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Jane Dunlap Norris / Charlottesville Daily Progress
Published: March 6, 2008
Kid Rock will be bringing his "Rock and Roll Revival Tour'' and new tunes from "Rock 'N Roll Jesus'' CD to the John Paul Jones Arena at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
He will be taking the stage with his expanded 11-member Twisted Brown Trucker band, and joining the fun will be Reverend Run of Run-DMC fame and Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band.
The core members of Twisted Brown Trucker are drummer Stephanie Eulinberg, DJ Paradime, guitarist Marlon Young, percussionist Larry Fratangelo, keyboardist Jimmie Bones, guitarist Jason Krause and bassist Aaron Julison.
But don't let the revival theme fool you. He's got just as much Saturday night as Sunday morning in him.
"So Hott'' was the first single off the new album, preceding "Amen,'' released as a single Nov. 5.
The next single from "Rock 'N Roll Jesus,'' Rock's first No. 1 album, will be "All Summer Long,'' so keep your ears open on March 18 to be among the first to hear it on radio. Rock is planning to shoot the video early next month.
Rock's CDs include "Devil Without a Cause'' and "Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast.''
His versatile style has brought him hits in several genres. "Cowboy'' melds rap and country. "Picture,'' his duet with Sheryl Crow, has a strong country influence. "Only God Knows Why'' has an old-school
Southern rock feel. Fans can rattle off many other favorites - "Somebody's Gotta Feel This,'' "Bawitdaba,'' "Fist of Rage,'' "Cocky.''
And his influence is felt well outside the nation's borders. Rock has been a popular performer in Iraq, bringing morale boosts to audiences of U.S. armed forces members, and he's expected to announce dates for his European tour this week.
The day before Rock arrives for his show at the Jack, he'll be making lemonade out of lemons - or at least scattering, smothering and covering a recent brush with the law with an opportunity to help people find a place to stay.
In the wake of new headlines this week involving Rock's incident at a Waffle House in Georgia late last year, the star's turning the sizzling publicity into a fundraiser for a shelter for homeless families.
Rock and five members of his entourage were arrested Oct. 21 after a disturbance at an Atlanta-area Waffle House, and the star entered a not-guilty plea to a battery charge earlier this week.
Rock's Web site, http://www.kidrock.com, has all the details about the fundraiser at a Waffle House in Duluth, Ga., from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday in which Rock will take patrons' food orders, sign some autographs and help raise some cash and awareness for Nicholas House, a nonprofit organization in DeKalb County. Rock will perform later that night in Atlanta's Gwinnett Center.
Waffles before the show- Plenty of fans would say "amen" to that.
Regular tickets for Wednesday's show are $45 and $25.
A limited number of $20 seats have become available, but only through Sunday, so grab them quickly.
Get them at the arena box office, selected Plan 9 locations and http://www.john
pauljonesarena.com,or by phone at (888) JPJ-TIXS.
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