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Walter Trout: March/April Dates

February 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

WALTER TROUT RETURNS TO THE ROAD FOR EXTENSIVE U.S. TOUR

Walter Trout

Walter Trout continues his
active worldwide touring schedule with a month-long run in the U.S. that begins in Dallas, TX on March 9. The
visionary roots singer, songwriter and guitarist has been out promoting his 20th album Common
Ground, with appearances throughout Europe and the U.S. for months.

TOUR DATES

03/09/11 Wed Granada Theater Dallas, TX

03/10/11 Thu Oklahoma City Limits Oklahoma City, OK

03/11/11 Fri Knuckleheads Saloon Kansas City, MO

03/12/11 Sat BB’s Jazz Blues and Soups St. Louis, MO
03/13/11 Sun Redstone Room Davenport, IA
03/15/11 Tue Zoo Bar Lincoln, NE

03/16/11 Wed All Play Des Moines, IA

03/18/11 Fri Famous Dave’s BBQ & Blues Minneapolis, MN
03/19/11 Sat House of Blues Chicago, IL

03/20/11 Sun Shank Hall Milwaukee, WI

03/21/11 Mon Fat Fish Galesburg, IL
03/23/11 Wed Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
03/24/11 Thu Callahan’s Auburn Hills, MI

03/25/11 Fri Peter’s Players Gravenhurst, ON

03/26/11 Sat Peter’s Players Gravenhurst, ON

03/27/11 Sun Tralf Music Hall Buffalo, NY

03/31/11 Thu Showcase Live Foxboro, MA

04/01/11 Fri Berks JazzFest Reading, PA

04/02/11 Sat B.B. King Blues Club New York, NY

04/06/11 Wed Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD
04/08/11 Fri The State Theatre Falls Church, VA
04/09/11 Sat Scottish Rite Auditorium Collingswood, NJ

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Rusko: North American Tour

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

TOUR INCLUDES STOPS IN OAKLAND, PORTLAND,
SEATTLE, VANCOUVER, CHICAGO, BOSTON,
AND
MORE

UK dubstep hero Rusko has
announced that he will begin a U.S. tour on April 14 at the Fox Theater in Oakland, shortly after his scheduled
appearance at this year’s Ultra Music Festival on March 26. Check out all the dates, and check out his collaboration
with the Dirty Projectors‘ Amber
Coffman below.

RUSKO NORTH AMERICAN DATES

03/26/11 Sat Ultra Music Festival Miami Beach, FL
04/14/11 Thu Fox Theater Oakland, CA

04/15/11 Fri Roseland Theater Portland, OR

04/16/11 Sat Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA

04/17/11 Sun Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC

04/20/11 Wed First Avenue Minneapolis, MN

04/21/11 Thu Orpheum Theatre Madison, WI

04/22/11 Fri Congress Theater Chicago, IL

04/23/11 Sat Kool Haus Toronto, ON

04/24/11 Sun Metropolis Montreal, QC

04/26/11 Tue House of Blues Boston, MA

04/27/11 Wed Terminal 5 New York, NY

04/28/11 Thu Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD

04/29/11 Fri Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA

04/30/11 Sat 9:30 Club Washington, DC

05/01/11 Sun Orange Peel Asheville, NC

05/02/11 Mon The Masquerade Atlanta, GA

05/06/11 Fri Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, LA

05/07/11 Sat Warehouse Live Ballroom Houston, TX

05/08/11 Sun Stubb’s (Outdoor) Austin, TX

05/09/11 Mon Granada Theater Dallas, TX

05/11/11 Wed Club 101 El Paso, TX

05/13/11 Fri Rain Las Vegas, NV

05/14/11 Sat The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA

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Sat Eye Candy: Tangerine Dream

January 29th, 2011 | No Comments

A NOD TO ONE OF LIVE-ELECTRONICA’S GREAT GRANDFATHERS

Germany’s Tangerine Dream are one of the least name-checked yet most pervasively influential bands of the late 20th century. Without their pioneering work in the 1970s, alongside kindred spirits like Can and Faust, it’s hard to imagine STS9, Lotus and many of today’s revered livetronica acts coming into being. Tangerine Dream injected hemoglobin into modernist sounds, a breathing ghost inside the rising machine world around them. What they helped get rolling continues now in a fresh generation hungry for the same kind of interface with the world at large. Today is the 58th birthday of Peter Baumann, one of Tangerine Dream’s core members during their early-to-mid-seventies heyday. Baumann also started the popular New Age music label Private Music in the 1980s. We offer our birthday well wishes and present a few snippets of this landmark band in their prime. (Dennis Cook)

If this doesn’t give you a big ol’ analog keyboard boner we don’t know what will!

From meditative to positively ferocious runs this version of Â“Ricochet.Â”

And here’s a studio clip of the same piece.

A strange, alien elegance clings to pieces like this one.

This performance predates Baumann’s joining the group but it’s just too sweet a moment not to share. There were apparently freaky people everywhere in 1969.

Another pleasantly peculiar early video from the band taken from 1971. The whole thing verily screams, Â“Art!!!Â”

In the 1980s Tangerine Dream achieved much wider recognition worldwide, particularly in the U.S. where they toured extensively and provided music for a number of films. Here’s a rare clip of the band in the late 80s that encapsulates their gentler approach in that decade.

We conclude with a couple Baumann solo cuts including his minor New Wave pop hit.

Robin Trower: New Album & U.S. Tour

January 26th, 2011 | No Comments

TOUR STARTS JANUARY 27 IN FT. LAUDERDALE

Robin Trower

Robin Trower returns to the US
in 2011 for an extensive tour in support of his new CD The Playful Heart. Starting in Fort
Lauderdale Florida on January 27, and continuing through the end of June, Robin will be performing his signature
songs, with a variety of new material and some surprises included in the set.

Robin Trower is offering a four FREE downloads from various records including “Prince of
Shattered Dreams” from The Playful Heart and “Shame the Devil” from the live RT@RO.08 album.
Go to Trowerpower.com to download these songs and
purchase the new release.

ROBIN TROWER U.S. TOUR DATES

01/27/11 Thu Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, FL

01/28/11 Fri House of Blues Orlando, FL

01/29/11 Sat Jannus Live St. Petersburg, FL

02/01/11 Tue Bijou Theatre Knoxville, TN

02/02/11 Wed The Handlebar Greenville, SC
02/03/11 Thu The Fillmore Charlotte, NC

02/04/11 Fri The Music Farm Charleston, SC
02/05/11 Sat Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA

02/09/11 Wed Texas Club Baton Rouge, LA

02/10/11 Thu House of Blues New Orleans, LA
02/11/11 Fri House of Blues Houston, TX
02/12/11 Sat House Of Blues Dallas, TX
02/13/11 Sun Sam’s Burger Joint San Antonio, TX

02/17/11 Thu Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
02/18/11 Fri Boulder Station Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV

02/19/11 Sat Galaxy Concert Theatre Santa Ana, CA
02/20/11 Sun briXton Redondo Beach, CA
02/22/11 Tue Ventura Theater Ventura, CA
02/23/11 Wed Fox Theater Bakersfield, CA

02/24/11 Thu Tower Theatre Fresno, CA
02/25/11 Fri State Theatre Modesto, CA

02/26/11 Sat The Catalyst Santa Cruz, CA

03/01/11 Tue The Boardwalk Orangevale, CA

03/02/11 Wed Mystic Theatre Petaluma, CA
03/03/11 Thu The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
03/04/11 Fri Senator Theatre Chico, CA

03/05/11 Sat Harrah’s Casino Stateline, NV

03/08/11 Tue Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, ID

03/10/11 Thu Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA

03/11/11 Fri Roseland Theater Portland, OR

03/12/11 Sat Snoqualmie Casino Snoqualmie, WA

05/21/11 Sat Egyptian Room at Old National Centre Indianapolis, IN

05/25/11 Wed The Omni Toledo, OH

05/26/11 Thu Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI
05/27/11 Fri House of Blues Chicago, IL

05/28/11 Sat Barrymore New York, NY
06/01/11 Wed Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH

06/03/11 Fri Palace Theatre Greensburg, PA
06/04/11 Sat Tralf Music Hall Buffalo, NY

06/05/11 Sun The Westcott Theater Syracuse, NY

06/10/11 Fri Wilbur Theatre Boston, MA

06/11/11 Sat Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT

06/16/11 Thu B.B. King Blues Club New York, NY
06/22/11 Wed Birchmere Alexandria, VA

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Sat Eye Candy: Guns NÂ’ Roses

January 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

GOOD LORD, THEY WERE ONCE TITANS!

Rock is full of tantalizing Â“what ifsÂ” but perhaps no single band has inspired more of them than Guns N’ Roses. What if Axl Rose hadn’t become a money squandering, megalomaniac control freak? What if Izzy Stradlin had stayed involved? What if the band that made Appetite For Destruction had gotten to evolve longer before the gold toilets and limos arrived? Ask anyone who was ground zero when the band roared out of Los Angeles in 1987 and the general consensus was one of the greatest rock Â‘n’ roll outfits ever was being born. But unlike the Stones, Zeppelin, et al. it quickly descended into madness, acrimony, self-indulgence and Olympian scale ego. It’s not to say that Use Your Illusion isn’t brilliant in parts, but in a single album’s time the over-tinkering fussiness that marks almost all of their subsequent work was already evident. The rawness and possessed invention of Appetite never surfaced again, devoured by the fame machine, lawyers, overblown, under-thought concepts and their own big, dumb mouths. And still, there’s more than a few who wonder what might have been for G n’ R if they’d been strong or smart to follow a different path. Would that band have brought us their own Sticky Fingers or Houses of the Holy? Might they still be making rock that reconnects one to the lascivious juju of Chuck Berry, Johnny Rotten and Elvis? It’s a mighty wistful Â“what if.Â”

Today is original Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler’s 46th birthday. It’s a bit of a surprise that he’s still with us at all given the life he’s lived, but one thing he’ll always have is being part of one of THE great moments in rock history, brief as it was. Truly a band that internalized the whole Â“better to burn out than fade awayÂ” mentalityÂ…and then lost control of the monster, which limps along still, powered by the residual love and excitement that remains from their late 80s heyday. Still, there’s some real moments and we’re gonna celebrate a few in honor of Steven’s bday. (Dennis Cook)

Where better to begin our stroll down seedy memory lane than Â“Paradise City,Â” a tune with all the sack swinging perfection of Â“Won’t Get Fooled AgainÂ” or Â“Black Dog.Â”

The creepy tingle that went up our collective spine the first time we heard this one is impossible to shake, the whole enterprise ringing with menace and bad intent, the sound of dreams crashing down into harsh reality.

An ugly little gem that evokes both 70s Stones and the New York Dolls.

Oh, Big Hair Axl, you were fun and wrote great, gritty love songs!

A cautionary tale about heroin that’s still so catchy it makes you understand on a non-verbal level why people dance with ol’ Mister.

Like most really great songs, the tunes off Appetite have a lot of malleability. The bands early dip into acoustic territory was one of the best things they ever did.

The ladies were right at the core of early Guns N’ Roses, represented by some of the rankest misogyny ever and an almost school boy sincerity and sweetness. We conclude our lil’ salute to the G n’ R that might have been with two about women, one sour and one as sweet as its title.

Ryan Bingham: Feb/March Tour

January 19th, 2011 | No Comments

TOUR BEGINS FEBRUARY 4 IN VENTURA, CA

Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses

Ryan Bingham & The Dead
Horses have lined up a lengthy run of dates in February and March. Bingham’s most recent album,
Junky Star, was released in August 2010. The full itinerary is available below.

TOUR DATES

02/04/11 Fri Ventura Theater Ventura, CA

02/05/11 Sat El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA

02/06/11 Sun House of Blues San Diego, CA

02/08/11 Tue SLO Brewing Company San Luis Obispo, CA

02/09/11 Wed Tales From The Tavern Santa Ynez, CA

02/10/11 Thu Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CA

02/11/11 Fri Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
02/15/11 Tue WOW Hall Eugene, OR
02/17/11 Thu The Rogue Theatre Grants Pass, OR

02/18/11 Fri Neumos Seattle, WA
02/19/11 Sat Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR

02/20/11 Sun Venue Vancouver, BC

02/22/11 Tue Egyptian Theater Boise, ID

02/23/11 Wed In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT
02/25/11 Fri Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
02/26/11 Sat Belly Up Aspen, CO

02/28/11 Mon Railyard Alehouse Billings, MT

03/02/11 Wed Aquarium Fargo, ND
03/03/11 Thu Varsity Theatre Minneapolis, MN

03/04/11 Fri Majestic Theatre Madison, WI

03/05/11 Sat The Rave/Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI

03/06/11 Sun Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, IA

03/08/11 Tue The Waiting Room Omaha, NE
03/10/11 Thu Birdy’s Indianapolis, IN
03/12/11 Sat Headliners Music Hall Louisville, KY

03/13/11 Sun The Blue Note Columbia, MO

03/15/11 Tue Revolution Music Room Little Rock, AR
03/17/11 Thu Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, OK

03/19/11 Sat House of Blues Houston, TX
03/21/11 Mon Varsity Theatre Baton Rouge, LA
03/22/11 Tue Tipitina’s Uptown New Orleans, LA

03/24/11 Thu WorkPlay Birmingham, AL
03/25/11 Fri The Loft Atlanta, GA
03/26/11 Sat Bijou Theatre Knoxville, TN

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Citizen Cope: Winter/Spring Tour

January 12th, 2011 | No Comments

SOLO ACOUSTIC DATES MARCH 13-MAY 21

Citizen Cope

Citizen Cope has
announced the details of an epic world tour that will take him all over the United States and Europe. The tour
starts January 20 in Pawtucket, RI and includes several multi-night stands in Philadelphia, New York, Nashville,
Austin, Seattle, Ft. Lauderdale, San Francisco, and West Hollywood. All shows from March 13 through May 21 are
solo acoustic shows. Complete dates are below.

CITIZEN COPE TOUR DATES

01/20/11 Thu Met Cafe Pawtucket, RI
01/21/11 Fri Tarrytown Music Hall Tarrytown, NY

01/22/11 Sat Bearsville Theater Woodstock, NY
01/28/11 Fri Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor, MI

01/29/11 Sat Tin Angel Philadelphia, PA
01/30/11 Sun Tin Angel Philadelphia, PA

02/01/11 Tue Recher Theatre Towson, MD

02/04/11 Fri Hotel Baren Stockholm, SE
02/05/11 Sat Lille Vega Copenhagen, DK
02/06/11 Sun Comet Club Berlin, GER

02/08/11 Tue Chelsea Vienna, AUS

02/09/11 Wed 59 To 1 Munich, GER
02/10/11 Thu Gebaude 9 Cologne, GER

02/11/11 Fri Melkweg Amsterdam, NL

02/13/11 Sun La Boule Noire Paris, FRA

02/14/11 Mon AB Box Brussels, BEL

02/16/11 Wed The Scala London, GB

02/18/11 Fri King Tuts Glasgow, GB

02/19/11 Sat Academy 2 Dublin, IR

03/13/11 Sun City Winery New York, NY

03/14/11 Mon City Winery New York, NY

03/15/11 Tue City Winery New York, NY
03/16/11 Wed City Winery New York, NY

03/24/11 Thu Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, FL

03/25/11 Fri Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, FL

03/26/11 Sat Jannus Live St. Petersburg, FL

03/27/11 Sun Florida Theater Jacksonville, FL

04/01/11 Fri 3rd & Lindsley Nashville, TN

04/02/11 Sat 3rd & Lindsley Nashville, TN

04/03/11 Sun 3rd & Lindsley Nashville, TN

04/07/11 Thu WorkPlay Birmingham, AL
04/08/11 Fri 40 Watt Club Athens, GA

04/09/11 Sat Center Stage Atlanta, GA

04/10/11 Sun Orange Peel Asheville, NC

04/12/11 Tue Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte, NC

04/13/11 Wed Charleston Music Hall Charleston, SC

04/14/11 Thu Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC

04/27/11 Wed Cactus Cafe Austin, TX

04/29/11 Fri Cactus Cafe Austin, TX
04/30/11 Sat Cactus Cafe Austin, TX

05/01/11 Sun Cactus Cafe Austin, TX

05/03/11 Tue The Triple Door Seattle, WA

05/04/11 Wed The Triple Door Seattle, WA

05/05/11 Thu Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA

05/06/11 Fri Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
05/08/11 Sun Doug Fir Portland, OR

05/09/11 Mon Doug Fir Portland, OR
05/12/11 Thu The Independent San Francisco, CA
05/13/11 Fri The Independent San Francisco, CA
05/14/11 Sat The Independent San Francisco, CA

05/16/11 Mon The Coach House San Juan Capistrano, CA

05/17/11 Tue Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA

05/19/11 Thu The Troubadour West Hollywood, CA

05/20/11 Fri The Troubadour West Hollywood, CA

05/21/11 Sat The Troubadour West Hollywood, CA

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Mike Watt Announces New Album & Spring Tour

January 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

WATT TO JAM ECONO ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES

Mike Watt

Mike Watt & the
Missingmen will be touring extensively late
Winter/Spring 2011 in celebration of the release of Hyphenated-Man. This is Watt’s
third opera, with Contemplating the Engine Room (1997) being the first one and
The Secondman’s Middle Stand (2004) being the second. The Missingmen features Tom Watson
on guitar and Raul Morales on drums. The album is the first release on Watt’s clenchedwrench
label.

MIKE WATT & THE MISSINGMEN TOUR DATES

03/10/11 Thu Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA
03/11/11 Fri The Echo Los Angeles, CA

03/12/11 Sat Casbah San Diego, CA

03/13/11 Sun Plush Tucson, AZ

03/14/11 Mon The Launchpad Albuquerque, NM

03/15/11 Tue The Conservatory Oklahoma City, OK

03/16/11 Wed The Loft Dallas, TX

03/17/11 Thu Gingerman Dallas, TX

03/18/11 Fri Fitzgerald’s Houston, TX
03/19/11 Sat Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, LA

03/20/11 Sun One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, LA
03/21/11 Mon Handlebar Pensacola, FL

03/22/11 Tue Common Grounds Gainesville, FL

03/23/11 Wed The Social Orlando, FL

03/24/11 Thu Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, FL

03/25/11 Fri The Earl Atlanta, GA

03/26/11 Sat 40 Watt Club Athens, GA
03/27/11 Sun The Pour House Charleston, SC

03/28/11 Mon Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC

03/29/11 Tue Canal Club Richmond, VA
03/30/11 Wed 123 Pleasant St. Morgantown, WV

03/31/11 Thu Black Cat Washington, DC

04/01/11 Fri Ottobar Baltimore, MD
04/02/11 Sat North Star Philadelphia, PA
04/03/11 Sun Maxwell’s Hoboken, NJ

04/04/11 Mon Mercury Lounge New York, NY

04/05/11 Tue Daniel Street Milford, CT
04/06/11 Wed T.T. the Bear’s Place Cambridge, MA

04/07/11 Thu La Sala Rossa Montreal, QC
04/09/11 Sat Tosh’s Tavern Brighton, ON

04/10/11 Sun Brillobox Pittsburgh, PA

04/11/11 Mon Grog Shop Cleveland, OH

04/12/11 Tue Magic Bag Ferndale, MI

04/13/11 Wed Radio Radio Indianapolis, IN
04/14/11 Thu Blueberry Hill (The Duck Room) St. Louis, MO
04/15/11 Fri Schubas Chicago, IL

04/16/11 Sat Shank Hall Milwaukee, WI

04/17/11 Sun High Noon Saloon Madison, WI

04/18/11 Mon Turf Club St. Paul, MN

04/19/11 Tue Slowdown Omaha, NE
04/20/11 Wed Bottleneck Lawrence, KS

04/22/11 Fri The Larimer Lounge Denver, CO

04/23/11 Sat The Complex Salt Lake City, UT

04/25/11 Mon Doug Fir Portland, OR

04/26/11 Tue The Media Club Vancouver, BC

04/27/11 Wed The Triple Door Seattle, WA

04/28/11 Thu WOW Hall Eugene, OR
04/29/11 Fri Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, CA

04/30/11 Sat Blue Lamp Sacramento, CA

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Sat Eye Candy: Drunkenness

January 1st, 2011 | No Comments

HOW’S YOUR HEAD FEELING?

Prodigious amounts of alcohol were consumed last night. Perhaps some of it was swallowed hungrily by you and you’re feeling the after-effects this morning. No worries. Put on a pot of coffee and enjoy this assortment of tunes about drunkenness as you shake it off. Happy New Year, kids. Take some ibuprofen, Vitamin C, drink lots of water and heal up before the next show. (Dennis Cook)

Sat Eye Candy: ‘Tis The Season

December 25th, 2010 | No Comments

IT BEATS A STOCKING FULL OF COAL

Christmas music is what it is. Here’s some for you!

Lauryn Hill Adds Winter Dates

December 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Lauryn Hill has added a
string of tour dates throughout the United States and two in Canada as part of a series of intimate shows backed by
a live
band. Tickets for these performances are on sale now.

Lauryn Hill

LAURYN HILL TOUR DATES

12/22/10 Wed Toad’s Place New Haven, CT

12/27/10 Mon Highline Ballroom New York, NY

12/28/10 Tue Music Hall Of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY

01/01/11 Sat Bowery Ballroom New York, NY

01/03/11 Mon The Blue Note New York, NY

01/04/11 Tue The Blue Note New York, NY

01/05/11 Wed The Blue Note New York, NY

01/08/11 Sat Amos’ Southend Charlotte, NC

01/09/11 Sun Orange Peel Asheville, NC

01/12/11 Wed The Music Farm Charleston, SC

01/14/11 Fri Center Stage Atlanta, GA

01/16/11 Sun The Pageant St. Louis, MO

01/18/11 Tue First Avenue Minneapolis, MN

01/20/11 Thu House of Blues Chicago, IL

01/22/11 Sat The Sound Academy Toronto, ON

01/23/11 Sun Metropolis Montreal, QC

01/29/11 Sat House of Blues Atlantic City, NJ

02/04/11 Fri The Wellmont Theatre Montclair, NJ

03/19/11 Sat Sun Life Stadium Miami, FL

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Sat Eye Candy: Nikki Sixx of MÃ¶tley CrÃ¼e

December 11th, 2010 | No Comments

52 YEARS OLD AND STILL SHOUTING AT THE DEVIL!

MÃ¶tley Crue bassist/songwriter Nikki Sixx takes another step into his fifties today. Easily the busiest dude in the Crue, Sixx hosts two nationally syndicated radio shows, writes books, runs a great charity, and has his own band, Sixx:AM, outside of MÃ¶tley Crue. Yet, the man can – as Ted Nugent once put it – rock his balls into a firestorm every night. Anyone who’s read The Dirt or his excellent collection of journal entries The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star may marvel that the man is still ambulatory at this point, but there’s little doubt that Nikki is one tough son of a bitch. He’s also been a part of some of the raunchiest, most visceral hard rock of the past 30 years, and based on 2008′s Saints of Los Angeles it’s clear Sixx and his Crue mates aren’t done yet. Thanks for the music and the madness, man. We salute ya! (Dennis Cook)

JamBase is looking forward to the return of Crue Fest in 2011, too. We had a real good time at the last one. Read about it here.

We begin with a recent dirty gem off Saints. Need something to get your blood moving this gray Saturday? Here it is.

Next, a standout from the soundtrack album for The Heroin Diaries performed at the first Crue Fest.

This is arguably the most misunderstood song in all of hard rock. Here’s a hint: It’s ANTI-Satan not pro. This clip comes from one of the biggest rock concerts in history, the Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989, where MÃ¶tley Crue joined Cinderella, Bon Jovi, The Scorpions, Ozzy and more to bring loud Western culture to the Soviets. Now shout!

Last year the Crue celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Dr. Feelgood album by playing it in its entirety. One of the best parts was the collective swoon that hit during closer “Time For Change.” For a bunch of roughnecks, they can be kinda sweet sometimes. This song hadn’t been performed live but a handful of times before the 2009 tour.

The earliest Crue material has a distinctly British punk edge. Here’s the guys in 1983 whipping up the massive US Festival audience with the first track off their debut album Too Fast For Love.

Another slice of Sixx: AM in action.

Strip clubs would not be the same without this song.

One of the more unjustly overlooked albums in the Crue catalog is 2000′s New Tattoo, which contains this fab cover of The Tubes’ classic.

And we end where so many high school proms ended in the 1980s. Happy birthday, Nikki. Thanks for keepin’ it sleazy.

Ah hell, one more for good measure.

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Sat Eye Candy: Chris Hillman

December 4th, 2010 | No Comments

A PIONEER AND A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN

We wouldn’t have country-rock, as we know it, or perhaps even the first real bloom of psychedelic rock in the mainstream without Chris Hillman. As one of the original members of The Byrds and later The Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas and The Desert Rose Band, amongst others, Hillman has proven one of the most reliably excellent singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalists to emerge from the 1960s. These days he’s firmly entrenched in the high end acoustic music world alongside the likes of Tony Rice and Herb Pederson. Recently, Hillman spent much of 2010 recovering from spinal surgery but has returned to touring. He’s one of the best and he turns 66-years-old today. We wish him the happiest of birthdays and thank him profusely for the mountain of great music he’s given us. (Dennis Cook)

While a formidable, unique bassist on the first few Byrds albums, it was 1967′s Younger Than Yesterday where Hillman came into his own, including co-writing this most covered number.

Just a year later, The Byrds took a steep turn into bluegrass and country, introducing the world to Gram Parsons and opening up rock’s boundaries with Sweetheart of the Rodeo.

Hillman left The Byrds for the first time right after the completion of Sweetheart and soon formed The Flying Burrito Brothers with Gram. Here’s a few gems from the band..

Concurrently with the Brothers, Hillman joined Stephen Stills’ short-lived Manassas, who produced two stellar studio albums before shuffling off.

Here’s a sampling of the kind of quality music Hillman has been making since the 1980s.

Hillman returned to commercial success in the 80s/90s with Nashville hitmakers The Desert Rose Band, who he continues to tour with to this day. This stuff is real easy to like.

We conclude with a little profile of Hillman and a vintage Byrds clip featuring some of Hillman’s most amazing bass work.

Sat Eye Candy: Delaney & Bonnie

November 27th, 2010 | No Comments

MUSIC FOR THE SAKE OF IT

While The Band have been gathering accolades as for their role as a primary influence on rock ‘n’ roll that followed, another group from the same era had almost as big an impact on the movers & shakers in the 60s & 70s (and subsequently since then). Delaney & Bonnie were a then-husband & wife rock ‘n’ soul revue that put the zap on Eric Clapton, George Harrison and scores of others. The undeniable groove and spirit of their homegrown, deliciously earthy music brought rock down from its big stages and reconnected some of the biggest players of the day with what it meant to make music for the sake of making music. This gift still reverberates in the work of Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi, Mofro, Lucero and countless others. We love giving credit to worthy ancestors at JamBase and wanted to offer up a smattering of their fine music to enrich your weekend. (Dennis Cook)

We begin with a corker featuring Clapton and Harrison along with the future rhythm section for Derek & The Dominoes.

While Dave Mason had the hit with this one, D & B do it great justice.

An early music video from the band.

The Black Crowes have taken this tune up in recent years.

There’s not much sexier than Bonnie’s wicked smile and joyous jiggling and Delaney’s slinky ass guitar work in this clip. The slide solo near the end is just ridiculous!

Another one from the same television appearance.

We conclude with a glimpse of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett performing without one another. Delaney passed away in 2008 and Bonnie Bramlett continues to make great music today. Still, few fires that burned as briefly as theirs have been brighter or more warming to music as a whole.

Vans Warped Tour & Mayhem Fest 2011 Tour Dates Announced

November 24th, 2010 | No Comments

BAND ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY

Vans Warped Tour

Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival

Vans Warped Tour and Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival have announced their 2011 tour
dates. Check them out below. Both festivals are announcing their first-ever holiday gift packages for those who
want in early on the summer 2011 action. The pre-sale begins at 10:00 am in all time zones with limited tickets
available, starting Wednesday, November 24 running through Friday, December 10, while supplies last. These
holiday gift packages will sell out quick, so buy early to guarantee a spot.

Click here for details on the
Warped Tour holiday package, and click here for more info on the
Mayhem Fest holiday package. Vans Warped Tour band announcements are set to begin starting December 8, 2010,
while the lineup for the 2011 Mayhem Festival will be announced starting January 24, 2011.

VANS WARPED TOUR 2011:

Fri 6/24 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Sat 6/25 Houston, TX The Showgrounds at Sam Houston
Sun 6/26 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Wed 6/29 Las Cruces, NM N.M.S.U. Practice Field

Thu 6/30 Las Vegas, NV TBD
Fri 7/1 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex

Sat 7/2 Ventura, CA Seaside Park

Sun 7/3 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Wed 7/6 Kansas City, MO (Bonner Springs) Sandstone Amphitheatre
Thu 7/7 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 7/8 Detroit, MI Comerica Park

Sat 7/9 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre
Sun 7/10 Minneapolis, MN Canterbury Park
Tue 7/12 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake PAC
Wed 7/13 Boston, MA Comcast Center
Thu 7/14 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Fri 7/15 Toronto, ON Arrow Hall
Sat 7/16 Montreal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau
Sun 7/17 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
Tue 7/19 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Ampitheatre

Wed 7/20 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre
Thu 7/21 Philadelphia, PA (Camden) Susquehanna Bank Center

Fri 7/22 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion

Sat 7/23 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Sun 7/24 Oceanport, NJ Monmouth Park Racetrack
Tue 7/26 Washington, D.C. Merriweather Post Pavilion
Wed 7/27 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thu 7/28 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre

Fri 7/29 Orlando, FL Firestone Ampitheatre

Sat 7/30 Miami, FL Cruzan Ampitheatre
Sun 7/31 Tampa, FL (Saint Petersburg) Vinoy Park
Mon 8/1 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Ampitheatre
Tue 8/2 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center

Wed 8/3 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 8/5 Denver, CO Invesco Field

Sat 8/6 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairgrounds
Sun 8/7 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion

Tue 8/9 San Diego, CA Cricket Ampitheatre
Wed 8/10 Los Angeles, CA TBD
Thu 8/11 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Ampitheatre
Fri 8/12 Boise, ID Idaho Center Ampitheatre
Sat 8/13 Seattle, WA Gorge Ampitheatre

Sun 8/14 Portland, OR Washington County Fairgrounds

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL 2011:

Sat 7/9 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheatre
Sun 7/10 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Tue 7/12 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
Wed 7/13 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre
Fri 7/15 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion

Sat 7/16 Albuquerque, NM Hard Rock Casino Presents: The Pavilion
Sun 7/17 Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre

Tue 7/19 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Wed 7/20 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Fri 7/22 Boston, MA Comcast Center

Sat 7/23 Montreal, QUE Parc Jean Drapeau
Sun 7/24 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre

Wed 7/27 Holmdel, NJ P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
Fri 7/29 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion

Sat 7/30 Washington, DC Jiffy Lube Live

Sun 7/31 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Tue 8/2 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless V. Beach Amphitheater
Wed 8/3 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek

Fri 8/5 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

Sat 8/6 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre

Sun 8/7 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
Tue 8/9 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre

Wed 8/10 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center

Fri 8/12 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
Sat 8/13 Tampa, FL 1-800-Ask-Gary-Amphitheatre

Sun 8/14 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater

Sat Eye Candy: Duane Allman

November 20th, 2010 | No Comments

TRULY A HOLY ROLLIN’ SOUND

Duane Allman would have turned 64-years-old today. We couldn’t let the day pass without tipping our hat to Skydog and honoring the ever-lingering legacy of one of the 20th Century’s most influential musicians. (Dennis Cook)

We begin with some insights into Duane’s genius and contribution to music.

The combination of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts remains one of the finest, most unique pairings rock has ever produced. Here’s the pair in flight together.

Besides the Allman Brothers and his extensive session work, Duane was also a key ingredient in another of rock’s all-time greatest ensembles, Derek & The Dominoes. There’s no decent footage of him playing with the band but here’s an interesting outtake that shows Clapton and Allman sparring nicely.

Let’s jump on the stage with ABB back in the day. This is what one calls “putting your back into it.”

Another succinct blast of Duane’s studio brilliance.

Just the audio but what audio it is! This pairing of the Dead and Duane on a signature blues standard shows what honest, gritty interpreters of the blues these young cats were.

We wrap with a few more Allman Brothers moments with Duane. Rest in peace, buddy. We miss ya more than we can ever express.

Sat Eye Candy: Terry Reid

November 13th, 2010 | No Comments

SUPER LUNGS INDEED!

Terry Reid was the man Jimmy Page originally wanted to sing in Led Zeppelin. Reid turned him down, preferring to helm his own solo career, and this footnote has long defined this musical lifer to many. However, if one listens in to the music Reid made in the years that followed his choice one discovers a vibrant, unique vocalist, a fierce, tough guitarist and a songwriter of enduring might. His self-titled 1969 album and 1973′s River are too bonafide classic rock treasures, the latter featuring some of the most eloquent, gorgeous playing ever from David Lindley. While not nearly as prolific in recent years, Reid continues to play clubs worldwide, often with high-powered musician pals stopping by to jam with the master. Serious record geeks have long been hip to Reid’s catalog, and JamBase is happy to provide a nudge towards the unconverted today in honor of the man’s 61st birthday today. Reid really is all that and the proverbial bag o’ chips, and the curious should begin their explorations with Water Records’ reissue of River and the boffo 2-CD anthology Super Lungs The Complete Studio Recordings 1966-1969. Hey, if he’s good enough for Cheap Trick to tackle on their debut (“Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace”) or for The Raconteurs to cover (“Rich Kid Blues”) he’s certainly good enough for you! (Dennis Cook)

We begin with one of the best numbers in Reid’s early arsenal.

Here’s Reid in 2006 performing one of his most meditative, moving songs at Dingwalls in London.

This clip features a portion of Reid’s performance at the very first Glastonbury festival, a real workout where he’s joined late in the tune by another unsung 70s great Linda Lewis.

Not hard to understand why Jack White and his pals wanted to dig into this one.

And here’s The Raconteurs tackling the tune at Glastonbury a few years ago.

Here’s Terry getting funky on a Michael Jackson cover with guitar whiz Waddy Wachtel.

A more laidback version than the fire-breather that appears on Terry Reid, this is still a sweet take on Bob Dylan’s classic.

Here’s Cheap Trick covering Reid’s “Speak Now,” which always proves a great springboard for this band.

Back to Dingwalls for one of Reid’s songs that’s been covered by The Hollies, CSNY and John Mellancamp, amongst others.

Two of Reid’s thoughtful best. It’s impossible to pin down in words how lovely and real and necessary this music is. Many thanks to GoodGigsVids for posting these clips on YouTube.

River is one amazing track after another, but this is the best boogie in the bunch, particularly on this live version. You’re cheating yourself if you don’t explore Terry’s music. That’s just a fact.

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Sat Eye Candy: Bad Religion

November 6th, 2010 | No Comments

THREE DECADES OF FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT AND MAKING AMAZING MUSIC

For 30 years Bad Religion has been a standard bearer for intelligence and craftsmanship in punk rock. From the start, they made it cool to be smart AND pissed-off, but angry about the right things, things far beyond the naval gazing of so many suburban punks. They’ve actively pushed listeners to educate themselves and take action to better the world. And they also happen to have arguably the greatest singer in punk history, Greg Graffin, who turns 46 today. Riding high on one of the best albums of their career, The Dissent of Man (released September 24), Bad Religion is on a lengthy fall tour right now. Be sure to let Greg know you’re glad he’s stuck it out for three decades, using his VERY sharp mind to give a real boot to the jerk-waters that so richly deserve it. (Dennis Cook)

We kick off our lil’ salute to BR with a standout from their 2007 masterpiece New Maps of Hell.

Speaking of hell, here’s an early fan favorite that still gets folks riled up.

Not many bands could forge a classic that’s only about a minute long. But most bands aren’t Bad Religion.

Here’s a couple from the new album taken from BR’s recent Epicenter Festival performance.

And another killer off New Maps.

For many Bad Religion fans, 1990′s Against The Grain will always be the yardstick by which they judge the band’s best work. We conclude with two of that record’s finest moments.

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Sat Eye Candy: Robert Trujillo of Metallica

October 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

LOW END THUNDER!

In February 2003, Robert Trujillo became the bassist for Metallica. For the general public it was the introduction of a phenomenal (and phenomenally entertaining) musician, but for hardcore fans Trujillo was already a well-known quantity as a member of Suicidal Tendencies, not to mention a stint with Ozzy in the early 2000s and his low-end role in Infectious Grooves. Trujillo seems to stalk a groove, his eyes alight with mischievous purpose. And most times out he bags something very compelling. Robert Trujillo turns 46 today and we’re here to celebrate his work. (Dennis Cook)

Just like Jason Newsted before him, there are signature pieces associated with Cliff Burton, arguably metal’s greatest bassist of all-time, that must be tackled. Trujillo equates himself admirably here.

Based on a track like this, it’s not hard to imagine why Metallica had Trujillo on their shortlist of possible bassists. The guy really is a perfect fit.

Without question, this is one of Ozzy’s finest solo band lineups. Here they are at Budokan kicking around a Sabbath classic.

Few musicians have had their first steps with a famous band exposed to the world in the same way as Trujillo, whose induction into Metallica was captured in detail in the documentary Some Kind of Monster.

And what heavy music bassist doesn’t want a chance to sink their fangs into juicy beasts like “Whiplash” and “Enter Sandman”?

2001′s Down To Earth, the one Ozzy studio release Trujillo played on (besides controversially re-recording the original bass parts for the CD reissues of Blizzard of Oz & Diary of a Madman), remains one of Osbourne’s strongest solo efforts, including this standout.

The title kinda says it all.

One more taste of Trujillo in Suicidal Tendencies.

And a last blast with Metallica.

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Sat Eye Candy: Bob Weir

October 16th, 2010 | No Comments

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOB!

Bust out your khaki shorts and Birkenstocks and do a happy shuffle for Bob Weir, who turns 63 today. As a member of the Grateful Dead, leader of RatDog and all the other variations like Furthur, Weir has helped navigate one of the great songbooks in American music as well as pioneering a live music style that will continue to inspire forever. Here’s a few tidbits from Bobby’s vast repertoire in celebration of his natal day.

We begin with a sing-along crowd pleaser.

Here’s Bob talking about the dynamics of RatDog before playing a great version of one of the band’s best numbers.

Weir has been an on-again, off-again participant in the band Kingfish since the early 1970s. Here’s the band in Half Moon Bay, CA in the late 80s.

Taken from the “Stealth Rehearsals” at the Mill Valley Masonic, here’s Furthur with one of Bob’s signature tunes.

Despite a reputation outside the flock as a bunch of hippies, the Grateful Dead was one of THE most musically robust acts ever. Here’s the evidence.

After Jerry Garcia’s sudden passing the future of Dead music seemed in question. Without much pause, The Other Ones came roaring out to keep things rolling. This clip comes from the first show played at Alpine Valley after Garcia’s death.

Bob has always had a way with covers, and this is one of his early best.