His “PodKats!” podcast can be found at /podcasts. John Katsilometes’ column runs daily in the A section. Miriam Adelson, the majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands Corp., which operates Palazzo. The Review-Journal is owned by the family of Dr. And Ross’ one-woman, music-comedy show at Notoriety Live at Neonopolis at 9 p.m. She also works with Scott Ellis in the good-time venue. Sarah Hester Ross is working a regular routine at Bar at Times Square at New York-New York, paired with Adam Brown at 8, 9:15, 10:30 and 11:45 p.m. “If I hadn’t gone in for a deep exam, a CAT scan and all of the testing, it would be a different story.” “Get checked, that’s why I am talking about this,” he said.
That’s what happened with me.”Īt age 55, Jimenez says he is eager to use his story as a reminder to be diligent about your health. Some of have that gift from our relatives, from our mom and dad. “I wasn’t in bad shape I didn’t eat badly or anything like that,” the drummer said. Other than being told he can’t lift objects heavier than 30 pounds (which is a directive with which he’s happy to comply), Jimenez says he’s fit and ready to rock.
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Pepe Jimenez was back, full scale, for its Friday performance at the stadium honoring Tom Flores’ induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I immediately sent him all the music, all the links, and nailed it, with no rehearsal. We have a line of subs, they have the music ahead of time. “It’s just like the NFL, you go with the next man up,” Perrico said. “That’s actually good for me,” the elder Jimenez said, “because I get a piece of his payment.” While Jimenez was away, his son, Miguel, filled in on drums for the Raiders band. “He watched it and said, ‘Wow, you’re good!’” Jimenez said. He recorded himself playing a solo and showed it to his cellist-doctor on his next visit. Given six weeks to return to playing, he started practicing on pads in two weeks. Jimenez was walking short distances within two days. “We talked a lot about my condition but a lot about music, too,” Jimenez said. “They opened me up like a turkey on Thanksgiving,” Jimenez said. Only then did he check himself back into the hospital to be prepped for open heart surgery.ĭoctors had discovered a third blocked artery, so this was a major operation. 8, which would be the band’s formal audition at Allegiant Stadium. “I promise I will come to the emergency room when we are finished.” Too many people are depending on me to play right now,’” Jimenez said. But they told me I was in immediate danger of having a heart attack.”Īt hearing the jarring news of his condition, Jimenez did what any proficient, passionate musician would do. “I felt a little tired,” he said, “but the way I play makes me tired. “She said, ‘Whatever you are doing, stop doing it, and get to the emergency room,’” Jimenez said. It was the cardiologist who had just conducted Jimenez’s heart exam, feverishly attempting to reach the musician. I kept looking down and thinking, ‘This person is persistent!’” “Same number, over and over,” Jimenez said. As Jimenez was jamming with Perrico and what would be the Raiders’ house band, his phone started flashing. He’d undergone heart tests that morning, then headed directly to the stadium. That’s when it got interesting, medically, for Jimenez. The band returned for more work in the vacant stadium Aug. Jimenez was onstage when the band played its first “empty nest” performance at Allegiant Stadium in June. Jimenez joined Perrico’s Pop Strings in 2017 and was its primary drummer for most of its residency at Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesars Palace. He’s pounded the beats for “Storm,” “Mamma Mia!” and “The Lion King” at Mandalay Bay, Criss Angel’s “Believe” at Luxor, Frankie Moreno at The Strat (then Stratosphere), “Baz” at Palazzo Theatre and The Hot Club of Las Vegas. I cannot be home anymore.”Ī universally respected musician, Jimenez spent two years with Carlos Santana, and many more with Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns, over nearly two decades in town.
“I am back playing,” Jimenez said Saturday afternoon. Jimenez is behind the skins for his first NFL game, ever, after undergoing triple bypass surgery Aug. The drummer’s call to the stadium stage has been delayed, however, until Sunday’s tilt against the Miami Dolphins. Jimenez powers David Perrico’s Las Vegas Raiders House Band. But even he has been knocked off rhythm over the past week, because of a heart scare he learned of while playing at Allegiant Stadium. (Photo Erik Kabik/Retna)(ĭrumming great Pepe Jimenez is famous around Las Vegas for keeping a super-steady beat. The bolstered Jimmy McIntosh Band from Wednesday night's Sand Dollar Lounge show: Tim Ries, Pepe Jimenez, McIntosh, Bernard Fowler, Bill Zappia and Keith Hubacher.
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