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Steamboat Heaven

Steamboat Heaven©

About Me

Steamboat Heaven is the name of a humble little recording studio in de south part of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Owned by Don Fonzarelli, who is a multi-instrumentalist. He started as a bass player and guitarist in schoolbands and later on became a drummer in nummerous bands in the Dutch clubscene. Nowadays he's touring with fellow founding members of Real Men Don't Dance. www.realmendontdance.comReal Men Don’t Dance at 013 in Tilburg on May 10th 2008 supporting Joe Satriani
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Member Since: 10/22/2006
Band Members: Don Fonzarelli© and others.

Influences: My son Mees, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Black Sabbath, Jane's Addiction, YES, Dream Theater, Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa, Metallica, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, CCR, Slayer, Seducer, Mercury Rev, Klaus Schulze, Tomita, Deep Purple, Thunder, Prince, Herman Brood, Venice, Steve Vai, Mr. Big, Saxon, Judas Priest, King's X, Journey, Y&T, James Brown, Flotsam & Jetsam, Megadeth, Tino Rossi, Willy Alberti, April Wine, Tool, A Perfect Circle, ZZ top, Canned Heat, Jimi Hendrix, Toto, Lou Reed, Wolfmother, Janis Joplin, Bootsy Collins, Run DMC, Aerosmith, Wishbone Ash, Kansas, Van Halen, Uriah Heep, Weather Report, Whitesnake, U2, David Bowie, Tower of Power, Supertramp, Ted Nugent, AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, Tavares, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Badlands, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stevie Wonder, Sparks, Steve Winwood, King Crimson, Solution, Abba, Aha, Sepultura, Senser, Saga, Kim Mitchell, Max Webster, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Urban Dance Squad, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Junkie XL, Roy Orbison, Johnny Jordaan, Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Public Enemy, Rainbow, Prince, Prodigy, Pearl Jam, Kraak & Smaak, Pete Philly & Perquisite, Thin Lizzy, Nickelback, Roxy Music, Rod Stewart, Ratt, Rammstein, N.E.R.D., Motörhead, Morcheeba, Motley Crue, Montrose, Gamma, Korn, LA Guns, Kingdom Come, The Ramones, Johnny Guitar Watson, Johnny Winter, The Babys, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jeff Berlin, Stan Getz, John Henri Bonham, Gene Krupa, Neil Peart, Jeff Campitelli, Cozy Powell, Stanley Clarke, Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamassa, Jethro Tull, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Squire, Glenn Hughes, Frank Sinatra, The Eagles, Earth Wind and Fire, Chet Baker and everyone whom I forgot.......................
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Sounds Like:
Don Fonzarelli on SellaBandRobert Fripp, Galen Henson, Jeff Campitelli, Don Fonzarelli, Joe Satriani and Matt BissonetteJeff Campitelli and Don Fonzarelli, friends for live. Real Men Don't Dance with Joe Satriani Band at 013 on May 10th 2008..
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Rehearselroom

Well, Februari 2nd Don, Ze Munt and Franz are back in the rehearselroom to make some noise.Kickin'off with hopefully a brand new version of the 80's classic Violence and some other tunes.As soon as po...
Posted by Steamboat Heaven on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:06:00 PST

Life as it is today.

A highly respected and close friend past away on the 2nd of Januari.God Bless him. We'll meet again one day Paul.My health is very slowly getting better, but not fast enough.These are just two example...
Posted by Steamboat Heaven on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:57:00 PST

Spiritual Blues

Ok, it's here.A song by Real Men Don't Dance called Spiritual Blues.Recorded in 1997 at the A1 studio near Amsterdam.This is just the recording session, with no effects, compressors or what so ever. T...
Posted by Steamboat Heaven on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:21:00 PST

Update.

An update:the recordings evolve slowly but steady on the new acoustic tune.A request just reached me from the bass-player of Real Men Don't Dance. He would really appreciate if there would be some rec...
Posted by Steamboat Heaven on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:59:00 PST

New tunes

Well well, a new blog.New tunes, so that needs some explaining.I thought it was time to introduce my son Mees, so there's a tune on here now that's called "Ik denk even na". Translated it means someth...
Posted by Steamboat Heaven on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:14:00 PST

Long time ago

That was great fun last saturday.At first I visited an incredible gig of mr. Glenn Hughes and when I got back in my hometown, I bumped into a friend I haven't seen in a while!That was really a long ti...
Posted by Steamboat Heaven on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:59:00 PST

Who played what?

Forgot to mention in my last blog, who played what on those rediscovered songs. Franz Philippus - Fender Stratocaster and vocals. Ze Munt - Fender Precision bassguitar and vocals. Don Fonzarelli - Dru...
Posted by Steamboat Heaven on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:08:00 PST

Lost tapes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear friends, I must say;I fell of my chair.Some recordings of Seducer have been found!And yes, found in the closet of the former manager who was still trying to sell them to any label that was i...
Posted by Steamboat Heaven on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:44:00 PST

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Posted by Steamboat Heaven on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:36:00 PST

Glenn Hughes.

Dear friends, Finally. On saturday November 4th, I am going to attend a show from "the voice", mr Glenn Hughes! Being a huge fan from the moment he recorded with Deep Purple, you can understand how th...
Posted by Steamboat Heaven on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:50:00 PST