Joe Bonamassa Extends Tour

Joe Bonamassa has added several dates to his Spring UK tour.

As well as the previously announced Royal Albert Hall show, which is almost entirely sold out, the Planet Rock presenter will be playing five shows across the UK.

Joe launches his new album, The Ballad Of John Henry, on 23 February.

Tickets for the shows are on sale now.

Here are the dates:
22/04/2009 - Gateshead, The Sage

23/04/2009 - Wolverhampton, The Civic

27/04/2009 - Glasgow, The Academy

08/04/2009 - Sheffield, City Hall

29/04/2009 - Cardiff, St David's Hall

04/05/2009 - London Royal Albert Hall

Coldplay Sued By Satriani

Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay for stealing one of his songs for their new album says Planet Rock.

Satch has filed a lawsuit against the indie-poppers after they apparently stole "substantial original portions" of his 2004 song If I Could Fly for their track Viva La Vida, the title track of their new album.

Speaking to Music Radar, Satriani said that he’s pretty hurt by the whole ordeal and that it never had to come to a lawsuit.

"I felt like a dagger went right through my heart. It hurt so much," Satriani says. "The second I heard it, I knew it was ‘If I Could Fly’.

"I spent so long writing the song, thinking about it, loving it, nursing it, and then finally recording it and standing on stages the world over playing it - and then somebody comes along and plays the exact same song and calls it their own.

"Everybody's assumes I'm trying to go after these guys in Coldplay, as if I'm doing this with malice," he says "That's the furthest thing from my mind. I'm just doing what I need to do as an artist,to protect what's mine, to protect those feelings I put down in song.

"I did everything I could to avoid a court case with this situation. But Coldplay didn't want to talk about it. They just wanted this whole thing to go away. Maybe they figured this little guitar player guy will leave them alone after a while, I don't know. "But we're talking about a piece of art that I created, and that's something I feel is important. I think everybody should feel that way."

Coldplay have yet to respond to the lawsuit.

Mitch Mitchell Dies

Mitch Mitchell, the drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, has died aged 61.
Mitchell was found dead in a hotel room in Portland, where he had been touring with the all-star tribute act, Experience Hendrix.
The cause of death is yet to be established, but first reports suggest that there’s nothing suspicious.
John “Mitch” Mitchell, the child actor star of the TV series Jennings in the late 50s turned drumming legend with the Jimi Hendrix, has died aged 61.
A jazz drummer by trade, Mitch Mitchell played in a number of bands prior to joining the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mitch had stints in bands such as Johnny Harris and the Shades, The Pretty Things, The Riot Squad and Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, but despite his enormous talent never found a permanent home until former Animals bassist Chas Chandler called him about auditioning for a new band with a prodigious new talent called Jimi Hendrix at the helm. Mitchell fought off competition from a huge number of talented drummers, and reportedly turned down several job offers (including ELP) to bag the job.
The original line-up of the Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded just three albums, but they were three albums that changed the world of music forever with their combination of blues, riffs and psychedelia that helped soundtrack a generation.
The first two tracks on the Experience’s first album, Are You Experienced? – the down and dirty ‘Foxey Lady’ and the psychedlic masterpiece ‘Manic Depression’ – sum up perfectly the soul of Mitch Mitchell’s drumming. A solid, driving beat combined with a free flowing jazzy rhythm that, along with Cream’s Ginger Baker, helped pioneer the term “fusion.” This style was not lost on Jimi Hendrix, who used to feed off Mitchell’s dexterity and flexibility just as much as Mitchell used to feed off Hendrix.
The Experience came to an end in 1969 with Hendrix unable to decide on a musical direction, and although Mitchell played again with a new incarnation of the band the following year with Billy Cox replacing the unfortunate Noel Redding, the reunion would come to a premature end with Jimi’s death in September 1970.
For the next couple of years Mitchell worked with the Experience’s engineer Eddie Kramer to release unreleased and partially completed Hendrix studio material. Cry Of Love and The Rainbow Bridge would be unveiled in 1971 (both contained material that was intended for Hendrix’s First Rays Of The New Rising Sun), while War Heroes would be released in 1972.
Mitchell’s post-Hendrix music career began in the innovative, but commercially unsuccessful Ramatam who released just two albums and only lasted for two years.
And for the past 30 years, Mitchell worked fairly consistently with a number of well known rock stars (including Jeff Beck, Jack Bruce, Terry Reid) and a host of jazz and blues musicians, and has helped with the numerous posthumous Hendrix releases over the past decade. He was always happy to talk about his time in the band in various documentaries, articles and books. And in 1990 Mitchell published his own book, Jimi Hendrix: Inside The Experience, which detailed his life in the iconic band.
Earlier in 2008 Mitchell came out of semi-retirement to join the Experience Hendrix Tour, an all star touring band that celebrated the iconic guitarist's music, and featured a number of high profile musicians, including Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Cesar Rojas, David Hidalgo, Brad Whitford, Hubert Sumlin, Chris Layton as well as Eric Gales and Mato Nanji. Their tour finished just five days before Mitch Mitchell passed away, and he was due to fly home to England the day he died.
Mitchell was the last member of the original, legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience to pass away following Jimi in 1970 and Noel Redding in 2003.

Was Jack Bruce Joking? Who Cares?

After Jack Bruce’s comments about Zeppelin on Monday night at the Classic Rock Awards, some people suspected that he may have had his tongue firmly in his cheek. It turns out that they may have been right
Speaking to the JJ & Lynne Morning Show on 94.7 WCSX in Detroit, Jack says that he was having fun with the Press, although he does have another semi-dig at Jimmy Page in the process.
"I was just having some fun with the press gallery really…being fairly tongue in cheek…. The thing about Zeppelin is obviously its a little bit of jealousy on my part or more than a little bit because the audience was created by Cream and Jimi Hendrix…this sort of very large audience…then Zeppelin came along and had a very easy ride in that way. We were the pioneers and pioneers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. On the other hand, let’s face it: Jimmy Page ain’t no Eric Clapton…no matter what anybody thinks.”
He also added, jokingly “The only decent guy…the one good guy in that band is dead…so what are you gonna do?...The trouble is if you say anything about the establishment…In Britain you mustn’t criticize the Queen or Led Zeppelin”.

Quite rightly so. Jimmy and Zeppelin took rock music to new heights after Cream disbanded.

Any true rock fan worth his salt would rather listen to Pagey any day.

Come on Jimmy, give the old sweaty a tongue lashing.

Brian May Axed From GNR Album?

Guns n Roses have reportedly removed Brian May’s work on one of the songs that appears on Chinese Democracy, reports Planet Rock.
Way back in 1999 the Queen guitarist recorded guitar parts for a song entitled ‘Catcher N The Rye,’ and despite being nearly a decade old the song has been named as one of the tracks on Chinese Democracy which is out in just over two weeks time.
However, a leaked copy of the album’s sleeve notes do not appear to include Brian May in the credits, which has led people to speculate that Brian May’s guitar work has been axed.
In a post on his website Brian says that he can understand “Ah… well, I did not know this! Well, it is a shame, perhaps… I did put quite a lot of work in, and was proud of it. But I could understand if Axl wants to have an album which reflects the work of the members of the band as it is, right now. I do have mixes of the tracks with my guitar on, work tapes at the time, but they will remain private, out of respect for Axl.”

New Kinks Album In The Pipeline

Influential 60s icons The Kinks are apparently working on a new album.
Ray Davies told the BBC that the band had started working on new material, although he’s not sure about the standard.
"We've started a little bit of this and that," he told BBC News. “But it is too early to judge the quality. It depends if there's good music. We want good new music. I'd like to do it as a more collaborative thing than we used to do."
The band last performed together and recorded in 1996, although their much touted reunion has been on the cards for some time. His brother Dave Davies suffered a stroke in 2004 and they have been waiting for him to be well enough to start work again.

Aerosmith New Album Almost There

Aerosmith have finally returned to the studio to work on their delayed new album.
Speaking to Billboard, guitarist Brad Whitford says that the band have already recorded the bulk of the material and expect to have the record finished in the near future.
"We're sitting on a bunch of music we've already recorded for a new album," says Whitford. "We haven't gone back into the studio the put the final touches on it and get it done and still don't know when we're gonna do that. Hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later."
The album will be the band’s first since 2004, and their first album of entirely original material since 2001’s Just Push Play.
The band recently reiterated their intention to take the new album out on the road in the Spring for a world tour.

Gilmour Dedicates Award To Wright

David Gilmour picked up the Q Award for Outstanding Contribution on Monday night and dedicated the trophy to late bandmate Richard Wright who died recently.
Accepting the award, Gilmour said “I’m going to dedicate this to my old friend and colleague Richard Wright who died a couple of weeks ago with whom I’ve worked for 40 odd years.
"There’s all sorts of music I won’t be able to play without him which is a source of great sadness for me," Gilmour said. "One of the last things he wanted to do was play a big outdoor festival such as Glastonbury which we were unable to do.
"Anyway, as I say he deserves this just as much as I do. You could say that he worked in the position of second fiddle to the pushier chaps at the front, but his work was vitally important to our entire career."
Gilmour also made a toast to his bandmate, who received a standing ovation from the audience.

Chickenfoot Debut Almost Ready

The band that is currently known as Chickenfoot is well underway with its debut album, reports Planet Rock.
The band, which features Joe Satriani, former Van Halen alumni Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony and Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith, has recorded nine songs for their album.
Speaking to Billboard.com Joe Satriani says that the idea for the new band came about in February when they played together for the first time.
"We were very excited about that show," tells said. "We had never played together before and when we walked off stage, we looked at each other like, 'Wow, there's a connection here. We should do something about it.' So last week we were together for five days and we recorded nine tracks.
"As soon as Sammy and myself finish touring our separate solo tours we'll reconvene in Northern California and finish the record," he continues. "We hope to mix the album in January, have it ready for April and then we'll follow it up with a tour."
He added that the band’s current name of Chickenfoot was simply something that Sammy Hagar had come up with and will not be the actual name that the band use.
And what can we expect from rock’s latest supergroup? "We'll draw from funk, blues and experimental. We know what we want to get out of it,” he told Billboard. “We want passages in songs that develop and we want everyone's personality to be able to come out. So, it's going to be expansive but it's going to be rough."

Historic Doors Release

Rhino and Bright Midnight archives are set to release the Doors' Live At The Matrix 1967, the latest instalment in the band's acclaimed series of archival live albums, reports Planet Rock.
While there are a number of Doors live albums this one is unique in that it was recorded prior to the band’s huge success at a show in San Francisco where just a handful of people turned up.
The double disc album contains early versions of many of the tracks that appeared on their first album, which was released later that year, alongside a number of cover versions and extended jams.
Keyboardist Ray Manzarek says of the album "It was early 1967 and The Doors were about to enter the consciousness of the nation. And this is the way it sounded."
Here’s the tracklist:

Disc One

1. Break On Through (To The Other Side)

2. Soul Kitchen

3. Money

4. The Crystal Ship

5. Twentieth Century Fox

6. I'm A King Bee

7. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)

8. Summer's Almost Gone

9. Light My Fire

10. Get Out Of My Life Woman

11. Back Door Man

12. Who Do You Love

13. The End

Disc Two

1. Unhappy Girl

2. Moonlight Drive

3. Woman Is A Devil/Rock Me

4. People Are Strange

5. Close To You

6. My Eyes Have Seen You

7. Crawling King Snake

8. I Can't See Your Face In My Mind

9. Summertime

10. When The Music's Over

11. Gloria

Oasis Cliff Richard Rip Off?

Oasis have been accused of nicking, borrowing - you know, ripping off - a bit of Sir Cliff Richard's 1976 hit Devil Woman on their new song The Turning, reports Music Radar.
Noel, Liam Gallagher and company posted the song on their MySpace page last week ahead of Dig Out Your Soul's release today (Oct. 6), and almost immediately, Cliff Richard fans began writing on the singer's website about what they say is an uncanny resemblance.
One user by the name of Rolybunny says, "This is a rip-off. What'll they do next? Remix Mistletoe and Wine?" On the other hand, some Richard fans are elated, viewing the similarities as something of an honor for the aging pop singer. Janine Castle, from the International Cliff Richard Movement, says, "I'm astounded Oasis use Cliff as their muse - but delighted. I can hear the similarities. It's about time Cliff's musical genius got some recognition."

Plant Agrees To Zeppelin Tour (Allegedly)

Rock legends Led Zeppelin are finally set to embark on a reunion tour after West Bromwich-born lead singer Robert Plant caved in and agreed to join the rest of the band, it was reported on birminghammail.net.
Guitarist Jimmy Page, aged 64, bassist John Paul Jones, 62, and drummer Jason Bonham, 42, son of the late Led Zep drummer John Bonham, from Redditch, were resigned to going on the road without Plant.
They even rehearsed with stand-in singers in preparation for a tour next year following the massive success of a one-off concert at London’s 02 Arena last December.
It is understood that the rehearsals for a replacement lead vocalist finally persuaded Plant, aged 60, who grew up and began his musical career around Kidderminster in Worcestershire, to return to the Led Zeppelin line-up.
Plant, who has been spending a lot of time working with country singer Alison Kraus, helped celebrate last October’s re-opening of Birmingham Town Hall.
A source close to Led Zeppelin said: “The rest of the band had all but given up on Robert joining them, but they were determined to go ahead and had started to seriously explore other avenues. “When Robert realised the band were serious about doing it without him, he realised he couldn’t face the thought of not being involved.”

McCartney Rocks Tel Aviv

After a 43-year wait, Paul McCartney performed his first concert in Israel tonight (Sept. 25) in Tel Aviv, kicking it off with the familiar Beatles song "Hello, Goodbye" to the joy of tens of thousands of cheering fans, reports Billboard.
McCartney billed the concert "Friendship First," saying he's on a mission of peace for Israel and the Palestinians.
During "Give Peace a Chance," he stopped and let the audience sing the chorus alone. "Here tonight you sang it, you want it," the 66-year-old rocker said. He dedicated the song to his fellow Beatle, John Lennon, who was killed in New York in 1980. Fireworks lit the sky as McCartney sang "Live and Let Die."
A crowd made up of Israelis of all ages, estimated at 40,000, cheered as McCartney performed outdoors in Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park on a warm late summer night. Some wore T-shirts with the slogan, "I love Paul."
He greeted the crowd with a mixture of English and Hebrew, wishing them "shana tova," happy new year, ahead of next week's Jewish new year holiday. He added "Ramadan kareem" in Arabic, a greeting to Muslims, who are marking their holy month.
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His repertoire included many Beatles hits, as well as songs from his post-Beatles group, Wings. The songs included "Yesterday," "Back in the USSR," "Hey Jude" and "Jet."
The Beatles had been scheduled to perform in 1965. But in one of the country's most widely repeated tales, an Israeli official supposedly called off the concert for fear it would corrupt the nation's youth. Only in recent weeks, it turns out the story may not have been true.
So pervasive is this story that Israel's ambassador in London, Ron Prosor, sent a letter to McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two surviving Beatles, to express regret over the matter.
"Israel missed a chance to learn from the most influential musicians of the decade, and the Beatles missed an opportunity to reach out to one of the most passionate audiences in the world," he wrote. He invited them to play during this year's celebrations marking Israel's 60th anniversary.
When McCartney announced plans for tonight's concert, he acknowledged the brouhaha, saying he was finally coming "43 years after being banned by the Israeli government." He promised to give fans "the night they have been waiting decades for."
Ahead of the concert, newspaper columnist Yossi Sarid, son of the Israeli official who allegedly banned the Beatles, went on a campaign to clear his father's name. Sarid claimed his father had nothing to do with the decision, and that it involved a more mundane feud between two Israeli concert promoters.
Sarid, reached ahead of the concert, said he hadn't heard from McCartney's people and had no plans to attend. "The tickets are too expensive," he said.
A small group of Palestinians had urged McCartney to call off the show, saying it was supporting the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. A radical Muslim preacher in Lebanon also called on McCartney to cancel the show.
During a visit to the biblical town of Bethlehem on Wednesday, McCartney brushed off the criticism. "I get criticized everywhere I go, but I don't listen to them," McCartney said. "I'm bringing a message of peace, and I think that's what the region needs."

Kinks To Reform?

Ray Davies has told BBC Radio 4 that the seminal English band The Kinks could reform soon.
However, not content for them to function as little more than a nostalgia act, he wants the band to work on new material.
Davies told the UK radio station: "There is a desire to do it. The thing that would make me decide 'yes' or 'no' would be whether or not we could do new songs.
"I couldn't do it just for nostalgic reasons. My pitch to the other guys in the band was what would we have written if we hadn't had our first hit, You Really Got Me?
"What if we put ourselves in that situation, what would have happened? I think new work is important for artists as they mature and get older."
He went on to explain that the main obstacle to them reforming was the illness of his brother, guitarist Dave Davies, who suffered a stroke in 2004.
Here's a reminder of what was so great about The Kinks, this video of the band rocking an NME awards show in 1965, introduced by an appallingly-attired Jimmy Saville.

McCartney Tells Terrorists To Shove It

Paul McCartney’s concert in Israel next week could be his last, because a gang of Islamic extremists are running around telling everyone that they’re going to kill him if he follows through with his plan to play there.
However, Paul McCartney has shown admirable strength of character by refusing to bow to these religious fanatics. In fact, if anything this death threat has just strengthened Paul McCartney’s resolve.

Next Thursday he is playing a concert in Tel Aviv, which would be fine except for all the Islamic extremists carping on about killing him if he does. But, as The New York Times reports, McCartney is unbowed:
Paul McCartney has refused to cancel his concert in Israel, despite threats from Islamic militants, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. The response follows comments made by Omar Bakri Muhammad, a militant Lebanese Islamic activist, in an interview. Mr. Bakri said, “If he values his life, Mr. McCartney must not come to Israel… He will not be safe there. The sacrifice operatives will be waiting for him.”

Paperwork Hitch To Zeppelin Reunion

Singer Robert Plant insists he hasn't ruled out another Led Zeppelin reunion. Turns out he just hates paperwork, that's all.
Apparently, there's a lot of it attached to anything Zep-related, and it's this kind of bureaucracy that puts him off the idea.
SinceLed Zeppelin's historic one-off gig at London's O2 arena last year - the band's first concert in 19 years - they have been hounded by rumours of a world tour. All of which makes Plant, still on tour with bluegrass star Alison Krauss (whose legal documents must be written on Post-It notes), skittish about hitting the road.
Just for the O2 show, Plant says, "The endless paperwork was like nothing I've experienced before. I've kept every one of the emails that were exchanged before the concert and I'm thinking of compiling them for a book, which I feel sure would be hailed as a sort of literary version of Spinal Tap."
In must will come as a harsh slap to millions of Zeppelin fans, Plant adds: "Led Zeppelin's never been about the fans. We've always been about four guys coming together to make thrilling, disturbing rock 'n' roll. On our own terms."
Coming together on your own terms? Avoiding paperwork? Hmmm, seems like Plant could use a lawyer. You'd think he could afford one.

Floyd's Rick Wright Dies

Pink Floyd keyboardist and founding member Rick Wright has died.
The musician passed away at home on Monday 15th September aged 65 after losing a battle with cancer.
A spokesperson for Rick's family said: "The family of Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadness that Richard died after a short struggle with cancer. The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this difficult time."
Rick played with Pink Floyd from 1965 - originally alongside the first line-up of Roger Waters, Nick Mason and the late Syd Barrett - and continued to play with the group until 1985.
The self-taught musician was seen as the early driving force in the band, alongside frontman Syd, and his organ playing was one of the distinguishing features of debut album 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn'.
Rick saw his responsibilities as a songwriter increase in the group after Syd left in 1968 and was replaced by David Gilmour. He composed and recorded vocals on two songs on the band's second album 'A Saucerful of Secrets'.
He also wrote 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig in the Sky', both of which featured on the band's seminal album 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
David paid tribute to his former bandmate, saying: "He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound. I have never played with anyone quite like him."
Tensions between Rick, bassist Roger and David led to a fall out during the making of 'The Wall' album, and Rick was subsequently not included on the group's 1983 album 'The Final Cut'. He then left the group in 1985.
He later rejoined the band following Roger's departure, and recorded two more albums with drummer Nick and David - 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' and 'The Division Bell'.
The last time the band performed together was in 2005 when all four members took to the stage for the Live 8 charity concert in London - the first time in 25 years they had all played together.
Rick also released two solo albums, 'Wet Dream' in 1978 and 'Broken China' in 1996. He is survived by three children and third wife Millie.

New Peter Green Anthology

A comprehensive new anthology that covers the entire career of troubled guitar genius, Peter Green is due to be released on 27 October.
Simply titled The Anthology, the 4CD, 64 track collection starts with Peter Green’s work with John Mayall in the early 60s and runs chronologically via Fleetwood Mac all the way through to Green’s recent work with the Splinter Group.
Here’s the full tracklist:

Disc 1
1. Evil Woman Blues With John Mayall
2. The Stumble With John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
3. Sitting In The Rain With John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
4. The World Keep On Turning With Fleetwood Mac
5. The Supernatural With John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
6. Looking For Somebody With Fleetwood Mac
7. Long Grey Mare (Feat. Bob Brunning) With Fleetwood Mac
8. Stop Messin' Around With Fleetwood Mac
9. Train Is Coming With Eddie Boyd & His Blues Band
10. Greeny With John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
11. Soul Dressing With Peter B's Looners
12. I Loved Another Woman With Fleetwood Mac
13. No Place To Go With Fleetwood Mac
14. You Don't Love Me With John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
15. Lazy Poker Blues With Fleetwood Mac
16. Merry Go Round With Fleetwood Mac
17. Trying So Hard To Forget With Duster Bennett
18. Ramblin' Pony With Fleetwood Mac
19. Drifting With Fleetwood Mac


Disc 2
1. Black Magic Woman With Fleetwood Mac
2. Albatross With Fleetwood Mac
3. Ain't Nobody's Business With Otis Spann
4. Someday Baby With Otis Spann
5. Watch Out With Fleetwood Mac (Blues Jam At Chess)
6. Ooh Baby With Fleetwood Mac (Blues Jam At Chess)
7. Horton's Boogie Woogie - (Blues Jam At Chess)
8. Love That Burns With Fleetwood Mac
9. First Train Home With Fleetwood Mac
10. Need Your Love So Bad With Fleetwood Mac
11. Don't Goof With The Spook With Peter Bardens
12. The Answer With Peter Bardens
13. Homage To The God Of Light With Peter Bardens
14. Oh Well Part 1 And Part 2 With Fleetwood Mac


Disc 3
1. Man Of The World With Fleetwood Mac
2. Before The Beginning With Fleetwood Mac
3. Momma Don'tcha Cry Peter Green, Solo
4. Underway With Fleetwood Mac
5. Rattlesnake Shake With Fleetwood Mac
6. It's Gonna Be Me Peter Green, Solo
7. White Sky (Love That Evil Woman) With Fleetwood Mac
8. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) With Fleetwood Mac
9. Show-Biz Blues With Fleetwood Mac
10. In The Skies Peter Green, Solo
11. Like A Hot Tomato Peter Green, Solo
12. Whatcha Gonna Do? Peter Green, Solo
13. Carry My Love Peter Green, Solo
14. Corners Of My Mind Peter Green, Solo
15. Hidden Depth (Feat. Zoot Money) Peter Green, Solo


Disc 4
1. Big Change Is Gonna Come With Splinter Group
2. I'm A Steady Rollin' Man (Feat. Otis Rush) With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group
3. It Takes Time With Splinter Group
4. Don't Walk Away With Splinter Group
5. Heart Of Stone With Splinter Group
6. Love In Vain Blues With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group
7. From Four Until Late (Feat. Dr John) With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group
8. I'm Ready For You With Splinter Group
9. Cruel Contradictions With Dick Heckstall-Smith
10. Me And The Devil Blues With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group
11. Cross Road Blues (Feat. Buddy Guy) With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group
12. Dead Shrimp Blues (Feat. Hubert Sumlin) With Nigel Watson & Splinter Group
13. Travelling Riverside Blues (Feat. Joe Louis Walker & Honey Boy Edwards) With Nigel
Watson & Splinter Group
14. Time Keeps Slipping Away With Splinter Group
15. Look Out For Yourself With Splinter Group
16. Albatross With Chris Coco

Review - Ryan McGarvey - Forward In Reverse

Ryan McGarvey was born on October 30th 1986, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

At a very early age Ryan took an interest in music, in particular the guitar. As an infant, Ryan would crawl over to his father Patrick while he was playing and listen intently.

At two years old, Ryan received his first real acoustic guitar, made by Harmony.

At around seven years old, Ryan's interest in music intensified. He became well acquainted with the music he had grown up listening to from his parents record collection of classic hard rock. Soon he was trying to recreate the sounds he heard coming from those albums by such artists as Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers and Stevie Ray Vaughan. From these early influences, Ryan discovered new artists.

New inspiration developed from these new artists such as Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Chris Duarte, Ian Moore and Joe Bonamassa.

Gathering inspiration from all of these influences helped shape the sound which would soon become Ryan's own.

In his second year in high school, Ryan's first band won a city wide talent competition, allowing the him to open for internationally known Latino singing sensations Sparx and Lorenzo Antonio. The concert was held at Sandia Casinos outdoor amphitheatre to a sold out crowd, exceeding 5,000 people.

Ryan won the contest the following year too. Since then, Ryan has performed at many of the most prestigious venues and festivals in New Mexico, Texas, and southern Colorado.

As well as playing with many well known blues musicians in the southwest, Ryan has also had the opportunity to jam with Mississippi Delta Blues legends Kenny Brown and Cedric Burnside at the Thirsty Ear Festival.

He has since opened, and played for the likes of Phil Brown, John Hammond Jr. , Buddy Guy, Joe Ely, Ozomatli, Reckless Kelly, Junior Brown, Tim Reynolds, Shannon Curfman, Shemekia Copeland, Blue Oyster Cult, Gov't Mule, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Joe Bonamassa and many others as well as being asked to sit in with the likes of his heroes Wes Jeans, Chris Duarte and Ian Moore.

At the 2006 Guitar Center "Guitarmaggedon" Ryan was named the "Next King Of The Blues" champion for New Mexico and was most recently voted in 2007 "Best Blues Act" of the year by The Weekly Alibi's (Readers Poll). Ryan also took home the 2007 New Mexico Music Award for "Best Musical Production: Blues" in addition to being nominated for "Best Musical Production : Mainstream/Rock".

Now 20 years of age, his debut CD "Forward In Reverse" available and he is presently playing shows throughout the southwest U.S. backed by his band.

The album’s pace is set with the sounds of blues harmonica combined with slide guitar on the intro to "Right In All The Wrong ways" and never lets up.
"Joyride" sounds like early Bad Company before morphing into a full blown guitar workout with two extended solos. Aficionados of great guitar will love this track.
"Texas Special", a tribute to SRV, is the only time McGarvey truly travels this route and it is well worth the journey. With a passing resemblance to "Scuttlebuttin'", it's a model for this facet of his playing style. Featuring lightning quick fingerwork, this live favorite captures perfectly what the legendary bluesman was all about.
"Someone Like You" brings a touch of modernity to the proceedings.
"Second Time Around" is an acoustic workout with its delicate picking providing a change of pace to the blistering guitar work featured elsewhere.
Tough, hard rocking blues is what you get with “Crying Over You”, bringing the sound of classic Chicago guitar based blues to the modern age.
Next comes the instrumental "Mystic Dream". Beginning with an intro similar to recent live renditions of Joe Bonamassa's "Mountain Time", with a middle eastern vibe, it has a spaced out, psychedelic feel. It builds in intensity until exploding guitars take flight. This track alone would serve notice that McGarvey is poised to become one of the cream of the crop of new blues rock players.
The last track is another high note, a down and dirty blues, "Blue Eyed Angel Blues". With strong vocals and more explosive playing, it's a fine end to a very strong debut.
Whereas artists like Joe Bonamassa are dragging the blues kicking and screaming into the new century, it's players such as McGarvey who are it's future. Purists will probably wince when they hear some of this, but seeing as earlier (and sometimes the same) said keepers of the blues museum felt the same way about Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Page, Hendrix and Jeff Beck in the past, he seems to be in good company.
Preview the future of the blues today without hesitation. You won't be disappointed. In the crowded blues rock multitude, McGarvey stands out as the real thing.

Let's hope we see him over here soon.


"Ryan's playing has the passion and exuberance of youth, but its further lifted by a deep dedication to his craft. His technique is awe-inspiring, but it's the dawning subtleties and emotional range that hints of the greatest possibilities--"- Ian Moore


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Winwood On Tour

Former Blind Faith & Traffic star Steve Winwood is touring the UK this winter.
The legendary keyboardist & songwriter will play six dates promoting his excellent Nine Lives album, which was released earlier this year.
Winwood has been busy this year. As well as the new album, he reunited with Eric Clapton for a sold out and very well received three night stint at Madison Square Garden back in February.
Tickets for the UK dates are on sale now from http://www.livenation.co.uk/

New Bonamassa Album Hits Charts

Joe Bonamassa’s new live album, Live From Nowhere In Particular, is hitting the charts around the world.
It currently lies at number 45 in the UK charts, and at number 5 in the UK indie charts.
Meanwhile in his native US the album is really riding high. Now they do have a lot of charts over there so pay attention:
It is number 1 on the Billboard Blues Charts and number 136 in the general Billboard Charts.
If you haven’t heard it yet it is well worth hearing. It will certainly feature as one of the best albums of the year.

Original Stones Logo Back Home

The original artwork of the famous Rolling Stones Tongue & Lips logo has been bought at an auction by the V&A Museum in London, reports Planet Rock.
John Pasche originally designed it in 1970 and it has adorned every Stones album since 1971 and remains one of the most recognisable rock images.
He was apparently paid £50 for the rights to the logo in 1970 and a further £200 in 1972.
The V&A Museum bought the original drawings of the for around £50,000 at a US auction last week after learning they were on sale. They’re now on display at the museum.
Speaking to the Guardian, Pasche says that funds would go towards his family. "I have an 11-year-old son and this money is going to go towards his education," he said.

New Zeppelin Tracks Hinted At

Although it has been rumoured for a while, drummer Jason Bonham confirmed last week that he is indeed working on new material with Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, says Jam music. This fuels a bit more speculation that something might be in the works regarding a highly anticipated Zeppelin reunion tour despite singer Robert Plant pretending to doze off at the notion last month at a Toronto news conference.
"I've been over a couple of times with Jimmy and John Paul just trying to do some new material and writing," Bonham told Detroit classic rock radio station WCSX last Friday. "So I don't know what it will be but it will be something. I mean this is something that I always wanted to do but trying to predict what it will be at the moment ... all I know is I have the greatest pleasure to go and jam with the two guys and try and work on some new material, so it's been fantastic in that aspect."
Bonham, who had been drumming for Foreigner recently, also announced that he will stop touring with the band at the end of August to allow for some downtime to be with his children and also in the event something else becomes a reality in the future, most likely a Zeppelin tour.
"I'd say it's too early to tell, the possibility of doing something I really felt like it was in the cards from the moment we walked off stage after the O2 (reunion show at London's O2 Arena last December)," Bonham said. "There was obviously a lot of politics and things. It wasn't just as cut and dry as just go and do it."
The announcement came days before Page performed Whole Lotta Love with Leona Lewis at the closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Page is also scheduled to appear at the Toronto International Film Festival next month when the music documentary It Might Get Loud makes its world premiere

AC/DC Album Release Date Confirmed

AC/DC have confirmed the final details about their eagerly anticipated new album, Black Ice, says Planet Rock.
The album is out in the UK on 20 October and contains fifteen tracks, opening with the new single, ‘Rock n Roll Train’ which will be released to radio on 28 August (you may want to stay tuned to Planet Rock around then).
In the US Black Ice will be released solely in Walmart, Sam’s Club and on their official website.
The band also release a new DVD called No Bull: The Director’s Cut on 9 September. The DVD is a film of a Madrid concert from 1996.
Here’s the tracklist for Black Ice:
Rock'n'Roll Train

Skies on Fire

Big Jack

Anything Goes

War Machine

Smash n Grab

Spoilin' for a Fight

Wheels

Decibel

Stormy May Day

She Likes Rock'n'Roll

Money Made

Rock'n'Roll Dream

Rocking All the Way

Black Ice

No New Squeeze Album In The Pipeline

Despite a reunion of frontman Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook and an upcoming U.S. tour, there are no plans for a new Squeeze album at the moment."No, we're not kind of talking about any of that for the time being," Difford tells Billboard.com "Glenn's got a solo record coming out very soon, and I've just had a solo record come out ('The Last Temptation of Chris'), so ... (Squeeze) is kind of like the mothership, and we're satellites that go off."Nevertheless, Difford -- who re-joined Tilbrook for live shows again last year after a nine-year break -- says the current Squeeze reunion "feels great," and that he'd entertain the notion of doing another album under the band moniker at some future juncture. "I think it would be nice. It would be an interesting thing to do," he notes. "For the time being, we've got quite a lot on our plate."Difford say Squeeze, whose last new album was 1998's "Domino," will not be playing any of his or Difford's solo material in concert. "It's very strictly a Squeeze show," he explains. "I don't think Glenn would really want to play any of my songs, particularly. And I think it's important for us to keep our separation between what we do individually and what we do together."Squeeze's U.S. run starts Aug. 21 in Washington, D.C. and wraps Sept. 16 in Seattle.
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Difford made "The Last Temptation of Chris," his first solo album since 2002's "I Didn't Get Where I Am," with Boo Hewerdine. He's already eyeballing his next project but hasn't yet decided on a collaborator."The idea is to just start writing one day and have a record the next," Difford explains. "All the concepts happen in a short space of time. That's the way I like to work. That way you can capture everybody's ideas and musicianship and it's all very fresh."

Lennon's Killer Denied Parole

John Lennon's killer has been denied parole for a fifth time because of "concern for the public safety and welfare", it has been announced.
The BBC website says Mark Chapman, 53, will remain in Attica prison, New York, for at least another two years.
Chapman told parole board members at a hearing that he planned the killing "with an essentially clear mind".
A lawyer for Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, said she was "very pleased" with the board's decision.
Chapman shot the former Beatle as he and wife Ono returned to their Manhattan apartment building on 8 December 1980.
He has been in prison for 27 years since pleading guilty to the murder.
The board noted that Chapman had a clean disciplinary record since 1994 but said his conduct had "precipitated a horrendously tragic event which has impacted many individuals".
"Your discretionary release at this time would thus not be compatible with the welfare of society at large," the board added.
A spokesman for the New York correctional services department said Chapman was being held in an isolated unit away from other prisoners because of fears for his safety.
Chapman, who had a history of mental illness before he committed the murder, was also denied parole in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006.
He will be allowed to apply again in 2010.

Queen + Paul Rodgers Album Release Date

Queen + Paul Rodgers have announced that they will release their debut studio album "The Cosmos Rocks" world wide on September 15, 2008, except for North America where it will be released on October 14, 2008, reports antiMusic.
Simultaneously, Queen + Paul Rodgers embark on a 33-date Europe and Northern Eurasia tour beginning mid-September. The tour reaches the UK on October 10 with 11 dates including two at London 02 and the tour's final date at Wembley Arena on November 8.
Here is the press release about the album:-
The first thing you notice about The Cosmos Rocks, the much anticipated first album from rock legends Queen + Paul Rodgers is "all tracks written by Queen and Paul Rodgers"…"produced and performed by Brian May, Paul Rodgers and Roger Taylor" (indicating that between them they played all instruments, including bass - Paul and Brian swapping duties - in case you were going to ask). This is obviously not a case of Rodgers lightly stepping in to fill a vocal gap, as some might have been drawn to assume would be the case when the three of them got into the studio together.
No, this is a full bodied, group endeavour: May, Rodgers and Taylor in a totally democratic union, even down to equally sharing the credits. The album's dedication to legendary Queen front man 'Freddie Mercury,' (you'll also see thanks credits to John Deacon and Paul Kossoff) shows the band mates still feel his presence strongly enough to dedicate this entirely new work to him, nearly 13 years on from Queen's last studio album.
You also wonder how Rodgers who takes control as main vocalist on all thirteen tracks here feels about his work being dedicated to the man whose fans still worship at the altar of the pre-Mercury demise Queen.
But then thinking about it, it doesn't seem quite so strange. Brian May and Roger Taylor have, after all, never shied from acknowledging the mighty presence Mercury provided to the band on stage and the wonders of his extraordinary creativity in the studio. Mostly, they acknowledge how even today, they still miss 'dear Fred'.
In the case of Rodgers, he can stand assured in the fact that Mercury always rated him as one of the best rock voices of his time. It is public record that Mercury would make a point of dropping into the Marquee or any number of other London venues when Rodgers was performing with his band Free. Mercury often in his past acknowledged FREE's Fire And Water as one of the albums to most influence Queen. On top of this, Rodgers has now played enough sold-out and wildly received dates as Queen + Paul Rodgers to know that it works, and that the acceptance is there. You only had to be there at last month's Nelson Mandela 90th birthday concert to feel the heat from the audience to the band's blinding set.
It all makes perfect sense when you get the opportunity to see what the band have to say about the sessions:
"We went in and played, every day, and ALL kinds of things happened, little bits of chemistry happening between us. It's good, organic music.
"There's a lot of guitar orchestras and some of our old trademarks, but at the core of it you'll hear the three of us playing. People really, truly playing together in the studio - you don't get that much these days. But, you will get it on their new album.
"Do they still call them 'albums'? I don't even know. But this is really, we believe, an Album in the old sense of the word - something you can put on and listen to all the way through, and it takes you on a journey ... the subjects and moods in it are widely spaced - but nevertheless, a challenge to the listener to put his day on hold for an hour or so, be drawn in, make connections, and experience something new.
"These days it has seemed to us that few people have this in mind - CD's by large tend to be a collection of songs, often produced by different teams, assembled in random sequence - with the idea that folks will shuffle the order on their iPods anyway. Of course you always have that option! But our teachers were THE BEATLES, HENDRIX, blues + soul and ... you know where we're going with this. "
The Cosmos Rocks was recorded and mixed at Taylor's The Priory studio between November 2007 and August 2008, and co-produced and engineered by Joshua J Macrae, Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson. It marks the first album of newly recorded material from Queen + Paul Rodgers since they first set out on the road in 2005, and the first Queen studio album since 1995.
A first single from the album, 'C-lebrity' is released September 8 in enhanced CD, 7", and digital formats. Versions contain exclusive performances of Queen + Paul Rodgers live performances of 'Show Must Go On' and 'Fire and Water' filmed during Q + PR's 2005 Japanese tour.
The track, according to Roger Taylor – and seemingly much in keeping with many on The Cosmos Rocks – is the writers' skew on the times in which we live: " 'C-lebrity' is really a comment on the current concept of fame - success and all that goes with it. Getting your face on TV is enough - talent doesn't really enter into the equation. 'Celebrity' is an overused and devalued word today. I think the song shows we have lost none of the humour of Queen!"
Other tracks on The Cosmos Rocks include 'Cosmos Rockin'', 'Time To Shine', 'Still Burnin'' (a mission statement of why artists are compelled to create), 'Small', 'Warboys', 'We Believe', 'Call Me', 'Voodoo', 'Some Things That Glitter', 'Through The Night', 'Say It's Not True' (a new version of the track donated to Nelson Mandela's 46664 HIV Aids campaign), and 'Surf's Up, School's Out'.
The album is released in three physical formats: standard CD, deluxe package which includes additional DVD featuring 15 highlight performances by Queen + Paul Rodgers from the band's Super Live in Japan concert recorded live at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo on 27th October 2005, along with double gate-fold vinyl release. The album will also have a special digital release including bonus tracks.
Track listing:
'Cosmos Rockin'' (4:10)
'Time To Shine' (4:23)
'Still Burnin'' (4:04)
'Small' (4:39)
'Warboys' (3:18)
'We Believe' (6:08)
'Call Me' (2:59)
'Voodoo' (4:27)
'Some Things That Glitter' (4:03)
'C-lebrity' (3:38)
'Through The Night' (4:54)
'Say It's Not True' (4:00)
'Surf's Up . . . School's Out!' (5:38)
'Small Reprise' (2:05)
Produced and performed by Brian May, Paul Rodgers and Roger Taylor. Co-produced and engineered by Joshua J Macrae, Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson.
All tracks written by Queen + Paul Rodgers
Extra backing vocals on 'C-lebrity': Taylor Hawkins courtesy of RCA Records
This album is dedicated to Freddie Mercury.
For sound samples click http://www.thecosmosrocks.com/

Gary Moore New Studio Album

Gary Moore's new studio album will be released next month.
'Bad For You Baby', which is released in late September and contains eleven new tracks, sees the excellent form he found on last year’s 'Close As You Get' continue.
No tour dates to promote the new record have been confirmed, but they're imminent.
The tracklist for the album is:
1. Bad For You Baby (Moore)
2. Down The Line (Moore)
3. Umbrella Man (Moore)
4. Holding On (Moore)
5. Walkin’ Thru The Park (Morganfield)
6. I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know (Kooper)
7. Mojo Boogie (Lenoir)
8. Someday Baby (Morganfield)
9. Did You Ever Feel Lonely? (Moore)
10. Preacher Man Blues (Moore)
11. Trouble Ain’t Far Behind (Moore)

Is Lenny New Velvet Revolver frontman

Reports suggest that Velvet Revolver may be about to unveil Lenny Kravitz as their frontman.
According to a report in The Sun the reformed wild-child of US rock will be named as the shock replacement for the departed Scott Weiland.
The Sun said that according to 's source', “Velvet Revolver’s new album will draw heavily on their messy split with Scott. The band wanted a big name who could easily hold his own and reckon Lenny is just the man for the job.”
It had been thought that former Spacehog frontman Royston Langdon was the frontrunner after he performed a show with the band, but last week bassist Duff McKagan threw cold water on that rumour.

Oasis To Play Secret Gig

Oasis have announced plans to perform a one-off gig for their fans in London, says the BBC.
They will perform tracks from their new album, Dig Out Your Soul, live to a select audience at a rehearsal studio in the capital.
Fans who have signed up to Oasis' official website are being offered the chance to enter a draw for the gig by posting their details on the site.
The concert will be the Manchester five-piece's first before they hit the road for a world tour later this year.
The gig, which will be held on 14 August, will be filmed and may be broadcast in the future.
The closing date for the draw will be three days prior to the gig.
Oasis' seventh album, Dig Out Your Soul, will be released on 6 October.
The first single to be lifted from the record will be Shock Of The Lightning, which is due out on 29 September.
The album was recorded with producer Dave Sardy at Abbey Road Studios and mixed in Los Angeles.

McCartney To Play Israel?

Sir Paul McCartney has been asked to play a concert in Israel, 43 years after the Beatles were banned from performing in the country, says The Independent.
The star was approached about staging a Tel Aviv show this September, an insider confirmed last night. The revelation was greeted with excitement in the Israeli press. McCartney's spokesman said that nothing was confirmed, but negotiations were continuing.
McCartney, 66, and his fellow Beatles were banned from performing in Israel in 1965 when the country's then education minister, David Zarzevski, thought that a show by the band would threaten the morals of the nation's youth.
But this year Israel's ambassador to Britain, Ron Prosor, apologised during a trip to the Fab Four's home city of Liverpool for the "misunderstanding".
He sent letters to McCartney, his fellow surviving Beatle Ringo Starr and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison, writing: "There is no doubt that it was a great missed opportunity to prevent people like you, who shaped the minds of the generation, to come to Israel and perform."

The Verve Back On Form For Their Fourth Album - 11 Years Later

The Verve roars back to life after an 11-year hiatus between new albums with "Forth," a bracing blend of the experimentalism of the group's early work and the more structured songwriting of its last two efforts.

The set is due Aug 25th in the U.K. on Parlophone.

Only one song is less than five minutes long on "Forth," which begins with the seven-minute jam "Sit and Wonder." Atop a big bass groove and foreboding atmospherics, frontman Richard Ashcroft pleads, "Lord, give me the light," setting the table for the single "Love Is Noise," the most electronic track of the Verve's career.

The cut's sampled "woo-hoo" vocal and synths stake out new territory, but rarely have Ashcroft's vocals sounded as raw and angrily passionate.

"Love Is Noise" will be released in the U.K. Aug 4th digitally and Aug 11th in physical form.

"Forth" is further highlighted by the dreamy "Judas," arguably one of the most beautiful songs the band has yet penned, and the anthemic ballad "Valium Skies," a sure-fire future concert staple which is reminiscent of the hit "Lucky Man" from 1997's "Urban Hymns."

"I See Houses" muses on Ashcroft's everyday surroundings while pivoting between the eerie vibes of 1995's "A Northern Soul" and the elegant emoting of "Urban Hymns."

Jeff Beck At Ronnie Scott's

Jeff Beck has announced 6 shows in 5 days at the world famous Ronnie Scott’s Club in London’s Soho, running from November 27th to December 1st.

Featuring drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, keyboardist Jason Rebello, and young bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, Jeff will be performing a wide selection of material over the week.

Ronnie Scott’s only holds 200 people and has recently had a £3 million makeover. No seat is more then 50 feet from the stage. This is a rare opportunity to catch one of the world’s greatest guitarists in a very intimate environment.

For tickets and information go to http://www.jeffbeck.com/www.ronniescotts.co.uk

Cream To Reunite?

Jack Bruce says that the members of Cream may discuss reuniting when they next meet up, says billboard.com.
The legendary bassist revealed that Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and himself were planning to meet up in October at the first Drummer Achievement Awards in London, where Baker was due to have been honoured with an award by cymbal manufacturer Zildjian. However, the awards were cancelled.
"I think there might be a chance of some more," he told the magazine. "I would like to do some more, 'cause I enjoyed it (the previous reunion). It was very emotional. I would like another shot at it.
"It's quite difficult for us, 'cause it's all very separate," he continues. "Ginger's living in South Africa. Eric's this mega-star, and it's difficult for us to keep in communication. But as soon as we do it's wonderful."
He recently celebrated his 65th birthday, and has been busy 2in 008. A collaboration album with Robin Trower was followed by BBC Sessions album and more recently a six-CD career retrospective called Can You Follow?
He’s also due to tour with the Hippie Fest alongside Eric Burdon & The Animals, Badfinger and a host of other 60s legends.

The Answer And Black Stone Cherry To Tour

The Answer are to tour with Black Stone Cherry later this year.
Both bands will play on the same bill for eight UK dates in December.
The Answer are currently in the studio working on their second album.
Tickets are on sale now.
Here are the dates:
Manchester University - FRI - 05/12/2008
Carling Academy Newcastle - SAT - 06/12/2008
Barrowlands, Glasgow - SUN - 07/12/2008
Carling Academy, Sheffield - TUE - 09/12/2008
Carling Academy, Birmingham - WED - 10/12/2008
Carling Academy, Bristol - THU - 11/12/2008
Carling Academy, Oxford - SAT - 13/12/2008
Carling Academy, Brixton - SUN - 14/12/2008

New Dylan Rarities Album In October

A new collection of Bob Dylan rarities is set for release on 6 October, says planetrock.co.uk.
Tell Tale Signs is the eighth part of Dylan’s excellent Bootleg Series and is a collection of unreleased material recorded between 1986 – 2006.
You can get a taster of the album by logging onto http://www.bobdylan.com/. There's a free download of a song called ‘Dreamin Of You’ on offer. It was apparently originally recorded in 1997 during the Time Out Of Mind sessions.
The album will be available as a double-disc collection or a deluxe triple-disc set.
Here’s the full tracklist:
Disc One: 1. Mississippi 6:04 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind) 2. Most of the Time 3:46 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy) 3. Dignity 2:09 (Piano demo, Oh Mercy) 4. Someday Baby 5:56 (Alternate version, Modern Times) 5. Red River Shore 7:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind) 6. Tell Ol' Bill 5:31 (Alternate version, North Country soundtrack) 7. Born in Time 4:10 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy) 8. Can't Wait 5:45 (Alternate version, Time Out of Mind) 9. Everything is Broken 3:27 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy) 10. Dreamin' of You 6:23 (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind) 11. Huck's Tune 4:09 (From Lucky You soundtrack) 12. Marchin' to the City 6:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind) 13. High Water (For Charley Patton) 6:40(Live, August 23, 2003,Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)
Disc Two: 1. Mississippi 6:24 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind) 2. 32-20 Blues 4:22 (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong) 3. Series of Dreams 6:27 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy) 4. God Knows 3:12 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy) 5. Can't Escape from You 5:22 (Unreleased, December 2005) 6. Dignity 5:25 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy) 7. Ring Them Bells 4:59 (Live at The Supper Club, November 17, 1993,New York, NY 8. Cocaine Blues 5:30 (Live, August 24, 1997, Vienna, VA) 9. Ain't Talkin' 6:13 (Alternate version, Modern Times) 10. The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore 2:51 (Live, June 30, 1992,Dunkerque, France) 11. Lonesome Day Blues 7:37 (Live, February 1, 2002, Sunrise, FL) 12. Miss the Mississippi 3:20 (Unreleased, 1992) 13. The Lonesome River 3:04 (With Ralph Stanley, from the album ClinchMountain Country) 14. 'Cross the Green Mountain 8:15 (From Gods and Generals Soundtrack)
Disc Three (Deluxe Set Only) 1. Duncan & Brady 3:47 (Unreleased, 1992) 2. Cold Irons Bound 5:57 (Live at Bonnaroo, 2004) 3. Mississippi 6:24 (Unreleased version #3, Time Out of Mind) 4. Most of the Time 5:10 (Alternate version #2, Oh Mercy) 5. Ring Them Bells 3:18 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy) 6. Things Have Changed 5:32 (Live, June 15, 2000, Portland, OR) 7. Red River Shore 7:08 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind) 8. Born in Time 4:19 (Unreleased version #2, Oh Mercy) 9. Tryin' to Get to Heaven 5:10 (Live, October 5, 2000, London, England) 10. Marchin' to the City 3:39 (Unreleased version #2, Time Out of Mind) 11. Can't Wait 7:24 (Alternate version #2, Time Out of Mind) 12. Mary and the Soldier 4:23 (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)

Drummers In The Premier League

A case study compiled by the University of Chichester and the University of Gloucestershire concludes that drummers burn as many calories per hour as professional footballers, according to planetrock.co.uk.
The study, which used Blondie drummer Clem Burke as its subject, shows that drummers burn between 400-600 calories per hour with a heart rate of around 150bpm – as many as a Premiership footballer does during a match.
Dr Marcus Smith, of Chichester, told The Independent that “there is a clear link between fitness and performance. Musicians need exceptional stamina to sustain optimum output, especially when on tour.
“Footballers can normally expect to play 40 to 50 games a year. But in a 12-month period, Clem played 90-minute sets at 100 concerts. If you studied the heart rates of a Premiership footballer and Clem over 90 minutes, you wouldn't know which was which.”
Which proves that a) footballers must be lazy and overpaid, and b) that you really do need to be slightly crazy to be a drummer.

No More Who Studio Albums?

The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has hinted the band may never release another album of new material - because they have "done enough already", according to Tiscali. The singer is adamant he would love to record a new LP, but insists "it doesn't really matter" as the band have so much previous material to work with.The legendary rockers haven't released a new studio album since 2006's Endless Wire, despite reported plans to release a record of soul classics earlier this year (08).But Daltrey insists the lack of new material will not stop the band from touring.He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "No one plays our music better than us. By the end of this year, after we've done this short stint and got Japan under our belts, we'll have a re-think."I would like to do 'Quadrophenia' (tour) again. I think that tour was way ahead of its time when we did it back in 1996. There's so much we can do, but the road does wear you down."

Official, Rock Music Is Too Loud

MUSIC chiefs were blasted last night for using computers to make albums louder, says The Sun.
Bosses are artificially enhancing sound levels because they believe the noisier a record is, the more copies it will sell.
But fans say some tracks are now so distorted they can make listeners feel nauseous.
And Britain’s leading studio engineers have launched a campaign to make records range in levels to avoid one loud blur.
Among records blasted by engineers is the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Californication which some branded “unlistenable”. An online petition has even been launched to have it “remastered”.
Other albums slated by studio experts are works by Oasis, the Arctic Monkeys and Lily Allen.
Peter Mew, senior mastering engineer at London’s Abbey Road Studios, where The Beatles made many of their hits, said: “Record companies are competing with each other to make their album the loudest. The quieter parts are becoming louder and the loudest parts are just becoming a buzz. This could be the reason CD sales are falling.”
Geoff Emerick, an engineer on the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s album, said: “A lot of what is released today is basically a scrunched up mess".

Faces Members Considering Reunion

Faces keyboard player Ian McLagan has confirmed the rest of the band, including Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, have been considering a reunion, says the BBC website.
"We're hoping to get together later this year to play and then we may have some news, but I want it to happen, badly," he told BBC 6 Music.
McLagan said Stewart was the only member uncertain about reforming.
"Rod hasn't wanted to do it for a long time. He didn't see the need in it but I think he really wants to now."
It has been nearly four decades since the band, known for hits such as Cindy Incidentally and Stay With Me, first formed.
"It's going to be great if it does happen," McLagan said.
The band was formed in 1969 by members of the Small Faces after Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie.
The remaining trio - Ronnie Lane, McLagan and Kenney Jones - were joined by Wood and Stewart.
Wood has since become for known for playing in the Rolling Stones and Stewart has had a successful solo career.
Rod Stewart has finally agreed to reforming, McLagan saidMcLagan said now they had all agreed to reform, they were trying to find a time that was convenient for everyone.
"The Stones aren't going to tour for over a year so Woody has a window of opportunity; Rod has a window approaching.
"My window is ever being opened and shut but I'll open that window and climb through it to work with The Faces anytime, and Kenny's up for it," he said.
The star, who has been working on some new material, thinks they would start playing in London and possibly go on to the US.
"It would be great to record new tracks. I have a couple of songs that Rod might like.
"We'd have to see - I think that would be the way to go, though, not just to go out on tour. It'd be great to have an album," McLagan said.
"I've got my fingers crossed, my eyes and my legs crossed," he added.

'Lost' JIMI HENDRIX Album Discovered - July 7, 2008

World Entertainment News Network report sthat a lost album Jimi Hendrix recorded with rocker Stephen Stills has been discovered more than 30 years after it was recorded.

Stills recently found the recording among a stack of material he taped during the 1970s, and his Crosby, Stills and Nash bandmate, Graham Nash, is helping him prepare it for release.

Nash tells the Las Vegas Sun, "He has an enormous history of recording. In the '70s, he was a recording fool. He just found a bloody album he made with Hendrix.

"'Oh yeah, I forgot that.' We've got to listen to that... I want to listen to every track he ever recorded in case he recorded with Al Jolson."

The First Band I Saw Live, Surrey Tavern, Kennington Oval, Sometime in 1969

Juicy Lucy were saucy blues-rockers, who formed in 1969 from the ashes of the cult band The Misunderstood, uniting vocalist Ray Owen, steel guitarist Glenn Ross Campbell and keyboardist Chris Mercer. Later, they added guitarist Neil Hubbard, bassist Keith Ellis, plus their drummer Pete Dobson.
The Band immediately notched a UK Top 20 hit with their cover version of the Bo Diddley perennial "Who Do You Love?".
Their self-titled debut album then fell just failed to reach the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart.
Line-up changes were quickly afoot as ex-Zoot Money singer Paul Williams, guitarist Micky Moody and drummer Rod Coombes replaced Owen (who left for a solo career), Hubbard and Dobson for 1970's Lie Back and Enjoy It (#53 - UK Albums Chart). Bassist Jim Leverton replaced Ellis for the follow-up, 1971's 'Get a Whiff Of This'.
The constant personnel changes clearly took their toll on the band both creatively and commercially, with co-founders Campbell and Mercer both leaving prior to the fourth Juicy Lucy album, 1972's 'Pieces'. This was recorded by a makeshift line-up of Williams, Moody, keyboardist Jean Roussel and the former Blodwyn Pig rhythm section of bassist Andy Pyle and drummer Ron Berg. Juicy Lucy disbanded shortly after.
Micky Moody (born 30 August 1950, in Middlesbrough), later joined the inaugural Whitesnake line-up in 1978. Prior to that he was a member of another rock outfit, Snafu, between 1973 and 1976. Moody also released the bluesy solo album 'I Eat Them For Breakfast' in 2001. Plus, Juicy Lucy's version of the song "Who Do You Love?" was featured in 'Shellshock: Nam '67'.
Founder member Ray Owen revived the name in 1995 for the albums 'Blue Thunder' and 'Here She Comes Again' on which the lineup was completed by Mike Jarvis (guitar), Andy Doughty (bass), and Spencer Blackledge (drums). A couple of years later this version of the band broke-up but Owen wanted to continue, especially when he formed a musical partnership with a guitarist known as Mr. Fish. Legal problems kept the new band from using the Juicy Lucy name however, so they gigged as Ray Owen's Moon (Moon being the title of Ray Owen's 1971 solo album).
By 2004 Fudge and Fletch had joined on bass and drums respectively and the legal issue was settled. The new Juicy Lucy spent 2006 working on a new album (subsequently titled 'Do That And You'll Lose It'), and touring the UK with fellow rock veterans Nazareth.
They played the Cambridge Rock Festival (2007) and are building a solid live reputaion. Their origins are not forgotten however, and the present Juicy Lucy still plays "Mississippi Woman", "Who Do You Love?" and more from their first album.

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New AC/DC Album Later This Year

AC/DC fans can expect the band's next album of new material sometime later this year. The band are currently recording in Vancouver with producer Brendan O'Brien and long time audio engineer Mike Fraser. This will be the band's first collection of new material since the release of 'Stiff Upper Lip' in 2000.

Expect a tour to be announced as soon as release dates have been finalised.

Curved Air reform for concert tour

The pioneering music group Curved Air is reuniting for a tour in 2008. A series of concerts have been arranged from June and include the Isle of Wight Festival on Friday, June 13. The lineup sees iconic vocalist Sonja Kristina teaming up again with other founding members Darryl Way and Florian Pilkington Miksa.

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The Hoax Biography and Discography

The Hoax formed in 1991 and after a few get together jams with a drum machine the four members (Hugh Coltman - Vocals, Jon Amor - Guitar, Jesse Davey - Guitar and brother Robin Davey - Bass) decided it was time to recruit a drummer. They phoned local drum hero Dave Raeburn who was at the time a drum teacher in Trowbridge and asked if he could recommend anyone. Will Lunn, another Trowbridge native was suggested and the first Hoax line up was born.
The bands first gig was supporting local favorites, The Havana Fireflies, at Easterton Village Hall. The Hoax's set that evening comprised of 5 covers including, Jeff Healey's ‘Confidence Man’ and Stevie Ray Vaughan’s ‘The House Is Rocking’.
Will Lunn stayed with the band for their first 7 or so gigs and then departed to join indie hopefuls BIG, the next drummer to join the line up being Andy Phillips from Devizes.
The Hoax continued to play locally and started building a considerable following playing the local pub circuit. They started to write their own material and recorded a number of demo's. Andy Phillips departed from the band in 1993 and so another call was made to local drum hero Dave Raeburn, but this time it was to ask him if he would like to join. Dave accepted and shortly after the band recorded their first full length album which was self titled and released on cassette, which quickly sold out, with only 100 being pressed.A copy found its way into the hands of legendary British producer Mike Vernon. He had just started a new label called Code Blue, which was affiliated with Warner. He saw The Hoax open for Smoking Joe Kubec in Boarhunt, Nr. Portsmouth and immediately said he wanted to sign the band.After numerous meetings the band finally signed a 5 album deal with Code Blue/Warner and started recording their first proper album in Monnow Valley studios in South Wales with Vernon co producing. 'Sound Like This' was released in the UK in November 1994 and was critically acclaimed by the press. Q magazine’s Mark Cooper exclaimed 'The last time Englishmen played blues- rock with such flair and conviction they had names like The Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Blues Breakers and even the Rolling Stones'.The band continued to tour the UK and Europe and in 1995 they did a six week stint in the States. They opened for Buddy Guy and Chris Duarte, as well as playing a host of headline slots at venues such as The House Of Blues and Mick Fleetwood’s club in Washington.
The Press in the US also loved the album with Billboard Editor Timothy White dedicating his ‘Music To My Ears’ column to the band.They continued touring for the best part of two years and then started work on their second album. With the record company pressuring the band to come up with radio friendly singles the first attempt at recording the album was abandoned and The Hoax re-recorded the whole album adding 3 new tracks. The album was received with mixed reviews, and the band grew very unhappy with their record company’s lack of promotion.
In 1997 they decided to start afresh and freed themselves from the Warner contract. After releasing an EP on their new Label ‘Credible Records’ the band started writing material for a new album as well as continuing to tour.
Shortly before starting work on the new album Dave Raeburn left the band and The Hoax were hunting for drummer number four. After searching the country and auditioning countless drummers they found the shuffling king Mark Barrett. Mark had previously supported the hoax with another band in his native Lincoln. After a couple of rehearsals and a few gigs the band started recording their new album in Shropshire.
February 1998 saw the release of Humdinger, the bands best selling album and loved by fans and critics alike. The next year saw the band tour throughout Europe and establish themselves as the live band to see. They were soon headlining festival after festival as well as appearing on the bill with the likes of BB King, Jimmie Vaughan, Paul Weller and Robbie Williams. After a tour of Canada and another treck around Europe, the band decided it was time to quit. They announced a farewell tour as well as releasing a Live Album 'Live Forever'.
The Hoax played their final UK show at a packed house at London's Astoria and their final show to a sell out crowd at Holland 013 venue.
With the former members all working on new projects The Hoax might be gone but they are far from forgotten.


Discography

The Hoax

Cassette album produced by The Hoax
Released:1993
100 copies pressed
Earned the band a contract with Warner

1. Headless Chicken
2. Scaramouche
3. Swallow My Pride
4. Get Some Money
5. Gaffa Tape & Jaffa Cakes
6. Money Back
7. Blisters On Your Feet
8. Sore Thumb
9. Inside My Head

Sound Like This

Produced by The Hoax & Mike Vernon
Label: Warner/Code Blue (Atlantic : USA)
Released:1995 (1995 : USA)

1. Lizard Like Me
2. Much Too Much
3. Scaramouche
4. Wake Me Up
5. Swallow My Pride
6. Twenty Ton Weight
7. Headless Chicken
8. Driving Blind
9. Head Neck
10. Don’t Bust A valve
11. Take The Money And Run

Unpossible

Produced by The Hoax
Label: Warner/Code Blue
Released:Nov 1996

1. Turn It Upside Down
2. Emperor’s New Clothes
3. Will Be True
4. Let It Ride
5. Fistful Of Dirt
6. Realisation Dawns
7. Off Your Head
8. Got It Bad
9. Hungry Man’s Blues
10. Fingers Of One Hand
11. Don’t Let Me Cry

Humdinger

Produced by The Hoax
Label: Credible (UK) Dixie Frog (Europe)
Released:Feb 1998

1. High Expectations
2. Feeding Time
3. Last Man Down
4. Superstition
5. Something Out Of Nothing
6. Groove Breaker
7.I Want To Be Loved
8.. Long Way Home
9. Bones
10. Don’t Shake My Hand

Live Forever

Produced by The Hoax (Live Recording)
Label: Credible (UK) Taxim (Germany) Bertus (Holland)
Released:Oct 1999

1. High Expectations
2. Feeding Time
3. Last man Down
4. Superstition
5. Something Out Of Nothing
6. Groove Breaker
7. I Want To Be Loved
8. Long Way Home
9. Bones
10. Don’t Shake My Hand

Singles & EPs

Scaramouche - Extra tracks: Scaramouche Edit (USA Atlantic)

Take The Money And Run - Extra tracks: Spanish Omelette (UKWarner/Code Blue)

Night Will Come EP (Credible Records) Released:1997
1. The Night Will Come
2. Shadow Boxing
3. My Own Way
4. Instrumental B Side Shuffle In B Part 2
Something Out Of Nothing/Superstition – Double A Side (Credible Records) Released:1998