ULI JON ROTH's SKY ACADEMY: More Guests Announced

July 17, 2007

Ule W. Ritgen, Piero Leporale, Richie Onori, Andrew Shulman and George Bellas are among the newly confirmed guests for this year's Uli Jon Roth Sky Academy seminar and concerts.

Set to take place August 22-26 at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, the concept of Sky Academy was conceived by Uli. He wanted a medium to teach his own unique approach to musicians wanting to take their playing to that next level.

Uli will perform two concerts, titled "Uli Jon Roth and Friends", in conjunction with his Sky Academy Seminar (note: tickets can be purchased separately for the concerts). Uli will play lots of SCORPIONS and playing tribute to many classic bands, such as CREAM, JIMI HENDRIX, THE DOORS, and others.

Guests confirmed to jam with Uli this year are as follows:

Adrian Galysh
Andrew Shulman (cello)
Chris Poland (ex-MEGADETH)
Don Dokken
George Bellas
Jeff Scott Soto (ex-JOURNEY, TALISMAN)
Joe Stump (REIGN OF TERROR)
Johnny Hiland
Kofi Baker (OHM:)
Michael Angelo Batio
Michael Ehre (drums; METALIUM)
Phil Woodward
Piero Leporale
Richie Onori
Rob Pagliari (bass)
Roy Z (BRUCE DICKINSON, HALFORD)
Steve Smyth (NEVERMORE, ex-TESTAMENT)
Tony Franklin (bass; BLUE MURDER, THE FIRM, WHITESNAKE)
Ule W. Ritgen

Last year the seminars and concerts were held at UCLA. Uli played about four hours a night, paaying tribute to THE DOORS with Robbie Krieger, CREAM, HENDRIX, GEORGE GERSHWIN, VIVALDI as well as playing many SCORPIONS and ULI JON ROTH classics.

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