2012

The No Allman Brothers Band: Gregg Sits Out Beacon Finale

Scott Bernstein March 26, 2012 6 Comments

The Allman Brothers Band ended the Beacon run without Gregg Allman.

Steve Kimock Hitting The Road With Bernie Worrell, Wally Ingram, Andy Hess, Reed Mathis

March 26, 2012 No Comments

Steve Kimock is hitting the road this spring with stops already scheduled for Connecticut, New York, Maine, Vermont, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee and Atlanta. For the first large-scale tour

Paul McCartney’s Ram Gets Reissue

March 26, 2012 No Comments

Paul McCartney’s 1971 album, RAM, is set to be reissued in a beautifully packaged Deluxe Edition Box Set – the ultimate collectable.As with the reissue of McCartney and McCartney II,

Umphrey’s McGee: House of Blues, Hollywood, CA 3/16/12

Mike Roesler March 26, 2012 No Comments

It has been printed that Umphrey's McGee best describe their music as “heavy, not hippie”. After their most recent trip to Southern California, where they played at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, their music might best be described as “acoustically heavy, not hippie”.

Drive by Truckers: Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ 3/13/12

Shane Handler March 26, 2012 No Comments

Although Drive by Truckers have never been down and out like the protagonists of their songs, these musicians haven’t exactly driven an easy road either. Last December, Shonna Tucker, their bassist since 2003 and lead singer of a handful of stellar DBT numbers, abruptly left the band. If that wasn’t enough of a rock and roll cliché, the three guitar southern rooted rock band’s equipment truck broke down the night prior to Phoenix, forcing the band to spend the night in the snowy mountain town of Flagstaff waiting for a fix.

Earl Slick – Guitarist For Lennon, Bowie & NY Dolls (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough March 26, 2012 No Comments

Having spent quality time with both David Bowie and John Lennon providing inventive guitar sounds to such albums as Young Americans and Double Fantasy, he has never stayed satisfied. Instead, he keeps chasing the rock & roll dragon, developing new projects that fill him with that tingly excitement that a new band chemistry naturally provides. He is currently reviving Phantom, Rocker & Slick and they are hitting the concert trail with their brand of rockabilly rock, while over these past few weeks he has been spending studio time with a local punk band. And on top of all that, he has recorded a few songs with his Dolls bandmate David Johansen and Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars.