nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Joe Pitts is a powerful, soulful & multi-talented guitarist pulling influences from yesterday into today. Joe has been compared to guitarists like Warren Haynes, Michael Burks, Larry McCray and Walter Trout. Although his influences range from Duane Allman and Dickey Betts to Roy Buchanan, Joe is known for his slide guitar work with the band Liquid Groove Mojo. Joe is also heavily inside the groove...
Kiko's House (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
There may have been better slide guitar players technically than DUANE ALLMAN , but none approached his improvisational abilities. And the band he led had no such thing as a creative peak -- they just kept churning out great records and great live performances. (11/20/07) HOAGIE CARMICHAEL was an unlikely virtuoso because most of his greatest work came not in an artistic center like New York or Paris...
Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Widespread arriving on the red carpet. Linda Davis performed to honor the recently deceased Dottie Rambo and Keith Sweat performed a few of his “hits” in his imitable style. Ludacris was inducted into the Hall by Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin. Cris gave a suitably moving induction speech, yet did not perform. At this point in the [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Photo: Getty “The great thing about having a studio right at home,” guitarist Derek Trucks says with a grin, taking a break from mixing the new Derek Trucks Band album at Electric Lady Studios in New York, “is that if you need somebody to play or sing something on a track, you can just call ‘em” [...]
Internet Evolution (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
If Rock 'n' Roll Hall-of-Famers can learn to tweak their business models, surely IT can
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will pay tribute to the "father of the electric guitar" this fall.
idobi Network News (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will pay tribute to the “father of the electric guitar” this fall. Les Paul will be honored at the annual American Music Masters series, a weeklong event that begins Nov. 10, Rock Hall officials said Tuesday. A tribute concert — artists will be named later — is scheduled [...]
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Les Paul is set to be honoured by the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame at the 13th Annual American Music Masters series in Cleveland, OH this November.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Chuck Leavell is one of the world's premier blues rock pianists--a veteran musician who has recorded and toured with many of the best-known names in the business. He is perhaps best known for his work with the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Black Crowes, and most of all, his legendary years with the Allman Brothers Band in the '70s...
Jahsonic (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
“Take 4 parts blues add 2 parts country and give it to a poor white boy and you have rock.”–Duane Allman I’m not much of an album man, I prefer singles and compilation albums. Nevertheless but Sweetheart of the Rodeo is one of my top 50 albums (I feel a new series coming on). Sweetheart of [...]
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Wilco's recent tendency to perform new material live has done nothing but good things for the band, and while Jeff ...
Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Okay folks, here we find the Allman Brothers playing at The Cow Palace on New Years Eve, 1973. With 1974 threatening and some help from their some friends, the Allman Brothers pull together a truly legendary show. This show was performed in the ominous shadow of their two fallen brethren, Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. [...]
Matt Dentler's Blog (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Jerry Wexler died, at the age of 91, late last week. I'll be honest, I didn't realize the man was still alive. It's still sad news. I haven't been sure what to say here, and then I found this tribute from Rolling Stone, which kinda sums it up better than anyone else could. Wexler was more than a pioneer of...
The Weight (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
From the AP: Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key recordings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, has died, says his co-author, David Ritz. He was 91. Wexler earned his reputation as a music industry giant while a partner at Atlantic Records with another
Guest Music Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
By Mark Kirby The rock and roll super group - a group made of musicians who are well-known for being in other groups, or, solo stars who band together into one entity, like the comic book heroes X-men or The Avengers - has a long history in rock music. The super group Blind Faith was comprised [...]
