When Camp Freddy -- the L.A. supergroup of
Scott Weiland,
Dave Navarro, Billy Morrison,
Matt Sorum, Donovan Leitch and Chris Chaney -- play, there are two things
you can count on: It's going to be a party, and there are going to be many
more rock stars on hand.
Both rules proved true Saturday night as the rockingest cover band in all the
land kicked out the jams at L.A.'s House of Blues in a private event for the X
Games. You want rock 'n' roll fantasy? How about Weiland singing 'Roadhouse
Blues,' with the
Doors' Robby Krieger on guitar? Or
Cypress Hill delivering 'Paradise City' with
Slash
on guitar? Or Slash rocking the guitar solo on
AC/DC's
anthemic 'Highway To Hell'?
Yeah, it was a night of memories, with Steve Jones,
Mark McGrath,
Steve Isaacs and
Billy Duffy among the guests adding to the hour-plus revelry. Without
question, though, the two highlights had to be Morrison leading five
guitarists ("One more than
Lynyrd Skynyrd," as he quipped from the stage) and everybody else through
a ferocious version of
Iggy
Pop's seminal 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' and the extended 'Roadhouse Blues,' a
moment that left both the musicians and fans alike in awe.