The alarm went off that morning at 4:15 am. The supplies, packs,
water, and food were packed the night before, and now the day that we had spent the entire summer conditioning for was here with the sound of National
Public Radio waking the three of us. The objective that day, Saturday September 13, 2003, was Mount Washington.
The consummate musical chameleon, Bowie had his fans guessing up to showtime whether or not he’d even show up, after cancelling the first five nights of the “A Reality” North American Tour with the flu. From the moment Bowie took the stage in Montreal, he erased any signs of fever and played energized versions of his classic song catalog, proving he is truly a rock star.
Galactic will launch its third annual Freezestyle tour Jan. 15 in Ft. Lauderdale. The trek will include two hometown shows at New Orleans’ Tipitina’s during Mardi Gras, as well as the band’s first dates in Japan. Opening acts have not yet been announced for the run.
Prior to the tour, Galactic is slated to appear Jan. 6-9 on the Jam Cruise and Jan. 10-13 on Jam Cruise II. Keller Williams, Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade, Particle, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Michael Franti & Spearhead are among the other acts slated to participate. For more information on the sailings, visit the Jam Cruise Web site.
The band will wrap 2003 with Dec. 26-27 shows at New Orleans’ Tipitina’s Uptown.
Here are Galactic’s tour dates:
Dec. 26-27: New Orleans (Tipitina’s Uptown)Jan. 6-9: Jam CruiseJan. 10-13: Jam Cruise IIJan. 15: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Culture Room)Jan. 16: Tampa, Fla. (Masquerade)Jan. 17: Orlando, Fla. (House of Blues)Jan. 18: Jacksonville, Fla. (Freebird Caf
Before the year comes to a close, The Gordon Stone Trio, now featuring Brian O’Connell (Uncle Sammy), has scheduled a few dates in the northeast. This Friday, December 19th, the trio will be at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Wilkes-Barre, PA, followed by a Saturday night show at The Brass Lantern, in Reading, PA on the 20th. On Dec 26th, they hit the Berkshire Blues Cafe in Lee, MA.
The band is also tentatively slated to open for Strangefolk at Harper’s Ferry in Boston, MA on the 29th or 30th.
For additional dates and more information, see gordonstone.com/schedule.php.
The ongoing songwriting credit battle between Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney was recently rekindled when Ono once again left the former Beatles’ name off the song “Give Peace a Chance.”
First released by the Plastic Ono Band in 1969, “Give Peace a Chance” appears on the new DVD Lennon Legend, and, as per the arrangement the songwriting duo reached forty years ago, it was previously credited to both men, despite Lennon being its sole author.
The credits to “Give Peace a Chance” have been in contention for decades. On the 1975 Lennon compilation Shaved Fish, the song was credited to Lennon/McCartney, but when the original Legend CD was released in 1997, McCartney’s name was dropped, as it was on the 1998 John Lennon Anthology box set.
Source rollingstone.com.
