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Para não falarem que eu não posto nada dos outros membros do Cinderella e só falo do novo álbum do Tom Keifer (a propósito já estou com minha cópia autografada em mãos e prometo a vocês uma série de posts sobre isso), meu amgo Wagner, do blog John Corabi, encontrou esse vídeo aqui e compartilhou comigo. Nele aparecem três feras, Eric Brittingham, Jeff LaBar e Gary Corbet, além de Mark Slaughter (?????????????????????????????????). Fotos durante a gravação com Phil Monti e John Corabi e em outros momentos.

For those who say that I don't post anything about the other members of Cinderella and only talk about Tom Keifer's new album (by the way I'm already with my signed copy and I promise you some posts about it), my friend Wagner, from the blog John Corabi, found this video and shared it with me. On the video, three monsters: Eric Brittingham, Jeff LaBar and Gary Corbet... and Mark Slaughter (?????????????????). Pictures taken during the record sessions with Phil Monti and John Corabi and in other moments.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEFF LABAR!

Hoje é aniversário de um dos meus heróis!

Today's the birthday of one of my heroes!

Notícias / News - Projetos / Projects - Jeff LaBar

Bom, descansar pra que, não é mesmo? Jeff LaBar também, para nossa alegria, está envolvido em um projeto solo. Já estou sabendo disso há algum tempo, mas claro que eu não ia ser a primeira a dar a notícia. hoje o perfil do MORC publicou uma foto dele em estúdio. Agora, vamos aguardar mais informações!

Well, why take a rest? Jeff LaBar, for our joy, is also involved in a solo project. I know about that there's a few days, but of course I would not be the first to spread the word. Today, MORC published a picture of him, in studio, on its profile in Facebook. Now, let's wait for more info!

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Oi gente! Bom... eu já tinha visto esse vídeo há um tempo atrás... mas sabe quando vc esquece? Então... aí hoje meu amigo Mauro me lembrou dele!
É a cover de 'Nobody's Fool' feita pela banda Sin City Sinners... Porém... Com a participação mais que especial de Jeff LaBar. Espero que vcs curtam!

Hi guys! Well... I had seen this video long ago... but, do you know that time when we forget about something? So... then my friend Mauro made me remember it today!
It's 'Nobody's Fool' cover made by Sin City Sinners... But... With more than special feature of Jeff LaBar. Hope you like it!

Entrevista/Interview - Jeff LaBar

Entrevista deste ano! Vou postar apenas o link... confiram que vale a pena... JEFF, VOCÊ É DEMAIS!

Interview taken this year! I'll post only the link... check it out, it worths... JEFF, YOU ROCK!

http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-80s-metal-band-cinderella-still-riding-gypsy-road

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEFF LABAR!!!!

Não estarei aqui nos próximos dias para merecidas férias (de uma semana... isso mesmo... SÓ uma semana)... Mas não posso esquecer do fofíssimo Jeff... Acho que um dos rockers mais simpáticos com quem eu já tive contato!
Então, aqui está a entrevista dele antes do embarque para o M.O.R. Cruise (reparem no tamanho do navio hahahahaha), uma entrevista informal, encontrada por mim no Youtube.

I won't be here for a couple of days for vacation (one week... that's it... ONLY one week)... But I can't forget our CUTE Jeff... I think that he is one of the nicest rockers I've ever talked or chatted to!
So, here his interview before boarding on M.O.R. Cruise (notice how huge was the ship LOL), an informal interview, found on Youtube.




E, agora, o presente dos fãs brasileiros ao grande Jeff LaBar! Esta caricatura foi feita pelo meu amigo Paul Snake, batera da banda Bad Snake, de Aracaju/SE. SENSACIONAL!

PARABÉNS, JEFF! BRASIL TE AMA!

And, now, our gift to great Jeff LaBar! This cartoon was made by my friend Paul Snake, drummer on Bad Snake band, from Aracaju/SE. AWESOME!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEFF! BRAZIL LOVES YA!

OVERDOSE - Jeff LaBar - Part 5

Entrevista para o site Metal Sludge, do grande Stevie Rachelle
Interview for great Stevie Rachelle's site Metal Sludge
Entrevista para el sitio Metal Sludge, del grande Stevie Rachelle

Jeff LaBar emailed us last week and wrote, "Hey guys, This is Jeff LaBar from Cinderella. I have a new band with Eric Brittingham called Naked Beggars. I was wondering if you wanted to do a 20 Questions together." Sure, no problem! We sent out these questions to Jeff yesterday and he had them back to us within a few hours. Now that's service.

For those of you not aware, Naked Beggars not only has Eric Brittingham in the band, but Eric's wife is the singer. So we thought we'd ask Jeff about Naked Beggars as well as what's up with Cinderella. Enjoy!
1. What are you currently up to? Get all of your plugs out of the way now so we can get down to business.
NAKED BEGGARS.NET Band with Eric Brittingham...go to the site.

2. You're now touring with Eric Brittingham in Naked Beggars. What led up to you joining the band and how have Cinderella fans responded to you guys doing that instead of touring as Cinderella this summer?
Eric asked me!! I said, "Sure!". They still ask about CINDERELLA, but this is cooler!

3. In the late 90's, Cinderella was working with John Kalodner and was supposed to put out a new album on the resurrected Portrait label, but after nearly a 3-year wait, that all fell through. Care to explain what happened?
After 3 years of demoing, they never put us in the studio. And subsequently dropped us!

4. What hard rock/heavy metal band should give it up and call it a day?
Anybody I mention knows me. And will probably TROW a smack in my face!

being a tone-deaf chump and 10 being modern-day virtuoso.
Steve Vai = 8
Ace Frehley = 5
Richie Sambora = 7
Nuno Bettencourt = 9
Snake Sabo = 7
Akira Takasaki = 10
Michael Kelly Smith = 4
Warren DeMartini = 8
Tracii Guns = 7
C.C. DeVille = 6

6. There was once a rumor going around that Cinderella had ripped off the riff "New Thing" by Enuff Z'Nuff and used it for "Gypsy Road." We asked Chip Z'Nuff about this a few years back and here's what he had to say about it:
"I don't know about that. I know I gave them the demo. It's no big deal, I like the guys in Cinderella. I heard they were pissed off about that. And, that's the last thing I want to do - look for enemies in the music business, it's such a small business. But I did give them the demo before the record even came out, and 6 months later Gypsy Road hit the streets, and it's the exact same riff. Coincidence? Sure, could be. No problem. I'm certainly not mad, and they better not be because them fuckin' guys are living in mansions right now and I live in a hovel in Blue Island."

So our question is, a) is there any truth to this rumor? Did you guys hear the demo for "New Thing" and incorporate its riff into what became "Gypsy Road?" and b) are you really living in a mansion these days?
This is the first I've ever heard of this! And Tom wrote the song. TROW a smack in HIS face!

7. Is there any city on the planet more in need of a power-wash than Philadelphia?
Ever been to Detroit?

8. Which member of Cinderella had the most homosexual tendencies?
Ever met Fred?

9. Of all the bands Cinderella toured with, which were the coolest to work with and which ones were the biggest bunch of jackasses you've ever met?
Coolest was Bon Jovi by far!! And Jackasses would have to be David Lee Roth's front office!

10. The Last of Jeff LaBar:
Last new CD you purchased = FUEL
Last song on the radio you really dug = "Hey Ya"- Outcast
Last time you did heroin = 8 years ago
Last animal you ran over while driving = a telephone pole and no animals EVER
Last movie you went to see in the theatre = Scary Movie 3
Last concert you watched from the audience = FUEL
Last strip club you patronized = CHEERLEADERS in Philly
Last time you used hairspray = the hair days are over with, dude
Last time you visited Upper Darby High School = when they booted me in '82
Last time you were arrested = A couple tree monts ago!
11. In your opinion, who's the most overrated band today and why?
The Dave Matthews band, they are huge and I don't get it!?
12. Hypothetical question: If Fred Coury was in Naked Beggars, would you let him play on the CD or just get Kevin Valentine to do it, as usual?
That's pretty funny, but Fred is an AWESOME PLAYER! And that's not a gay thing!

13. What do you remember most about writing/recording the following songs:
Shake Me = It took me about 3 minutes, so I don't remember much.
Nobody's Fool = rewriting the bridge...did you like it?
The Last Mile = very cool guitar doubling(Nashville tuning)
Gypsy Road = Too stoned to remember
Heartbreak Station = very cool acoustic guitar stuff
Sick For The Cure = who does that song?
Hot and Bothered = Eric wrote this!
Bad Attitude Shuffle = Drunk again!
War Stories = Welcome back Cinderella
Bitch = Now, your talking....Eric and I, in his studio drinking and having a ball...laying down some tracks. And sounding very cool.
14. Which 'rock star' deserves a smack in the mouth and why?
I'd trow a smack in....um I can't answer that without gettin a smack trown in my face!
15. Yes or no, has Jeff LaBar ever:
Trashed a hotel room = Absolutely, I lost count
Pissed in a beer bottle = I've missed a beer bottle
Shit on a tour bus = only in a bag
Participated in a circle jerk = I don't touch cock
Smacked yourself in the head with your guitar while spinning it over your shoulder = oh, many times
Ran up and down the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art = never
Sent Kevin Valentine a card on Valentine's Day = pretty funny but no
Chased tornadoes with Fred Coury = only online
Gone skinny-dipping in the Schuylkill River = you've got to be kidding me, you ever seen the Schuylkill River?
Starred at Eric?s wife?s ass while on stage = Nonstop!

16. For what amount was your biggest music-related check, and what did you end up doing with the cash?
my first royalty check was for around 50,000. And I bought my mother a new car.

17. Among the following, which do you prefer and why?
The Empire or The Galaxy = The Galaxy was home
Atlantic City or Wildwood = Wildwood , grew up there in the summers.
Ross Halfin or Neil Zlozower = Tough choice..Ross is a better smartass.
Star Search or American Idol = American Idol, I'm all over it!
Jody Cortez or Ray Brinker = Ray Brinker
White Lion or White Foxx = White Foxx are my homeboys
Blow jobs or rim jobs = Blow Jobs
Cheese Steaks or Hoagies = Sorry , I gotta have both.
Snow White or Thumbelina = I don't get it!
Warrant or Slaughter = Are they my only choices?
18. With technology today like Pro Tools, you can basically record a quality sounding CD in a bedroom and save a lot of money. Why can?t Cinderella manage to record and put out a Cd on your own?
Ask Tom

19. Is the real reason you and Eric are in Naked Beggars because you?re tired of waiting around for Tom Keifer to get his shit together and record new Cinderella songs?
Naked Beggars is fuckin' awesome, I'd be doing this regardless.

20. Time for Metal Sludge's Word Association. We mention a name, and you give us your thoughts.
Rikki Rockett = Toilet Art
Andy Johns = Drunk
Gene Simmons = Jew Rock Star
Gerri Miller = Tall
John Paul Jones = Way cool!
Jon Bon Jovi = Sexy, LOL!
Dana Strum = Ass
Charlie the keyboard guy = Awesome
Tom Keiffer = DAD
Sebastian Bach = Nuts

http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=342&Itemid=37

OVERDOSE - Jeff LaBar - Part 4

Dois videos!
Two videos!
Dos videos!

OVERDOSE - Jeff LaBar - Part 3

Fotos!
Pics!
Imágenes!

OVERDOSE - Jeff LaBar - Part 2

Entrevista HILÁRIA do C.C. Banana com o Jeff!
HILARIOUS Jeff's interview by C.C. Banana!
Entrevista HILARIANTE de Jeff por C.C. Banana!

OVERDOSE - Jeff LaBar - Part 1

Agora vamos de Jeff LaBar! Video dele tocando com Cheese Pizza.
Now it's time for Jeff LaBar! A video of him featuring Cheese Pizza.
Ahore es hora de Jeff LaBar! Un video de él con Cheese Pizza.

Entrevista/Interview - Jeff LaBar

Esta entrevista foi publicada em 24/10/2008, no http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/jeff_labar_of_cinderella_i_would_love_to_make_another_record.html

This interview was published in 10/24/2008, on http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/jeff_labar_of_cinderella_i_would_love_to_make_another_record.html

Esta entrevista fué publicada el 24/10/2008, en http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/jeff_labar_of_cinderella_i_would_love_to_make_another_record.html

While many an 80’s rock band dissolved due to egos, drugs, or creative differences, the musicians in Cinderella never had to call it quits for any of those reasons. But because a variety of unpleasant situations arose (vocalist Tom Keifer underwent a series of vocals surgeries in 1991 and a deal with Sony fell through in 1999), there is still plenty of Cinderella material that has yet to be heard. Although dealt a less-than-perfect hand over the past decade, the band’s bluesy rock sound was still an undeniable favorite with audiences, who made the albums Night Songs and Long Cold Winter platinum several times over.

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Guitarist Jeff LaBar doesn’t just want to live in the past, however. While he loves the fact that fans have remained loyal for so many years, he told Ultimate-Guitar writer Amy Kelly that he still hopes there’s another Cinderella record in the near future. And considering he and the other members of the band remain amicable and continue to play at shows like the massive Rocklahoma event, a 5th album doesn’t seem so impossible.

UG: I remembered seeing you with Kramer guitars for many years in the 1980s, but I’ve noticed that Gibsons seem to be more prevalent onstage for you these days. Are you experimenting with several guitars or do you stick with Gibsons now?

Jeff: I absolutely have always used different guitars. When I first joined Cinderella, I only used 2 guitars. One was a Kramer and one was a Charvel. I started out as a kid with Gibson and Fender and stuff like that, but with the early 80s and Eddie Van Halen, I got into the Floyd Rose stuff. As I made money and as Cinderella got more popular, both Tom and I got into collecting guitars. Then I started getting into vintage Gibsons and Fenders. I started collecting Les Pauls, Strats, Teles, Firebirds, and stuff like that.

Since then, I’ve had the money to experiment with other things. So on the 2nd record, every song presented itself to me as, “Oh, I think that this is a Strat song. This is a Les Paul song. This is slide on a Firebird, I can tell.” I can’t play “Gypsy Road” on a Les Paul. I just can’t do it. I’ve just become such a creature of habit that it has to be played on a Strat. If I have a Les Paul, I won’t even know how it goes! It’s silly, I know!

Did you have a specific guitar in mind for “Shelter Me,” which has a more of a bluesy, soulful sound?

“Shelter Me” is absolutely a Telecaster song. In “Shelter Me” in the studio I played the acoustic guitar, and that’s all I played. Tom played the electric guitar part in G tuning. We do that song every tour, but I think it was a couple tours ago that Tom learned how to play the saxophone. Well, he learned how to play the sax solo. He bought himself a sax and he took lessons. I don’t think he knows how to play anything else on the sax, but he knows how to play the solo in that song. When we didn’t have a saxophone player on tour, we just made it a honky tonk piano solo instead of a sax. But he took it upon himself to do that.

I had always played acoustic guitar, so what I had to do was learn his electric guitar part and his solo - but I also had to buy a Telecaster! It’s done on a Telecaster and it’s got that sound in the studio. We try to duplicate everything we did in the studio. We try to duplicate the songs note for note when we play live, unless we have added stuff to songs like in “Coming Home.” Tom and I rewrote a whole double lead in the out section of “Coming Home,” which you hear on the Key Club CD. It was a whole part that was not on the studio version. It’s a really cool out section of harmony guitar solos, so to speak. So that’s when I went out and got a Telecaster. That was quite a few years ago.

Talk a little about how you and Tom collaborate on songs. Would you say that you work on songs together from the start, or do you wait until you have ideas to bring to the table?

Tom usually brings the ideas to the table. He’ll bring the ideas to pre-production. He brings a lot of ideas, some of them demos and some of them not. They are skeletons of songs that will have a verse and a chorus. Sometimes he has a song complete, but usually he brings a verse and a chorus to Eric and I. Then Eric and I hash it all out, telling him what is cool and what stinks! Then we’ll arrange a pre-chorus or a bridge, solo section, and all that. Then we’ll build it from there. We’ll build it from the skeleton on out.

Does everyone in the band pretty much share the same vision musically or do you ever butt heads?

I tell you, man, we’ve been together 23 years now. Surprisingly we pretty much agree on almost anything! We each have our own little idiosyncrasies, like there are some things that I like. If there is a part that repeats, I’ll change the 2nd one and the 4th one. Do you know what I mean? I’ll change maybe just a couple of notes for the feel of it, which is something I will always do just to make it a little different every other time. There is something about Eric that we know - Eric will hate everything! We just know that about Eric! If we come up with an idea we’ll be like, “Well, Eric won’t like it.” It’s just little things that we accept about each other. We never really butt heads on it. Musically we always end up with the coolest thing, and all 3 of us will always agree that it’s the coolest thing.

I noticed on your MySpace page that you have Jimmy Page as one of your favorite guitarists that you’d still like to meet. Would you say that Led Zeppelin is an influence that the entire band has in common?

Absolutely. On my MySpace page it says, “The 5 greatest guitar players that I had never met.” I mean there are other people that I like that I know, but those are the 5 that I idolize that I’ve never met. But definitely all 3 of us… I mean, I should include Fred in all of this. He’s not as involved in the writing and arranging as the 3 of us have been, and he doesn’t have the same influences, either. Me, Tom, and Eric all come from 70’s rock. So basically Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, and AC/DC are bands that we all have in common. Tom is very influenced by The Stones. Me, not so much. Eric is very influenced by Kiss. Me, not so much. But Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, and pretty much all 70’s rock - my influences extend to the British classic rock like Yes and Genesis and Pink Floyd.

Were you influenced by older, straightforward blues artists as well?

That’s more of a Tom thing. Both of us were influenced by 2nd generation blues, meaning 70’s rock. Those guys learned from the old blues guys. But since we’ve earned some money and we’re able to invest in old guitars, Tom went back in time and started buying old blues CDs. He started getting more into it as we became popular and started to do this for a living. He basically went back in time and started buying Muddy Waters’ CDs, old blues guys. He played me some stuff, but I don’t really get into it as much as he does. I just play the way I play because of learning from 2nd generation blues guys.

Have you both played slide parts on past records?

Uh-huh. He’s much better than I am at it, but I’m getting there! On the 1st Cinderella record, I had never played slide before. The song “Hell On Wheels,” I was supposed to play a slide solo. I was like, “I don’t know how to play slide!” At the time, I didn’t even know you put it in special tuning. You know, you tune it to a chord. So the slide solo on “Hell On Wheels” is in standard tuning. Looking back I was like, “How stupid was I?” I just didn’t know how to play slide back then, and I just waited. Since then, Tom has taught me quite a bit about slide, essentially just by listening to him and watching him. We influence each other a lot.

I read that Cinderella had an album ready to be released through Sony back in 1999, but that deal eventually fell though. Do you think that album will ever be released?

We did get signed by Sony and we started demoing songs. The 4 of us demoed like 6 songs. John Kalodner at Sony was like, “Keep writing. Keep demoing.” We kept writing and we kept demoing, and he wasn’t happy. We did that for about a year and a tour came up in 2000. Then they were like, “Oh, by all means, go.” We toured with Poison, came back, we demoed some more, and then they dropped us from the label. The CEO of the company - I forget his name; it will come to me later. He went in and cleaned house basically. John had a label, Portrait, and he was signing a lot of old 80’s bands. They put out some records. We had signed with the company Sony, so we weren’t necessarily going to be on Portrait.

Basically they went in and cleaned house, and we were just dead space. We weren’t doing anything. They didn’t even check out any of our demos. Since then, Tom has taken those demos and started working on a solo record. This was ’99, so he’s still working on this record! That’s what he’s been doing. He’s been working on the solo record. Since the Cinderella demos of ’99, he has just kept going.

Do you foresee Cinderella releasing another record in the future?

I would love to. Tom tells me the circumstances would have to be right. I think we could absolutely go in the studio tomorrow to make a record. But unfortunately we don’t have a record deal. I guess we’re not so much into the indie thing. There are a lot of 80’s bands that are still putting out records that sell 20,000 copies. I don’t know. It just doesn’t sound appealing! I would love to make another record if the circumstances were right. If somebody came along and offered us a lucrative record deal…I don’t want to say “lucrative.” Something of substance rather than just putting out some indie thing that you can download and get lost in the shuffle. It’s like, “Uh, you know what? We’ll just tour and have people remember us for our famous songs.”

It’s got to feel good knowing that a festival like Rocklahoma, which celebrates metal in the 80’s, has become such a success.

It’s great, but it’s definitely nostalgic. I would love to become a current band, so I’m definitely not dismissing making another record. Like I said, I would love to. I would just like it to be something of substance rather than just some 80’s band trying to cling off of their past. I’ll do that as far as playing live because I love to play live and it’s a lot of fun. It’s what I do for a living. But yeah, I would love to do that as far as making a CD.

I know that you were doing a radio show with your wife and for a while and you also had a stint in the band Naked Beggars, which didn’t turn out so well.

I’m actually not doing either of those. I’m not in Naked Beggars anymore nor am I doing my radio show with my wife. Naked Beggars is in my past - I’m out. But as far as the radio show, me and my wife are fielding some offers from other online sites as well as real radio. When we get the time, maybe after this tour, I think we would like to get it up and running. Our radio show was very popular and it was a lot of fun. We would get the numbers every weekend. It’s so cool because online you get people from all over the world. We were getting emails from freaking Brazil and countries I’ve never even been to. It was very cool and people miss it. We still have a MySpace for the radio show, but it’s currently not airing. But yeah, we would like to get that back up and running.

Interview by Amy Kelly
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Fotos/Pics - Jeff LaBar

Bom, eu estava devendo pra vocês fotos do Jeff...
I owed some Jeff's pics.
Les debía fotos de Jeff...

Entrevista/Interview - Jeff LaBar

Segue aqui mais uma entrevista do Jeff LaBar, agora à AllAccessMagazine.com. Quando eu tiver um tempo, traduzirei para o português. A entrevista é de 2009 (bem antiga) e ele se refere à carreira solo de Tom Keifer, ao seu programa de rádio via internet (que não existe mais) e a seus projetos paralelos.

Another Jeff LaBar's interview, now to AllAccessMagazine.com. When I have time, I'll translate it to Portuguese. The interview was made in 2009 (old) and he metions Tom Keifer's solo career, his online radion show (that is not broadcasted anymore) and his solo projects.

All Access Magazine Journalist Alison Cohen - Interview with Jeff LaBar (Cinderella/ Freakshow guitarist)
Jeff LaBar has been playing guitar for Cinderella since they made their debut in 1985. LaBar recently recorded a CD with Markus Allen Christopher’s band Freakshow, is starting to record his 1st solo CD, and has an online radio show with his wife called “Saturday Nights with the LaBars.”

All Access Magazine: There is a lot of drama on myspace and Blabbermouth about Freakshow. I’d like to get your insight. Frankie Banani has posted his story; Markus Allen Christopher has posted “The Truth” and is corresponding with fans. What’s your side of the story?

Jeff LaBar: As far as I know, Freakshow is non-existent. My Freakshow story started on myspace. I get a lot of people sending me their songs, check out my band, big fan… And I got one from a band called Miss Crazy. I check out all my myspace stuff as much as I can and I write back to as many people as I can. Facebook, Twitter, all that stuff. When I heard Miss Crazy, I was like, wow, that’s kinda cool… It was reminiscent of the 80’s, yet still kind of cool, and a little current. I wrote back to him and told him I dig your band, thanks... Markus Allen Christopher wrote back to me and said he wants to do a solo record, how would I feel about playing on it? Quite frankly, I asked, “how much money you got?” He said he’d fly me out to San Jose and all I’d have to do is solos. About a year later it all came together. He called me and said, guess what, I got Frankie Banali on drums. And then Frankie got Tony Franklin involved and it just snowballed. Before I even recorded a note, it was like, we’re gonna make this a band, and we’re gonna call it Freakshow and we’re gonna tour. Frankie and I toured together with Quiet Riot and Cinderella and always wanted to play together, and Cinderella wasn’t doing a lot these days.

Frankie did his drum tracks before I even got there. I did my guitar solos, and then after I left San Jose I went straight to L.A. and met up with Frankie and started jamming. Unfortunately five days before the CD came out, Frankie’s wife passed away. We were doing a lot of press and promoting the hell out of it, and Frankie dropped off the face of the earth. This is like, “Mr. Myspace.” It devastated him… Obviously. He said, don’t tell anyone, but this is what happened, and I’ll talk to you in a couple months.

Tony Franklin was never gonna tour. He just did the record and said that up front. But Markus and I promoted the hell out of it. We were looking at bass players and giving Frankie space. A few months went by, and when we caught back up with Frankie he was pretty much not into it anymore. He wasn’t into anything anymore, really. He has a pre-teen daughter he’s raising by himself, and he said if I’m gonna do anything, it really has to be worth my while to take me away from my daughter.

We did get some offers to do some things. Nothing very lucrative, but some things that Markus and I did want to pursue, and Frankie didn’t feel it was worthy of his time away from his daughter. I really can’t place any judgement the way Markus is. Markus is very bitter. I understand. I’m bummed, but I understand. When Frankie and Markus started battling on the Internet, I dropped out of it. I just stopped talking. No comment. And that brings us to where we are now.

AAM: Do you see yourself ever wanting to find another drummer and a touring bass player and give it a go, or are you just going to call it a CD and move forward?

JL: I told Markus that a long time ago that, Frankie’s situation aside, that you’re not gonna get Frankie off his couch for less than what Quiet Riot would get paid. Me, on the other hand… I’ve done things that have paid less than Cinderella. I played with Eric Brittingham’s wife’s band, Naked Beggars. It was back to basics… back to humping your own gear, playing for 50 to 100 people a night, it was fun. I still dig it like a youngster. I know Frankie, and he’s not gonna go for anything less than a tour bus and a four-star hotel. Markus said Frankie was on board. I still said we might want to think about getting another drummer. That’s when Markus broke it to me; we can’t do that because Frankie owns 50%. I didn’t know that. I was hired and paid to do a record, and it was done. It is what it is. Things were promised to me that never came to be, as far as money and stuff. From what I heard, Frankie said if you guys really want to go out on tour without me you have my blessing, and I’ll even suggest a couple drummers. But, then again, he gets 50% of it.

AAM: Have you thought about playing with Markus in Miss Crazy?

JL: He brought that up. We were just getting frustrated with the whole Freakshow thing and he said he was just going to make another Miss Crazy record and asked if I’d play on it. I was like, yeah, I’ll play on it. Same story as last time… You pay me and I’ll play on it. I am a professional musician. If you pay me, I will play. (laughs) That’s what I do for a living. Sure. When you talk about touring, that’s a different story… I’m in my mid-40’s and people know who I am. I’m not about to go out and put make-up on and try to reinvent myself. He was trying to get Eric Brittingham involved too. He talked to Eric, and Eric was like, yeah, I’ll play on the record. The same thing… I’m not trying to be in Miss Crazy and put make-up on. It took us 25 years to get people to know who we are. Markus said something like, just me and the drummer will wear make-up. I’m like, dude, that’s ridiculous. And I thought it was kind of silly when he was wearing make-up for Freakshow. It’s like Jeff LaBar and Frankie Banali with King Diamond. (laughs) But that’s his persona, and if we did tour, he was still going to carry that persona, you know as opposed to who he really is and his real name. You know Markus Allen Christopher is the guy with the make-up on. I grew up a big Alice Cooper fan and a Mercyful Fate fan, so I guess I can understand it. Not too much for me.

AAM: It looks like you and your wife, Debby, had a radio show a while back and are starting that up again. Can you tell us more about “Saturday Night with the LaBars?”

JL: Debby and I had a radio show for a little less than a year. It was a couple years ago on Reality Radio. We did an interview here in Nashville with Naked Beggars and I pretty much took over the whole interview. Nobody was talking, I had a buzz on…I was going off! In the meantime, my wife Debby was talking to the CEO of the radio station. The four of us just hit it off and they said I should do a radio show and within a few weeks, we just joined the team. We put on a four hour late night radio show “Saturday Night with the LaBars” from 10PM to 2 o’clock in the morning. We just talked and played music. I based the format on “Regis and Kelly.” For the first hour they just talk about what was in the news, what happened overnight, and what happened that week. Debby would put together play lists, without even telling me, of all 80’s music. She would play a song… Say she played Poison, and I would be like, remember the time… We would just tell stories, amusing antidotes that people would get a kick out of. When I first met David Lee Roth, Bobby Dall getting busted… We had a chat room, phone line, games…

AAM: That sounds fun.

JL: During all the interviews I’m doing for Freakshow, people keep saying, you gotta bring your show back! Finally, a station grabbed a hold of us hardrockradiolive.com. Hopefully it will take off in the next couple weeks. We are still going on Saturday nights, but from 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST.

AAM: So is the Radio Show your main focus right now, as far as what you’re personally working on?

JL: I’m also working on a solo record. For the past three months I’ve been in three bands, Cinderella, Freakshow and another band called Rufus Fontain. I can’t get any of these bands to work, and go out and play. So my wife and I were in the car one night and one of my demos came up on her iPod. She said I should go in the studio and re-record all my old demos. I never actually thought of that. All my old demos are all me. I programmed a drum machine and played guitar, bass, keyboards, and sang everything. Thanks to Debby, I transferred to digital, and I’m getting ready to go into the studio and re-record and rework all these old songs that I’ve recorded over the last 15 years.

AAM: Do you have a goal in mind or an idea as to when this will be finished?

JL: I have a goal. My goal is to actually do it.

AAM: That’s exciting. That’s something Cinderella fans and your fans will be looking forward to.

JL: It’s going to take a while because I’m gonna play everything. I’m gonna get my buddy Shawn Hughes from the Naked Beggars to do all the drum tracks, and then I’m just going to go in the studio everyday and overdub everything that I want done. Play all the bass, guitars, keyboards, vocals… That’s the way I always did it back in the day. I am looking forward to it. So no, I don’t have a time frame. (laughs)

AAM: Well at least you’re getting it started and getting the word out there. What is going on with Cinderella and how is Tom Keifer doing?

JL: He tells me he’s feeling good, and he’s been working out, as far as vocals, and he’s getting ready to hit it. I’m like, come on man, bring it! It’s quite possible that we may start rehearing the next couple weeks and ease back into it and do some fly dates on the weekends. I’m not promising or telling you, hey, we’re touring. Maybe some casino stuff in November, December… who knows. It would be really good to get back out there with Cinderella. It was such a bummer Keifer blew his voice out. He was devastated.

AAM: The good news is he’s back on track. How about recording? Any talk of a new Cinderella CD?

JL: No, no talk about recording, Tom’s been working on a solo record for quite some time. It actually started out to be a Cinderella album when we were signed to Sony and the first five or six songs were for our demo. Then the Sony deal fell through… He just turned it into a solo project and has been working on it ever since.

AAM: Is there anything else you would like to add or tell our readers?

JL: Make sure to check out my websites (listed below) and my radio show “Saturday nights with the LaBars” on hardrockradiolive.com. Also, regardless of the Freakshow situation, I’m still really proud of the CD. I think that it’s pretty much the best thing that I have ever recorded. Nothing against Cinderella, but it’s up there, I think.

AAM: Sounds great. Thank You for your time. Best of luck with everything you’re doing and with your radio show.

JL: Alright Alison, you take care.

Aniversário Jeff LaBar/ Jeff LaBar's Birthday!

O dia tá quase acabando, faltam 10 minutos para a meia-noite, mas eu não esqueci!

FELIZ ANIVERSÁRIO AO JEFF LABAR! Que ele continue mandando super bem!!!!!!

The day is almos over, it's 10 to midnight here in Brazil, but I didn't forget!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEFF LABAR! KEEP ON ROCKIN'!!!!!

Entrevista/Interview - Jeff LaBar

Entrevista de Jeff LaBar ao HardRockNights
Jeff LaBar's interview to HardRockNights





Nota: vou procurar mais coisas sobre Freakshow e Naked Beggars, prometo que em breve eu coloco algo das duas bandas aqui!
Note: I search for more info about Freakshow and Naked Beggars, I promise the I'll post something about those bands here soon!

Jeff LaBar

Jeff LaBar, anos 80

Jeffrey Phillip La Bar nasceu em Darby, Pensilvânia, EUA, em 18 de março de 1963. Seus pais, Robert e June, tiveram mais 3 filhos, Jack, Diane e Dave. Mudou-se para Springfield ainda novinho, onde se casou com uma colega de escola (ainda averiguando informações sobre o nome dela), e com quem teve um filho, Sebastian. Atualmente está casado com Debinique La Bar, 20 anos mais jovem que ele, e com quem apresentou por algum tempo um show em uma rádio online na internet.
Entrou para o Cinderella em 1985, no lugar de Michael Kelly Smith.
Em seu site (http://jefflabar.com/) ele relata: "After a three year hiatis, 1998, Polygram wants to release a greatest hits CD with a bonus track. Tom, Eric, Fred and I return to the studio together and record "War Stories" for the "Once Upon a..." CD and decide, hey, this is fun again. With no management, booking agent or record deal, we start to plan a U.S. tour ourselves. Before long, we get Union Ent. APA & Sony Records involved and we're back!".
Partiu então, em 2004, para um projeto com seu colega de banda, Eric Brittingham, o Naked Beggars.
Atualmente vive com Debinique em Nashville, TN.

Jeff LaBar hoje

Once upon a time...

... em 1983, o multi-instrumentista Tom Keifer e o baixista Eric Brittingham, ambos da Pensilvania, tiveram a brilhante ideia de sair da banda na qual tocavam, a pouco conhecida Deep Freeze, e iniciar um projeto... que se tornou uma das maiores bandas do cenário hard rock dos Estados Unidos.
O nome? Escolhido pela falta de identidade com o rock pesado... "Cinderella", era de torcer o nariz. Na busca por membros, a história do Cinderella topa com nomes como Michael Kelly Smith e Tony Destra (que depois de dois anos abandonaram a banda e formaram o Britny Fox), e com o carismático Jeff LaBar. O mais curioso da história do Cinderella foi a escolha do vocalista. Simplesmente ninguém se encaixava... portanto, o próprio Tom Keifer assumiu os vocais, caracterizando a banda por seu drive rasgado, e se tornando sua principal identidade. Além dos vocais, Keifer sempre foi o maior destaque da banda por tocar solos de guitarra, piano e saxofone, e principalmente ser o compositor de todas as músicas de autoria da banda.
Até então, o baterista, logo após a saída de Destra, era Jim Drnec, que, mais adiante, foi substituído por Jody Cortez. No mesmo ano de 1985, em um club em Nova Jersey, Jon Bon Jovi assistiu a uma apresentação da banda, e ficou impressionado, não só com a banda em si, mas também com a presença de palco de Keifer. Bon Jovi apresentou uma fita demo do Cinderella à Mercury Records, que não deu muita atenção. Bon Jovi insistiu para que prestassem atenção e, após assistir a uma apresentação da banda, os executivos da Mercury deram o braço a torcer. Nesse meio tempo, entra na banda o incrível Jeff LaBar. E, finalmente, é gravado o primeiro album da banda: "Night Songs", lançado em Junho de 1986. Cortez deixou a banda, sendo substituído por pelo talentoso Fred Coury.
Inicialmente, "Night Songs" não foi tão reconhecido e, após uma razoável batalha, conseguiram obter cada vez mais o merecido sucesso. O primeiro single, "Shake Me", não vendeu tanto. Porém, algo inusitado ocorreu: o segundo single, "Nobody's Fool" - uma balada, sim UMA BALADA! - foi o que tornou o Cinderella mais conhecido, atingindo o 13o. lugar das vendas em fevereiro de 1987. Isso, aliado à divulgação do vídeo-clip de mesmo nome na MTV, impulsionou as vendas do "Night Songs". Além de tudo, após uma turnê abrindo com o Poison para o Loudness um ano antes, o Cinderella merecia mais! E teve seu reconhecimento, abrindo para David Lee Roth e seus padrinhos, o Bon Jovi, o que abriu as portas do cenário internacional para a banda, que excursionou pelo Japão e Europa. Outras faixas de destaque deste álbum foram "Somebody Save Me", "Push Push" e "Back Home Again".
Em julho de 1988, o Cinderella lança seu segundo álbum, entitulado "Long Cold Winter" (na minha sincera opinião, o melhor!). A primeira música de trabalho deste álbum, "Gypsy Road", recebeu inicialmente maior destaque pelas rádios, mas a gravadora deu um golpe de mestre, investindo na balada - sim, mais uma vez uma BALADA! - "Don't Know What You Got ('Till It's Gone)", que foi a responsável por impulsionar as vendas e dar à banda duplo álbum de platina. Mas o destaque deste álbum foi, na realidade, a influência do blues para Keifer, observado principalmente nas faixas "Bad Seamstress Blues/Fallin' Apart at the Seams" e "Long Cold Winter", que se tornou outro cartão de visitas da banda, além dos drives e do talento do vocalista. Outras faixas de destaque são "The Last Mile", a balada "Coming Home" e "If You Don't Like it". Inicia-se então uma longa turnê, que incluiu o lendário Moscow Music Peace Festival, onde a banda tocou ao lado de Skid Row, Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe e Scorpions.
A banda entra em estúdio novamente, para lançar o seu terceiro álbum, "Heartbreak Station", lançado em novembro de 1990. Abandonam de vez o estilo glam (que já estava mais light durante a turnê do "Long Cold Winter") e assumem uma postura ainda mais influenciada pelo blues. Em janeiro do ano seguinte, recebem o disco de ouro e, em fevereiro platina, pelas vendas do novo álbum. "Shelter Me" e a balada "Heartbreak Station" impulsionaram as vendas deste álbum.
No entanto, problemas internos começaram a ocorrer. Fred Coury deixou a banda e se juntou a Stephen Pearcy, vocalista do Ratt, em um novo projeto, sendo temporariamente substituído Kevin Valentine e depois por Kenny Aronoff. Após o fim da turnê americana, enquanto se preparava para excursionar pelo Japão, em uma manhã qualquer, Keifer acordou e percebeu que simplesmente não podia mais cantar. Havia perdido completamente sua voz. Nenhum médico conseguia explicar o que estava acontecendo, até que um especialista finalmente conseguiu: Tom Keifer foi diagnosticado com cistos e nódulos em suas cordas vocais, além de paresia do lado esquerdo de sua laringe. Para um vocalista que era muito mais que o cérebro da banda, e sim sua marca registrada, praticamente uma sentença de morte. Após algumas cirurgias e um extenso tratamento, Keifer volta a cantar, mas nota-se uma certa dificuldade.
Em 1992, o Cinderella toma novo destaque, incluindo uma música sua, "Hot and Bothered" na trilha sonora da comédia "Wayne's World" (no Brasil: "Quanto mais Idiota Melhor"). Mas a mídia, a esta altura, estava iludida com o movimento grunge de Seattle, e sobretudo a MTV inicia um movimento (disfarçado, é claro) degradando o Glam Rock, o que acabou atrapalhando muito a divulgação de seu novo álbum, "Still Climbing", de 1994. O Cinderella sumiu por uns tempos, depois, visto que o estilo musical não vendia mais (algo revoltante...).
Em 1996, a banda reaparece. A Mercury Records, que dispensou a banda, lança a coletânea "Once upon a..., que contém os maiores sucessos, além de duas faixas inéditas: "War Stories" e "Move Over". Fred Coury se une novamente à banda, para reiniciar uma turnê, que culminou com um fantástico show no Key Club de Hollywood, dando origem a um novo álbum, "Cinderella Live at the Key Club", mas que não foi lançado imediatamente devido a problemas com a gravadora. Este álbum só foi lançado em 1999 pela Cleopatra Records. No mesmo ano, a banda chegou a assinar com a Sony, mas o contrato foi cancelado antes do lançamento de um novo disco. O Cinderella cai na estrada novamente em 2000 e 2002. Em um projeto paralelo, Eric Brittingham inicia seus trabalhos com a banda de sua mulher, Inga, a Naked Beggars. Jeff LaBar parte para um projeto diferente, inicia um programa de rádio pela internet, enquanto Fred Coury monta um estúdio e passa a produzir outras bandas. Tom Keifer inicia o projeto de seu álbum solo (que até hoje não foi lançado), além de compor para outras bandas.
Em 2005, participam de um festival do VH1, juntamente com Quiet Riot, Ratt e Firehouse. Em 2006, iniciam uma turnê com o Poison, para celebrar 20 anos do lançamento dos seus primeiros discos.  Em 2008, prestes a iniciar uma nova turnê com Warrant, Lynch Mob e Lynam, o Cinderella se vê obrigado a cancelar seus compromissos novamente devido a uma hemorragia nas cordas vocais de Keifer.
LaBar inicia um projeto juntamente com Frank Benalli (Quiet Riot), e Eric passa a se dedicar mais ainda ao Naked Beggars, a partir de 2008.
Em 2009, de acordo com o Message Board do site oficial do Cinderella, a voz de Keifer teria voltado ao normal. Embora isso parecesse surreal, devido a tudo o que aconteceu, o Cinderella volta a excursionar no final do mesmo ano, realizando diversos shows. Em julho de 2010, Cinderella abriu shows para Bret Michaels. Em Setembro, abriu para o Scorpions em Bogotá, Colômbia. E, no último dia 11 de novembro, tocou em um cruzeiro que partiu de Fort Lauderdale, Florida, o "ShipRocked", juntamente com Tesla, Vince Neil e outras bandas.

Cinderella Official Web Site