Scorpions have recruited Alice Cooper bassist Chuck Garric for this month’s residency at PH Live at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, NV. He is filling in for Paweł Mąciwoda, who was unable to make the shows.
Garric said the following about the gig during an appearance on Waste Some Time With Jason Green:
“Dude, I love it. It was one of those things, I got a phone call from [Scorpions drummer] Mikkey Dee — he’s a really close friend of mine — and management from the scorpions. And they’d said, ‘Hey, we need a bass player for August. Paweł can’t play. He’s got some very minor thing that he has to take care of that he just can’t reschedule. And would you be willing to do it?’ And I immediately said ‘yes’, not realizing that Alice Cooper dates were booked [for the same month] as well. But that old theory ‘say yes to everything and figure it out later.’ I called Shep [Gordon, Alice’s longtime manager] and Alice, and they immediately gave me their blessing. They thought, ‘You should definitely do this. This is a great opportunity for you.’ And I have a wonderful sub, with Chris Wyse from the Hollywood Vampires taking over for me [for the Alice shows] in August.
I had about three days to learn about 25 scorpions songs. And they flew me to Hannover to go rehearse with them in April, and it went amazing. The guys are incredible, and just playing those songs with those guys was insane. I mean, you know the Scorpions songs. I grew up on ’em; we all did. They’re amazingly written songs and they’re a lot of fun to play. And I remember just having that moment of, ‘Hell yeah,’ when we’re playing ‘The Zoo’ and Mathias [Jabs, Scorpions guitarist] is over there with the talk box. And it was really, really special moment. And the guys were very welcoming.”
He went on to say that he “played with everything” he had during rehearsals:
“I didn’t know what was gonna come out of it, but I knew I wanted to really show them that they called the right guy. And I played very well for them, and I hope to do the same in August.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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