Billy Sheehan, Derek Sherinian, Tony MacAlpine, Mike Portnoy: Billy "hopefully this project will come off!"

RMS: Thanks. I also heard that you are working on a new project with Mike Portnoy and Richie Kotzen. Can you give us an update on that one?
BS: Well, there really is no news at this point. Mike is a dear friend of mine, and we’ve worked together a lot at, and same with Richie, he’s a dear friend of mine and with everyone in Mr. Big. And we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. There’s some demos floating around and we have talked, but nothing has been set in stone yet. I love to play, and this year we are not doing much with Mr. Big. We just spent a whole year together, so this year we are just going to go off and do our own thing. I just spoke with Paul and Pat recently, and they’re doing well. I heard that Eric is out doing some shows, and he’s doing great. So, I’m glad that everyone’s doing well. I’m sure that we will get together again and play. But, in the meantime, I’m going to do a new Niacin record. But, any opportunity to go out and play with Mike Portnoy and Richie Kotzen, I would love to do. more
Recently, at NAMM (the musicians trade show in L.A.) I got up and played with Mike Portnoy, Derek Sherinian and Tony MacAlpine. We played a couple of shows and it was a lot of fun, we had a real blast. I love playing live with Mike Portnoy; he is a great, great drummer. He is a great rock drummer and a master of the new progressive music, but I love when he hits just straight rock. But hopefully this project will come off.

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