Music | September 04, 2009 | 4 comments

Iggy and The Stooges Reunite With “Raw Power” Guitarist James Williamson

source: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/09/03/stooges-reunite-with-raw-power-gu...

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Former Stooges guitarist James Williamson was in the parking lot of his dentist’s office earlier this year when he heard a familiar voice on his cellphone: Iggy Pop. “He asked me if I wanted to play guitar again,” says Williamson, who hasn’t performed a single gig since the Stooges dissolved in 1974. “I was about to take an early retirement from my job in Silicon Valley, so I figured ‘What the hell, let’s do it.’ ” Williamson spent time last month in Los Angeles rehearsing with the Stooges (minus Pop) — bassist Mike Watt, drummer Scott Asheton and saxophonist Steve McKay — and they just booked their first gig: on May 2nd and 3rd of next year they’re going to perform Raw Power in its entirety at the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in London.

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UPDATE: All Tomorrow's Parties tells us that the Raw Power performances will NOT be during an ATP Festival, but will rather be part of ATP's Don't Look Back series, in which bands perform classic albums in their entirety. These shows will take place at Hammersmith Apollo, and the Stooges will be joined by two opening acts performing full albums.
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