"On The Rebound - Jim McGorman Newsletter" Issue #30 May 31st, 2010 Hello Jim McGorman Fans! Jim at Rock in Rio - Lisbon w/Shakira! Click to view in full On May 21st, Jim took the stage in Lisbon all part of a series of dates he will be part of with Shakira over the next number of weeks. The Rock in Rio festival(s) truly have a deep history. Notably, one of the largest rock festival in the world, with first editions starting in 1985 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Since then, similar festivals emerged in Lisbon and Madrid. Check out our new gallery of photos and stay tuned to our site for some great videos from the Rock in Rio Festival(s) and more to appear soon! Jim also performed with Shakira recently on the Ellen DeGeneres show April 28th playing keys during her track "Gypsy". Feel free to check it out here! Exclusive Photos And Videos From The Awesomeness First Show! Click to view photo in full size On October 8th, 2009, The Awesomeness performed their very first show at The Viper Room in LA. Straight from our collections, we have posted a gallery of photos of the inaugural show. Also we invite you to check out totally "awesome" videos filmed the same evening including 80's Days and Hot Mess! John Hughes Tribute Band Photos and Videos! Click on photo to view The same night of the The Awesomeness debut last October, Jim along with a totally rad line up of incredible musicians performed a set of songs featured in John Hughes movies from the 80's. You can experience Jim and friends performing Wouldn't It Be Good, If You Leave, Tenderness, Don't Your Forget About Me. For the full page of videos please click here. Also check out two pages of cool photos and video screen shots as well! Awesome Good Time by LA Concert Calendar Following The Awesomeness official CD Release Party in February, LA Concert Calendar wrote a stellar review of the show. If you haven't done so already, we suggest for you to visit our news page for all the links to download your own copy of Inside Your Head! Jim and Bret Michaels Collaboration Tribute In light of the most recent news around Bret Michaels health and incredible courage to survive difficult health issues, we thought it would be timely to craft a special tribute page. As you can see Jim's past collaborations with Bret include quite a long history through music and friendship. Congratulations to Bret "You're Hired!" on Celebrity Apprentice! 17th Annual Race to Erase MS Benefit Concert Earlier this month, Jim was back on stage performing with Avril all part of the 17th Annual Race To Erase MS Benefit concert. A number of celebrities took to the stage including the legendary band Heart. Check out Jim performing the Bill Withers classic, Lean On Me, and Sk8ter Boi. Jim With Mighty Mighty Bosstones From 2000! We think this video is really cool! Another one to add to the collection of Jim appearances on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, this time performing on the Hammond Organ So Sad To Say from May 2000. Thanks to Greedo737 and SLF from Bosstonesmusic.com. Jim Working With Adam Rader Says Jim: Check out this new EPK from my friend: and great singer/songwriter Adam Rader. I produced his record [What Dreams Become] last year and he is really good! I am very proud of it. Here is the part of the EPK where Adam talks about his collaboration with Jimmy. You can see Jim at work in his studio. Music Videos of Sticky Situation and 80's Days by The Awesomeness We totally dig The Awesomeness to a point that we decided to channel our creativity and crafted two music videos for Sticky Situation and 80's Days. We certainly had fun making making them, hope you enjoy the history especially during the 80's Days video piece! Performing Alice Underground w/Avril - Tonight Show With Jay Leno Click to view photo in full size This performance without question had to be one of the coolest performance sets ever created. On March 3rd, Jim performed with Avril the song Alice Underground from the Almost Alice soundtrack. The set included a very decadent selection of cakes, and treats, I think you'll agree a very tempting atmosphere to be part of it! See for yourself by checking out the HQ video and colourful captures. The Closing Ceremony of the 21st Winter Olympic Games, Vancouver, BC - Feb 28, '10 Click to view photo in full size The Vancouver Winter Olympics may have come and gone, but for one of us who is Canadian, the spirit is living on well past the games. We are so incredibly proud that Jim had the opportunity to perform with Avril during the closing ceremonies! On our most recent video page additions you can find two different versions of the performances. Photos of the event can also be viewed here. Gallery and Video Pages For a complete look at our entire endless catalogue of photos, we invite you to check out our Galleries and also our Videos pages for our complete encyclopedia of collections! Thanks for reading our current newsletter! If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or feedback, please contact us anytime! And as always, check out our site daily for regular ongoing updates, stay tuned for more coming soon!!   kim_marica@sunfired.net