2006

The Spam Allstars have booked a busy upcoming schedule, with dates planned in the West Coast in May, the Northeast in June, and NC/VA/GA in July.

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WEST COAST in May…

THURSDAY, MAY 18, LOS ANGELES @ THE CONGA ROOM – 5364 Wilshire Blvd. LA
– http://congaroom.com

FRIDAY, MAY 19, JOSHUA TREE @ THE JOSHUA TREE MUSIC FESTIVAL – Joshua Tree
Lake Campground – http://www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com

SATURDAY, MAY 20, SAN FRANCISCO @ THE ELBO ROOM – 647 Valencia Street, SF
– http://elbo.com/

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NORTHEAST in June…

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH – Club Metronome – 1888 Main Street, Burlington, VT
– 10PM – 21+$5 18+ $10 – http://www.clubmetronome.com/

THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH – SOB’s – 204 Varick Street, NYC, NY – 11PM $12 ADV.
$15 DOOR & $10 GUEST LIST – http://sobs.com/

FRIDAY, JUNE 9TH – Mezzanotte – 658 N. Salina St, Syracuse, NY -9PM – 18+
– http://www.hollerbackproductions.com/venues.html

SATURDAY, JUNE 10TH – Iron Horse, 20 Center Street, Northampton, MA – 10PM –
$11 ADV. $14 DOOR – http://www.iheg.com

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NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA/GEORGIA in July…

TUESDAY, JULY 25TH – – Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro, NC
– http://www.easternmusicfestival.org

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26TH – Boone Saloon – Boone, NC – 489 West King Street –
http://www.boonesaloon.com/

THURSDAY, JULY 27TH – Camp Barefoot Festival, Gore, VA – Cove
Campground – http://www.heybroproductions.com/campbarefoot.htm

FRIDAY, JULY 28TH – The Neighborhood Theater, Charlotte, NC – 511 E. 36th
Street – http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com/

SATURDAY, JULY 29TH – Apache Caf

On Neil Young’s website he wrote the following in regads to his new album Living With War, recorded in three days in early April.

I just finished a new record…. a power trio with trumpet and 100 voices … recorded earlier this month…i think it is a metal version of Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan … Metal folk
protest? its called LIVING WITH WAR… the title song is the second of 10 songs
on the record… we will be releasing lyrics on this ticker…I would like to thank Warner Bros/Reprise records for the support…as well as the 100 vocalists and my three musicians,
Chad Cromwell, drums, Rick Rosas, bass, Tommy Brea , trumpet … and Nick Bolas, Larry Johnson, John Hausman, John Nowland, Tim Mulligan,Darrell Brown and Rosemary Butler, Redwood Digital Studios, Capital Studios …

2 Living With War
I’m LIVING WITH WAR everyday
I’m LIVING WITH WAR in my heart everyday
I’m LIVING WITH WAR right now…..

And when the dawn breaks I see my fellow man …
And on the flat-screen we kill and we’re killed again…
and when the night falls, I pray for PEACE…
Try to remember PEACE (visualize)…
I join the multitudes…
I raise my hand in PEACE
I never bow to the laws of the thought police
I take a holy vow…
To never to kill again..
To never kill again…
I’m LIVING WITH WAR in my hear
I’m LIVING WITH WAR in my heart and my mind…
I’m LIVING WITH WAR right now…

Don’t take no tidal wave…
Dont take no mass grave…
Don’t take no smokin’ gun….
To show how the west was won….
But when the curtain falls,
I pray for PEACE….
Try to remember PEACE (visualize)…….

As Son Volt begins early work on its fifth album, group leader Jay Farrar is planning to release a collection of mostly traditional songs he cut with former Varnaline singer Anders Parker in the fall, titled “Gab Iron.”

Featuring at least one Stanley Brothers songs, as well as “Hills of Mexico,” a traditional often associated with Woody Guthrie, “Gab Iron” (British slang for harmonica) coalesced just prior to the recording of Son Volt’s 2005 album “Okemah and the Melody of Riot.”

Source billboard.com.

The Beatles are preparing to sell their songs online after years of refusing to take part in the Internet music boom, according to testimony given by the head of their record company.

Neil Aspinall, a former Beatles road manager and managing director of Apple Corps, was a witness in the company’s trademark lawsuit against Apple Computer. He said that the company was digitally remastering the entire Beatles catalog, which would pave the way for selling the songs online.

“I think it would be wrong to offer downloads of the old masters when I am making new masters,” he said in a written statement submitted to the High Court in London earlier this month.

“It would be better to wait and try to do them both simultaneously so that you then get the publicity of the new masters and the downloading, rather than just doing it ad hoc.”

A spokesperson for Apple Corps confirmed Aspinall’s statement, and said that the company is preparing to make the Beatles catalog available through online music services. “There’s no firm date on any of this at the moment. There are a lot of projects that Apple are working on at the moment,” the spokesperson said.

The Beatles have been high-profile holdouts from the booming online music sector, which saw sales triple to $1.1 billion in 2005.

Apple Corps, owned by Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono and the estate of George Harrison, have accused Apple Computer of violating a 1991 agreement by using the Apple name and logo to sell music downloads through its market-leading iTunes Music Store.

The trial ended on April 6, with a decision from the judge due after Easter.

Source billboard.com.

Roger Miller has a bit of down time from his busy schedule with Mission Of Burma and will be playing with Club d’Elf tonight in the usual d’Elf Cambridge spot, The Lizard Lounge.

Rounding out the other spots in the ever-rotating cast of characters will be:
8 – 9 pm ( soul low ) : mat maneri ( solo viola ).
9:30 – 10:30 : trace buster (adam sturtevant and brian hamilton duo). drums &laptop.
11 pm – 1:30 am : club d’elf (mat maneri – elec viola, roger miller – keyboards, geoff scott – guitar, mike rivard – bass & sintir & adam sturtevant ( drums ).

the lizard lounge, 1667 mass ave, cambridge, ma. 617-547-0759/1228. 21+. lizardloungeclub.com.

In the great tradition of electric guitar-fueled instrumental rock, Bobby Previte’s “super bar-band” Coalition of the Willing strikes the West Coast this May for their first ever U.S. tour in support of their self-titled debut album on Ropeadope. The visionary New York City-based drummer Previte has enlisted Charlie Hunter on guitars, Marco Benevento on keyboards and Skerik on saxophones. They’ll launch the 15-city tour on May 10th in Bellingham, WA and conclude the run with a record release party and performance in New York City at Tonic on May 25th. Having recently wrapped a string of European dates that took them through five countries and earned rave reviews, the Coalition is primed and ready for what are sure to be some of the most rockin’ and musically mind-blowing shows to hit the West Coast this Spring.

Coalition of the Willing appearances are:

May 10 / The Nightlight Lounge / Bellingham, WA
May 11 / Richards on Richards / Vancouver, Canada
May 12 / Tractor Tavern / Seattle, WA
May 13 / Aladdin / Portland, OR
May 14 / Domino Room / Bend, OR
May 15 / WOW Hall / Eugene, OR
May 16 / Mobius / Ashland, OR
May 17 / Crystal Bay Club / Crystal Bay, NV
May 18 / Harlowes / Sacramento, CA
May 19 / The Mystic Theater / Petaluma, CA
May 20 / Independent / San Francisco, CA
May 22 / Kuumbwa / Santa Cruz, CA
May 23 / Soho / Santa Barbara, CA
May 24 / The Mint / Los Angeles, CA
May 25 / Tonic / New York, NY