Spring Break
Cover band content to roam just like the Rolling Stones
MICHAEL PROCHASKA
Issue date: 11/20/08 Section: Out & About
After doing some research, LeGrand discovered there weren't many Rolling Stones tribute bands, and he recruited a drummer from another project to start playing at local venues.
With a drive to travel and play in all 48 continental states, the band abruptly gained national stardom.
Current members include Tony Fortuna as Bill Wyman, Carl Bass as Charlie Watts, Charlie Trador as Ron Wood and Riddick as Keith Richards.
Riddick, joined the band by accident while living in San Francisco.
"I heard about them and knew the music. I then had to learn how to play the part perfectly," he said.
Riddick's favorite song to play is "Midnight Rambler," a seven minute blues jam.
"It's a good song for a guitar player. [It] definitely has some great rifts," he said.
After touring this year, Satisfaction will perform in Las Vegas on Fremont Street for its famous New Year's Eve celebration. The band will then head to the famed Los Angeles' House of Blues and tour in the Caribbean and Canada in 2009.
Though never having met the real Rolling Stones, LeGrand said it would be an honor to play with them. But for now, he is happy just being "like a Rolling Stone."
With a drive to travel and play in all 48 continental states, the band abruptly gained national stardom.
Current members include Tony Fortuna as Bill Wyman, Carl Bass as Charlie Watts, Charlie Trador as Ron Wood and Riddick as Keith Richards.
Riddick, joined the band by accident while living in San Francisco.
"I heard about them and knew the music. I then had to learn how to play the part perfectly," he said.
Riddick's favorite song to play is "Midnight Rambler," a seven minute blues jam.
"It's a good song for a guitar player. [It] definitely has some great rifts," he said.
After touring this year, Satisfaction will perform in Las Vegas on Fremont Street for its famous New Year's Eve celebration. The band will then head to the famed Los Angeles' House of Blues and tour in the Caribbean and Canada in 2009.
Though never having met the real Rolling Stones, LeGrand said it would be an honor to play with them. But for now, he is happy just being "like a Rolling Stone."
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