Lennon Time Capsules In Cleveland
Rock Hall preparing three cylinders of artifacts. 30 years after his death, the Rock Hall Of Fame is preparing a
trio of time capsules filled with artifacts relating to John Lennon
to bury on the grounds of the Cleveland music museum. The cylinders will be
placed underground on October 9, Lennon's birthday, and reopened on
that date in 2040, the day marking the 100th anniversary of his birth. Fans
of the former Beatle can submit items they think should be included
in one of the time capsules to the museum until September 15. Yoko Ono
has endorsed the project and will presumably provide some personal items
that belonged to John to include in one of the capsules.
PostChronicle.com
Zeppelin Songs On Plant's Set List
Rearranged versions of some songs for Plant's new band. If Led Zeppelin fans ever get the chance to see the band again it
will not be in the kind of intimate concert halls Robert Plant is
touring with the Band Of Joy. (story)
Those lucky enough to catch this limited tour are being treated to some
material from Plant's past. Substantially reworked versions of Tangerine, Down To The Sea and a segment drawn from
In My Time Of Dying were worked into the sold-out Band Of
Joy concert in Tampa's Ruth Ekerd Hall Friday
(7/30).
www2.tbo.com
Miller Time For Farm Aid
Annual family farm benefit books Milwaukee Ballpark.
There's a certain irony that the annual concert to raise money and promote
appreciation for family farmers, a group that does back breaking work for
comparatively little pay, will take place in a major league baseball
stadium, the workplace of athletes that receive mind boggling money for
playing a game. A Monday
(8/2) announcement is expected to
confirm that Farm Aid 25 will take place October 2 at Miller Park,
the home of the Milwaukee Brewers. Maybe that's appropriate since the entire
Brewer roster probably earns less than the bullpen of the New York Yankees
or Boston Red Sox. Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp will be
on-hand at the stadium to announce the first Wisconsin site and first
baseball stadium to play host to the event.
JSOnline.com
Black Crowes Web Series
Daily episodes recounting band lore to go online The Black Crowes plan to fold their wings for an extended
period after the current tour and the relaese of Croweology, a
double album of acoustic music that includes new arrangements of a number of
the band's best songs
(story).
Between now and the long hiatus another project Chris Robinson has
been involved with will hit the web. 20 Years Of Tall Tales,
a nearly month long webisode series filmed at Robinson's LA home by
John Vanover, will premier its daily online run on August 3.
TubeFilter.tv
Tyler To Be Idol Judge?
Aerosmith front man may have an offer on the table.
If there is one thing we've all learned it's never to discount possibilities
involving Aerosmith, so rumors that Steven Tyler might fill a
judging chair on American Idol have developed legs like his daughter
Liv's. With Ellen DeGeneris out after a single season and Simon Cowell
jumping ship for a producer/judge gig on a UK talent show import FOX has
picked up, at least a couple of seats are in play for Idol. An idle
Tyler would have been more likely to pick-up the Idol role. With
Aerosmith back together, on tour and said to have a studio album in the
offing, a network TV obligation might be a stretch. Still, Tyler has
the personality and credibility the show is in desperate need of with the
departure of Cowell, so the offer he gets could be just too good to pass on.
LATimes.com
BTO Bridge Honor Sought
Canadian radio team wants Winnipeg bridge named for BTO.
A new bridge in Winnipeg, Canada due to open in 2013 is the subject of a
petition being promoted by a Canadian radio duo that wants the span named in
honor of Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Saying Randy Bachman and
Fred Turner have '...represented Winnipeg to the world for over 30
years with their straight-ahead, industrial strength Rock n' Roll',
Greg Glatz and Marlo Boux of station CJOB are calling on
the mayor and other officials to name the bridge Bachman-Turner
Overdrive. More than 350 signatures were collected in the early going.
One factor that could make officials apply the brakes; Tim Bachman,
Randy's brother and an early member of the band, is facing charges
for having had sex with an underage girl
(story). Chrisd.ca
Kinks Studio On The Block
Ray Davies puts his studio up for sale.
Local developers are said to be eyeing a studio Ray Davies of the
Kinks owns after ads appeared promoting the property as a '...formerly
famous recording studio offering fantastic potential for development'. The
studio and land in the Crouch End section of London is listed for a price in
the neighborhood of $3 million. The studio joins a growing list of former
recording sites being dumped by their owners as ever more compact digital
equipment makes the big sound and mixing consoles once required for
producing music obsolete.
HornseyJournal.co.uk
Ron Wood Art Exhibit In Ohio
Art work by Stones guitarist gets 8 week run in Youngstown.
When Ron Wood doesn't have a guitar or a younger woman in his hands,
the Faces and Rolling Stones guitarist often opts for a paint
brush. His works, and the drawing power of his name as well as some of the
potenial subject matter convinced an Ohio museum to give Wood an 8
week special exhibit. The Butler Institute of American Art in
Youngstown will feature works by the English musician from September 21 -
November 21. In all, about 60 pieces done by Wood will be featured
in Ronnie Wood: Paintings, Drawings and Prints.
NYTimes.com
Lennon Killer Parole Hearing Nears
Yoko continues to oppose release for Chapman. Yoko Ono has submitted her letter opposing any parole for the man who
murdered her husband on a New York City street almost 30 years ago. Mark
David Chapman has a parole hearing scheduled to take place during the week
of August 9. Ono's attorney, Peter Shukat, told the Daily
News his client is again on record with the parole board as opposing any
release of Chapman, who shot John Lennon to death on December 8 of
1980 as he and Ono were on the sidewalk outside of their New York
City apartment building. The lawyer declined to comment on whether the
letter provided to the parole board was the same one she had submitted on
prior parole review occasions for Chapman, who drew a 20 - Life sentence for
the killing.
HollywoodReporter.com
Pedal Steel Legend Passes
Ben Keith died earlier this month. Ben Keith was said to have had a temperament as sweet as
the sounds he could coax out of a pedal steel guitar. The legendary picker
died earlier this month, a quiet exit for a guy who had a profound presence
on some great recordings, including the Neil Young masterpiece
Harvest. Young and Keith met for the first time in a Nashville
recording studio in early 1971 when Neil was working on what would
become one of the defining albums of his prolific career. Keith, who
said during an interview that he arrived in the studio unable to pick-out
which of the musicians gathered there he was working for, had to have
someone point-out Young and introduce the two. He would go on to
play with Neil over the next nearly 40 years, appearing on close to
20 of Young's albums between sessions he also logged with The Band,
Ringo Starr, Warren Zevon, David Crosby and Graham
Nash, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson and so many others.
Keith, who was 73, died at Neil Young's California ranch of a
heart attack, according to film director Jonathan Demme.
ThrashersWheat.org CBC.ca
Cars Gearing Up For Reunion?
Original members may be planning return to the road.
The latest model of the Cars, the Boston band that roared onto the
scene at the end of the 1970's and produced a string of very successful
albums in the 80's, included only half of the surviving members of the
original lineup, with Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton and
Prairie Prince joining Cars guitarist Elliott Easton and
keyboard player Greg Hawkes. The four surviving original members may
be planning a reunion, a rumor that grew legs when Hawkes responded
to a question posed by the Boston Globe about the possibility by
saying, 'I hate to be vague, but I really can't say.' Bass player
Ben Orr died of cancer in 2000, but Easton, Hawkes,
drummer David Robinson and original lead vocalist Ric Ocasek
appear together in what appears to be a recent studio picture captioned with
'Anyone in the mood for a reunion by the Cars' on a Facebook page
linked to the band.
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