With a new drummer on the bus, the Disco Biscuits are finally fueling up for their second leg, but not before taking one last look through the scrapbook on The Wind at Four to Fly. Recorded during what were then to be former drummer Sam Altman
Widespread Panic has announced their plans for a lengthy summer tour. Hitting both indoor and outdoor favorites, the band will begin in Kansas City and weave their way through the country. Highlight stops include multiple 3 night runs at Red Rocks, The Wiltern in LA, and a closing stand in Chicago.
6/21/06 Starlight Theatre Kansas City MO
6/23, 24 & 25/06 Red Rocks Morrison CO
6/28/06 Bayside Embarcadero Marina Park South San Diego CA
6/29, 30 & 7/1/06 The Wiltern LG Los Angeles CA
7/3, 4 & 5/06 Mont Bleu Showroom Stateline NV
7/8 & 9/06 The Greek Theatre Berkeley CA
7/11/06 Cuthbert Amphitheatre Eugene OR
7/12/06 Edgefield Troutdale OR
7/14 & 15/06 Marymoor Park Amphitheater Redmond WA
7/18/06 Treasure Valley Speedway Boise ID
7/19/06 Snow King Amphitheater Jackson Hole WY
7/22 & 23/06 Winter Park Ski Area Winter Park CO
7/26/06 Nokia Theatre Grand Prairie TX
7/28 & 29/06 Mid South Coliseum Memphis TN
7/30/06 Fox Theatre St. Louis MO
8/1 & 2/06 The Palace Theatre Louisville, KY
8/4/06 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia MD
8/5 & 6/06 nTelos Portsmouth VA
8/8/06 Lawn at White River Indianapolis IN
8/10/06 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls OH
8/11, 12 & 13/06 Chicago Theatre Chicago IL
April 25th will see the release of Secret Machines second LP, Ten Silver Drops. As always, with a new album comes many new dates all around the globe. The band will also be doing Late Night with Conan O
On the heels of CHRIS and RICH ROBINSON’s three sold-out nights of acoustic performances in New York City to ecstatic fans and lengthy standing ovations, THE BLACK CROWES have announced a major summer headlining tour with their special guests Robert Randolph & The Family Band and Drive-By Truckers. Launching June 10 in Seattle, the nine-week trek will visit mostly sheds–including Jones Beach (New York), PNC Bank (New Jersey), Shoreline (San Francisco), Tweeter Center (Boston) and Cynthia Woods (Houston)–as it criss-crosses the U.S. into mid-August.
Since reuniting and re-connecting with their loyal fans last year, THE BLACK CROWES have been performing what some called “the best shows of their career.” While they achieved a career watermark by headlining their New Year’s Eve show at Madison Square Garden, the band–Chris (vocals), Rich (guitars), Marc Ford (guitars), Eddie Hawrysch (keyboards), Sven Pipien (bass) and Steve Gorman (drums)–also played seven sold-out shows at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom, performed five-nights at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and were headliners at three of the most prestigious festivals in America (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits Festival). Summing up the allure of THE BLACK CROWES’ concert experience, Mikael Wood of The Village Voice (12/28/05) said the band “remain one of rock’s best live acts, as hard-grooving as during their heyday and caked with an extra layer of rambling-man soulfulness.”
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THE BLACK CROWES with Robert Randolph & The Family Band and Drive-By Truckers summer tour dates (unless otherwise noted):
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)…….
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.
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 Little Willies, originally and ostensibly a Willie Nelson cover band, bring their present-day ing
