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Eric Clapton
Performers: Jeff Beck, Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Robert Cray, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, BB King, Sonny Landreth, Albert Lee, Los Lobos, John Mayer, John McLaughlin, Willie Nelson, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Robbie Robertson, Hubert Sumlin, The Derek Trucks Band, Jimmie Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Steve Winwood, Bill Murray
Studio: Rhino DVD R2 352124
Video: 4:3 full screen color
Audio: DTS 5.1, PCM stereo
Extras: Crossroads Village Stage - edited performances of various artists
Length: DVD 1: 2 hrs. 16 min.; DVD 2: 2 hrs. 12 min.
Rating: *****
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Living on the edge -- and living to tell
Eric Clapton's book, which he wrote himself, has sold more than a half-million copies.
There are fresh sounds from Eric Clapton, Sting, Genesis, Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones, Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash and Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx.
There's just one twist: None are on CD racks.
All are on bookshelves -- part of an unusual flurry of autobiographies out this winter by aging rockers with some hair-raising stories.
Clapton's self-titled autobiography is already a hit, having sold 525,000 copies. Joining him on best-seller lists is "Slash," "Ronnie" and Sixx's "The Heroin Diaries."
Why would rockers -- those near-mythical gods of sex, drugs and general excess -- turn to that most stodgy of storytelling modes, the written word?
"I think there are a couple of motivations: One, they've lived their lives and it's time to look back on them -- the lived life is worth examining," says Broadway Books Executive Editor Charlie Conrad, who worked on Clapton's book.
"And also, from the standpoint of the public, rock figures are out there on the cutting edge -- the knife edge. They live life to its extreme. And if they survived, they have a good story to tell."
Those stories include tales of love, loss and friendship, but also nasty bouts with venereal diseases, scary strippers and mountains of controlled substances.
Clapton, who pushed aside a ghost writer in favor of penning his own book, discusses the death of his son Conor, his various addictions, and his love triangle with Pattie Boyd and George Harrison, a topic already broached in Boyd's recent tell-all "Wonderful Tonight."
Wood, who offers his own night bedding Boyd, also delves into his years freebasing cocaine and the time he had an armed face-off with Keith Richards, with both pointing guns at each other.
The original lineup of Genesis -- including Peter Gabriel -- collaborated for the first time in over 20 years for "Genesis: Chapter and Verse," which offers polite first-person account and photos.
Sixx's diary is a tad darker -- an unvarnished look at his life on the road in 1987, when he struggled with addictions and depression. There's the time he woke up during an earthquake and ran outside, naked and clutching a crack pipe. In another entry, he writes: "This morning I woke up with my shotgun in bed with me."
Not to be outdone, Slash, a founding member of Guns N' Roses who makes several wicked cameos in Sixx's book, has his own accounts of debauchery, delivered in a straightforward, often amusing way.
He tells of one night being kicked out of a Canadian hotel, drunk and soaked in his own urine. But to his surprise, he's not as frozen as he feared: "That's a wonderful side effect of leather pants: when you pee yourself in them, they're more forgiving than jeans," he writes.
Publishers say the warts-and-all profiles that emerge from these books are crucial for their success. In an Internet-fed and reality-TV soaked world, book buyers already consider themselves insiders, and successful authors can't just phone it in.
"I'm sure they're not telling every single crevice of their darkest soul, but they are giving you some real stuff. I think that's a real difference," says Elizabeth Beier, executive editor of St. Martin's Press, which published the Wood and Genesis books.
For the less squeamish reader, there's always "Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far" by Amy Grant, which includes the singer's lyrics, poetry and vignettes -- all of a decidedly uplifting variety.
And Sting has published a book of his lyrics, complete with his more highbrow observations. Of the song "Synchronicity II," he writes: "I was trying to dramatize Jung's theory of meaningful coincidence."
Publishers say the current crop of rock tell-alls owes much to the success of Bob Dylan's 2004 autobiography "Chronicles: Volume One," which sold 425,000 hardcover copies.
"The Dylan book coming out and being so well received kind of showed people, 'Your regular recording and performing career doesn't have to be over for you to do your memoir. You don't have to wait until the whole story is utterly completed and you're in your dotage,' " says Beier.
"We're just starting to see the first fruit of that and there are some more coming. It's just a category that seems to be very interesting."
Barnes & Noble Inc. buyer Kim Corradini is seeing better-than-projected sales of rock books. The chain plans special displays for Christmas and has placed larger-than-usual orders.
"So far, all of the music biographies, autobiographies and memoirs are selling even better than expected," she told The Associated Press in an e-mail interview. "Unlike two years ago when all of the big releases were on the Beatles, this year we have a diverse selection of books on very popular artists from various musical eras."
Lisa Gallagher, publisher of William Morrow and HarperEntertainment, says she was impressed by the multigenerational audience at a recent Slash book signing on Long Island. Sales for his book have exceeded the 100,000-copy mark.
"At the signings, when you're looking at the line, it is both people who you could imagine bought 'Appetite for Destruction' back in the day and it's also younger people as well," she says. "I think this is a very broad audience."
Books mining the seamier side of rock are nothing new, of course. Notable titles include Anthony Kiedis' "Scar Tissue"; "Hammer of the Gods," about Led Zeppelin; "No One Here Gets Out Alive" on The Doors; and Motley Crue's "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band."
What seems new now is a renewed push for autobiography, publishers say. They point to the overall strong demand for memoirs as a reason more musicians are putting down their instruments and picking up pens. They also note a slip in overall album sales.
"You have to wonder if they're looking to books as a kind of exciting medium as the traditional record medium kind of goes to hell," Conrad says. "Maybe they're suddenly noticing there's business to be done and advances to be paid."
Sixx has taken that one step further. His book came out the same time his new band, Sixx: A.M., released a sort of soundtrack to the memoir, with each song tied to a book chapter. Some 200,000 copies of the book have been sold.
"The cross-promotion there just really worked well. We've benefited from the success of the CD and they've benefited from the success of our book," says Anthony Ziccardi, vice president and deputy publisher of Pocket Books, which put out the Sixx book.
"We're definitely talking to a number of people about doing something similar or just telling their story for the first time. I think there's definitely a renewed interest in that."
Other rock books available this winter include a biography on Gram Parsons by David N. Meyer, and an upcoming unauthorized bio of Guns N' Roses front man Axl Rose, by Mick Wall.
The next big rock autobiographies on the horizon? One by Pete Townshend, and one by another Rolling Stone -- Keith Richards, who was reportedly paid more than $7 million by Little, Brown & Company for his drug-fueled memories.
That may be a risky prospect. Conrad recalls band mate Mick Jagger also being under contract to write his autobiography many years ago, only for him to back out.
"There's a great story about how he was signed up for all this money and then he just couldn't remember anything," says Conrad. "And if he can't remember, what about Keith? Let's just hope his collaborator can do a lot of interviews."Source:
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Rockers Led Zeppelin back rockin'
VIDEO LEGENDARY band Led Zeppelin have taken to the stage in London for their first performance in nearly 20 years.Source:
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Alicia Keys
Just Asking: Alicia Keys December 1, 2007; Page W2
With the release of her third studio album, "As I Am," singer and songwriter Alicia Keys got an early Christmas present. The album went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts and sold 742,000 copies in its first week, the second-biggest first-week sales of 2007 so far (behind Kanye West) -- and a career high for Ms. Keys. From the emotional lead single "No One" to anthems like "Superwoman," the album features carefully crafted pop songs embedded with vintage touches, such as keyboard sounds reminiscent of Stevie Wonder. We asked Ms. Keys, 27, about her influences, her fans and the music industry.
Your album sold more than 700,000 copies in a week, a rare feat these days. Did that figure surprise you at all?I'm still bugging about it. But I could definitely feel the energy behind the album. The people around me -- the managers, the label people -- they all talk about possible numbers, but I never do that. It's something you can never quite bank on.
You recently turned up to support the Hollywood writers on strike by performing on the picket line. Why?
I think it's really important to stand up for what's right ... And, as a writer, I thought it was the right thing to do.
But by disrupting the TV schedule, hasn't the strike put a dent in your plans to promote your new album?
We had to cancel a lot of shows actually, but it's cool. Some days I was done by 2 p.m. It was the most amazing week for me.What kind of music were you listening to when you wrote and recorded "As I Am"?
A lot of different styles. Marvin Gaye. Nina Simone had me a lot on this album. A lot of Jimi Hendrix in the beginning. [Hendrix's album] "Band of Gypsies" just started talking to me. There's a real intensity to it. I was running a lot and it really gave me the aggression I needed. And Janis Joplin. There's a version of her doing "Summertime." If you haven't heard it, go online and get it now.
Do you have an especially strong music memory from your childhood, a moment or a phase you went through that stamped your sound?
I think there's something about studying classical music that really contributed to the sound that I have today. A song like "Fallin' " with that 3/4 time. That's all that Bach and Beethoven. I never thought of it before I got on the road. So much of my playing came from the way that I studied, the way it was about practice and fingering and dexterity.
What's the most personal song on the album?
"Tell You Something," for sure. That represents something that I dealt with upon the whole creation of the album. It's dedicated to my grandmother, who I lost this year. She showed me so much and the process that I went through showed me even more.
WSJ: If you could change something about the music business or your place in it, what would it be?
I definitely wouldn't change my place in it. With the right mentality I can influence it in a positive way. But from the business side of it, people are real tired of being jerked around. This is the result of people being way too greedy and that's had an impact on the quality of the music coming out. If you're a dealer and you sell people a bad car, they're not going to come back to you for a car. And that should be the mentality for any business.
WSJ: You worked with a lot of people on this album, from songwriters to musicians like John Mayer. What's your strategy when it comes to collaborations, especially with someone you don't know?
With this record I just decided to give it a shot. If I didn't know them very well, there was some reason why I wanted to get them. First we talk on the phone and then we get together. Usually you have three days, but I only let the person know about two. If the second day goes great, then I've got the third. But if not, then I am out of there. It was incredible working with everyone on the album. People like [songwriter and producer] Linda Perry -- the way we just sat down, both at pianos, and played through chord ideas. The first time we met we wrote "The Thing About Love," and it just got better from there
WSJ: How did you draw on other musical influences in the studio?
It creeps in in ways you don't realize until later. In "Superwoman," those chords progressions are a little Beatles-ish. It was great experimenting with different sounds, like using the Mellotron [keyboard]. That was a hell of a lot of fun. And harpsichord. I might do that again. That's why the Beatles were so fly -- they were so experimental.
WSJ: Who do you think of when you picture your fans? Are they maturing with you?
The only reason I really know this is that on tour, it really shows you who comes to the shows. I've been awestruck that when I look out in the audience there are literally 4-year-olds on their dads' shoulders. There are lovers and teenagers and grandmothers. The spectrum of who is there will blow your mind. Interestingly enough, the people who are growing up with me, my age group and younger, I know that we're all trying to find out where we're going. I think about the variety of things we shift through to find a place of truth. Everything's so surface, and I think that's affecting us.
WSJ: Is being a 27-year-old in show-business all that different from being a typical 27-year-old?
I have no idea, but I think that there's a decent amount of speedy knowledge that you need to get to survive, to not fall in the damn traps that are set for you. Like being a drug addict and an anti-depressant taker and a person who gets lost in the bubble of all this. It gives you a crash course in everything. In that way you definitely mature quicker. But on the other side, how you deal with it depends on who you are as a person. I've been fortunate to have a handful of incredible people in my world who have an open ear. My mother is an example of that. She showed me how to be a woman and what that means. She's a person who is always honest. Brutally honest at times.
WSJ: How much time will you spend touring with this album?
I've been saying to the people around me, 'We're not going to be on the road as long this time, right?' And they just laugh. When you go on the road, it's going to be the next three years. I'm one body trying to get all over the world. It's very, very hard, but it's also fun and incredible to be somewhere like Kuala Lumpur. This time, I really want to make sure I'm implementing different processes because it really took it out of me last time. This time I want build in a lot of rejuvenation vacations.
Write to John Jurgensen at john.jurgensen@wsj.com
Source:The highest sells of all is Jimi Hendrix memorabilia
A copy of Hendrix's "Axis: Bold as Love" album from 1968 — inscribed "Thanks for everything" and accompanied by three color photos of the rock star — sold for double its pre-sale estimate of $10,000. Three cardboard posters for Hendrix concerts in 1968 and 1969 fetched $10,625, $16,250 and $18,750.
The limited edition, long-sleeved sweater designed to promote the Stones' 1973 "Goat's Head Soup" album sold for $4,750. Only about a dozen of them were produced.
Of the T-shirts, a Yardbirds shirt worn by rock journalist Greg Shaw to the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival brought $3,000 while a maroon Led Zeppelin 1973 shirt fetched $1,625.
A short-sleeved white shirt with green sleeves with the words "War is over! If you want it" from the John Lennon song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," sold for $1,875, just below its $2,000 estimate.
The auction house said all the T-shirts were bought by U.S. private collectors except for the John Lennon one, which was acquired by an institution it wouldn't name.
The prices included the buyer's premium.
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Led Zep Nostalgia
This is an undated handout photo from the 1970s, released to the media on Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, of English rock band 'Led Zeppelin'. Source: Outside Organisation Ltd via Bloomberg News
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Zeppelin reveals secret rehearsal
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Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has revealed the band rehearsed in secret to see whether they could play together before announcing their comeback.
Page told the BBC the band met for practice sessions before deciding to commit to a reunion gig.
"We wanted to see how well we'd be playing together and once we played it was without doubt Publish Postwe wanted to do it," he said.
The band are to play an eagerly-awaited concert on 10 December in London. More...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Tribute to Ahmet
Led Zeppelin to Play Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert on November 26 in London
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Grateful Dead fans get academic (UM)
Fans of cult 1960s band The Grateful Dead will gather for an academic conference to analyse the group's influence later this month.
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Video & EClapton Bio
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By the time Eric Clapton launched his solo career with the release of his self-titled debut album in mid-1970, he was long established as one of the world's major rock stars due to his group affiliations -- the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Blind Faith -- affiliations that had demonstrated his claim to being the best rock guitarist of his generation. That it took Clapton so long to go out on his own, however, was evidence of a degree of reticence unusual for one of his stature. And his debut album, though it spawned the Top 40 hit "After Midnight," was typical of his self-effacing approach: it was, in effect, an album by the group he had lately been featured in, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends.
Not surprisingly, before his solo debut had even been released, Clapton had retreated from his solo stance, assembling from the D&B&F ranks the personnel for a group, Derek and the Dominos, with which he played for most of 1970. Clapton was largely inactive in 1971 and 1972, due to heroin addiction, but he performed a comeback concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London on January 13, 1973, resulting in the album Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert (September 1973).
But Clapton did not launch a sustained solo career until July 1974, when he released 461 Ocean Boulevard, which topped the charts and spawned the number one single "I Shot the Sheriff."
The persona Clapton established over the next decade was less that of guitar hero than arena rock star with a weakness for ballads. The follow-ups to 461 Ocean Boulevard, There's One in Every Crowd (March 1975), the live E.C. Was Here (August 1975), and No Reason to Cry (August 1976), were less successful. But Slowhand (November 1977), which featured both the powerful "Cocaine" (written by JJ Cale, who had also written "After Midnight") and the hit singles "Lay Down Sally" and "Wonderful Tonight," was a million-seller. Its follow-ups, Backless (November 1978), featuring the Top Ten hit "Promises," the live Just One Night (April 1980), and Another Ticket (February 1981), featuring the Top Ten hit "I Can't Stand It," were all big sellers.
Clapton's popularity waned somewhat in the first half of the '80s, as the albums Money and Cigarettes (February 1983), Behind the Sun (March 1985), and August (November 1986) indicated a certain career stasis. But he was buoyed up by the release of the box set retrospective Crossroads (April 1988), which seemed to remind his fans of how great he was. Journeyman (November 1989) was a return to form.
It would be his last new studio album for nearly five years, though in the interim he would suffer greatly and enjoy surprising triumph. On March 20, 1991, Clapton's four-year-old son was killed in a fall. While he mourned, he released a live album, 24 Nights (October 1991), culled from his annual concert series at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and prepared a movie soundtrack, Rush (January 1992). The soundtrack featured a song written for his son, "Tears in Heaven," that became a massive hit single.
In March 1992, Clapton recorded a concert for MTV Unplugged that, when released on an album in August, became his biggest-selling record ever. Two years later, Clapton returned with a blues album, From the Cradle, which became one of his most successful albums, both commercially and critically. Crossroads 2: Live in the '70s, a box set chronicling his live work from the '70s, was released to mixed reviews. In early 1997, Clapton, billing himself by the pseudonym "x-sample," collaborated with keyboardist/producer Simon Climie as the ambient new age and trip-hop duo T.D.F. The duo released Retail Therapy to mixed reviews in early 1997.
Clapton retained Climie as his collaborator for Pilgrim, his first album of new material since 1989's Journeyman. Pilgrim was greeted with decidedly mixed reviews upon its spring 1998 release, but the album debuted at number four and stayed in the Top 10 for several weeks on the success of the single "My Father's Eyes." In 2000, Clapton teamed up with old friend BB King on Riding With the King, a set of blues standards and material from contemporary singer/songwriters. Another solo outing entitled Reptile followed in early 2001. Three years later, Clapton issued Me and Mr. Johnson, a collection of tunes honoring the Mississippi-born bluesman Robert Johnson. 2005's Back Home, Clapton's 14th album of original material, reflected his ease with fatherhood. The Road to Escondido from 2006 paired him with the man behind "Cocaine" and "After Midnight", J.J. Cale. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Friday, October 12, 2007
Eagles to play private gig in London
Friday, October 12 2007, 15:23 BST
By Beth Hilton
The Eagles are to perform a private concert in London in front of members of the music industry.
Tickets for the show - to be held at the Indigo venue in the 02 Arena - are rumoured to cost up to £950 plus VAT.
A spokeswoman said the "once in a lifetime gig" is designed to mark the release of the band's album Long Road Out of Eden, the first containing new material since 1979's The Long Run.
Invited guests will receive “full hospitality” at the concert, including free meals, drinks and merchandise.
The Eagles broke up in the 1980s after a series of hits including 'Hotel California'. They reunited in the early 1990s and have been touring ever since.
Long Road Out of Eden is released on October 29, with the gig taking place two days later.
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*I love the Eagles songs but to pay that amount? I AM NOT INSANE! No wonder I didn't go to their concert in Dallas- it cost a lot of money! Damn it! There are a lot of wonderful bands out there!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Eric Clapton Official Fans Club
Eric Clapton Access:This the best place for eveything: mechandise & news about EC upcoming project.
An album available now entitled Clapton, The Autobiography only for $26
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Won 18 Grammy Awards - the only triple inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Clapton was a member of such seminal rock bands as Cream and Blind Faith, both featured on the album. A solo career hits 1n 1970 and the release of self-titled Eric Album and the 2005's Back Home. A Complete Clapton albums also featured songs with his collaboration with a blues legend BB King. The Road To Escondido ia a partnership with his long time friend great guitar man J.J Cale.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
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Queen's Rhapsody voted best video
Queen were recently voted greatest British band of all timeQueen's groundbreaking promo for their 1975 hit Bohemian Rhapsody has been named the UK's best music video in a survey of music fans.
Out of 1,051 adults polled by O2, 30% named the six-minute video - which took only three hours to shoot and cost a mere £3,500 to make - their favourite.
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Inspired but angry!
On "Shine," Mitchell sometimes sounds like a beloved older relative, embittered and interesting but sometimes tough to listen to without feeling like you're being lectured.
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Friday, September 21, 2007
The beautiful Voice of Peter Cetera & Chicago T.A
Terry Kath is sorely missed! OMG! He's voice is beautiful! His guitar is allmighty!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Led Zepp aren't old to rock!
Led Zeppelin may be the best rock 'n' roll band of all time, and their reunion is the most hotly anticipated in musical history. Remember when Pink Floyd reunited for a one-off a couple of years ago? Neither does anybody else. My friend has always excitedly postulated that a Zeppelin reunion would happen, featuring seven-eighths of the original band if they enlisted Bonzo's son Jason to play drums (oddly, Van Halen is touring with roughly seven-eighths of its original lineup as well this fall). So now Page, Plant, Jones and Bonham* have announced a reunion in honor of Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun. A worthy cause, to be sure. So why am I discouraged?
Their music and dangerous image are so firmly entwined with youth that seeing them onstage now could be disappointing. It was hard enough for me to watch the late-70s footage of the original lineup on the "How the West Was Won" DVD (I believe Jimmy Page was wearing a turquoise silk shirt and white bloomers). The last three decades have ravaged Robert Plant's vocal cords, and Jason Bonham isn't half the drummer his father was - years touring with Foreigner will do that to you.
Perhaps the concert announcement is just too surreal to understand. The mightiest of rock gods are reconvening for the listening pleasure of a select few of their humble disciples. My advice to those lucky enough to score tickets: When they open with "Rock And Roll," don't think about the Cadillac commercial, and when they play "Kashmir," forgive Jimmy's "Godzilla" soundtrack misstep with Diddy.
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Monday, September 17, 2007
In access
Jimmy Page 15 September 2007
It is one of the most instantly recognisable guitars in the history of rock'n'pop, up there with Paul McCartney's long, slender bass and the bulky acoustic with which Elvis Presley cavorted on many of his early hits.
Aficionados know it as the Gibson EDS-1275. To the rest of us, it is the outlandish double-neck guitar made famous by the musician widely regarded as without equal among exponents of the instrument – Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page.
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Janis Joplin - Summertime (Live Gröna Lund 1969)
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FILM-BEATLES
Beatles Film `Help!` Set For DVD Release
The Beatles` second feature film, `Help!` will come out on DVD in October.
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Long Beach Blues Festival - Buddy Guys and Others...
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- Buddy Guy
- Little Richard
- The Robert Cray Band
- Dr. John
- Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band
- Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine
Saturday, August 18, 2007
The Allman Brothers-Duane-In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
As the principal architects of Southern rock, the Allman Brothers Band forged this new musical offshoot from elements of blues, jazz, soul, R&B and rock and roll
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To Our Beloved Duane Allman-In Memory of Elizabeth-is one of my favorites Allman Brother's piece of music
[Duane Allman (guitar; born November 20, 1946, died October 29,1971].
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Loss and triumph
Duane Allman died not long after the Fillmore East album was certified gold, killed in a motorcycle accident on October 29, 1971 in Macon, Georgia (at the corner of Hillcrest and Bartlett) when he lost control avoiding collision with a flatbed truck used to carry heavy pipe. The loss of their leader was hard for the group to bear, but they quickly decided to carry on. The album continued to gain FM radio airplay, with stations even playing 13-minute and 23-minute selections.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
The Eagles 2007 Tour
Updated 15:55 PDT Mon, Aug 13 2007 The Eagles and Dixie Chicks, who will headline the first concerts at AEG's new Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, have added four shows to the two already on the schedule.
The Nokia Theatre L.A. Live is a 7,100 seat venue for live performances located in downtown Los Angeles within the new L.A. Live sports, residential and entertainment district, located across the street from Staples Center and adjacent to the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The 27 acre complex will also include The Ritz Carlton Residences at L.A. Live, a 54-story, 1001 room convention headquarters hotel; Club Nokia, a 2200 capacity live music venue; a 14-screen movie theatre; broadcast facilities for ESPN and additional entertainment, restaurant and office space.
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Jimmy fight over bootlegs
Page's fight over bootlegs
27/07/2007
GUITAR legend Jimmy Page was in court yesterday giving evidence against a trader allegedly caught with Led Zeppelin bootlegs.
Page, 63, said a huge personal collection of un-released band performances were stolen from his home in the early 80s.
He told Glasgow sheriff court that over the years he had found Led Zeppelin bootlegs at stores from New York to Japan.
Trader Robert Langley was allegedly caught with counterfeit CDs and DVDs at a record fair in the city.
They included a £220 boxset of a Japan tour and a £40 warm-up set in Denmark. Page said: "Some of these recordings it is just a whirring and you cannot hear the music."
Langley, 57, of Bucks, denies breaching copyright. The trial continues.
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Ace to Zep of guitar hits
The chart was chosen by famous axemen - including guitarist Jimmy Page from Led Zep.
Other judges included Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones, the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Andy Summers from The Police.
Q editor Paul Rees said: "This 20 greatest list is, we feel, the definitive one, since it's not been determined by a bunch of musically-challenged hacks, but by more than able guitarists, people of the standing of Jimmy Page and Ronnie Wood .
"If they don't know what they're talking about, no one does."
The top 10 is:
1 Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
2 Dazed and Confused - Led Zep
3 Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
4 A Woman in Winter - The Skids
5 Guitar Shuffle - Big Bill Broonzy
6 And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles
7 The End - The Beatles
8 Only In Dreams - Weezer
9. Limeh'se Blues - Dja Reinhardt
10 Bye Bye Blues - Les Paul and Mary Ford
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
London's Royal Albert Hall
Inn May 2005 Cream returned to London's Royal Albert Hall, the same stage where they had completed what was thought to be their final performance in 1968. It was one of the most eagerly anticipated, hard-to-get tickets in rock history. With the exception of a brief reunion set at their 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cream had not played together in nearly four decades. Filmed in Hi Def, this two-DVD set documents Cream's momentous 2005 London shows. Performances from each of the four nights are featured—classic songs like "Badge," "I'm So Glad," "Crossroads," "Sunshine Of Your Love," "White Room," and many more. Bonus features include alternate performances and in-depth interviews with Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and Eric Clapton. Cream formed in 1966 and disbanded in 1968. In just under three years, the band produced three seminal studio albums, Fresh Cream (1966), Disraeli Gears (1967), and Wheels Of Fire (1968) and secured worldwide acclaim and commercial success with their unique take on electrified blues. The band were a prolific and thrilling live act and toured incessantly in their short but remarkable history.
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Rhino