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                         6 1/2 years following the recording, Soundgarden are releasing: Soundgarden: Live from the Artists Den.   This concert was originally recorded on February 17, 2013, at the Wiltern Theater, in Los Angeles, California, and was the final show, of the band's winter US tour, in support of their most recent album, at the time, King Animal.  Playing to a sold out crowd, the almos …

Despite best efforts, it looks like the 50th anniversary celebration of the original Woodstock music festival, is a no-go. However, on August 15, many of you can take a trip back in time, to the original 3-day weekend of "Peace, Love and Music," as select movie theaters, around the country, will be showing "Woodstock: The Directors Cut." An elongated version, of the original Woodstock documentary film, this version was originally produced, in 1994, and shows additional performanc …

Billy Gibbons is getting ready to release his third solo album, which he says will be called Hardwire, in tribute to Joe Hardy, who produced and engineered every ZZ Top and Billy Gibbons album, since Eliminator.  Mr. Hardy passed away earlier this year. According to Gibbons, "I think we're going to call it Hardware, and that's in tribute to the late Joe Hardy, our stalwart engineer for four decades.  Joe recently passed on, but in his wake he left the instruction …

    A few weeks ago, I wrote about Guns N' Roses' confirmation of a new album getting underway.  Well, that hasn't been postponed, per se, as they never shared recording and/or release dates.  However, it looks like it's still a ways off, as the band has confirmed additional shows, for their ongoing "Not In This Lifetime" tour, which began, back in 2016.   While they have been on the road, consistently, since launching the "Not In This Lifetime" tour, GNR ha …

Guns N' Roses' guitarist, Slash, has officially confirmed that a new GNR album is in the works.  While various band members have hinted that they might be planning on recording, Slash made an official announcement, on 101 WRIF, that they would really get to work on it, once they wrap up their current tour.  When asked why he and the others had been so vague, in the past, Slash said “The thing is, we hadn’t really done anything yet, and I don’t like to say anything.  …

50 years ago, this Labor Day weekend, exactly 2 weeks after the original Woodstock music festival, another huge, albeit not as well known music festival occurred in Lewisville, Texas, called the Texas International Pop Festival.  This festival featured performances by Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Santana, Grand Funk Railroad and Chicago (then called Chicago Transit Authority), among others, and was attended by 100,000 music fans. This upcoming labor day weekend, the Texa …

Late this summer, on August 14, "Blinded by the Light" will hit theaters.   A song, originally, written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen, "Blinded by the Light" is best remembered as a hit, covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, in 1977.  However, the "Blinded by the Light" I'm referring to has nothing to do with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, and has a lot more to do with "The Boss."   Blinded by the Light is a new upcoming film, about a young Pakistani immigrant, …

   Want to see Guns N' Roses, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Def Leppard all in 1 weekend?   Well then, you need to block out the weekend of October 11-13, for the first Exit 111 music festival.   To be held at Great Stage Park in Manchester, Tennessee, this 3 day concert will feature a who's who of classic rock and heavy metal.  In addition to the 3 bands mentioned above, who are headlining Exit 111, there will also be performances by Slay …

Last week, on Friday March 29, 2019, the  Rock & Roll Hall of Fame held their formal induction ceremony, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. While the inductions included bands and artists that are now considered staples of classic rock and whom one would generally expect to be in the Rock Hall, including Stevie Nicks and Def Leppard, and we’re definitely not discounting these artists, there was a strong inclusion, this year, of bands that have pioneered the altern …

In 1969, in a small town called White Lake in the Catskill Mountains of New York State, the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair opened with a bluesy folk set by Richie Havens, setting off a 3-day event that would forever change the landscape of rock music and live concerts as we know it. Woodstock set the stage for the mega festivals we know today like Coachella and Bonnaroo, giving a platform to all genres of music for fans around the globe to enjoy in person. And now, nearly half a century after the …