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Jim and
Bret Collaboration
Jim in Sep 2007:
Bret Michaels says :
VH1: Have
you written any songs based on your experience on the show?
BM:
Here’s what happened when I was writing the lyrics – I did this song
with a friend, Jim McGorman. I started writing this song, but I didn’t
have a chorus. [Jim] came in and had a chorus written from years
earlier, so we melded the two songs together. Once I finished the song
up and started to finish the lyrics, it was right after Rodeo left, and
I was setting in the house, and all the sudden I had this feeling of
what you would say to somebody. What’s going on in that moment in your
life I express best when I’m setting alone writing lyrics. While we
were filming, we finished the song.
Jim and
Poison (Bret's band)
 Jim in March 2007: I just finished
working in
the studio with Poison and legendary producer Don Was. We did a new
record of covers. It was a really fun and cool experience. Not sure
when that will come out. I played keyboards and sang.
Jim
in Sep 2008 :...it is still a thrill for me -
since I grew up listening to Poison.
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When I tried out for
a spot as the
background vocalist and keyboardist for Poison, for example, a portion
of the audition was conducted via phone. First I went to C.C. Deville's
house. He got Bobby Dall on the line and asked me to sing along to a
Poison record as Bobby listened from his home in Florida. They just
took my word that I could play the keyboard parts. The rationale, C.C.
explained, was "when it comes to Poison keyboard parts, it's not
Rachmaninoff."
CourierPost Online: Music Man
Q: Can we assume it was a little
different being on the road with Poison?
Jim: Poison took a lot out of me.
It was one of the hardest tours in my life. I don’t drink alcohol and I
never did drugs. Being around that scene was tough. I share the tour
bus with (lead guitarist) C.C. (DeVille) and (bassist) Bobby (Dall). It
wasn’t easy to be on that bus.
And those
guys wouldn’t have hotels in the towns they played. They’d sleep on the
bus and shower at the venue. That’s how they would save money.
They
epitomize rock’n’roll debauchery. There was strong element of party
from, basically, 6 p.m. to 2 o’clock in the morning. And it was always
1988, from music to fashion to the people at the show.
But it was
awesome to play the songs I listend to in high school and to be in the
same room with them and have their respect.
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