'Under The Influence - A Jam Band Tribute To Lynyrd Skynyrd' to be released October 5
NEW YORK (Sanctuary Records) - Sanctuary Records will pay homage to one of America's greatest rock bands with the release of UNDER THE INFLUENCE - A JAM BAND TRIBUTE TO LYNYRD SKYNYRD, out October 5. For the special 11-song disc, Sanctuary recruited some of the top names in guitar-driven rock to re-interpret ...
| Or Music to release John Cale's 'Hobo Sapiens' September 7, 2004
NEW YORK (Or Music/ www.john-cale.com) - On September 7, ascendant indie label Or Music will release "HoboSapiens," the first full-length album of songs in eight years by Welsh rock colossus John Cale. Cale is famed for everything from '60s internships with classical revolutionaries John Cage and La ...
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Springsteen, REM will rock against Bush
NEW YORK (Bruce Springsteen Fans Website) - Pearl Jam, REM and Babyface are uniting with more than 20 other politically-minded bands for a series of anti-Bush concerts across the U.S. The "Vote For Change" tour kicks off at the beginning of October in Pennsylvania, and will feature up to six simultaneous ...
| Gregg Allman is Gov't Mule's special guest at The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival
NEW YORK (Telluride Blues & Brews Festival announcement) - Gregg Allman will return to the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival this year as Gov't Mule's Special Guest, Saturday, September 18, 2004. Regarding the addition of Allman to the line-up, Steve Gumble, Festival Director, says, "Gregg Allman has ...
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Thin Lizzy top poll!
LONDON, UK (Classic Rock Magazine) - Music fans have voted for their favourite live rock album of all time - Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous. The album was recorded by the Irish band, famed for hits such as 'The Boys Are Back In Town,' in 1978. 'Strangers in the Night,' released a year later by heavy ...
| Music journalists sgree, 'Stripped' tribute to Classic Rock a hit
WARREN, OH. (www.locb.com) - "Many of them are better than the originals!", said Frank Moore, owner of www.eroplay.com, an Internet Radio station, when asked what he thought about the songs on Land of the Cover Band Live - Vol. I, the unique, new classic rock tribute from solo acoustic artist, Paul ...
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Weedfiles now available for tracks from 'The Crickets & Their Buddies Album' - featuring, Eric Clapton, Waylon Jennings, Graham Nash and more
SEATTLE, WA (www.96decibels.com) - The Crickets—J.I. Allison (drums), Joe B. Mauldin (bass) and Sonny Curtis (guitar)— helped define the sound of modern music and sold millions of records with hits like 'That'll Be the Day,' 'Oh Boy' and 'Peggy Sue.' They have been cited as direct influences ...
| David Crosby and Graham Nash announce their candidacy for joint Presidency of the United States of America
SHELBURNE, Vt. (Jensen Communications/ www.jensencom.com) - David Crosby and Graham Nash have thrown their respective hats into the ring for the Presidency of the United States, entering an already crowded and diverse field with their bid on the Party Party ticket. What distinguishes the Crosby/Nash ...
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New York Dolls bass player Arthur Kane dies at 55
LOS ANGELES (NY Dolls announcement) - Arthur Killer Kane, bassist for the New York Dolls, died suddenly of complications from leukemia Tuesday night (July 13) in Los Angeles. He was 55. Kane had taken part in the band's recent reunion shows and was slated to play last weekend's Move Festival in Manchester, ...
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Graham Nash lends a big hand to Cleveland
CLEVELAND (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Graham Nash gave Cleveland a big boost - and a big guitar - this week. Nash, who was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to promote his new photo book, Eye to Eye: Photographs by Graham Nash, took a moment to be photographed ...
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Tulsa declares JJ Cale day in artist's home town, documentary now filming
LOS ANGELES (www.jjcale.com) - On the heels of his acclaimed new album To Tulsa And Back, J.J. Cale has just wrapped a rare tour of the United States (only his second tour since 1996) that played to sold out crowds across the country. In the course of the tour, Cale was accompanied by Eric Clapton, ...
| Rockabilly singer Ersel Hickey dies
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Ersel Hickey, one of most recognized rockabilly singers has died at age 70. He was hospitalized at NYU Medical Center after surgery to have his bladder removed because of a tumor. Ersel Hickey was born in Brighton, New York on June 27, 1934. His Mother was from Kingston, Ontario, ...
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Rocker David Crosby fined $5000 over gun charge
NEW YORK (CSN&Y Fans Website) - Rock musician David Crosby has been fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon following his arrest in New York in March when a gun, knife and marijuana were found in his luggage. In exchange for his plea in which one count of unlawful ...
| The legendary Keith Richards joins line-up for return to Sin City: A Tribute To Gram Parsons
LOS ANGELES (www.sincitymarketing.com) - Keith Richards will join a star-studded group of artists who are paying tribute to Gram Parsons, the man who showed him the mechanics of country music and forever influenced the sound of the Rolling Stones. Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons will take ...
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The double-CD Crosby-Nash: the first studio album by the duo in 28 years - set for release August 10
LOS ANGELES (Sanctuary Records) - David Crosby and Graham Nash Will Tour as "Two Together" in Late 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Famers David Crosby and Graham Nash first sang together in 1968, at Joni Mitchell's house in Laurel Canyon. Crosby and Stephen Stills were there creating songs that would later ...
| NY promoter tries to lure Springsteen for N.J. anti-GOP convention event
NEW YORK (Bruce Springsteen Fans Website) - Concert promoter and Democratic Party activist Andrew Rasiej says he has reserved a date at New Jersey's Giants Stadium in hopes that he can lure Bruce Springsteen to play a concert to demonstrate opposition to President Bush during the Republican National ...
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Johnny Ramone health check
LOS ANGELES (Ramones Fans Website) - Contradictory reports are emerging regarding the health of punk legend Johnny Ramone (real name John Cummings). The 52-year old guitarist was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital this week to be treated for prostate cancer. Yesterday, some media outlets reported that ...
| Queen legends Brian May & Roger Taylor at Las Vegas for the musical 'We Will Rock You'
LAS VEGAS (Caesars Entertainment) - Queen legends host brian May and Roger Taylor will host the press conference for th musical 'We Will Rock You' at Paris Las Vegas. The creative team and the Las Vegas cast of the smash London stage show "We Will Rock You" will be on hand Wednesday, June 23 at 11 a.m. ...
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Deacon Blue guitarist dies at the age of 47
GLASKOW, UK (Deacon Blue Official Website) - Graeme Kelling, the guitarist of the Scots rock legends Deacon Blue, has died in Scotland at the age of 47 after battling cancer of the pancreas for four years. Graeme Kelling died on Thursday at the age of 47 at the Marie Curie Hospice in Stobhill Hospital, ...
| Music legend and pioneer, Ray Charles, dies at age 73
LOS ANGELES - Music legend Ray Charles, 73, a 13-time Grammy Award winner, known the world over as "The Genius of Soul," died at 11:35 AM (PDT) yesterday at the age of 73, announced his publicist, Jerry Digney, of Solters & Digney. He was surrounded by family, friends and longtime business associates ...
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