When Rick Rosas is not the bass player for Neil Young, you will find him on Monday nights with Waddy Wachtel in a band they call ... well, the Waddy Wachtel Band.
The Waddy Wachtel Band features a whole lot of homeless musos, homeless in the sense that their home on the road is off the road.The Waddy Wachtel Band features some of LA’s hottest musicians including Bernard Fowler from the Rolling Stones band.
What you never know is who you are going to get.
Over the years Roger Daltrey, Brian Johnson, George Thorogood, Joe Walsh, Neil Young, Robert Plant and Keith Richards happened to be in town and made their way into the band.
The band plays most Mondays at Joe’s Joint in Pico Blvd, West Hollywood from last weeks show.
Here is the set list:
1st Set:
1- "You Got Me Rockin'" (Rolling Stones) Bernard Fowler lead vocals; Blondie Chaplin and Waddy Wachtel harmony vocals
2- "Going to a Go-Go" (The Miracles) Bernard lead vocals; Waddy and Blondie harmony vocals
3- "Substitute" (The Who) Jamie Savko lead vocals; Waddy and Bernard harmony vocals
4- "All Down The Line" (Rolling Stones) Jamie lead vocals; Waddy harmony vocals
5- "Lawyers Guns and Money" (Warren Zevon) Blondie lead vocals
6- "Up On Cripple Creek" (The Band) Keith Allison lead vocals
7- "Somethin' Else" (Eddie Cochran) Keith lead vocals
8- "Shot Down in Flames" (AC/DC) Jamie lead vocals
9- "Jail Break" (Thin Lizzy) Bernard lead vocals; Jamie harmony vocals
2nd Set:
1- "Suffragette City" (David Bowie) Bernard lead vocals; Jamie harmony vocals
2- "She's So Cold" (Rolling Stones) Bernard lead vocals; Waddy harmony vocals
3- "Eight Miles High" (The Byrds) Waddy and Jamie harmony vocals
4- "Girl's Got Rhythm" (AC/DC) Jamie lead vocals; Waddy harmony vocals
5- "Like a Rolling Stone" (Bob Dylan) Waddy lead vocals; Blondie harmony vocals
6- "C'Mon Everybody" (Eddie Cochran) Keith lead vocals
7- "Instant Karma" (John Lennon) Bernard, Blondie and Waddy vocals
8- "Sin City" (AC/DC) Bernard lead vocals; Blondie harmony vocals
