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Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:02 pm
by ozone73
Newest song and video form Tod Howarth. I really like it. I have that Frehley's Comet shirt he is wearing in this video, too. :wink:
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Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:45 pm
by Slayer
Great Share!
Great Song!
Great Guitar Playing!

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:29 am
by doublev2
I have that shirt. I believe it was a one off for the London show in 1988 that they made the live video from.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:36 am
by erg2
Here is an example of a guy that did it and continues to do it right.
He never really made it huge, but now he is doing session work, doing back-up vocals/playing for major acts and releases his own stuff on occasion through independent means and makes a living.

The song is pretty cool.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:00 am
by BigEd
I worked (3) shows as an onstage bouncer for Frehley's Comet/Y & T/White Lion in the late 80's...My spot was 5 ft from Tod's right side, Tod's a great guy and a very talented guitar player, Vito Bratta was amazing !!! I just can't believe he too stopped playing, touring and producing music just like someone we know...

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:00 am
by poserboy71
Remember Paul Taylor from Winger ? He is similar to Tod by keeping busy.
Last Thursday while I was talking with Eric from Cinderella, someone joined our conversation. I immediately recognized him. Paul is playing keyboards on the 2012 Cinderella tour.
What an incredible talent !!!!

This is a recent photo of Paul that I found on Google:
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Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:52 am
by shramiac
Paul needs his "poserboy hair" back .....pronto!!! :D

Very nice song by Tod!

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:29 pm
by doublev2
He played with Alice cooper as well.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:31 pm
by doublev2
I really want to see pictures of rick hanging with Eric from Cinderella. Rick are they living in Ohio? I met Jeff labar a few times in the 80s and he was very nice.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:32 pm
by doublev2
Ed, thats cool by the way. Was billy ward the drummer for that show?

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:28 pm
by BigEd
Yep...Anton Fig & Billy Ward were there, it was at the Poughkeepsie Civic Center in N.Y.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:57 pm
by doublev2
Wasn't ace living in Connecticut back then? I think he recorded in Westchester ny though

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:05 am
by doublev2
Funny that ace did what a lot of Bronx born and raised did... Moved out to Westchester county or Connecticut.
My wife grew up on Arthur av in little italy in the Bronx to Westchester.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:03 am
by PinkWiz
Cool song, Howarth rocks... I always loved this tune:
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Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:39 am
by erg2
A bright spot on a mostly lame album. I'm torn that it wasn't a hit. In terms of timeline, style and quality it had everything going for it to be a hit. However, the album overall is so crappy and Ace was so...uninvolved...in the production of the album that I'm glad it didn't go anywhere. (I'd rather praise be focused on good albums like the s/t first album or Trouble Walkin' or even the great Live +1!)

I also think the record company had a big hand in the failure of Frehley's solo career. He had so many good tunes...songs that were way better than what ended up on the albums...but they never made it. The release schedule was plain crazy and NONE of the albums after the first received much of a marketing push.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:17 am
by poserboy71
doublev2 wrote:I really want to see pictures of rick hanging with Eric from Cinderella. Rick are they living in Ohio? I met Jeff labar a few times in the 80s and he was very nice.
I will post them soon.I took the 12 string bass that I bought from Eric and they signed it. They have always been extremely cool to me.

I will also post a surprise
guest picture as well. :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:

The Cinderella guys (with the exception of Fred) live in the Nashville, Tennessee area.
If I go to Summer NAMM again this year, I will most likely meet up with Eric to buy a few bass cabinets off of him.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:11 am
by doublev2
i never liked Steinbergers but they grew on me. I think Rick should move to Nashville.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:26 am
by poserboy71
I only live there part of the year.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:37 am
by Vickie
Great new song from Tod Howarth. He´s still cool. I´m always glad when there´s coming out something new from the heros of the 80´s.
I also have the T-shirt he´s wearing in the video. I got it from ebay.
I love the video of the 1988 London show from Ace Frehley.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:44 am
by erg2
Vickie wrote:I love the video of the 1988 London show from Ace Frehley.
I used to watch the Animalize Live VHS and the Frehley's Comet Live VHS weekly when I was a teen. The only thing I dislike about the Frehley's Comet is the drummer, Jamie Oldaker. A fine drummer, just not right for the Comet and I really, really, really was expecting it to be Anton before I watched it the first time. (I hadn't read at that point that Anton wasn't joining for the tour.)

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:04 am
by poserboy71
erg2 wrote:
The only thing I dislike about the Frehley's Comet is the drummer, Jamie Oldaker. A fine drummer, just not right for the Comet ...
I had the same feelings. At points, it sounds like Jamie didn't bother learning the songs.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:54 am
by erg2
I am now, and was the, a mediocre drummer in awe of the skill of Anton. When I heard what Oldaker was playing all I could think of was "Give me 2 weeks rehearsal with the band and EVEN I could play that!"

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:57 pm
by doublev2
waiting for Kev to say Tod plays better than Ace.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:35 am
by Slayer
Todd shred Ace to ribbons :-) LOL :-)

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:10 am
by poserboy71
Tod is very well balanced musically.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:19 pm
by doublev2
poserboy71 wrote:Tod is very well balanced musically.
he was too balanced to play on an album called trouble walkin. A ha.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:40 pm
by shramiac
ba dum chsssssshhhhhh!

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:09 pm
by doublev2
My index finger gets vertigo when near the first fret of those steinburgers.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:39 am
by Slayer
doublev2 wrote:
poserboy71 wrote:Tod is very well balanced musically.
he was too balanced to play on an album called trouble walkin. A ha.
You mean he has too much class to play on an album called "Trouble Playin" :idea: :mrgreen:

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:25 pm
by erg2
Trouble Walking has a great sound production-wise and a few really good songs. Richie gets saddled with crap and the lyrical content of the album overall is sub-par.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:25 pm
by doublev2
i love trouble walkin', my favourite after the 78 solo album from Ace.

Re: Tod Howarth - "Cold Beach"

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:03 am
by erg2
There are a couple of really good songs. Sonically I think it's great.