MoviesOnline recently sat down with Michael Jackson?s musical director, Michael Bearden, to talk about his new film, Michael Jackson?s THIS IS IT , which offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this past summer in London?s O2 Arena. Bearden is...
Above: Kermit debuted his new album last month in San Francisco at the Great American Music Hall, paired with a menu by Alice Waters. It’s a funny thing about the food and wine world: so many of the folks I know who work as food and wine professionals have at some point in their lives played [...]
"Fantasy, it gets the best of me When I'm sailing, all caught up in the reverie" I've being listening to Yacht Rock all day. Hence the Christopher Cross reference. Even made a Yacht Rock mix. Got me some Cross, the Michael McDonald-led Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Hall & Oates, Boz Scaggs, Toto, Kenny Loggins...all of it. So white. So smooth. So wonderful. So far so good with the Oilers...
Instead of spending another post ruminating about October songs, I think I’ll just be a DJ and play five of ‘em, on the radio this week in 1976, of course. This one was recorded live at a show on December 31, 1976: (Check out a version of “Lido Shuffle” from the same show here.) Someday I’m going [...]
Fresh off his stint as conductor and bandleader for the critically praised 61st Primetime Emmys live primetime telecast on CBS, Toto founding member David Paich, along with bandmates Steve Lukather and Steve Porcaro, will be inducted into the Musicians’ Hall of Fame in Nashville on Oct. 12. The group is being honored by fellow Nashville musicians [...]
Serving Up Occasional Re-treads and Leftovers My wife and I are not gamblers, and were somewhat surprised to find ourselves at our local destination casino last weekend to see a concert by Boz Scaggs and [...]
Twenty-seven years ago today, Sony introduced the CDP-101 to market: The $2,200 piece of electronics (pictured at left) was the first compact-disc player, and the company went on to sell 20,000 units over the three months following its debut. In addition to the hardware, Sony issued 50 of its titles on CD at a price that would equal between $33 and $45 in 2009 dollars ; the "first" entry...
Billboard tells us that Wolfgang’s Vault will open it’s entire concert catalog beginning in November, offering paid downloads and an annual premium membership on top of their current streaming services: Leading up to the Nov. 3 “Cracking the Vault Day” blowout, Wolfgang’s Vault — which recently logged its 100 millionth streamed show — is offering a [...] Related...
Boz Scaggs allowed himself a gratified smile. He had just played the Jimmy Reed blues tune, "Honest I Do," for about a half hour to open his first rehearsal with this year's Blue Velvet Band. "I think we found a groove in there somewhere," he said....
http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass @ Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Fri Oct 2 (10:30am - Noon & 2pm - 7pm) Star Stage 10:30am The Fireants 11:30am MC Hammer Banjo Stage 2:00pm Poor Man’s Whiskey 3:00pm Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman 4:15pm John Prine 5:45pm Lyle Lovett & His Large Band Fri Oct 3 (11:00am - 8pm) Banjo Stage 11:10am Laurie Lewis & The...
We saw Boz Scaggs perform live with a jazz combo in Minneapolis at the Dakota Restaurant and Jazz Club earlier this year. Boz put on an awesome show in an intimate setting, covering some of the standards he has recorded in recent years as well as reinterpreting his hits of the 1970's. We sat about five feet from Boz, who is still lanky and cool after all these years. (The video below from his 2004...
After nine years, people now schedule their vacations around the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park. Fans fly from all over the world to attend investment banker Warren Hellman's annual clambake. There is no other music festival like it...
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