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Intro
Kasim has played on stage and recorded with artists as diverse as Meat Loaf, Todd Rundgren, Joan Jett, Hall and Oates, Richie Sambora, Mick Jagger, Celine Dion, Cherry Vanilla and Jon Bon Jovi. He has also played and / or sung on over 100 albums (see the Kasim Sulton Discography) and has written a top thirty hit.
2001 mainly saw Kasim Sulton concentrating on his solo career. He played a number of successful gigs on on his 2001 Solo Acoustic Tour in cities all over America during which he also wrote some new songs which will appear on his CD that is scheduled for release in early 2002. From late October until the end of 2001, Kasim played 47 gigs in front of over half a million people in Europe with Meat Loaf on the Night Of The Proms tour.
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 the Summer of 2002 Kasim played on the Meat Loaf and Friends Just Havin' Fun For The Summer Tour in both 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.
From September until early November 2002, Kasim played a few solo gigs and during December he made four personal appearances at Borders stores to promote Quid Pro Quo.
From late November 2002 until early January 2003 Kasim Sulton played on the Meat Loaf and Friends Just Havin' Fun For The Holidays Tour in the US and once again he played a short solo acoustic set to open most of the concerts.
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).
Other than one solo gig on Staten Island in February 2004 and playing at Summerfest in Milwaukee in June, unfortunately Kasim's solo career had to take a back seat in 2005 as he toured extensively in the U.S., plus concerts in Holland, England, Scotland and Japan with Todd Rundgren in support of Todd's album called "Liars" from March until October.
In October Kasim started making occasional appearances in the Twyla Tharp choreographed musical based on Billy Joel music called Movin' Out on Broadway. Kasim also started 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. During the tour, on Monday 4th July, Kasim played his first international solo gig at The Night and Day Cafe in Manchester, England.
The day after the 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 but after 18 concerts 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.
On 3rd February Kasim played a solo gig at The Tin Angel in Philadelphia. As Kasim has some spare time on his hands with the cancellation of The New Cars Tour, he will be playing some solo gigs in the US this summer.
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