Hanging with Kenny Aronoff

This blog post is long overdue. I’ve been pretty busy lately, but I really want to share an interview I did with Kenny Aronoff. I have had the good fortune to meet Kenny on several occasions. We both share the same publicist, so I’ve actually hung out with him during a lot of Hollywood events. Not only is he a very cool guy, but he is also an incredible drummer, and has played with legendary artist such as: John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, Smashing Pumkins, and the Highwaymen ( Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson)


Check out what Kenny had to say outside of the legendary club “The Baked Potato”, in Hollywood, CA.





For more information on Kenny and his music career check out :

www.kennyaronoff.com

The Potato Museum Adventure

A visit to the Idaho Potato Museum

We just got back from a tour of Idaho, the great potato state. We had a little down time on our drive from Pocatello, Idaho to Idaho Falls. We saw some signs on the interstate that pointed to the "Potato Expo" in Blackfoot, Idaho. So, we decided to take the exit and learn more about potatoes. Here are a couple of videos that I editied down during our adventure at the Potato Museum. While filming this we decided that we would give away a special Potato Museum souvenir. After carefull thought, I purchased a cool shot glass with a little potato character on the outside named "Baker".

So, here is what you have to do to win. There will only be 1 winner, since I only have one shot glass to give away.



Here is the question:

What is the total number of times the words : Potato / Potatoes / Tater / Taters are used througout both videos.


So, basically count the number of times we say all the words above. I'm looking for 1 total number. So don't count them seperately.

The first person to email me the correct answer will win the shot glass.

I'll give you a hint. We use those words a lot! Good luck!



Email your answer to:

info@jeremybuck.com




Enjoy the videos. There will be more videos of our Idaho trip added soon.


Part 1: The Adventure at the Potato Museum





Part 2: The Adventure at the Potato Museum

The Bob & Tom Morning Show Interview

We had a blast performing live on the Bob & Tom Morning show. It was sort of a surreal experience. I grew up listening to Bob & Tom, and to think that I was in their studio about to be a part of the show was pretty trippy. Everyone we met at the Q95 Radio Station were extremely cool!

I'd like to Thank a few of the people who made our visit there totally possible. A very special Thanks to: Dan Mettler, Eddie Hazel, John McDonald, Joni Downing, Marty Bender, Dean Metcalf,
Chick McGee, and Kristi Lee.


Below I have posted our interview on the Bob & Tom Show, that we shot behind the scenes using a little Flip video camera. I had to break it up into 3 parts, because YouTube won't allow you to post anything longer thatn 10 minutes. It has been rumored that they may televise our performance on their TV show sometime in the next few weeks. As soon as I find out when and where, I'll be sure to let you know. I'm also supposed to get an edited version that their TV crew shot, which would contain all of the different angles that where shot with their 6 cameras. As soon as I do, I'll post it as well. I hope enjoy the videos that I have posted below. The whole purpose of this blog site, and the videos I'm posting are to give you a back seat ticket into our musical journey. There are 3 clips from the interview. I also added a clip of us hanging out with their guest, Actor/Comedian Harland Williams (Dumb & Dumber, Something About Marry). He was a very cool guy! I went ahead and threw in a short video of downtown Indianapolis at the NCAA final Four where we played a tent party. Thanks for checking in. Much love!



Bob & Tom Interview: Part 1 (Featuring "Just for One Night")









Bob & Tom Interview: Part 2 (Featuring "Take Me Away")










Bob & Tom Interview: Part 3 (Featuring "Keyboard Solo with Drumsticks")








Hanging out with Harland Williams










Celebrating our Bob & Tom Debut at Hooters










A Stroll around Downtown during the NCAA Final Four

White Trash Beautiful - Heather Locklear & Me

I had a great time attending the "White Trash Beautiful" Fashion Show featuring the collaborative works of rocker Richie Sambora and Designer Nikki Lund. While I was hanging out at the bar before the show, I got an opportunity to meet and greet Heather Locklear. She was really cool, and she still looks amazing! It's kind of crazy when you meet someone who you've only known through seeing them on the TV set, and then you meet them in person and get a chance to feel their energy. Heather has great energy. It was as if, we had known each other for ever. You can check out a little video I made of the show, and my encounter with Heather Locklear. You'll notice in the video that we had front row seats. I'm still not sure how that happened, because it was assigned seating. I guess I should have played the lottery that night as well..?
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"Heather Locklear & Me - White Trash Beautiful Fashion SHow"

On the Red Carpet and Radio Interview

Well, It's been awhile since my last blog. I've been busy touring around the midwest and trying to keep up with the changes.
I wanted to share a few videos that I took recently. The first one is of me walking the red carpet at an Oscar After Party held at
the Berverly Hilton. As you can hear in the video, it was very chaotic. It's crazy to see so many people, and so many photographers
all jammed up in one place. It felt sort of strange walking in line with my publicist, Traci Harper, and then having people cut in front of us.
I guess that is just Hollywood for you. Either way I had a great time and met some cool people. Chaka Kahn was there, and I had was asked to take a few photos
with Doug E Fresh. He was really cool. It felt like we had known each other for ever. Here is a link to the pics with me and Doug E Fresh.
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This video is not much, but it sort of gives you a little taste of what the Red Carpet is like. I just tried to have fun, and not take it too serious.
I hope you enjoy!


Oscar After Party on the Red Carpet








This next video takes place during our interview last Thursday, March 11th at radio station 95.7 FM The Rocket in Lafayette, Indiana. This is
one of favorite radio stations. They give us so much love! The DJ, Rob Creighton, is such a great guy!
I chose to post only one of the segments of our interview. We were on the air for about 20 minutes, but I thought
the introduction was the best part. Check it out, and if you feel like showing some love to Rob and 95.7FM The Rocket send them an a
message on Facebook to tell them thanks.Click here to post a comment for Rob







Radio Interview for 95.7 FM The Rocket - March 11

I have posted some videos from our last trip to Sacramento.These are my first videos to edit with my new filp cam. There are a few rough spots, and sometimes the sound is not the best. However, I will slowly get the hang of it, and figure out a way to make these clips better as a continue to create more content for my blog. I have posted an intro video where we are loading up the van getting ready to hit the road. Another video takes place inside the van where we discovered a very annoying whistling sound coming out of our windshield. Last but not least, I posted our little "Petting Zoo" Adventure, where you will see Joel Geist with his favorite farm animal. Ok, I admit, that sounds a little weird. Ha... I wanted to share with you a little bit of what it is like traveling with the Bang. Please enjoy. I have some more videos that I will post soon, featuring interviews with some of my favorite and legendary drummers, Mr. Kenny Aronoff John Mellencamp, John fogerty, Bon JOvi etc.) and Mr. Jonathan Moffett (30 yrs with Micahel Jackson, and Madonna). So, Please enjoy, and then tune in next week for more content.


Gearing Up for Sac-Ramento





The Whistling Van






The Petting Zoo Adventure

Making of "Just for One Night" - Music Video

"Just for One Night" - Music Video




In case you haven't seen it yet. Here is our latest video for "Just for One Night".
I came up with the idea to do this video based on the reality dating game shows. I thought that the ultimate question of, "Would you stay with me, just for one night?", reminded me of the quest to find the perfect mate, as seen on the popular dating game shows. Therefore, I decided to take a stab at mocking the more recent, "Rock of Love" with Bret Michaels. From there, I thought that it would be cool to meld into another dating game show from a differnt era, and so I came up with the vintage, "Dating Game", from the late 60's and early 70's.

After solidifying my two parody subjects, I had to try and figure out how to blend them into one consisten idea that would make sense. So, I came up with a sort of classic dream scenario, where you wouldn't really know it was a dream until the end.
I began to storyboard the ideas and scenes from my imagination on to paper. I enlisted the incredibly talented, "9 Time Emmy Award Winner", director/videographer, Bart Bishoff, to film and edit the video. We had worked on a video for, "Take Me Away" a few years back, and had such a great time. However, this was going to be the first actual concept video we would do together.

The entire video was shot in about 2 1/2 days, at "The Chateau Motel". We started filming around 11:30pm on a Friday night, after picking Bart up from LAX. We filmed the live band performances until about 4am. Saturday was the big day of shooting. We started filming the "Dating Game" sequence at about 1pm. We had a great time doing these scenes! In fact we plan to do a full remake with only the Dating game characters. We were totally blessed with a grand performance by our wonderful friend, Erin Ennis" as our bachelorette. I was also very impressed at how well the band portrayed their rather interesting characters. We finished everything up by about 4pm. By this time, the Chateau Motel, was full of a plethora of beautiful "Buck of Love" girls.

After everyone grabed a beer from the keg, we had to hurry down to our street corner to film the chase scene... and yes, the only way to really shoot a music video with a lot of extras, is to supply a keg of beer! The chase scene would be the first filmed sequence for all the girls. We had to hurry, because we were almost out of daylight. This was a lot fun to shoot. The band took of around the street corner, and then a few seconds later 18 beautiful women came running around the same corner screaming and yelling. For a moment, I was taken back to what it must have been like to have been a member of the Beatles, of course on a very small scale. This running and screaming really broke the ice for the girls. They had a blast, and after we did a few takes, it was time to go back inside, and gear up for the "Bret Michaels - Buck of Love" sequence.

The first time I opened up the door to make my entrance as "Bret Michaels" the girls went absolutely wild. Seriously! They were so loud that I thought my ear drums were going to burst. It sort of freaked out everyone that was on the set. It was a classic moment, and one that I will never forget. As we continued shooting the scene, the magic energy started to take over. In the script, I was supposed to start putting the "Buck of Love" VIP passes around each girls neck, however during the first take, I held up the passes, and the girls started snatching them out of my hand like savages. At one point the passes got tangled up, so I just sort of threw them in the air, and the girls went wild fighting over them on the ground. It was awesome. I never would have thought of doing it that way from a script perspective. The amazing energy and creativity from all the girls truly made that scene work and so much fun!

After the "Buck of Love" Stuff, we went back into the garge to shoot the Band with all he girls, that was a busy moment for me, I had 3 wardrobe changes in rapid succesion. If you look closely, you can still se my "Bret Michaels" Eye liner stayed on, even when I was back to my normal character. By this time, everyone was really feeling the party. We shot until about 11:30pm ,and then called it a night.

On Sunday, we finished up the bedroom scenes, and the bathroom "transformation into Bret Michaels" sequence, as well as the "Buck of Love" girls watching the Dating game show on Tv with Bret. The biggest challenge of Sunday, was by far shooting the Van crash. Especially with limited daylight. We shot it in many different angles so that Bart could shave options when editing it together. I will have to admit, I was a little scared running in front of a moving van. My wife, Caroline, was the driver, which is even more scary... ha. We had four people on the look out at the intersections checking for traffic. In order for it to work, she had to speed through the stop signs. Then we shot a few takes with her slamming on the breaks, as we ran in front of the van, hopeing that she would stop in time without actually hitting us. The whole time I was thinking, is this how it's gonna end. I see the headlines now... "Band gets hit by van while filming a video". It was pretty crazy. However, after a lot of editing, (Thank you Bart)! and experimentaiton with different techniques and effects, we sort of pulled it off.

I'm so proud of all of the efforts that went into making this video! We had so much love from so many people. It was a really ambitious video to make, expecially with absolutely NO BUDGET. It shows that when you put your mind to something, and you can get a team of people to get behind it, you can accomplish anything. So, THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this video! THANK YOUto all of you who have watched it! THANK YOU to everyone who has passed it along to your friends. Much love!