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Kasim Sulton
American musician
Kasim Sulton | |
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Sulton performing with Blue Oyster Cult in | |
| Birth name | Kasim Anthony Sulton |
| Born | () December 8, (age&#;69) Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | New wave, hard rock, progressive rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, arranger, music director, producer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar |
| Years active | –present |
| Labels | Sphere Sound Records |
| Website | |
Musical artist
Kasim Sulton (born December 8, ) is an American bass guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist.
Best known for his work with Utopia,[1] Sulton sang lead on 's "Set Me Free", Utopia's only top 40 hit in the United States.
Donald roeser blue oyster cult tour dates Indeed, the Long Island, NY-based band is revered within the hard rock and heavy metal scene for its pioneering work. In , they were signed by Elektra Records after the company's president Jac Holzman saw them perform. Watch the new video here:. Palladium On Sale Now!As a solo artist, Sulton hit the Canadian top 40 in with "Don't Break My Heart".
Sulton has been a frequent collaborator, bassist and singer on many of Todd Rundgren's projects and solo tours.[2]
Biography
Sulton attended and graduated in from Susan E. Wagner High School in Staten Island, New York. He married his high school sweetheart, Laurie Rampulla, and had three children with her.
She died of cancer in [3][4]
Sulton started his musical career playing piano and vocals for Cherry Vanilla and guitar for Brooklyn-based band Sleepy Hollow[5] before gaining a place in Utopia in During his time with Utopia, they recorded nine albums and toured extensively until disbanding in , with occasional reunions to the present.
In addition to singing "Set Me Free," he also wrote the song, "as a thumbing of my nose to Bearsville Records."[6]
He has toured with Blue Öyster Cult, Meat Loaf, Hall & Oates, Cheap Trick, Patty Smyth, Akiko Yano and Richie Sambora, among many other artists. As a studio musician, he has played on albums by Patti Smith, Indigo Girls and Steve Stevens, and appeared on an album of traditional Irish music by Eileen Ivers.
He was a member of Joan Jett's backing band, The Blackhearts, touring with them and playing on Jett's album Up Your Alley () as well as contributing a number of tracks to her compilation album The Hit List ().
Sulton was the bassist and sang background vocals on the breakout Meat Loaf album Bat Out of Hell.
He and Thommy Price collaborated on an album, Lights On, which Sulton co-wrote.
The song "No T.V. No Phone" was featured in the comedy film The Allnighter (), starring Susanna Hoffs.
Sulton recorded a solo album on September 4, , entitled Quid Pro Quo. The album was released on Sphere Sound Records, and Sulton played all but two instruments on the album. He later released another solo album, "3" the fall of , which featured Todd Rundgren on "Clocks All Stopped."
Sulton sang background vocals on Meat Loaf's album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, joining his backing band, Neverland Express, touring for three years on the Everything Louder Tour.
He also recorded on Meat Loaf's album Welcome to the Neighborhood, arranging and singing background vocals on most of the tracks.
Blue oyster cult tickets Les Braunstein — lead vocals, rhythm guitar Buck Dharma — lead guitar, vocals Allen Lanier — keyboards, rhythm guitar Andrew Winters — bass, backing vocals Albert Bouchard — drums, backing vocals. October 9, Official Release Day is Here! Soft White Underbelly: — [ edit ]. Via Giulia Gonzaga,18 - Napoli.He went on to become Music director for Meat Loaf, rehearsing Meat Loaf's band, Neverland Express, in preparation for touring. The Very Best of Meat Loaf album was released with three new tracks, one of which, "Is Nothing Sacred", was later re-recorded as a duet with Patti Russo and produced by Sulton, with the track reaching No.
15 on the UK charts. Sulton also produced the Meat Loaf album Storytellers, and toured with the band on the Night of the Proms Tour in Europe and the "Meat Loaf Just Havin' Fun for the Summer" and "Winter" Tour in the United States and Europe, where he and Patti Russo both served as opening acts. He also toured on Meat Loaf's "Couldn't Have Said It Better" tour where he played a short solo acoustic set to open the concert at most venues.
Blue oyster cult tour dates: Eric Bloom — lead vocals, "stun" rhythm guitar Buck Dharma — lead guitar, vocals Tommy Zvoncheck — keyboards, backing vocals Jon Rogers — bass, backing vocals Jimmy Wilcox — drums, percussion, backing vocals. In , the band wrote the score for Bad Channels and composed two original songs for its soundtrack. Mother of toddler who died after being found in snow in Corinna speaks out. The album captures, at long last, the creative side of a band that has been playing shows on the road consistently for nearly two decades.
One of Meat Loaf's shows on this tour was filmed for the DVD Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Kasim also toured on the "Hair of the Dog" Tour and the – "Bat Out of Hell III" tour, and he is featured as bassist/backing vocalist on the album. In summer , he rejoined Meat Loaf for The Casa de Carne Tour.
Sulton played bass in the pit orchestra for the Twyla Tharp-choreographed musical based on Billy Joel music called Movin' Out on Broadway.
Donald roeser blue oyster cult tour 2024 schedule Hear 'n Aid also released a compilation album which included "Stars", as well as live outtakes from the participating artists. So, of course, we play the songs that the fans expect us to play, but then we we go into the depth of the catalogue and pull out stuff that that we rotate. Eric Bloom — lead vocals, "stun" rhythm guitar Buck Dharma — lead guitar, vocals Richie Castellano — rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Jon Rogers — bass, backing vocals Jules Radino — drums, percussion. They moved into a band house near Stony Brook University , where Roeser was a part-time student, and started their careers.After a brief stint with the reunited band Scandal in , Sulton joined The New Cars in , replacing original Cars bassist and co-lead vocalist Benjamin Orr, who died of cancer in The band also included original Cars band members Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes as well as Todd Rundgren and Prairie Prince from Journey and The Tubes.
An album, It's Alive!, was followed by a tour in , with Sulton singing lead on The Cars' hit "Drive".
Sulton continues to appear live playing bass, keyboards, and guitar on most Todd Rundgren tours, including the –09 "Arena" gigs, –10 performances of the classic album A Wizard, a True Star () in the United States and Europe, and "TR's Johnson" shows.
He was in the band for the six show "Todd/Healing Albums Live" tour that began Labor Day Weekend of in Akron, Ohio, and played a solo show before the premiere. He also played in the second run of "Todd/Healing Albums Live", a five-show tour that began on 25 March in Hartford, Connecticut.[7]
In , Sulton replaced Matt Bissonette as the bass player in the Beatles tribute supergroup Yellow Matter Custard.
In , he joined the classic hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult; he remained its bassist until
In September , Sulton, along with legendary songwriter Paul Williams, led a global virtual songwriting collaboration at [8] The mission was to write the 1st ever crowd-sourced anthem to be performed at 's concert and rally on The National Mall on 4 October , headlined by Steven Tyler, Sheryl Crow and Joe Walsh among others.[9] The theme of the song was "Celebrate Recovery" and the goal was to reduce the stigma associated with addiction.
Donald roeser blue oyster cult tour Singles from the album were "Born to Rock" and "Your Loving Heart", both of which had music videos made but did not chart. Yes, you read that right! Read more Both the song as it appears on the album and video feature a special guest appearance on backing vocals and cowbellSulton, Williams and Dr. Mehmet Oz opened the show and led 10, people in a singalong of "Voice Of Change" at the base of the Washington Monument.[10] Sulton also led a singalong of the song on The Dr. Oz Show which quickly went viral.[11]
A new Kasim Sulton solo album, recorded through and , was released in by Deko Records.
It includes contributions from notable musicians from Kasim's past and present including Prairie Prince, Mickey Curry, Keith Scott, Gil Assayas, Phil Thornalley and John Siegler.
Discography
- Solo
- Kasim (, EMI America)
- Lights On (with Thommy Price) (, CBS Associated Records)
- The Basement Tapes ()
- Quid Pro Quo (, Sphere Sound)
- An Evening With Kasim Sulton: Live in Atlanta (DVD )
- All Sides()
- 3 (Three) ()
- Live Bootleg ()
- Kasim ()
- With Todd Rundgren and Utopia
- Ra (, Bearsville Records)
- Oops!
Wrong Planet (, Bearsville Records)
- Back to the Bars (, Bearsville Records)
- Adventures in Utopia (, Bearsville Records)
- Deface the Music (, Bearsville Records)
- Swing to the Right (, Bearsville Records)
- Utopia (, Network Records)
- Oblivion (, Passport Records)
- POV (, Passport Records)
- Trivia (, Gem Records)
- Anthology ( Rhino Records)
- Nearly Human (, Warner Bros.
Records)
- Redux ' Live in Japan ( BMG)
- Oblivion, POV & Some Trivia ()
- With a Twist ()
- Somewhere/Anywhere? ()
- Official Bootleg Tokyo '79 ()
- City In My Head ()
- One Long Year ()
- Todd Rundgren Live ()
- Utopia Live in Boston: DVD ()
- White Knight ()
- With Meat Loaf
- Other appearances