The Suwanee Springfest returns to Live Oak, FL’s Spirit of the Suwanee Music Park on March 24th – 27th boasting a killer lineup that includes The Avett Brothers, David Grisman,
Ovation airs a concert film showing Johnny Cash’s legendary 1968 performance at Folsom Prison in California this Saturday at noon. Friday, January 28 [all times EST] Sex Pistols – The
Our friends at Relix.com have just announced the launch of their first “TV show” this afternoon and the star is a gentlemen who should be very familiar to most of
Early Elton @ Rockwood Music Hall – January 14, 2011
What is Early Elton and why should anyone care? Early Elton is what I like to refer to as organic Rock & Roll. If you love The Band, Stax & Atlantic Soul, The Counting Crows, Exile on Main Street-era Stones, Rod circa Gasoline Alley & Every Picture Tells A Story and even Ronnie Wood’s beautiful Mystify Me from I’ve Got My Own Album To Do, then you get what I mean.
[All photos by Marc Millman]
But more importantly if you loved singing along to Tiny Dancer in Almost Famous but were just as overcome with emotion when Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters was played during the scene where Jann Wenner makes a cameo in a NYC taxi, then this band is for you. Sure you like Bennie and the Jets. Who can deny its infectiousness? But wouldn’t you rather hear Grey Seal? And let’s be real, wouldn’t you rather listen to just about any track from 1970’s self-titled debut through 1972’s Honky Chateau?
Playlist of 10 Early Elton Clips From 1/14
Early Elton is the ultimate homage to Sir Elton. This is not a tribute band anymore than the Fab Faux are. (In fact, both bands share a key member in drummer/singer Rich Pagano.) They are “a Piano Driven Power Trio-Performing the music from the Elton John, Dee Murray & Nigel Olsson Trio tours of ’70–’72” according to their Facebook page. And this is spot on. If you can imagine those lucky enough to have been at A&R Studios on 11/17/70, then you can understand what it was like to share this night with passionate music lovers.
READ ON for more from Marc on Early Elton in NYC…
When visionary ex-pats Trevor Herman and Jumbo Van Renan compiled the music of the Indestructible Beat of Soweto: Volume 1 from the Soweto region of Johannesburg, South Africa – an
Dan Bejar may be best known as the wild haired, quirky voiced member of the The New Pornographers, but in addition to his work with the Canadian indie-pop supergroup, Bejar
Last week I recollected a 24-hour trip a couple of friends and I took in April 2009 for my posting F4tF: The Chicago Hot Dog Trip, Pt. 1. This week, I bring you day two of this whirlwind trip.
We knew going into day two that time was of the essence as our first stop of the day was Hot Doug’s. Being that Hot Dog’s has unique hours (Open Mon-Sat 10:30AM-4PM) and has a reputation of getting busy from the second the doors open until 4:30PM when they close, our goal was to get there as close to 10:30 as we possibly could.
True to form, when we got there around 10:35AM, there were already eight or nine people in line ahead of us. You can always find Doug Sohn (the Doug of Hot Dougs) working the register, engaging his customers and overseeing the kitchen, all without having to move from his one spot.
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The promoters of the Summer Camp Music Festival have brought out a “big gun” to perform at this year’s festival – jam titans Widespread Panic. This will mark Panic’s first
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We welcome back an amazing writer, Sam Davis of Dog Gone Blog and Relix, who compiled a B List detailing his favorite songs about trains…
Railways and trains are so deeply rooted in the fabric of American music culture to the point where “train” songs actually predate recorded music. Whether it was the songs sung by the railway workers in the late 1800’s or the railcar songs sung by the freighthoppers during the Great Depression, trains came to symbolize the journey and the American working class.
It’s no exaggeration to say that the blues was literally born from the railroad tracks. It was at a train station in Mississippi where the “Father of the Blues” W.C. Handy discovered the sounds that led him to compose some of the the very first blues songs such as the famous Memphis Blues. Blues music and its musicians developed a strong connection to the trains, heard in timeless blues classics such as Rock Island Line, Freight Train and Midnight Special.
Countless blues and rock musicians have been inspired by the train, and there is an endless list of songs with themes surrounding this topic. For today’s B List, I’ve attempted to crack into that list to pull out ten of the best “train” songs. I hope you enjoy.
10. The Yardbirds – Train Kept A Rollin’
This was perhaps The Yardbirds biggest hit, and was one of the first songs to carry the blues train theme over to the rock world. It was originally written by Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, and Lois Mann and was first performed by Tiny Bradshaw’s Big Band in 1951. This version features Jeff Beck, who uses his guitar to recreate the sound of a train’s whistle.
READ ON for the top nine songs about trains…
Ween continued its swing through the Pacific Northwest last night in Portland and once again the band proved they’ve gotten their groove back after Monday’s “incident.” At the Portland show,
