How Bands Play on After Loss
Ricardo Baca Denver Post Pop Music Critic 18 June 2004 – Denver Post It just ain’t the same; the idea of Nirvana without Kurt Cobain is ludicrous. It’s stupid and nonsensical. Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic know that. You know that. The most rudimentary music fan knows a band is not a band after it […]
Warren Haynes Should be the Bonnaroo Poster Boy
Story By: Brian Mansfield Photo By: Danny Clinch For: USAToday The Bonnaroo festival celebrates the spirit of jamming and musical mingling. Warren Haynes should be the Bonnaroo poster boy. The 44-year-old guitarist boasts membership in no fewer than four bands. He fronts his own trio, Gov’t Mule, and plays with both the Allman Brothers and […]
Jeffrey Immelt, ABB fan
Excerpted from the Los Angeles Times: Briefcase Name: Jeffrey Immelt Age: 48 Job: Chairman and chief executive officer, General Electric Co. A 22-year veteran of the company, Immelt is the ninth chairman in GE’s 126-year history. He succeeded Jack Welch on Sept. 7, 2001. Education: Bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Dartmouth College; an MBA […]
Warren Haynes: Everyguitarist
By Anthony DeCurtis 6 June 2004 The New York Times (c) 2004 New York Times Company ”I’M 44 years old, and I have a brand-new career ahead of me in the same way that a 25-year-old might,” said Warren Haynes as he sat in his living room, the expanse of downtown Manhattan framed in the […]
Mark McGee–Gregg Allman’s Crusing Guitar Shark
By: Bill Thames Cruising the music scene, just below the surface, like a shark looking for the next place to strike; Gregg Allman and Friends guitarist, Mark McGee continues to transform and evolve, demonstrating how incredibly diverse he can be. Much like legendary guitarist, Danny Gatton, Mark McGee remains one of the world’s greatest unknown […]
Texican Rock ‘n’ Roll Brothers will Open for the ABB
By: Brian Mansfield For USA TODAY The “Texican rock ‘n’ roll” brother trio Los Lonely Boys grew up backing their father, a conjunto musician. Born in Snyder, Texas, all three — guitarist Henry Garza, 26, bassist JoJo, 25, and drummer Ringo (his given name), 22 — live in San Angelo. The group’s self-titled album came […]
ABB – The cure for Executive ADD
By Stanley Bing 31 May 2004 – Fortune magazine – p. 216 Today I would like to announce the discovery of a new, stress- related ailment that attacks senior management everywhere. That’s right. Another one. This disorder, which I discovered because I suffer from it, is called executive attention deficit disorder, or EADD. Its characteristics […]
Feel Oteil
By: EasyMichael I received my June 2004 “Bass Player” magazine this week, and there’s a very nice mention of Oteil’s playing in the “BP Recommends” CD reviews section. In reviewing “One Way Out: Live at the Beacon Theater”, Chris Jisi writes: “Putting your own indelible signature on a famous bass chair is no small feat, […]
FIRST ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND RETROSPECTIVE TO SPAN 35-YEAR CAREER
TWO-CD STAND BACK: THE ANTHOLOGY FEATURES ALL THE CLASSICS AND MORE WITH 32 RECORDINGS Thirty-five years after their recording debut, there is still no other group like The Allman Brothers Band–authors of an indispensable style of American music that became known as Southern Rock, they grew into a musical icon culminating with their 1994 induction […]
Life Before Children
19 April 2004, Stamford Advocate Copyright 2004, Stamford Advocate. All Rights Reserved By Barry Halpin Special Correspondent I am daydreaming about life B.C. (before children) and the carefree, fun times my wife and I had living in Venice Beach, Calif., when Erin comes stomping into the family room, a demented grin on her face. “Ugh! […]