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In addition to a Grateful Dead live set already in the pipeline, Rhino is readying a live album and DVD, each chronicling side projects helmed by the band’s late leader, Jerry Garcia. Due Aug. 9, one is a two-disc audio collection of live tracks from his mid-1970s jazz-leaning rock quintet Legion Of Mary, while the other is a video record of a 1990 Jerry Garcia Band show near San Francisco.

In Legion Of Mary, Garcia surrounded himself with an eclectic group of sidemen: keyboardist/vocalist and longtime compatriot Merle Saunders, one-time Elvis Presley drummer Ron Tutt, Martin Fierro (Quicksilver Messenger Service, Zero) on sax and reed instruments and bassist John Kahn (John Lee Hooker, Al Kooper). The group played around 60 shows between December 1974 and July 1975.

Seven of those shows produced the never-before-released recordings on “The Jerry Garcia Collection, Volume 1: Legion Of Mary.” Like many Garcia projects, the song selection is heavy on covers, including Bob Dylan’s “Tough Mama,” Ray Charles’ “Talkin’ ‘Bout You” and Chuck Berry’s “Let It Rock.”

Meanwhile, the Jerry Garcia Band’s “Live at Shoreline,” captures a Sept. 1, 1990, show at the Bay Area amphitheatre that was originally meant to be a Dead performance, but was nixed due to keyboardist Brent Mydland’s death a few months earlier. The title is the first official JGB DVD release, and boasts two sets of music that includes covers of the Beatles’ “Dear Prudence” and Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue.”

As previously reported, Rhino will on July 12 release the two-disc Grateful Dead concert set “Truckin’ up to Buffalo, July 4, 1989.,” which is the soundtrack to the Monterey Video DVD of the same name.

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Pearl Jam will cap a slate of fall tour dates with a Sept. 30-Oct. 1 stand at the 3,700-capacity Borgata in Atlantic City, N.J. Sleater-Kinney, which previously toured with Pearl Jam in 2003, will open both shows, tickets for which go on sale July 9.

The Atlantic City stand will come at the end of Pearl Jam’s three-week tour of Canada, which kicks off Sept. 2 in Vancouver and will close Sept. 25 in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The band will also open a Sept. 28 show for the Rolling Stones in Pittsburgh.

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Settle down lovers, Bloodshot’s newest signing, THE DETROIT COBRAS, have announced their fall US tour — They’ll be on the road supporting their Bloodshot debut and the band’s first US release in four years.

Baby,” The Detroit Cobra’s first release on Bloodshot Records, is a detour off the beaten path, a collection of 20 inimitable, rocked-out renditions of mostly obscure R&B songs that pay homage to Detroit’s thick musical background reflecting back to Fortune Records and D-Town’s back catalog.

10-08-05 — Beachland Tavern — Cleveland OH
10-11-05 — North Star Bar — Philadelphia PA
10-12-05 — The Mercury Lounge — New York NY
10-13-05 — Southpaw — Brooklyn, NY
10-14-05 — Middle East — Cambridge MA
10-15-05 — Maxwell’s — Hoboken NJ
10-22-05 — Culture Room — Ft. Lauderdale FL
10-25-05 — The Parish @ HOB — New Orleans LA
10-27-05 — Rudyard’s Beer Bar — Houston, TX
10-28-05 — Gypsy Tea Room — Dallas, TX
10-29-05 — Emo’s — Austin, TX
10-31-05 — Plush — Tuscon, AZ
11-01-05 — The Clubhouse — Tempe, AZ
11-03-05 — The Casbah — San Diego, CA
11-04-05 — Troubadour — West Hollywood, CA
11-05-05 — Bottom Of The Hill — San Francisco, CA
11-07-05 — Sabala’s — Portland, OR
11-08-05 — Chop Suey — Seattle, WA
11-10-05 — The Velvet Room — Salt Lake City, UT
11-11-05 — Bluebird Theater — Denver, CO
11-16-05 — The High Noon Saloon — Madison, WI
11-17-05 — Mad Planet — Milwaukee, WI
11-18-05 — Triple Rock — Minneapolis, MN

According to a story on pitchforkmedia.com, multi-billion dollar shoemaker, Nike has stolen the legendary artwork of hardcore pioneers, Minor Threat. Destined for a campaign called Major Threat, the style and iconic imagery was used for the advertising and done so without the permission of Washington, D.C. based indie Dischord. The label owns the copyright on both the recording and artwork. When asked by Pitchfork, the label had this to say with regards to permission:

No, they stole it and we’re not happy about it. Nike is a giant corporation which is attempting to manipulate the alternative skate culture to create an even wider demand for their already ubiquitous brand. Nike represents just about the antithesis of what Dischord stands for and it makes me sick to my stomach to think they are using this explicit imagery to fool kids into thinking that the general ethos of this label, and Minor Threat in particular, can somehow be linked to Nike’s mission. It’s disgusting.
Dischord is currently evaluating its options, and you can click Read More to compare the artwork for yourself.

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Legendary rap act Public Enemy has joined the extensive lineup for Hellfest 2K5, a three-day New Jersey festival that will boast 188 acts, most of which fall in the category of heavy rock music. Described as “a barricade-free, circle pit induced festival,” the Aug. 19-21 event at Trenton, N.J.’s Sovereign Bank Arena will feature five stages of music as well as a flea market, tattoo convention and skate park.

With original members Chuck D, Flavor Flav and Professor Griff, the Public Enemy performance is being billed among Hellfest’s reunion acts, which also include hardcore groups Youth Of Today, Bold, 108 and Good Clean Fun, upstart punk group Outspoken and metal act Killing Time.

Leading up to the festival, organizers are announcing participating acts in weekly bursts, with Chimaira, Hatebreed, From Autumn To Ashes, the Misfits, Sick Of It All, Anti Flag, Bouncing Souls and Cryptopsy among the 120 so far revealed. The full list of confirmed acts can be found on the event’s Web site.

A limited allotment of three-day tickets are available for $99.99 through the site. The venue’s box office will sell remaining general admission passes for $12

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