Thursday, March 31, 2011
Vintage Vinos on Vinyl
Costa Clapton Collaboration
Nikka's website
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Sing a Song for Freedom
Judge Rejects Willie Nelson's Singing Plea Deal
A prosecutor in Hudspeth County, Texas, hashed out a plea bargain with country legend Willie Nelson. If the singer performed his “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” paid a small fee, and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, Nelson could have gotten off the hook for a bust for six ounces of marijuana last year. But County Judge Becky Dean Walker, who has the final say in the case, said, “Just because he's a star, I don't think he should receive any special treatment.."
MORE HERE
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
R.I.P.: Ralph Mooney
Mr. Mooney played pedal steel guitar on hit recordings by Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings and was a pioneer of the Bakersfield sound that took root in California in the late 1950s. MORE HERE
Sunday, March 27, 2011
The Ballad of Mott the Hoople
The BFI London Film Festival crowd-pleaser makes its US debut (at the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival), documenting the celebrated reunion after 35 years of the band most famous for “All the Young Dudes.” Of course there’s more to them than one hit: their story parallels the story of British glam rock, and Ian Hunter remembers every moment of those glory days, with the help of amazing archival footage and interviews with such luminaries as Queen’s Roger Taylor and The Clash’s Mick Jones.
MORE HERE
MTH website HERE
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Global Music Relief Effort
In what stands as a major global music relief effort to benefit those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, over 30 of the biggest names in contemporary music have joined together for the worldwide release of "Songs for Japan," an unprecedented compilation of 38 chart-topping hits and classic tracks, available worldwide on the iTunes Store for $9.99 (www.itunes.com/songsforjapan). Proceeds from the album's sale will benefit the disaster relief efforts of the Japanese Red Cross Society.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Liam Gallagher's Japan Aid
No strangers to charity -- they're appearing at the Teenage Cancer Trust fundraising gigs at the Royal Albert Hall this week -- Beady Eye have announced details of a special one-off gig to raise funds for victims of the Japanese earthquake. MORE HERE
The band -- formed by Liam Gallagher and the remaining members of Oasis after Noel Gallagher quit.Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Willie's Wild Horses
official website
Monday, March 21, 2011
Help Keith Help Japan
Please visit the KeithRichards.com Store now to order a very special limited edition t-shirt Keith is making available. The Japan Relief t-shirt is based on a photo taken by Claude Gassian on the Japanese leg of the Steel Wheels tour in 1990 and is available in both classic and fitted styles.
Keith will be sending all profits from the shirt's sales to the Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund. Let's come together now to get our brothers and sisters through this difficult time and help them rebuild as soon as possible. Visit the KeithRichards.com Store for full details.
One Love.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Jack White's Surprise SXSW Parking Lot Performance
Jack White has a record label, Third Man ...add four wheels and viola - the Third Man Records Rolling Record Store ...and it made its maiden voyage to a parking lot in Austin, Texas. MORE HERE
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Otis Redding
March 16, 1968 - The posthumously released Otis Redding single 'Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay', started a five week run at No.1 on the US chart, (a No.3 hit the UK). Otis was killed in a plane crash on 10th December 1967 three days after recording the song.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Congratulations to six favorite rock icons ...
More on the 26th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony HERE
Monday, March 14, 2011
R.I.P.: Owsley 'Bear' Stanley
Owsley Stanley (born Augustus Owsley Stanley III) also known as The Bear, is a former underground LSD cook, the first to produce large quantities of pure LSD. He had a major influence on rock 'n roll. MORE HERE
Steely Dan's 1976 single "Kid Charlemagne" was loosely inspired by Stanley's exploits.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Sahara Las Vegas to Close in May
The Jack Eglash Orchestra was the "House" band at the Sahara hotel in Las Vegas.
The Sahara hotel and casino, one of the first to offer a lounge act in the home of lounge acts - and frequented by a veritable Who's Who of hedonists - has announced that its time on The Strip is at an end. The owners announced on Friday that one of the last postwar hotels still standing on the Las Vegas Strip will check its last guest out on May 16, 2011. MORE HERE
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Rain
British singer and drummer Phil Collins has confirmed reports he is to retire from the music business. MORE HERE
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Healing Power of Music
A pioneering music therapy technique is helping Gabrielle Giffords regain her faculties; helping her recovery. STORY HERE
Monday, March 7, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Kate Bush Launches Youtube Channel
Kate Bush announced the launch of the Official Kate Bush Youtube Channel today ...check it out HERE
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Happy 60th Birth-year Fender Telecaster
Roy Buchanan's battered, early-'50s Telecaster... The sounds he could conjure from it were nothing short of astounding.
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