Gavin Rossdale: Hard Rock Hotel – VIP Listening Event
Last night Gavin Rossdale performed two songs with Carlos Santana for the Guitar Heaven VIP Listening Event at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas – Gavin covered T. Rex’s Bang a Gong (Get it On) and The Zombie’s She’s Not There that isn’t on Guitar Heaven.
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LAS VEGAS – It might not have been Supernatural. But it was definitely surreal.
To bang the drum for the new classic-rock covers CD Guitar Heaven (in stores and online Sept. 21), platinum-selling Woodstock icon Carlos Santana and golden-eared music mogul Clive Davis pulled out all the stops on Wednesday. They flew a few dozen reporters from around the globe into Sin City’s Hard Rock Hotel and Casino to listen to some of Guitar Heaven, meet and greet the musicians and makers, enjoy a little wining and dining, catch Santana and some of his Guitar Heaven contributors in concert — and generally savour the sort of old-school PR razzle-dazzle that used to be the norm when show biz still put on a show.
Rossdale who brings down the house (and lights up every woman in the crowd) with a full-throttle delivery of T. Rex’s Bang a Gong (Get it On). He also hangs around for another number: A groovy version of The Zombie’s She’s Not There that isn’t on Guitar Heaven but should be. Maybe it’s a B-side. Or perhaps Carlos is already planning Vol. 2.
