Sorry - I didn't mean that I played 'The Answer' in open D too. I meant that I always placed 'Harlem Rain' on a pedastal as though it was a bloody difficult track to learn, harder than 'The Answer' which took me a fair few attempts, but since stumbling upon the correct tuning, most of 'Harlem Rain' is open strings making for nice, easy playing!

Jim, if you wanna lay down a rough KTF drumbeat (possibly get your bro to play over the top on guitar or, if it's easier, get a usable midi file and have it just audible in the background so we can hear what your actually drumming over the top) and maybe a wee solo or something on their too. Obviously it's just to give us a general idea so I don't want you slaving away all weekend laying down track after track mate! Something short and representative of the sort of style you'd play for Jovi stuff would be enough to give us an idea! If the guys are happy, we'll then arrange an audition session for you - we now adopt the whole, 'demo first, then audition' even if we have a lot of interest cos we're just fed up of wannabe-drummers applying!

My dad always said that drummers are hard to find and, when we started out, we were absolutely inundated with applications which left me feeling that he was talking b*****ks. We all soon learnt that he was, in fact, spot on! Lots of people who think they can drum but actually can't keep a steady beat going or adopt the right tempo which, to be honest, I would consider to be pretty key attributes for anybody who steps behind a kit.

Do you have the official tab book for 'Stranger in this Town' btw? If you want me to give you the position of the chord you mean, just give us a shout and I'll list what the book says for you.