April 14, 2009

Panic Kicks Off 2009 Tour Sked in Orlando

Southern rockers Widespread Panic kicked off their brief spring tour in Orlando last night with a powerful opening sequence of Flicker > Chilly Water > Henry Parsons Died > Green

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Cover Wars: Dupree’s Diamond Blues

A friend of mine recently pointed out to me that we have never selected a Grateful Dead song for an edition of Cover Wars. I was somewhat aware of this, but he’s right – it’s time we do one. Now, I wanted to select a Dead song that hasn’t been covered by hundreds of artists, like Scarlet Begonias, St. Stephen or Franklin’s Tower. So, I poked around and found that there was a relatively small pool of artists that had played Dupree’s Diamond Blues, a track off of The Dead’s stellar 1969 release Aoxomoxoa.

Cover Wars

If you don’t know about The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics, you should. Here is a small excerpt from the entry for Dupree’s.

The text of the song is a re-working of a song, “Betty and Dupree,” with many incarnations in American folk tradition. It was based upon a true incident:

“The biography of the man and his crimes may be summarized as follows: Frank Dupree grew up in Abbeville, South Carolina. He came on the scene in December 1921 in Atlanta, Georgia, where he had a gal Betty. In trying to appropriate a diamond for her in a jewelry store he shot a policeman down. Fleeing to Memphis and later to Chicago, where he was cornered, he killed a policeman and wounded several more. He was caught while getting his mail and sent to Atlanta for trial. He was executed for murder on September 1, 1922.” (Roberts: In the Pine.)

The Contestants:

Dark Star Orchestra: Though I decided not to include the likes of Ratdog or Phil Lesh & Friends as viable contenders in this Cover Wars, I thought it was OK to include the Dark Star Orchestra. Yes, people do tape these shows. This is a great recording from last year’s Gathering Of The Vibes where DSO performed The Dead’s 11-6-1977 in its entirety. Source: 7-31-2008

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READ ON after the jump to vote and hear more of this week’s contestants…

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Tour Dates: Rock The Bells

We don’t get a chance to talk too much hip hop around these parts, but in our relentless effort to keep you up to date on the summer concert season,

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Phantasy Tour Takes Down A Star Athlete

When the now-famous picture of Olympic Champion Michael Phelps taking a Roor was published on News Of The World, a number of sites took the opportunity to link the swimmer

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Gomez Confirms New Tour Dates

ATO Records recording artist Gomez has announced a national tour with dates confirmed throughout the Spring and Summer of 2009. The band will be touring in support of its just-released

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Steve Earle To Release Townes May 12th

Steve Earle is set to release Townes, his highly anticipated follow up to the Grammy Award winning album Washington Square Serenade, on May 12th via New West Records. The 15-song

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