd have something like this in Aus.

	COMMENT \| posted by : RiotAct666 7/20/2008 10:40:44 AM

	Very cool Jam.

	COMMENT \| posted by : Sister Lilith 7/20/2008 5:55:16 PM

	pity it wasn't accessible to the rest of Nz it would have sold out 3 times over. The was no publicity and it was in a hard to get to place.

	COMMENT \| posted by : sabbath1 7/21/2008 1:57:53 AM

	Hell yeah, it was an awesome night! Hard to believe they all jammed together. There was barely enough room for them to stand on the tiny stage.... Alex and Vernon were pushing each other to get near the mic during Hey Joe.. Classic night! Tickets were on sale for ticketek for the last 4 months! Was pretty accessible! Bad luck to those who didnt make it

	COMMENT \| posted by : I 4 N I 7/21/2008 4:32:24 AM

	FUCK SO GUTTED I MISSED THIS!!!!!! I totally agree Sister Lilith, they should have done it in Auckland or some other big city as well. It sucks that satriani did a whole tour of oz and didn't do a single concert date outside of the taranaki festival :( Oh well, just gonna have to wait....... Np: Bloodbath - So You Die

	COMMENT \| posted by : Sister Lilith 7/21/2008 6:52:36 AM

	between there being limited public transport to that isolated place or accomodation, prohibitive transport costs , air company strikes ,nasty weather, dodgy road access ,( fuck ,the major acts nearly couldn't get there) little publicity , none prior as to who was playing when, no package deals, no tv , paper or radio interveiws or publicity pre amble very few folk that would have gone new about it or had means to get there. It was a time when media hype would have been effective. Tickets to the best night on Friday didn't sell. Even the promoters admit this

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