Camp Freddy Display at the Hard Rock Hotel

The group Camp Freddy, which includes Billy Morrison (Doheny, The Cult), Dave Navarro (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction), Donovan Leitch (son of legendary folk singer Donovan), Chris Chaney (Janes Addiction, Alanis Morrisette) and Matt Sorum (Guns N Roses, Velvet Revolver) donated a host of memorabilia for permanent display at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel.

Billy Morrison has this to say about Camp Freddy:

Camp Freddy is not a band, but it is also way more than a jam session...Camp Freddy is an 'Occasional Happening', a freak of (Hollywood) nature. What happens when we get together and play is anyone's guess. Surprise guests, lounge singers turned heavy rock superstars, some of the world's greatest guitarists playing three chord punk tunes. I mean, who knows what will happen at the next show? It's not about money, or managers, or agents, but about motivation and fun...What we all got into the business for originally. We play some of the greatest rock and roll songs ever written, have a real laugh doing it, and invite artists that we respect to play them with us. It's the real spirit of Rock and Roll.

The list of guests that have joined Camp Freddy onstage grows longer and more outrageous with each concert. So far, artists such as Moby, Robbie Williams, Ronnie Wood, Stephen Jenkins, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mark McGrath, Slash, Brett Scallions, Macy Gray, Perry Farell, Wes Scantlin, Billy Duffy, Fabrizio Moretti, Stephen Perkins, Twiggy Ramirez, Duff McKagan, Sebastian Bach, Kid Rock, Melissa Etheridge, John 5, Gina Gershon, Dee Snider, Gavin Rossdale, Steven Tyler, Juliette Lewis, Chad Smith, Jerry Cantrell, Shelby Lynne, Jonathan Davis, Cypress Hill, and many more have played with the band. They have performed such classics as "Paradise City", "Whole Lotta Love", "Pretty Vacant", "Jean Genie", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "20th Century Boy", "Brown Sugar", "Should I Stay or Should I Go" and many more.

Among the items donated for the Hard Rock Hotel Camp Freddy display is Morrison's Gibson Custom "Camp Freddy" Les Paul.

Links

Camp Freddy
Gibson Guitar
Billy Morrison's column (Sunset and Vine) on Modern Guitars