The Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Beautiful Loser was from Michigan and he sang about open fields, small town characters, and lonely teenage nights that struck a chord with my own Midwestern home. Just at the onset of my sexuality when I, in my lost cluelessness, needed a manual for approaching, charming, and loving women, I found it in the songs of Bob Seger.
Charlie Louvin, half of the country and gospel music duo the Louvin Brothers, has died at the age of 83 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The singer had undergone
The folks at Superfly have announced the first round of the 2011 Superfly During Jazzfest Concert Series, which includes performances by Galactic, North Mississippi Allstars and The Funky Meters. On
I’ve been to over 50 Umphrey’s McGee concerts in a wide variety of venues. No matter where the band performed, you could always count on hearing the perfect mix thanks
With plans for their long in the works covers record with Rick Rubin scrapped, CSN members David Crosby and Graham Nash have found themselves with some new spare time on
Hey Jude was the B-Side to the 1968 single Revolution by The Beatles. This single was the Beatles first release on the Apple label. Originally titled Hey Jules, the song was written by Paul McCartney in reference to John Lennon’s son Julian. One of my favorite online Beatles resources is Alan W. Pollack’s site, click here to read all the musical (and other) information you would ever want to know about Hey Jude.
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Leading off this week we’ve got The Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival courtesy of a great recording from That Tent at Bonnaroo. Source: 6-15-2008
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/derekjude.mp3]Video from the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise January 2009:
READ ON for more nine more covers of Hey Jude…
When drugs and getting fucked up are part of a band’s legend, it feels hypocritical to take said band to task for getting too wasted to play at a level
Of all the bands I caught on Jam Cruise 9 that I had never seen prior to the trip, no act impressed me as much as California’s ALO did. This is the rare band that knows how to craft a song with a hook and can then jam the fuck out of it. Everything about ALO’s music screams fun and good times, so you’d stick out like a sore thumb if you didn’t dance or smile at one of their shows.
For an example of the group’s songwriting prowess, check out the video for I Love Music off their latest release, Man of the World…
This weekend, the quartet embarks on Tour d’Amour V, which finds ALO touring throughout California to play shows that benefit Music in Schools Today (MuST). ALO will be joined by Blue Street Junction in Arcata on Friday night and Sean Hayes on Saturday at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Starting Wednesday, February 9th, the group finishes the run with nine shows in 12 days along with troubadour Nathan Moore. Be sure to catch these guys if you live near one of the cities on this tour. For more on ALO, read Dennis Cook’s recent feature on JamBase.
READ ON for a full list of Tour d’Amour V dates…
Our new friend Marc Millman joins us once again to finish recapping a special night in New York City. Last Tuesday night, Marc caught Gregg Allman’s album release party at the Bowery Ballroom before heading down to Brooklyn Bowl for the Soul to Soul II benefit. Here’s his take and photos on the second half of the benefit that according to Jambands.com raised over $20,000 for the victims of last year’s earthquake in Haiti…
As I reported last week, Tuesday night was one of those times that you can put aside all the bad things about this dirty old city we live in and relish in the fact that we can go see great music just about anytime and anywhere…and sometimes even more than once in the same night.
[All photos by Marc Millman]
Following an opening set by Brooklyn-based rockers The London Souls, Lettuce welcomed the Night Tripper himself, Dr. John, out for a few songs. We arrived at Brooklyn Bowl right as Lettuce’s first set ended. Timing is everything, so there was no hesitation in grabbing a booth by the bar and ordering up some of the amazing food prepared by my favorite restaurant in all of NYC, Blue Ribbon. And just as we finished up our late night feast, which featured the amazing fried chicken and the best appetizer on this planet, egg shooters, Lettuce came back out. So somewhere around the stroke of midnight, we were treated to a two-hour set that featured the legendary sax player / band leader / James Brown & P-funk sideman Mr. Maceo Parker.
- Soul to Soul II Videos: Maceo Jam #1 Pt. 1, Maceo Jam #1 Pt. 2, Shake Everything You’ve Got, Hey Pocky Way, Pass The Peas and Sam Huff’s Flying Rage Machine
Lettuce kicked off the set with some of their own funk-heavy material. Around the second or third song, Maceo set things off with some old James Brown jams. And then ?uestlove of The Roots joined in for a few on the second kit before ceding his seat to Nikki Glaspie (Lettuce/Beyonce). Both drummers were laying down some serious funk beats that in combination with Adam Deitch’s work really moved the crowd.
READ ON for more from Marc on Soul to Soul II…
The Strokes announce the release date for their highly anticipated fourth album, Angles, on March 22nd via RCA records in the US, and March 21st via Rough Trade Records in
