In honor of The Band’s legendary farewell concert, a star lineup is taking the The Last Waltz on the road starting November 5th, in Port Chester, NY. The concert stars Warren Haynes, Don Was, Jamey Johnson, John Medeski and many others. Read more here.
Jimmy Johnson from Muscle Shoals Studios passes away
Jimmy Johnson the famed guitarist and founder of Muscle Shoals Studios, and band “The Swampers” passed away yesterday at the age of 76. Jimmy was known for believing in Lynyrd Skynyrd when others didn’t. He recorded with and played with countless artists throughout his career. Read more here.
Willie Nile at the Stanhope House this Saturday
Willie Nile is coming to the Stanhope House this Saturday. Musical guest Marc Jonson will be joining Willie. The Crossfire lounge will feature the Ladies Acoustic series. MusicXplorer will be giving away concert tickets and promoting the Johnny Pisano article.. Get your Willie Nile tickets here.
Sheryl Crow has a new album with big names
Sheryl Crow released her new album, “Threads” last month, it is packed with a lot of heavy hitters including Joe Walsh, Stevie Nicks, Chuck D, Sting, Eric Clapton, to name a few. Sheryl has said this will be her last album, because she couldn’t possibly make anything better than this. Check out the article here.
Jason Bonham and Led Zeppelin
Jason Bonham knew that Led Zeppelin were never going to do anything after the one off reunion concert, because Robert Plant told him so. What hurt him more, was that the dream collaboration between himself, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, just fizzled out. Read more here.
Tool announces new album and tour
Tool doesn’t release new material too often and hasn’t done a tour with more than 100 shows since 2007. After a 13 year hiatus, the band has released their new album and announced tour dates. Better catch them if you can. Check the info here.
Stone Temple Pilots Reissue Purple
STP are reissuing the album Purple. It contains three discs, one disc, is a concert recording from a New Haven show from 1994. There are other bonuses to make this something to check out. Read more here.
See set lists from any artist, anytime.
Setlist.fm is a very cool site, It offers a setlist from just about every artist. You can search through the years of any artist, check out the statistics from all kinds of scenarios, i.e, how often a song was played every tour, every year, what venues a song was played around the world. Check it out here.
Ozzy to release Box Set
Ozzy Osbourne will release a box set comprised from his 16 solo albums, from 1980-2010. The box set is entitled “See You On The Other Side.”It will be available November 29th. Check it out here.
Neal Casal, a NJ favorite, passes away.
Neal Casal, a musician from Denville, NJ passed away yesterday at age 50. Neal made his mark in the music industry and was most recently in Chris Robinson’s band, Brotherhood. A lot of folks are going to miss him. Read more about Neal and what his friends had to say here.