Jack Russell Tribute Concert Announced For Friday

Jack Russell's Great White was originally scheduled to perform a show with Vixen at Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois on Friday, August 23. Instead of cancelling, the show will now become a tribute to Jack Russell. Russell's band is now performing gigs under the name "Once Bitten: Celebrating the Music of Great White." Terry Ilous is on vocals. He once held the frontman role for Great White.

Vixen will still perform in their headline spot during this show.

It will be interesting to see if more tribute shows are planned in the future.

Farewell Jack Russell

I feel like I'm writing farewell posts all the time now. We lost our beloved Great White frontman Jack Russell yesterday. He was recently diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia and retired from music.

The news of Jack's passing was still shocking to lots of folks, me included. According to a statement from his family, Jack died peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones. He was 63.

It didn't take long for condolences to come rolling in and that includes and official statement by his former Great White bandmates. It's a classy and concise tribute:

Other statements came from fellow musicians who shared the stage with Jack over the years:

Available Now: 'The True Tale of Mista Bone: A Rock + Roll Narrative'

I've been watching for this news: Jack Russell's autobiography, The True Tale of Mista Bone: A Rock + Roll Narrative is available now. The Great White singer has obviously had some highs - and devastating lows - during his long career, and I want to see what he has to say about it all. I'm sure the horrific Station Nightclub fire plays a major role in this book.

Right now, Amazon has the hardcopy only. I am waiting for a digital release - hopefully that comes fast!

Great White - Full Performance Live Video

Here's a new video of Great White performing live in Los Angeles. The show was recorded July 10 at the KLOS Helpful Honda Rock Room. Gotta say, Great White does sound awesome here. Singer Brett Carlisle is doing a great job! And yes, dude isn't even 30 yet - talk about new energy!

Oh Great White Has Another New Singer

And how was your Wednesday? Mine has been bonkers.

I have a ton of work to get done and I started tackling my list early this morning. I decided to run around the corner for a latte and got stopped by a man walking up my driveway. He was an engineer and crews working on my street installing fiber internet busted a gas line. The gas was already wafting my way when he told me I had to evacuate. So I grabbed Eric, the cat and laptops and headed for... somewhere.

Evacuating with a cat sucks because they don't like car rides or carriers. We first ended up on the patio at a nearby Panera where I did get my latte and Roosevelt screamed the entire time. We then decided to relocate to my community's pool area where Eric and I could work under the shade awning... and Rosie still wailed.

Four hours later, the fire department was gone and we were back home. The cat immediately passed out from stress I guess and I swiftly got a headache from the residual gas odor. I've been playing catch up ever since regarding work today. I did scroll Blabbermouth and I see Great White has a new singer. Again. Does that make four? I've lost count.

Andrew Freeman of Last In Line now replaces Mitch Malloy. Remember, Jack Russell fronts his own version of Great White. Mitch is doing a Van Halen experience thing now anyway. It's all kind of silly at this point. 

GREAT WHITE Parts Ways With Singer MITCH MALLOY, Recruits LAST IN LINE's ANDREW FREEMAN https://t.co/EhqTOsyXzt pic.twitter.com/XCxcR8fLQ5

— BLABBERMOUTH.NET (@BLABBERMOUTHNET) May 31, 2022

Dee Snider Releases Video For 'Stand'

Recently, REELZ aired a documentary about the Station Nightclub fire. The movie followed the people who attended the show and how their lives - and the community of West Warwick, Rhode Island - was devastated by the tragedy. The focus of the film isn't solely on Great White. 

As a refresher, 100 people were killed and more than 200 injured during the blaze. The fire started after some of Great White's pyro went awry, sparking the acoustical foam and quickly burning through the club.

Dee Snider has a new album called Leave A Scar and "Stand" is one of the singles. The song features clips of the documentary. Snider hopes the song will shine some more light on the victims of the fire.

Great White, 'Substitute"

Honest to Glam, I never knew there was an official video for Great White's cover of "Substitute." I saw the video for the first time last night while watching Metal Mayhem on MTV Classic. Yes, it was a swinging Friday night at my house. Just me, Eric, the cat and 80s metal.

I have to say the video wasn't bad but I was mostly just so thrown by how different the members of Great White looked. To be fair, the clip was from like 1984. Plus, the band's self-titled debut never did that much for me. I tend to gravitate toward their later work more and I love ...Twice Shy as a complete work. What am I missing here - should I give "Substitute" another critical listen?