Laptop Surgery in London. File under: GEEK

I got right to work from when we got to the venue up until 10 minutes before our show. I managed to slice my finger, reassemble the whole thing after the show, and all while Jimmy page was in the room. But now I can replace your MacBook Pro Screen should you ever need it...

Mid UK whitesnake-defleppard Tour update- Sold out shows!

Manchester: 13,000 21,000 (I stand corrected) watched me fall on my ass again. Decent show.

Belfast: Fookin grate! It was my first time in Ireland and we were only there for 24 hours. Shame. I did however flirt with a spicy redhead, drink an Irish Guinness, and purchase and learn to play the Penny Whistle. The Irish Half is comin' out! Now we're back in Manchester for a day off. David took us out for a wonderful band dinner (instead of us going to see Bon Jovi in the rain).

Next up: Sheffield, Newcastle, then London- Wembley Arena!

I've been getting on great with the Leppard guys. They were idols of mine before I started playing bass, and now we're drinkin and hangin buddies. This is a great double bill- I hope it goes to the states.

Manchester MEN Arena

My Van Gough moment: when you hold your bass up high to bring it down for dramatic effect, only to have it catch on your earring on the way down. 

Back in the UK!

Our 1st 2 gigs with the Leppards were great. BIG arena rock shows!
They have a much bigger production than us, but we sound like a band
rather than like a CD. Both has it's merits though. 
Glasgow, Birmingham, and now tonight, Manchester. Here in the hotel I 
ran into my old friend Benny Reitveld- Bassist for Santana. In the
hotel is Leppard, Whitesnake and Santana - and Journey played last
night so they may be here as well. The Lowry Hotel is Crackin', son!
Gettin sick again and not sure why. I even stopped drinkin' once we
hit the UK. Hmmm.

Oh yeah- And guess who's #1 this week in Japan???  Us!

...and for those of you keepin track... here are some other chart positions- from week ONE (release week)! Norway: #5, Finland: #5, Germany: #6, UK: #7, Sweden: #10, Austria: #11, Switzerland: #15, Denmark: #18, Canada: #23, Czech Republic: #27, Holland: #33, Italy: #57, France: #69, US: #70.

Arrow Rock Festival in the Netherlands

Dinner in Amsterdam



My friend- Bassist from Twisted Sister. Probably one of the nicest guys I've ever met.


The stage was wet! I ate shit during the 2nd song.


3 horny guys... together.


Amsterdam Rocks. The show for Arrow Rock was a success!

Here's some Uriah-brand home video. Enjoy.

Quick Update...

Ahh- My 1-month old MacBook Pro. Nice! Looks like I'll be installing a new screen.


I'll get around to adding the pics from Finland and Iceland- There's some good ones.

Back to Copenhagen...
Chris sat (accidentally) on my month old MacbookPro 15in screen as the bus turned a sharp corner. FUCK!
Weighing out my options now... no Apple store in Copenhagen. May replace the display myself... Currently using the previous laptop.... This sux.

Shilo is on his way back here (with 4 friends this time). My room is gonna reek!
-U

World tour - leg 3 - Europe

Copenhagen Denmark/Sweden Rock:
We only stayed in CPH - no gig - that is until we drove in and out of Sweden to play Sweden Rock friday night June 6th. We played to a RECORD ATTENDANCE CROWD! (33,000+)!
My son Shilo stayed with me for the whole duration (4 days) and took some great pics at the gig. There's also some good YouTube up on this one- Search 'Whitesnake Sweden Rock". I pulled Shilo out on stage in front of 33,000+ fans. He was so pro. We went to go see DIO at a small club, then hung out with old friend Marco Mendoza who was working in Copenhagen. Great times!

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Helsinki Finland:

We headlined a festival (Sauna Open Air), which was 2 hours away in Tampare. I got to hang with one of my old Finnish friends (and fav bassists) Lauri Porra. Staying in Helsinki: I love this place! Went clubbin 2 nights in a row. The folks were MUCH friendlier than the Danes, who's nightlife consisted of drunk 18yr olds with their own agendas, and not much for conversation. Helsinki rocks... I think I'll go back! (pics on my myspace)

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Iceland:

An immediate trip to the blue lagoon Left my skin feeling awesome, but my hair felt like shit (you're not supposed to dunk it).

The lanscape/scenery was f'n great! Lunar rocks and volcanic rocky stretches. No sunset though- well.. for an hour tops. Although the crowd was a little quiet at first, they were great by the end. I know it's hard times right now in Iceland, so I'm very thankful that we could sell out this 3,500 seater. Thanks for comin out! My roommate from back in Berkeley is Icelandic, and I got to hang with her into the wee hours with some other locals between the bar and a house party. Thanks Bryndis! (pics on my myspace)

5:30am lobby call... flight to Oslo...

Home for a week - Ahhh... Wake SURFING on Lake Sonoma...

Home for a week...
Girls hangin' with Jazz musicians???
What a day! 8 hours on a boat- Life's tough sometimes!

note: This is NOT wake BOARDING.

WICKED!

To see video, goto:

http://flickr.com/photos/jazzmafia/sets/72157605348118606/

I even got up on my first try! Aww Yeah.

Off to Copenhagen Today...

-Uriah