Aerosmith Offers Singer A Chance To Shine
Tampa Bay Online News, FL
January 18, 2006
It's the rock 'n' roll fantasy.
You're a struggling musician. Suddenly you get the call: The opening act can't go on. Aerosmith needs you to open the show.
That was the reality for Sarasota-based singer-songwriter Schascle Yochim, who performs under the stage name Twinkle.
With R&B singer Lenny Kravitz unable to open for the band Tuesday night at the St. Pete Times Forum, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler escorted Yochim to center stage with his arm around her, told the crowd she was a great singer from the area who just toured with Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts and then unleashed her upon the crowd. (Tyler mentioned later onstage that Kravitz had laryngitis.)
The moment was reminiscent of Bernard Watson, whom rock promoter Bill Graham plucked from the parking lot in Philadelphia to open Live Aid there in 1985.
"How about we both take a deep breath together?" Yochim said with a trembling giggle before a 15-minute set filled with soft piano ballads showcasing her bluesy vocal range.
"I never thought I'd be opening for Aerosmith," she told the 14,056 people in the audience, who graciously applauded her brave effort. She wasn't Lenny, but that wasn't her fault.
It would be easy to forget that the supergroup she opened for once warmed crowds for Sha-Na-Na as they fought their way out of Boston.
These days their concerts are choked with hits known by millions, songs like "Sweet Emotion," "Dream On," "Walk This Way" and "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" that they performed Tuesday night with huge amounts of muscle and energy and theatrics as they prowled their forceps-shaped stage.
If you were at the show and you liked what you heard, Twinkle will be playing Jan. 27 at the Five O'Clock Club on Hillview Avenue in Sarasota
January 18, 2006
It's the rock 'n' roll fantasy.
You're a struggling musician. Suddenly you get the call: The opening act can't go on. Aerosmith needs you to open the show.
That was the reality for Sarasota-based singer-songwriter Schascle Yochim, who performs under the stage name Twinkle.
With R&B singer Lenny Kravitz unable to open for the band Tuesday night at the St. Pete Times Forum, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler escorted Yochim to center stage with his arm around her, told the crowd she was a great singer from the area who just toured with Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts and then unleashed her upon the crowd. (Tyler mentioned later onstage that Kravitz had laryngitis.)
The moment was reminiscent of Bernard Watson, whom rock promoter Bill Graham plucked from the parking lot in Philadelphia to open Live Aid there in 1985.
"How about we both take a deep breath together?" Yochim said with a trembling giggle before a 15-minute set filled with soft piano ballads showcasing her bluesy vocal range.
"I never thought I'd be opening for Aerosmith," she told the 14,056 people in the audience, who graciously applauded her brave effort. She wasn't Lenny, but that wasn't her fault.
It would be easy to forget that the supergroup she opened for once warmed crowds for Sha-Na-Na as they fought their way out of Boston.
These days their concerts are choked with hits known by millions, songs like "Sweet Emotion," "Dream On," "Walk This Way" and "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" that they performed Tuesday night with huge amounts of muscle and energy and theatrics as they prowled their forceps-shaped stage.
If you were at the show and you liked what you heard, Twinkle will be playing Jan. 27 at the Five O'Clock Club on Hillview Avenue in Sarasota
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