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Blog 84 (07/17/05 - 08/10/05)
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Wednesday 10th August 2005
New Meat Loaf concert
19.15 - Another date has been added to the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour schedule. It's on 27th September at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, MI (Detroit) and tickets go on sale on Saturday. The Gigs section of the site has been updated with links to the venue and ticketing. Many thanks to Michele for this info.
Photos of Kasim at Warwick Castle
01.15 - Some more great photos by Tamara Angeletti have been added to the Meat Loaf German Fan Club website - this time they are of the Meat Loaf concert at Warwick Castle, UK on 16th July. The best ones that feature Kasim are:
Black Betty.
Kasim's backing band - Randy, Patti and Paul!
The rock star pose!
An amazing look on Meat Loaf's face!
Night-time at Warwick Castle.
Tour mileage
01.00 - During the European leg of the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour in my Travels to see Kasim Blog I kept a total of the number of miles that I drove which proved to be popular according to the e-mails I received (the total was 7,601 as I had a couple of mishaps). As the touring part of the US leg of the tour starts this week, I thought I would keep a running total of the miles covered by Kasim. I hope for Kasim's sake that he doesn't have to travel by bus all these distances but one way or another he will be covering these miles (and more as he'll travel from venues to hotels which I can't calculate).
New York to Rama, ON - 580 miles

Tuesday 9th August 2005 - Kasim plays a Meat Loaf concert tonight at the Beacon Theatre, New York City
Kasim opening sets?
17.30 - Just to clarify, these are the concerts where no opening act has yet been announced so it is possible that Kasim Sulton may open these gigs:
Tuesday 9th August - Beacon Theater, New York, NY
Thursday 11th August - Casino Rama, Orillia, ON (Toronto)
Saturday 20th August - Allen County Fair, Lima, OH
Sunday 4th September - Whittemore Center Arena, Durham, NH
Tuesday 6th September - Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Thursday 8th September - Tower City Amphitheater, Cleveland, OH
Saturday 10th September - Horseshoe Casino, Robinsonville, MS
Monday 12th September - Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
Wednesday 14th September - Hard Rock Seminole, Hollywood, FL
Friday 16th September - Beau Rivage Casino, Biloxi, MS
Monday 19th September - Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
Wednesday 21st September - Bob Carr Performing Arts Center, Orlando, FL
Friday 23rd September - The Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ
Thursday 29th September - Star Pavilion, Kansas City, MO
Friday 30th September - Star Pavilion, Kansas City, MO
Kasim on E-Bay
05.15 - Currently there is a copy of Lights On (complete with press kit) available on E-Bay.com. The opening bid is $3.99, there are no bids so far and the auction ends on Saturday.
Meat Loaf tour
05.00 - The third US concert of the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour is tonight at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. There are a few single seats available for this concert but no doubles (the best single seat I could find was in Row P of the Orchestra). There is no opening act listed on any website so it's possible that Kasim Sulton will be opening this concert!

Monday 8th August 2005
Kasim opening set?
16.45 - Jonny Lives! have opened the first two Meat Loaf concerts at the Beacon Theatre. According to their website they are booked to open 6 Meat Loaf concerts in total but the concert tomorrow in New York City is not one they list so it's possible that Kasim may be opening that gig!
The concerts that Jonny Lives! will be opening are:
Friday 5th August - Beacon Theater, New York, NY
Sunday 7th August - Beacon Theater, New York, NY
Saturday 13th August - The Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ
Monday 15th August - Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT
Wednesday 17th August - Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA
Monday 22nd August - Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
KasimInfo.com updated
08.15 - Earlier Blog items have been moved to a different page in order to help this page load faster. The link is at the bottom of this page.
Photos of Kasim
07.30 - Snogpitch has added a load of photos taken at the gig that Kasim Sulton played as part of Patty Smyth and Scandal at Bogarts in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday 19th February here. As he was standing the opposite side of the venue to Kasim (and Kasim didn't move around the stage too much on that tour), there aren't many clear shots of Kasim but the best ones are:
Concentrating on playing his guitar
Singing
Well lit
Looking studious

Sunday 7th August 2005 - Kasim plays a Meat Loaf concert tonight at the Beacon Theatre, New York City
KasimInfo.com updated
05.30 - The set list of the concert that Kasim Sulton played on Friday night at the Beacon Theatre, New York has been added to the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour section of the site or click here for the direct link. Many thanks to Eva Siebert for this info.
Meat Loaf tour
05.00 - The second US concert of the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour is tonight at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. There are seats available in Row N of the Orchestra for this concert in this 3,154 or 2,849 seater venue (depending on which website you view!).

Saturday 6th August 2005 - Kasim plays both the matinee and evening performances of Movin' Out today
Kasim in Movin' Out
04.15 - Kasim will be playing guitar (and singing background vocals) in both the matinee and evening performances of Movin' Out today. There are currently seats available in Row C of the front mezzanine (the best part of the venue to see Kasim) for the afternoon performance and in Row E of the front mezzanine for tonight's performance.
Kasim opening set
04.00 - Unfortunately Kasim Sulton didn't play an opening set at the Meat Loaf concert last night at the Beacon Theatre in New York City.

Kasim Sulton promo
An old blurb from a newspaper about Kasim's solo gig in Pittsburgh in 2002

Friday 5th August 2005 - Kasim plays a Meat Loaf concert tonight at the Beacon Theatre, New York City
Meat Loaf Tour
02.30 - The first US concert of the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour is tonight at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. There are a few single seats available for this concert. There is no opening act listed on any website so it's possible that Kasim Sulton will be opening this concert!

Thursday 4th August 2005
Meat Loaf tour changes
18.30 - It appears that two more concerts have been added to the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour schedule. The additional dates are:
Friday 23rd September - Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ
Thursday 29th September - Ameristar Casino, Kansas City, MO
With no respect for fans who have made travel arrangements, the 17th September concert at Ameristar Casino, Kansas City, MO has been rescheduled to Friday 30th September. Tickets are still valid for this new date.
The Gigs section of the site has been updated with links to venues and ticketing.
Photos of Kasim in Hamburg
01.30 - There's a load of photos by Jasmin Bangert of the Meat Loaf concert in Hamburg, Germany on 28th June on the Meat Loaf German Fan Club website. The best one that features Kasim is:
With Meat Loaf.

Wednesday 3rd August 2005 - Kasim plays the matinee performance of Movin' Out today
Kasim in Movin' Out
11.30 - Kasim will be playing in the following performances of Movin' Out this week:
Today's matinee - 2.00pm
Saturday matinee - 2.00pm
Saturday evening - 8.00pm
Kasim will be playing guitar (and singing background vocals) in all these performances.
There are currently seats available in Row C of the front mezzanine (the best part of the venue to see Kasim) for today's performance.
Kasim in print
01.30 - According to Billy James' website volume 2 of his book A Dream Goes On Forever - The Continuing Story Of Todd Rundgren is expected to be published at Christmas (he has recently completed interviews with Roger Powell and Prairie Prince). Apparently Kasim is featured far more in this second volume. Billy is currently looking for photos of Utopia from 1977 to 1988 for use in the book. His contact details are on his website.
KasimInfo.com updated
01.15 - The Gigs section of the site has been updated with links to photos and comments posted on messageboards and mailing lists about the Meat Loaf concert that Kasim Sulton played in Bonn, Germany on 6th June (or click here for the direct link).

Tuesday 2nd August 2005
Photos and videoclips of Kasim in Germany
16.15 - The German website MeatLoafRocks.de has links to some great photos of the concerts that Kasim played in Hannover, Bonn and Hamburg during June on this page. Also on this page are links to videoclips of the concerts. The best shots of Kasim (IMHO) are:
In Hannover with Paul Crook
A great look on his face in Bonn!
Looking happy after a great concert
Anything For Love
KasimInfo.com updated
13.30 - The Gigs section of the site has been updated with links to photos and comments posted on messageboards and mailing lists about the Meat Loaf concert that Kasim played in Hannover, Germany on 3rd June (or click here for the direct link).
Favorite member of Meat Loaf's band
08.15 - In this thread on the Meat Loaf UK Fan Club website there is a vote for people's favorite member of Meat Loaf's band which Kasim Sulton is currently winning. The reasons given why he is their favorite include:
"Because I love his solo work"
"Great talent"
"He is such a nice and friendly person and I really like his solo stuff"
"he's brilliant at what he does"
"He's very talented and a great person"
"His solo work, lyrics, voice and the fact he's a bassist"

Monday 1st August 2005
Kasim's total for July 2005
01.30 - During July 2005 Kasim Sulton played 15 gigs as follows:
Meat Loaf - 9
Movin' Out - 5
Kasim solo - 1
Kasim also completed a new song and spent a day doing vocal fixes for a new track on Quid Pro Quo. (These 15 gigs were played in 4 different countries!)

Sunday 31st July 2005
Photos of Kasim in Rastatt
07.45 - Some great photos by Markus Hagner of the Meat Loaf concert in Rastatt, Germany on 24th June have been added to the Meat Loaf German Fan Club website. The best ones that feature Kasim are:
I wonder what Randy is thinking?!
A great photo of Kasim and Randy Flowers!
With a sheen to his pants!
Kasim with Paul Crook

Kasim Sulton Calendar
Kasim Sulton August 2005 Calendar
Click here to download a copy to print
(Larger than calendar above)

Saturday 30th July 2005
Songs on the Meat Loaf tour
05.00 - A couple of people have e-mailed me requesting more info on the songs that are sung on the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour. I'm no musician but these were my responses and they may be of some interest to other people too:

Warrior
The show starts with Randy Flowers walking on stage and playing a bluesy type of music, then John Miceli plays the drums and all the other men in the band (kasim Sulton, Randy Flowers, Paul Crook and Mark Alexander) play guitar. The tune they play is more rocking than blues and lasts for only 1 or 2 minutes maximum. At the first few concerts, I (and everyone else) thought that it was the start of Whore but Meat Loaf made a comment at a Meet and Greet that people don't realise that it's a different song and he told those people the name of the song and to keep the name quiet. A couple of concerts later one of these people mentioned the name Warrior so I have assumed that this is the name of the tune...I could be totally wrong though! However, it's not the Scandal song The Warrior.

Whore
This is a song that is on Meat Loaf's adopted daughter Pearl Aday's CD. According to the album notes the song was written by Mother Superior. When Meat Loaf performs it on stage, it is just him, Patti Russo and CC who sing the song with all the guys playing guitar and John Miceli on drums.

Black Betty
This is a well known cover song and it's the song that goes "Black Betty Bam-ba-Lam" quite a bit. I don't know who originally sang it but certainly Ram Jam recorded a version of the song.

Only When I Feel
This is the song which Meat Loaf always introduces as from Bat Out Of Hell 3: The Final At Bat (due out in 2006). On stage this song starts with a slow section of Meat Loaf singing about "how it hurts only when I feel" and then it goes into the fast part of the song that is If It Ain't Broke (Break It). This fast part is a Jim Steinman song that is already commercially available as it appeared on the soundtrack to the MTV musical version of Wuthering Heights. Near the end of the song, they go back to the slower Only When I Feel part before finishing with singing loads of "If it ain't broke - BREAK IT!".

Anything For Love
To my knowledge this is the first time that the arrangements to this song have been changed on a tour. There's been a fair amount of discussion on how they sing it on stage but the way I've always heard it is that the song starts with "I would do anything for love but I won't do that" sung about 10 times (Kasim and CC sing the first couple and then the others in the band including Meat Loaf join in). They then go into the first verse before singing the chorus and ending with the "Will you raise me up, will you help me down" section that Patti Russo and Meat Loaf sing in turn.

Mercury Blues
Mercury Blues is also known as Crazy About A Mercury and is the "hidden" track on the Meat Loaf album Couldn't Have Said It Better (it's the only track that is song from that album on this tour). I'm unsure who recorded the song first but it was written by KC Douglas and Robert Geddins and was used extensively in a Ford car commercial. Alan Jackson, David Lindley, Steve Miller and Canned Heat have also recorded versions of the song.

If you believe that any of the info above is incorrect then please e-mail me at SueW@KasimInfo.com.

Friday 29th July 2005 - Kasim plays the evening performance of Movin' Out today
Kasim in Movin' Out
01.15 - Kasim Sulton will be playing tonight's performance of Movin' Out. There are seats available in Row C of the front mezzanine (the best part of the venue to see Kasim) for this performance.

Thursday 28th July 2005
Kasim in Movin' Out
17.00 - Kasim Sulton will be playing guitar and singing background vocals in tomorrow evening's performance of Movin' Out at The Richard Rogers Theatre on Broadway. (Kasim also played both performances in the musical yesterday.)
Another Meat Loaf concert
16.00 - AOL are listing another concert on the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour schedule. It's on Wednesday 21st September at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center in Orlando, Florida. This gig has not been confirmed by Meat Loaf's management but tickets go on Internet presale next Wednesday (3rd) at noon.
KasimInfo.com updated
04.15 - The set list, a review, comments, videoclips and some photos of the concert that Kasim Sulton played on Saturday 16th July at Warwick Castle, England have been added to the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour section of the site or click here for the direct link. There are also reviews and more photos in this thread on MLUKFC.com.

Wednesday 27th July 2005 - Kasim played 2 performances of Movin' Out today
Photos of Kasim in Zurich
01.30 - Some more great photos by Tamara Angeletti of the Meat Loaf concert in Zurich, Switzerland on 20th July have been added to the Meat Loaf German Fan Club website. The best ones that feature Kasim are:
With Paul Crook.
The string trio.
Kasim looking right at the camera!
A nice close-up of Kasim and Paul Crook.
They keep standing in the same pose!
Getting lower!
A great photo of Kasim with Meat Loaf.

Tuesday 26th July 2005
New Meat Loaf concert
18.15 - A second Clearwater, Florida concert has been added to the the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour schedule! It's a week after the first one at that venue and is the new last concert of the tour! The Gigs section of the site has been updated with the venue and ticketing details. Tickets go on sale on Friday at 10.00am.
Kasim's opening sets
09.45 - Kasim recently posted that he may be opening some of the Meat Loaf concerts in US during August and September. It is unclear yet which concerts Kasim will be opening but it is known that John Waite will be playing an acoustic set to open the 5 concerts from Wantagh, NY to Scranton, PA (8/25 to 9/2). Hopefully Kasim will open the majority of the other 17 concerts!
Photos of Kasim in Liverpool
04.16 - The Meat Loaf German Fan Club website probably has the best collection of photos of the Meat Loaf tour on any website. This set is by Tamara Angeletti and are of the second concert in Liverpool, UK on 18th July. The best ones that feature Kasim are:
Kasim and Randy Flowers at the start of the set.
Only When I Feel.
What a look on Kasim's face!
Two musicians who obviously enjoy their work!
Kasim having fun on stage!

Kasim Sulton in Rastatt, Germany - 22/06/05

Monday 25th July 2005
Photos of Kasim at Blickling Hall
16.00 - Some great photos by Tamara Angeletti of the Meat Loaf concert at Blickling Hall, UK on 15th July have been added to the Meat Loaf German Fan Club website. The best ones that feature Kasim are:
Kasim and his bass.
Kasim with Paul Crook at the end of Mercury Blues.
Kasim wins this round!
E-Bay
02.15 - The E-Bay.com auction for a Japanese CD copy of Lights On came to a close yesterday with a winning bid of a massive $140.50 after 5 bids!
June 2005 total
01.30 - For the month of June 2005 Kasim Sulton played a total of 10 gigs in the 30 days of the month (all with Meat Loaf), plus he spent a day recording a new track for Quid Pro Quo

Sunday 24th July 2005
E-Bay
14.45 - There's a rare CD copy of Lights On currently available on E-Bay.com. It's the Japanese version and the current bid is $37.54 (the opening bid was $24.99). The auction ends later today.
Photos of Kasim in Bonn
04.30 - Werner has added photos of Kasim Sulton at the Meat Loaf concert in Bonn, Germany on 6th June to his website. The ones that feature Kasim are:
Black Betty
(L to R) Randy Flowers, Kasim Sulton, Paul Crook and Patti Russo
One of the best photos of Kasim!
Looking into the distance
A great action shot of Kasim
All Revved Up
During Bat Out Of Hell

Saturday 23rd July 2005 - Kasim plays 2 performances of Movin' Out today
Kasim in Movin' Out
10.15 - Kasim will be playing both performances of Movin' Out (the Billy Joel inspired / Twyla Tharp cheographed musical) at The Richard Rogers Theatre in New York City today. There are seats available in Row E of the front mezzanine (the best part of the venue to see Kasim) for the 2.00pm performance and in Row F of the front mezzanine for the 8.00pm performance.
KSultonBass.com updated
05.45 - KSultonBass.com has been updated about the final few gigs of the tour and Kasim's views on only playing a few concerts a week. He's also planning to decide on the best type of bridge for his bass while he's at home these few weeks. (I especially like the comment " I'm so excited about being this close to having my guitar in stores. I never thought when I picked up a bass guitar 25 years ago that I'd be this lucky!")
Kasim's journal updated
05.30 - Kasim Sulton has updated his journal about the Meat Loaf concert in Zurich, Switzerland. He's included a nice photo with some fans here.
Kasim sends a message to his mailing list
05.15 - Kasim Sulton sent a message to his mailing list from Switzerland. Amongest other things the great news is that he says that there is a chance that he may be opening some of the Meat Loaf concerts in US in August and September!

Monday 18th July 2005 - Kasim plays a Meat Loaf concert tonight at Big Top, Liverpool, England
KasimInfo.com updated
05.00 - The set list, a review, comments, videoclips and some photos of the concert that Kasim Sulton played on Saturday night at Warwick Castle, England have been added to the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour section of the site or click here for the direct link. There are also reviews and more photos in this thread on MLUKFC.com.

The best photo I've taken of Kasim all tour!
(Warwick Castle - 7/16/05)

Kasim Sulton

Sunday 17th July 2005
KasimInfo.com updated
11.30 - The set list and some photos (plus comments) of the concert that Kasim Sulton played on Friday night in Norfolk, England have been added to the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour section of the site or click here for the direct link. There are also reviews and more photos in this thread on MLUKFC.com.
Videoclips of Kasim on stage last night
09.00 - Two 15 second videoclips of Kasim playing on stage at Warwick Castle last night have been uploaded. This clip features the bass instrumental part of DeadRinger For Love with Paul Crook and Randy Flowers and this clip is Kasim (plus Meat Loaf in the wings) playing hard in the musical part of Two Outta Three Ain't Bad. Both these clips should take less than 5 minutes to download on dial-up.
Kasim's journal updated
08.45 - Kasim Sulton has updated his journal about the Meat Loaf gigs in Blickling and Warwick with a nice lot of photos of him too!
Photos of Kasim at Blickling Hall
07.00 - Keab has added a batch of really good photos of the Blickling Hall concert that Kasim Sulton played on Friday night here. The best ones that feature Kasim are:
A typical Kasim look on stage!
A great sounding bass
Black Betty
A great shot of his bass
A hint of a smile
Honestly, he did look quite happy tonight on stage tonight!
A great shot of Kasim with Meat Loaf

Quite an artistic photo of Kasim at Warwick Castle last night (with Mark Alexander, Patti Russo and Meat Loaf)
Kasim Sulton

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