August 26, 2004

Barbara Cue 7/24/2004: State Botanical Gardens, Athens GA

Featuring Widespread Panic’s Todd Nance on vocals and drums joined by vocalist and damn good Dobro player William Tonks, bassist and Athens scene stalwart Crumpy Edwards, guitarist and rural music mainstay Jon Mills, and pedal steel bad ass John Neff (Drive-By Trucker fans will recognize the sounds, if not his mug) the headlines will surely read, “Barbara Cue Rocks the Garden!”

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Bottle Rockets & Lucinda Williams 7/20/2004: The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

For the Bottle Rockets and Lucinda Williams, their gig together at the Pageant had been a long time in the making. For past few years, whenever the Louisiana-born Williams rolled her bus into town, she has always taken a moment during her live performance to mention her love for a special band from Festus, Missouri. And every time she opened her mouth, the Bottle Rockets would be in attendance to hear her proclaim her admiration for their music. This time around, they would finally share the stage together in St. Louis.

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First Batch Of Bob Dylan Memoirs Due In October

The first in a series of Bob Dylan’s memoirs will be captured in “Chronicles: Volume One,” hitting shelves Oct. 12 via Simon & Schuster. The volume is comprised of “first-person narratives focusing on significant periods in Dylan’s life and career,” according to the publisher.

Simon & Schuster executive VP/publisher David Rosenthal describes “Chronicles: Volume One” as “extraordinary, revealing and surprising. It is a beautifully written, singular achievement.”

The 304-page book will carry a suggested retail price of $24 and feature a rare portrait on its back cover of Dylan from his early days in New York. A hardcover edition is expected in January.

Also arriving in October is Dylan’s “Lyrics: 1962-2001,” an updated version of a compendium first published in 1973 and revised in 1985.

Beyond the books, the 63-year-old music legend will be the subject of the tentatively titled Todd Haynes film “I’m Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan,” due sometime next year, as well as a Martin Scorsese-helmed documentary, provisionally titled “Bob Dylan Anthology Project.”

Dylan is in the midst of a minor-league baseball stadium tour with Willie Nelson that touches base tonight (Aug. 25) on Peoria, Ill.

Source billboard.com.

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Rare Guided By Voices Collectibles Found On eBay

As he prepares for the final Guided By Voices tour, frontman Robert Pollard seems to be doing some housecleaning. Currently open for bidding on Web-auction site eBay are nine rare, autographed GBV/Pollard solo releases listed as “from Bob Pollard’s personal collection.”

The lots range from autographed vinyl copies of Guided By Voices albums “Mag Earwhig!” (Matador) and “Isolation Drills” (TVT) to the rarer vinyl collection “Earful O’ Wax” and the out-of-print bootleg “King’s Ransom.” The most expensive item listed is an original vinyl copy of Guided By Voices’ breakthrough album “Propeller,” with hand-glued cover art created by Pollard — asking price starts at $1,000.

As previously reported, GBV plans to break up following a New Year’s Eve concert at Chicago’s Metro. The band’s final album, “Half-Smiles of the Decomposed,” was on August 24th via Matador.

Source billboard.com.

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Dave Matthews, The Dead and Trey Anastasio Appearing In New Voter Registration PSAs

Dave Matthews, Trey Anastasio and members of The Dead are telling their fans to “show up” on election day via a series of public service announcements produced by HeadCount, a not-for-profit nonpartisan group run entirely by volunteers.

The campaign, which includes three 30-second commercials as well as radio and Internet-based spots, will appear on TNT, TBS and other networks between now and election day. It can be viewed at www.headcount.org.

HeadCount is affiliated with nearly 30 national touring bands and has registered over 25,000 voters to date. It has a network of over 50 local voter registration teams, and also sent traveling teams on tour with Dave Matthews Band, The Dead and Phish this summer. Both Dave Matthews Band and The Dead made $15,000 contributions to HeadCount to help fund those efforts.

“Having Dave Matthews, Trey Anastasio and The Dead in television commercials and shooting them at Bonnaroo really captures what we’re trying to do as an organization,” said Andy Bernstein, HeadCount’s co-chair and the executive producer of the campaign. “We’re using the enormous power of music to get people to the polls in November.”

The public service announcements were developed by an in-house creative team, and produced in high-definition by Fossil Films in conjunction with Air Seal Land Productions. They were made possible by the generosity of Leo Hindery Jr., Steve Simon, Richard Simonds and Sirius Satellite Radio.

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