Rick Nielsen featured in new Premier Guitar magazine, and another Rockfordian on its Web site

May 20th, 2009 at 03:35pm Georgette Braun

Rick Nielsen tells Premier Guitar magazine in the June issue that hits newsstands in Guitar Center, Borders and other stores next week that he’ll use about 50 guitars on Cheap Trick’s summer tour with Def Leppard and Poison. The story also will be posted on the magazine’s Web site later this week.

Nielsen, who has 17 of his guitars again on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., also says in the story that “even the crappiest guitar in your collection might be good for something.”

One more Cheap Trick tidbit: Its new album to be released this summer, maybe in June, has been named. It’s “The Latest.”

There’s also another Rockfordian featured this month on Premier Guitar’s Web site here.  Ron Johnson, who plays with TRaSH 80s , talks about his Cheap Trick connections, along with his bass guitar collection. His first major show was in 1994 when he was with The Rodeo Clowns with Rick’s son, Miles. The band opened for Cheap Trick in Decatur.

“Rick grabbed me and smiled and said, ‘Hey, Ron. Don’t suck.’ ” The Rodeo Clowns didn’t, but that was one of the last shows the Rodeo Clowns performed.

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