John Frusciante The Viper Room West Hollywood CA 2001

The International Society for Good Music founder and Host: Bob Forrest the Viper Room present A Tribute to David Bowie s Hunky Dory John Frusciante Josh Klinghoffer w, a little help from their friends May 1st 2001 John Frusciante has by this time returned to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, written the multi platinum record Californiacation and toured the world extensively. He has also written To record water for ten days, a new solo record and sporadically performing acoustic shows across Europe and North America in support of it. May 1 2001 marked his return performance to the Viper Room. The infamous venue where his friend, actor and musical collaborator, River Phoenix died outside of on October 31 1993 while John was performing inside. Originally billed as a tribute to David Bowie s album Hunky Dory it became a solo show, according to Josh, due to lack of rehearsal time to coordinate. Thats me you can hear call out a request for Smile from the streets you hold. Yes, I was once that guy. I en