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| Credit: Alan Hess Morrison plays the 9:30 Club with his just released gold-trimmed signature Billy Morrison Les Paul guitar. “I do like a bit of bling!” |
The legends of Camp Freddy play their first ever, guest list only show in Washington, DC this Thursday night. K Street Kate caught up with Camp Freddy member/Billy Idol guitarist Billy Morrison – as he was speeding down the freeway between gigs – to talk rock, dish on Camp Freddy’s upcoming first show at DC’s 9:30 Club, and find out which outside rocker he would recruit.
“DC is one of my favorite places, we just haven’t been there with Camp Freddy,” says Morrison, describing the almost ten year old rock cover band as the “complete antithesis of a marketable touring band,” and vowing to keep it that way.
“We play great songs and invite our friends to have a laugh,” Morrison adds, alluding to the over 150 guest artists that have been invited to play with the group – and some that are still on his wish list.
“If we could bring Jimmy Hendrix back for just one song, he’d be the guy we would ressurect! I like David Bowie, too… and Madonna. She is the original punk rocker. She would get the vibe of Camp Freddy in a second.”
Thursday’s one night jam session, put on by local Jamestown Entertainment, benefits Rivers of Recovery, an organization focused on disabled veterans’ rehabilitation.
“Camp Freddy gets asked to do a lot of things for charity, and we try and say yes to as much as we can. Our management (Sanctuary Management) sent an e-mail to all five of us saying they do some really cool things that deal with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and we literally responded ‘Hell, yeah!’ It seems like a no brainer. We all have the utmost respect for the veterans.”
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