JEFF SCOTT SOTO: Tour Blog Available

September 15, 2007

Legendary hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (ex-YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN, JOURNEY, TALISMAN) has posted a lengthy blog on his official MySpace page detailing his recent touring activities. An excerpt follows:

"On Sunday, I fed the wife and kissed the dogs (come on, work with me, it's humor!) and started my journey to Bulgaria to do some last-minute booked shows covering for an artist I've been asked to leave nameless, who had to pull out of some dates himself. I knew nothing of this country, its culture or its people….hell, I didn't even know if I had any fans there but was pleasantly surprised when I arrived on the reception. It took me nearly 22 hours to get there, L.A. to London Heathrow, transfer to London Gatwick airport via 1 ½ hour bus, then flight to Bourgas, the fourth largest city in Bulgaria, where I was met by my new good friend and promoter Peter.

"Before I go on, I have to add I didn't have the luxury of bringing my own band which petrifies me to no end; I am a creature of perfection, not so much in accuracy of performance but the entertainment end of the performance. It could easily go two ways in working with people you've never met from if they can play well, learn your material right, have some sort of stage presence, etc., To my contentment and satisfaction, I knew all would be OK after the first song at rehearsal! Three of the guys in the band are in a group called G.R.A.S. (named after each of their first initials) and the keyboardist is in many popular bands in his community. Just to credit each guy (don't even ask me how to spell their real names, I'm going on what I could pronounce/spell!) on guitar was Svet, bass was George, drums was Nasko and keys was Yassen.

"The first gig was the following night, a big open-air stage that was actually as big as some of the JOURNEY stages I did last year. This night was opening for one of Bulgaria's biggest rock bands, AXAT (pronounced A-HAT) who were very cool and accommodating to me, having been long time fans of my past with Yngwie and the slew of other metal things I've done in my life. The show went great, my band smoked and the audience gobbled it up like any other JSS BAND show, success!"

Read the entire blog at this location.

Watch fan-filmed video footage of Jeff Scott Soto and G.R.A.S. performing the TALISMAN classic "Mysterious" in Bulgaria:

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