SOUNDCHECK LIVE – Black & Blue! – Lucky Strike – 3/19/2025

SoundCheck Live – Take 102! 

Black & Blue

Lucky Strike Live, Hollywood, CA – Wednesday, March 19th, 2025

Pictures: Sheri Hastings

From Will: This month’s recap is going to be a relatively easy one for me. Because for only the second time since it’s debut, I had to miss SoundCheck Live. And it hurts my heart!

I LOVE Live Music and I also LOVE every person involved at SCL. Not getting able to see my people this month is a real bummer. But instead of spreading my germs among everyone, I tasked Sheri Hastings with grabbing some snaps, so at least all of YOU who couldn’t make it get the opportunity, along with me, to see what we missed.

The theme this month was “Black & Blue“. Simply put, the songs titles included either the color black or blue.  (Although, I’m sure there is a reasonable reason why 2 non-themed Beck tunes snuck into the set)

*Update: After talking to Mr. Ferlazzo… there was no good reason.

Almost everything that I would have expected to be played, was..  EXCEPT…  for “Blue Murder” by Blue Murder (That’s a miss and I expect it to be included in a future SCL show solely for my benefit) and also… “Blue Bayou” by Debbie Boone.  I mean come on.  You can’t just ignore the classics.  ;0)

With that, Welcome to SoundCheck Live Take 102: Black & Blue

Performers:

ANEIR MOR  JOHN NOTTO  BEN WHITE  JOHNNY BLADE  BRANDON BAUMANN JOHNNY MARTIN  CARL RESTIVO  JUSTIN BLAIR  COLNI LAROCQUE  DAN ROTHCHILD  LISA BIANCO  DARREN HOUSHOLDER  LISA MARGAROLI  DAVE FILICE  MEGAN STEINER  FEDE DELFINO  NICK MAYBURY  FRANK FERRER  MICK SCOTT  FRANKIE LINDIA  ZEUS  FRED ACHING  RANDY COOKE  GLEN SOBEL  ROBBY LOCHNER  HOLLY WEST  ROBY VITARI  JIMMY KHOUR  SETH ROMANO  JIMMY KEEGAN  STEVE DAWSON  JACK GLAZER  STEVE FERLAZZO  JAKE DICK  TAL SCHACHAR  JAKE FAUN  YOHAI PORTAL

Host: 

Izzy Presley /w Special Guest Host, “Sumbitch”

LOCAL SPOTLIGHT OPENER:

Holly West – Vocals/bass

Jake Faun – Guitar

Fred Aching – Drums

DEAD GROOVE:

Holly West – Vocals/bass

Jake Faun – Guitar

Fred Aching – Drums

MAVERICK

BOOK OF THE DEAD

’69 STINGRAY

FIRE

THE DAMNED

ACE OF SPADES

ACT I

BLUE ORCHID – The White Stripes
RESTIVO(v)/SOBEL(d)/MARTIN(b)/MAYBURY(g1)

GOODBYE BLUE SKY – Pink Floyd
RESTIVO(v)/SOBEL(d)/MARTIN(b)/MAYBURY(g1)/ FERLAZZO(k)/MARGAROLI(bv)

BLACK VELVET – Alannah Myles
WEST(v)(b)/COOKE(d)/DAWSON(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)/MARGAROLI(BV)

BLACK CAT – JANET JACKSON
WEST(v)(b)/COOKE(d)/DAWSON(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)/MARGAROLI(BV)

 JACKIE BLUE – Ozark Mountain Daredevils
SCOTT(v)/COOKE(d)/FILICE(b)/PORTAL(g1)/KHOURY(g2)/ FERLAZZO(k)MARGAROLI(bv)

BLUE MONDAY – New Order
SCOTT(v)/COOKE(d)/FILICE(b)/PORTAL(g1)/KHOURY(g2)/FERLAZZO(k)

BLACKENED – Metallica
BAUMANN(v)/DICK(d)/DELFINO(b)/LINDIA(g1)

BLACKOUT – Scorpions
BAUMANN(v)/DICK(d)/DELFINO(b)/LINDIA(g1)

BLACK OR WHITE – Michael Jackson
RESTIVO(v)/SOBEL(d)/MARTIN(b)/MAYBURY(g1)/ FERLAZZO(k)/MARGAROLI(bv)

ACT II

FREEWAY JAM – Jeff Beck
SOBEL(d)/WHITE(b)/MAYBURY(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

LED BOOTS – Jeff Beck
SOBEL(d)/WHITE(b)/MAYBURY(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

BLACK STAR – Yngwie Malmsteen
SOBEL(d)/MARTIN(b)/HOUSHOLDER(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)

 BLACK HOLE SUN – Soundgarden
BAUMANN(v)/FERRAR(d)/MARTIN(b)/NOTTO(g1)/PORTAL(g2)

BLACK DIAMOND – KISS
BAUMANN(v)/FERRAR(d)/MARTIN(b)/NOTTO(g1)/PORTAL(g2)

ACT III

BLACK AND BLUE – Van Halen
RESTIVO(v)(g2)/SOBEL(d)/MARTIN(b)/MAYBURY(g1)/MARGAROLI(bv)

BACK IN BLACK – AC/DC
ROMANO(v)/VITARI(d)/STEINER(b)/BLADE(g1)/BIANCO(g2)/MARGAROLI(bv)

FELL ON BLACK DAYS – Soundgarden
ROMANO(v)/VITARI(d)/STEINER(b)/BLADE(g1)/BIANCO(g2)/MARGAROLI(bv)

BLUE MORNING, BLUE DAY – Foreigner
KEEGAN(v)/ACHING(d)/ROTHCHILD(b)/LOCHNER(g1)/FAUN(g2)/FERLAZZO(k)/MARGAROLI(bv)

BLUE COLLAR MAN – Styx
KEEGAN(v)/ACHING(d)/ROTHCHILD(b)/LOCHNER(g1)/FAUN(g2)/FERLAZZO(k)/MARGAROLI(bv)

BLACK – Pearl Jam
SHACHAR(v)/MOR(d)/JADE(b)/BLAIR(g1)/GLAZER(g2)/FERLAZZO(k)

 BEHIND BLUE EYES – The Who
BLAIR(v)(g1)/MOR(d)/JADE(b)/MAYBURY(acou)/MARGAROLI(bv)

BLUE TIP – The Cars 
RESTIVO(v)(g2)/SOBEL(d)/MARTIN(b)/MAYBURY(g1)/FERLAZZO(k)/MARGAROLI(bv)

BULLET THE BLUE SKY – U2
RESTIVO(v)(g2)/SOBEL(d)/MARTIN(b)/MAYBURY(g1)

“Thanks For Havin’ Us!”