Top 10 Cities That Rock
Esquire magazine has compiled a list of Top 10 Cities That Rock. Cities were judged on the quality of music scenes, stores and concert venues: Pittsburgh, PA Denver, CO MinneapoliS, MN Raleigh, NC Gainesville, FL Fresno, CA Cincinnati, OH New Orleans, LA Phoenix/Tempe, AZ San Francisco, CA
Bill Cook, Martinique Owner Passes Away
By: Bill Thames Sometimes the phone rings and even though the person on the other end is an old and cherished friend, you know right off the bat that it’s not good news. Well, this morning I received just one of those phone calls. Yesterday, Bill Cook, the former owner of the Martinique, and the […]
Duane’s Mountain of Green
By: Bill Thames Every new event and each person that we meet in our life is filtered through our own unique set of experiences. Like a computer, we compare new people and places to the ones neatly catalogued in our minds, make our assessments and comparisons, and then we neatly file the experience away for […]
Gregg Lands On “Earth Vs. The Radiators – The First 25”
New Orleans’ icons, The Radiators, celebrate their first 25 years with a double CD and DVD release :Earth Vs. The Radiators: The First 25. The CD will be the band’s first release in three years – a double live CD recorded at the world-famous Tipitina’s over the course of the band’s 3-night run January 29,30 […]
ABB Rock Ottawa Documentary
A one-hour documentary entitled “Carnival of the Blues, 10 Days at the Ottawa Bluesfest” will premiere Sunday, February 29th at Tucson’s Roadhouse in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at 7PM. This documentary is a backstage exploration of the role Ottawa has played as a venue to support the blues and international music worldwide. It features performances by […]
Still time to Jam the Vote
Voting for this year’s Jammy awards continues until March 15 at Jammys.com/vote. The Allman Brothers Band is nominated in three categories: Studio Record: “Hittin’ The Note” Best Archival Album: “Atlanta Pop” Song of the Year: “Old Before My Time” Other nominees of interest include: Live Performance of the Year: Gov’t Mule w/ Claypool, Fleck, Landreth,Wooten […]
Babes in Boyland
Muchas peachness to Brother Bill Ector for his loving, hard and patient work in making this archival Hittin’ the Note article available. We love you, Bill! By: Lana Michelizzi For: Hittin’ the Note, Issue 15 (long ago and far away … ) After the “Gospel According to the Allman Brothers Band” appeared in Issue #11 […]
The Allman Brothers Band: The Road Goes on Forever
By: Doug Collette For All About Jazz Feb 17, 2004 In 2003, The Allman Brothers Band effectively completed a rejuvenation of themselves like no other act in rock history. The seminal Southern rock band achieved the profoundly difficult tasks of recapturing both their aesthetic credibility and commercial viability. This, after longs years of enduring internecine […]
Butch Reflects on the Beatles
By Charles Passy 8 February 2004, The Palm Beach Post A glance at the front page of The Palm Beach Post on Sunday, Feb. 9, 1964, reveals a Cold War-era world scarred by global tensions – in Cyprus, Cuba and beyond. And though no mention is made of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy […]
Allman Brothers Band to perform at Fox Cities fest
The Post-Crescent Posted Feb. 04, 2004 Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Famers the Allman Brothers Band will be the headlining act for this summer’s Great Fox Cities Celebration at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute. The annual concert sponsored by Neenah/Menasha Professional Firefighters is slated for July 17. An opening act has not yet been […]
Allman Brothers Band to Play “One Hot Show”
By Jeff Potts 4 February 2004 Oshkosh Northwestern It’s a good thing the Neenah Menasha Professional Firefighters are responsible for the annual charity concert at Fox Cities stadium, because the 2004 installment is going to be one hot show. Southern rockers The Allman Brothers Band will headline the charity concert on Saturday, July 17. “It’s […]
Gov’t Mule goes deep with The Deepest End
By: Eddie Modzelewski Warren Hayes, the leader of Gov’t Mule and the hardest working man in the music business, has just put out the conclusion to Gov’t Mule’s last two albums, The Deep End Volumes 1 and 2, calling it The Deepest End. Haynes, along with founding drummer Matt Abts, put out the double live […]