Sapgir Band. Made in Hollywood
2008-05-20 |
In late April Dmitri Sapgir, his wife Natasha, manager Alexander "Al Bone" Novikov, studio Liga's chief Alexey Demrntiev and musicians
of the band - Alexander Chekushkin and Julia Khovrenkova - visited Los Angeles by invitation of Hollywood World Studios chief Christian
Ray Flores. The plan was to record some vocals and guitars on the new, made-in-Hollywood, album "Lapse Of Time" produced by legendary
Curt Cuomo (Kiss, Edgar Winter, Eddie Money, Union, etc.) and to shoot three videos and promo video about the group. During the past
six months in his Woodland Ranch studio, Curt Cuomo recorded the album with some of the best musicians in the the entertainment
business. The album consists of some of the latest songs written by Dmitry Sapgir.
The line up is: Bruce Kulick (Kiss, Union, Blackjack, Meat Loaf, etc.) - guitar, Kenny Aronoff (The Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Seger, Jon
Bon Jovi, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Alanis Morissette, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Puddle of Mudd, Avril Lavigne, Joe Cocker, Alice
Cooper, etc.) - drums, Gary Novak (Alanis Morissette, Ozzy Osbourne, George Benson, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, etc.) - drums, Matt Laud
(Christina Aguilera, Cher, The Corrs, Eddie Money, Alice Cooper, Donna Summer, Slash's Snakepit, etc.) - drums, James Zota Baker (War,
The James Baker Band, Arco Iris, Libido, Betty s Got a Secret, Edgar Winter, etc.) - guitar, Melvin Brannon Jr (Babyface, Dan Reed
Network, Edgar Winter, etc.) - bass, Matt Bisonette (Ringo Starr, Julian Lennon, David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani, Don Henley, ELO, etc.) -
bass.
Curt loves Dmitri's voice, lyrics, melodies and style. He called Dmitry the Russian Bob Dylan. And Dmitri didn't disappoint him. Three
days of video shots directed by award winning director Lance Tracy were a lot of work and fun for the band. According to the script of
one of the videos for the song "Running For My Life" Dmitri is running away from a bunch of sexy top model type dolls and a black 1956
Chevy down the wet streets with frying cans and fading lights around, stood on stage for the hours looking for his True Love Girl and -
for another video - was out in the fake rain together with the band. The photo session by legendary Robert Knight was a great moment
too.
During two weeks in LA Sapgir met some key players in the entertainment business to talk about the future of his music in the US and
Europe. And this is just the beginning!
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