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Within a week of the end of the Meat Loaf StoryTellers Tour, Kasim Sulton was back playing a gig with The Ricky Byrd Trio before playing keyboards and guitar at one show for Blue Oyster Cult.
From 24th May until 13th August 2000, Kasim was one-third of The Power Trio Tour playing with Todd Rundgren and Trey Sabatelli. Despite Kasim breaking his foot on stage in Anaheim, the trio played forty concerts in eighteen states in the US to wide acclaim from the fans.
Between the end of the Power Trio Tour and the end of 2000, Kasim played three more gigs as part of The Ricky Byrd Trio, one with Sister Mitchell and performed at four charity gigs at the 11th Annual Glen Burtnik Christmas Show.
As we entered into 2001, Kasim himself in a Christmas message to this site stated that "I plan on doing some solo shows this spring".
On 30th January 2001, Kasim performed another gig as part of The Ricky Byrd Trio and on 10th March, he played bass for Jackie DeShannon at two gigs at The Bottom Line, NYC.
On 8th February 2001 Kasim's first ever official website was launched to great publicity and it was announced that Kasim was being managed by MnM Management. Kasim's first two solo gigs in over ten years were booked for April 2001.
Unfortunately within about a month, due to problems beyond Kasim's control, Kasim dismissed the management company and on 12th March launched his own new Official website KasimSulton.com which fully opened in April 2001.
Other than four gigs as part of Tommy James and The Shondells and recording sessions for Meat Loaf's new album, Kasim spent the first eight months of 2001 concentrating fully on his own solo career. He wrote and recorded several new songs for his new CD. Kasim also played 16 gigs on his 2001 Solo Acoustic Tour from 7th April until 24th August in various cities around America to praise from fans and critics alike.
From 26th October until 22nd December Kasim played 47 gigs in front of over half a million people with Meat Loaf on the Night Of The Proms Tour in Europe. For a more detailed look at Kasim's 2001, click here.
1st February 2002 saw Kasim embarking on his second solo tour in recent years. Aptly called his "Have Guitar, Will Travel Tour", Kasim played 19 gigs in 12 US states over 44 days ending on 16th March in New York City!
During Summer 2002 Kasim toured on the Meat Loaf Summer Tour in US and Europe where he played a short solo acoustic set to open the concert at most venues. Kasim also played several gigs as part of Tommy James and The Shondells.
On 4th September 2002, much to his fans' delight, Kasim's album Quid Pro Quo was released on Sphere Sound Records. It contained ten tracks (plus one "hidden" one), all but 2 were either written or co-written by Kasim, plus he played all but two of the instruments on the album.
During the remainder of 2002, Kasim played a few solo gigs and made personal appearances at four Borders stores to promote Quid Pro Quo, as well as playing on Meat Loaf's Winter Tour where Kasim also played a three song opening set at most of the concerts.
Other than two gigs with Pat Travers, at the expense of his own solo career, Kasim Sulton spent the majority of 2003 and the first three months of 2004 involved in the promotion and touring for the new Meat Loaf album "Couldn't Have Said It Better". Band rehearsals and promotion in Europe took up most of the first six months of the year with the World tour starting in Plymouth, England in July. Most of the Summer was spent touring the US (with two concerts in Mexico) and the European tour started on 25th October in Halle, Germany. Due to several bouts of illness by Meat Loaf, the remainder of that leg of the European tour was completed in January 2004. During February and March 2004, Kasim continued Meat Loaf's tour in Australia and New Zealand. Kasim played a short opening set at a lot of the concerts (in front of an estimated audience of over 600,000 fans).
Kasim then went back on the road with Todd Rundgren in support of Todd's album called "Liars". They played 41 gigs between 8th April and 8th June, plus a television appearance on The David Letterman Show. (Also during this period Kasim also appeared alongside Todd Rundgren at a charity performance of Todd Rundgren's Up Against It in New York City.) In July they played one festival in Holland and 5 concerts in the United Kingdom before 9 gigs on the West Coast in September. In October they played concerts in Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo in Japan.
Kasim has his own mini studio on the road with him so is able to write music whenever he gets any spare time. On Saturday 7th February Kasim Sulton played his first solo gig in over a year. It was at Dock Street, Staten Island, NY and was recorded to be released later this year on a DVD. On 28th June 2004 Kasim played a gig at Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI. Earlier that day he hosted a Star Clinic at the same venue.
In July 2003 Kasim Sulton gave one of his longest interviews to KasimInfo.com when he spoke about Quid Pro Quo, Utopia, Meat Loaf, touring and all different aspects of his life. On 1st July 2003 the first ever Kasim Sulton Magazine was issued by KasimInfo.com with editions that were issued every other week for about 10 months. They are now issued on a quarterly basis to about 150 fans all over the world.
In October 2004 Kasim started making occasional appearances in the Twyla Tharp choreographed musical based on Billy Joel music called Movin' Out on Broadway. Kasim is also taking time out to concentrate on writing songs for his next album which hopefully will be released in 2007.
In January and February 2005 Kasim played an 8 date US mini-tour as part of Patty Smyth and Scandal (including Boston, New York and Cleveland) which came about due to Kasim being asked to stand in on the VH-1 show Bands Reunited the previous August.
From 3rd June until 30th September 2005 Kasim Sulton played on the Meat Loaf Hair Of The Dog Tour in Europe and the US. In Europe they mainly played at outdoor festivals, in Briatin they played a mixture of castles and stately homes and in the US it was theaters and sheds! During the tour, on Monday 4th July, Kasim played his first international solo gig at The Night and Day Cafe in Manchester, England.
At the begining of the tour it was announced that Kasim was producing his own KSulton Signature Bass in conjunction with Archer Guitars and Interstate Music so the day after the Meat Loaf tour finished, Kasim played a short set at the Interstate Music Store in New Berlin, WI before starting rehearsals for The New Cars the following week. Other than an appearance playing with a variety of bands at Toys In The Park in Miami, Florida in December, Kasim spent the remainder of 2005 making appearances in Movin' Out on Broadway as well as more rehearsals with The New Cars and starting to record both the bass and background vocals for Meat Loaf's album Bat Out Of Hell III which will be released in late 2006.
Also during 2005 Kasim found the time to make a few trips to Florida to produce and record Rick Reynolds' (Sounding Rick) album Unstoppable. Kasim plays bass and sings background vocals on the album as well as marking his individual stamp on it as the producer.
2006 was allocated by Kasim to be the year for The New Cars. It started with three showcase performances from Burbank, California in front of invited audiences which were recorded for video and for their album It's Alive which was released in the US on 6th June. Kasim sings lead on Drive on the album. A big press conference on 14th March was followed by television appearances on both The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.
The New Cars Road Rage Tour started on 12th May in Tunica, MS and continued to Texas, the West Coast, the Mid West and onto the East Coast but after 18 concerts the tour had to be abandoned on 12th June as Elliot Easton broke his left collar bone and had to have an operation. It is hoped that the tour will be reschedueled later in the year and may also include a leg in Europe.
As Kasim has some spare time on his hands he is planning on playing some solo gigs in the US this summer.
On 3rd February Kasim played a solo gig at The Tin Angel in Philadelphia and in late March Kasim gave several demonstrations of his signature bass at the Musik Messe Convention in Frankfurt, Germany.
Promotion for the new Meat Loaf album is expected to start later this year with a tour slated for most of 2007.
It sounds as though the coming months will be an exciting time for Kasim Sulton and his fans.....
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