Smoke on The Water - Terrific Jam Session - Rock Aid Armenia

The legendary Rock Aid Armenia version of 'Smoke on the Water'.

In 1989, artists from Pink Floyd, Queen, Rush, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Yes, Iron Maiden and others joined forces to raise funds for people affected by the Armenian earthquake. Kerrang called it "the greatest array of hard rock talent every assembled".

Organised by Jon Dee, the remake featured David Gilmour, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Alex Lifeson and Chris Squire on guitars. On vocals it had Ian Gillan, Bruce Dickinson, Paul Rogers and Bryan Adams. Keith Emerson and Geoff Downes played the keyboards and Roger Taylor played the drums.

This is the official promo video for the 2010 Wermut & Dee remix of the track. It's been released worldwide to raise funds to rebuild a children's music school in Gyumri in the Armenian earthquake zone.

A 40 minute 'Making Of' DVD/CD is available for purchase via EDEL at the following online stores:
Amazon UK: http://tinyurl.com/3djd5p8
Amazon USA: http://tinyurl.com/4x35cuw

For more information, visit http://www.RockAidArmenia.com

Please enjoy this video but do pay to buy the track and video.

Jon Dee
Founder, Rock Aid Armenia

Blue Suede Shoes - World Rock Day

Let´s celebrate the World Rock Day!

"Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955 and is considered one of the first rockabilly (rock and roll) records and incorporated elements of blues, country and pop music of the time. Perkins' original version of the song was on the Cashbox Best Selling Singles list for 16 weeks, and spent 2 weeks in the No. 2 position. Elvis Presley performed his version of the song three different times on national television. It was also recorded by Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran among many others.

Today we present Blue Suede Shoes amazing version performed in an awesome jam session with nothing more than Stray Cats, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Miller, B B King, Les Paul, David Gilmour, Stanley Jordan, Jon Hammer and Waylon Jennings.