Members of Gomez, Phantom Planet and Maroon 5 have teamed up to form a group entitled Operation Aloha, with plans to release their debut album on May 12. Dajon Everett,
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have unveiled a string of North American dates to support the release of ‘Working On A Dream’. The outing kicks off April 1
Wesley Snipes is set to play James Brown in a movie about his life, according to reports. Director Spike Lee revealed at the Sundance Film Festival that the project is
"The Wrestler" is the bonus track on Springsteen's latest album, Working on a Dream. It's a honest tale set to poignant music. It connects in the way we expect Springsteen to connect. However, it is appropriately labeled as bonus material, because it really doesn't fit the rest of the album.
Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell died this morning (Jan. 28) at his home in Orange Park, Fla. He was 56. According to the Associated Press, Powell called 911 around 12:55
The Boss and The E Street Band head out for a lengthy spring tour starting in San Jose, CA on April 1. READ ON for a full list of tour dates…
[youtube]FY3V4ObYRsA[/youtube] The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
Now that The Dead and Phish have announced plans to tour, we’d like to turn our attention to the next band on our “these motherfuckers need to reunite” list: God Street Wine. GSW came out of the same Princeton, NJ scene that led to the formation of Blues Traveler and Phish in the early ’80s.
[Setlist scan shared by Joe Madonna]
Guitarist Lo Faber and drummer Tom “Tomo” Osander met in 1980 and went on to play in a number of bands together before forming God Street Wine in 1988 with guitarist Aaron Maxwell, bassist Dan Pifer and keyboardist Jon Bevo. GSW played the New York City bar circuit for a number of years, becoming a favorite at the Nightengale Lounge and the Bitter End. The original lineup recorded five albums from 1992 – 1997, a period in which the popularity of the band propelled them into much bigger venues. Bevo and Tomo left the band in 1998 and they called it a career in 1999.
Since that time they’ve only played one show together and they’ve been missed by all the jam fans that loved their Steely Dan meets the Grateful Dead sound. These guys would’ve loved the festival circuit the current generation of jambands enjoy. Each Wednesday, we plan to bring you either a discussion, audio or video from our favorite moments in GSW history. We’re on the lookout for any stories, music or memorabilia from the band’s run, so be sure to leave us a comment if you can help!
Let’s kickoff our first God Street Wednesday column with audio from August 20, 1992 at the legendary Bogie’s in Albany.
READ ON to stream this fantastic GSW show…
While the surviving members of The Dead were down in D.C. for President Obama’s inauguration they took the time to sign a gorgeous Les Paul for our friends at HeadCount
Keller Williams won last week’s Cover Wars, where we looked at covers of Don’t You (Forget About Me). Ha Ha The Moose was a close second.
Moving on to this week, we look at a song The Beatles recorded during the Let It Be sessions, but didn’t make the album. Don’t Let Me Down was featured as the b-side of the single Get Back. I keep coming back to The Beatles because so many great artists have covered their tunes. Instead of copying and pasting a lot of fun facts and quotes about the song, I recommend just checking out the entry over at The Beatles Bible. For me, it’s all about the measure of 5/4 to start every verse.
As always, be sure to register/login to IMEEM before starting the playlist below to ensure you listen to full-length tracks.
Go ahead and click this link to launch the playlist in a new window.
READ ON after the jump for more information, the voting, and for entries that are only embedded with video and are not available on the playlist…
