2004

ATO Records is proud to announce the October 12, 2004 release of the North Mississippi Allstars first-ever live album, entitled Hill Country Revue. This amazing live set was recorded at this year’s Bonnaroo Music Festival on June 11th, and features guest appearances from R.L. Burnside, Jim Dickinson, Chris Robinson, JoJo Hermann, Otha Turner’s Rising Star Fife and Drum Band and others. To support the new album the boys will head out on the road for a fall tour beginning September 16th. The “Shake, Holla & March” Tour, which includes stops in New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, will have opening acts The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band.

What occurred that late afternoon in Tennessee defies description but is plain to hear in the grooves of this once in a lifetime set. Onstage with Jim Dickinson, R.L. Burnside, Duwayne Burnside, Garry Burnside, Cody Burnside, Otha Turner’s Rising Star Fife and Drum Band as well as Widespread Panic’s JoJo Herman and ex-Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson, the Allstars played host to history as they connected the dots between the past and future of the mighty sounds of the Mississippi hills. From the opening track “Shake ‘Em On down” to the closer “Going Down South,” the show was full of genuflections to past hill country legends like Burnside and Fred McDowell, yet also contained nods to the endless possibilities of the future as when Allstars guitarist/singer Luther Dickinson introduced Chris Robinson to sing on Ry Cooder’s “Boomer’s Story” (a song produced in 1972 by Jim Dickinson). By the time Otha Turner’s Rising Star Fife and Drum band joined the foray, two-dozen musicians were onstage invoking the spirit of the hill country as never before. Imagine two generations of two regional blues families grooving together, proving this music’s vitality will be assured for generations to come.

The North Mississippi Allstars built their reputation as the most intriguing act to emerge from the loam of Southern blues and roots rock before they had even started on their first album. Formed in 1996 by brother’s Luther and Cody Dickinson (Drums, Vocals) and Chris Chew (Bass), the band has released four critically acclaimed albums and one ep – 2000’s Shake Hands With Shorty, 2001’s Phantom 51, 2003’s Polaris, 2003’s Tate County Hill Country Blues and the 2004 ep Instores & Outtakes – and have a pair of Grammy nominations, thousands of miles racked up on their tour bus and a legion of dedicated fans to show forit. Nick Tosches hailed the band as “a formidable and mesmerizing force,” while Rolling Stone’s David Fricke described them as “pureeing historical precedent into exuberant modernism – manic cotton field psychedelia.”

The “Shake, Holla and March” tour dates are as follows:

September
16 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre17 Houston, TX Meridian18 Austin, TX Antone’s19 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival21 Ruston, LA Rabb’s22 Jackson, MS Hal’s and Mal’sv23 Oxford, MS The Library24,25 Athens, GA Georgia Theater

October
5 Greenville, SC The Handlebar6 Winston Salem, NC Ziggy’s7 Asheville, NC Orange Peel8 Richmond, VA The Canal Club9 New York, NY Irving Plaza10 Northampton, MA Pearl Street12 Providence, RI Lupo’s at The Strand with Ratdog*14 Boston, MA Paradise15 Washington, DC 9:30 Club16 Philadelphia, PA TLA17 Pittsburgh, PA Mister Smalls19 Morgantown, WV The Pulse20 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall21 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig22 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre23 Minneapolis, MNCabooze 26 Missoula, MT TBD28 Seattle, WA Showbox29 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom30 Eugene, OR WOW Hall31 Aracata, CA Kate Buchanan Hall

November
3,4 San Francisco, CA The Independent5 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues6 San Diego, CA Belly Up7 Tuscon, AZ City Limits9 Durango, CO The Abbey Theatre *10 Colorado Springs, CO 32 Bleu11 Denver, CO Cervantes12,13 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre

* Without Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Waxploitation Records, a leading record label for hip hop and electronic music, announced today that it will release a charity CD in an attempt to assist in the fight against the Genocide taking place right now in Sudan.

The CD, titled Genocide in Sudan, is slated for a late November release and includes

U.K. rock act PJ Harvey has begun lining up dates for a fall North American tour, beginning Oct. 1 in Minneapolis. Ten shows are set, with more to be added. Tickets for some shows begin going on sale today (Sept. 9); visit the Polly Jean Harvey-led band’s official Web site for full details.

The group is touring in support of its latest Island album, “Uh Huh Her,” which debuted in June at No. 29 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 102,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The set was recently among the nominees for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize, which will be handed out Nov. 10 in Los Angeles.

Here are PJ Harvey’s tour dates:

Sept. 9: Cambridge, England (Corn Exchange)
Sept. 11: Birmingham, England (Carling Birmingham Academy)
Sept. 12: Bristol, England (Carling Bristol Academy)
Sept. 14: Brighton, England (the Dome)
Sept. 15: London (Carling Apollo Hammersmith)
Oct. 1: Minneapolis (First Avenue)
Oct. 2: Chicago (Riviera)
Oct. 3: Indianapolis (Vogue)
Oct. 6: New York (Hammerstein Ballroom)
Oct. 9: Boston (Avalon)
Oct. 10: Philadelphia (Electric Factory)
Oct. 11: Providence, R.I. (Lupo’s)
Oct. 13: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
Oct. 14: Detroit (State Theatre)
Oct. 15: Toronto (Phoenix)

Source billboard.com.

Capitol is prepping the release of a new John Lennon compilation of acoustic recordings and an expanded, remixed and remastered version of his 1975 covers album, “Rock’n’Roll.” Both are due Nov. 2 and were supervised by the artist’s widow, Yoko Ono.

The 17-track “Acoustic” collects favorites from the former Beatle’s solo career, including “Working Class Hero” and “Watching the Wheels,” as well as live acoustic renditions of the “Sometime in New York” songs “Luck of the Irish” and “John Sinclair,” and his peace anthem “Imagine.”

Seven of the acoustic cuts will be officially released here for the first time: “Well Well Well,” “God,” “My Mummy’s Dead,” “Cold Turkey,” “What You Got,” “Dear Yoko” and “Real Love.”

“Rock’n’Roll,” Lennon’s homage to the artists and songs that inspired him as a teenager, emerges with four bonus tracks. Added are the same versions of Rosalie Hamlin’s “Angel Baby” and Phil Spector’s “To Know Her Is To Love Her” that were included on the posthumous 1986 Lennon release “Menlove Avenue.” Although that collection also included Lennon’s run through “Since My Baby Left Me,” an alternate version appears here.

Rounding out the new inclusions is a reprise of Lloyd Price’s “Just Because,” which boasts a different ending than the original “Rock’n’Roll” version, in the form of a Christmas message to his former bandmates Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Ono and the people of Great Britain.

The rest of “Rock’n’Roll” is made up of the remixed and remastered versions of Lennon’s faithful interpretations of such classics as Gene Vincent’s “Be Bop a Lula,” Fats Domino’s “Ain’t That a Shame” and Buddy Holly’s “Peggy Sue.” Four tracks stem from aborted 1973 sessions with Spector, while the balance was produced by Lennon himself.

In addition to the bonus tracks, the reissued title’s booklet offers a new selection of black and white photographs.

Here is the “Acoustic” track list:

“Love”
“Working Class Hero”
“Well Well Well”
“Look at Me”
“God”
“My Mummy’s Dead”
“Cold Turkey”
“I’m a Man”
“Luck of the Irish” (live)
“John Sinclair” (live)
“Woman is the N*gger of the World”
“What You Got”
“Watching the Wheels”
“Dear Yoko”
“Real Love”
“Imagine” (live)
“It’s Real”

Here is the “Rock’n’Roll” track list:

“Be Bop a Lula”
“Stand By Me”
“Rip It Up/Ready Teddy” (medley)
“You Can’t Catch Me”
“Ain’t That a Shame”
“Do You Wanna Dance?”
“Sweet Little Sixteen”
“Slippin’ and Slidin'”
“Peggy Sue”
“Bring It on Home/Send Me Some Loving” (medley)
“Boney Moronie”
“Ya Ya”
“Just Because”
“Angel Baby” (bonus cut; from “Menlove Avenue”)
“To Know Her is to Love Her” (bonus cut; from “Menlove Avenue”)
“Since My Baby Left Me” (bonus cut; alternate version of “Menlove Avenue” track)
“Just Because (Reprise)” (bonus cut)

Source billboard.com.

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Black Crowe’s guitarist Rich Robinson will be touring for a month this fall in support of his solo debut – Paper. Tour Dates are below.

9/16/04
Poughkeepsie, NY –

The Chance
9/17/04

Providence, RI –
The Call

9/18/04
Portland, ME –
The Big Easy

9/19/04
Hartford, CT –
Webster Theatre

9/21/04
Asbury Park, NJ –
The Stone Pony

9/22/04
New York City –
Hiro Ballroom @ The Maritime Hotel

9/24/04
Philladelphia, PA –
NXNW

9/25/04
Vienna, VA –
Jammin Java

9/26/04
Baltimore, MD –
The Funk Box

9/28/04
Detroit, MI –
The Magic Bag

9/29/04
Cincinnati, OH –
20th Century Theatre

9/30/04
Bloomington, IN –
Uncle Festers

10/02/04
Rockford, IL –
Kryptonite

10/03/04
Chicago, IL –
The Double Door

10/04/04
Milwuakee, WI –
Shank Hall

10/05/04
Minneapolis, MN –
Ascot Room @ The Quest

10/08/04
Urbana, IL –
Canopy Theatre

10/13/04
Cleveland, OH –
Agora Theatre and Ballroom

10/15/04
Buffalo, NY –
Nietzsche’s

The New York Dolls will release their first-ever live album, Morrissey Presents: The Return of the New York Dolls — Live From Royal Festival Hall, 2004, on September 28th. The CD and accompanying DVD were recorded at the band’s June show at the London venue as part of the Meltdown Festival.

Rabid Dolls fan, and this year’s Meltdown curator, Morrissey urged the legendary Seventies glam rockers to reunite after twenty-four years apart, and his Attack Records will release the album.

“It was just a moment of weakness that I said yes,” says singer David Johansen. “And I’m glad I did.”

The CD will consist exclusively of Dolls songs, while the DVD will feature such covers as Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart,” the Shangri-Las’ “Out in the Streets” and Memphis Minnie’s “In My Girlish Days.”

Sadly, The Return of the New York Dolls will be the last appearance on record by bassist Arthur “Killer” Kane, who passed away unexpectedly from leukemia on July 13th. “He was such a genius guy — really loving, and he had this intelligence that was indescribable,” Johansen says. “I was really looking forward to spending more time with him.”

Lone surviving members Johansen and guitarist Syl Sylvain may even bring the Dolls back into the studio. “I’m feeling that we’ll try and bang out a record this winter,” Johansen says, “and then hit all the festivals next summer.”

Source rollingstone.com.