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Strahan's CO Whiskey is an excellent Whiskey. Those fans of Makers out there should try Woodford Reserve.

Couldn't agree more with Elton's 70's production. I came across this in Twist and Shout (Denver) 2 years ago and it quickly became one of my favorites. Every song is spectacular, and then there is added significance of this being the last time Lennon was recorded live on stage. At least, that is my understanding. Great album!

Elton John Band Featuring John Lennon And The Muscle Shoals Horns Recorded live at Madison Square Garden, New York on 28th November 1974. Features John Lennon on vocals and rhythm guitar on Whatever Gets You Through The Night, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and I Saw Her Standing There.

1. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding 10:53

2. Rocket Man 4:45

3. Benny And The Jets 5:50

4. Take Me To The Pilot 5:33

5. Whatever Gets You Through The Night 4:25

6. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 6:15

7. I Saw Her Standing There 3:37

Sorry of this is old news....

D-B Truckers on Record Store Day

02/17/2010

A/K/A The Stroker Ace, the Guitarist Goes 'High Art' for Record Store Day. Sitars, even.

By Andy Tennille

April is already a month chock-full of holidays, what with April Fools Day kicking off the month, MerleFest and JazzFest winding it down and that Sunday in between when that bunny shits chocolate eggs on everyone's front lawn.

In the midst of all that revelry, vinyl geeks and rock stars will unite on April 17 for Record Store Day, the annual celebration in support of record stores around the world. Check here to see what some of your favorite artists are saying about Record Store Day, and here to see if your local shop is participating.

Drive-By Truckers are ardent supporters of record stores worldwide, so it would make sense - what with their new album, The Big To-Do, dropping on March 16 - that the Athens, GA rockers might have something special up their sleeve for this year's festivities.

So what's it gonna be - a free acoustic performance at Schoolkids in Athens? Signing copies of their new album at Amoeba in San Francisco? A special screening of "The Secret to A Happy Ending," a documentary about the band being released this spring?

How about the much-anticipated solo debut of The Stroker Ace, aka co-founding guitarist Mike Cooley!

"Coming soon," Cooley confirms to BLURT in a recent sit down. "It's done."

Though tight-lipped on the details, Cooley says the band will be issuing the special release on April 17 in time for Record Store Day.

"It's not an album, it's not a full-length record. It's not even an EP," he says. "There's no way I can describe it. You'll think I'm fucking with you if I start describing it. You'll just have to see. The only thing I'll tell you is this - it's high art."

"It's definitely that," confirms Truckers frontman Patterson Hood with a laugh. "It's so high art that John Neff plays the sitar."

I can not recommend Jazz fest more. If you've never been, you need to go. The first weekend lineup is shaping up to be very nice! As funny as this sounds I think it's a nice little description of Jazz fest: Lionel Richie filled in for Fats Domino in 2006 and blue the roof off the place. Hope those who can will make it down, you won't regret it.

Some of my fondest music experiences were there: Ray Charles; Fogerty started playing his CCR stuff there on the main stage for the first time after the law suit was settled...kicked it off with Born on the bayou; tops has to go to the Boss and Seeger sessions band in 2006 (year after Katrina). Not a dry eye in the place when they closed it out with a hymn like When the Saints Go marching in!

Rooms in the major hotels will go fast. Be sure to check out the posters, there almost always pretty special, and pick up a "How ya gonna Clap" Coozie!

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL

PRESENTED BY SHELL

APRIL 23 - 25 (1st WEEKEND)

Artist TBA, Lionel Richie, Anita Baker, Allman Brothers Band, My Morning Jacket, Dr. John, Darius Rucker, The Black Crowes, Steel Pulse, Jonny Lang, The Levon Helm Band, Drake, Keely Smith, Baaba Maal, George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic, Imagination Movers, Ledisi, King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, Better Than Ezra, Blind Boys of Alabama, Elvin Bishop, funky Meters

I caught the 2005 Show at the Orpheum, great venue. Rowboat seems to have this covered, and I'm not super familiar with Memphis.

One suggestion, the adventurous should check out Raefords after the show. Crazy place, serves 40's, Partied with Pat and John there after that 2005 show (partied with = Pat and John were there)

I thought it was pretty neat that Jeff and Spencer chose to rock out some Meters. I didn't re-watch the piece but I believe it was Cissy Strut. Jeff was gettin down to, Zigaboo would have been proud!

Thanks again everyone. Great information. Now I just need to master the T and get my biked tuned up and maybe I can get go check some of these spots out over the weekend.

Thanks Everyone, really appreciate that. Got online last night and located Newbury comics. Looks great. I'm in Kendall Sq so it looks like the North Boston or Harvard square locations will be the closest. Thanks for the info on the orpheum to!

W

I just moved from Denver CO to Boston, MA, actually Kendall Sq in Cambridge. I would gladly take any and all recommendations of things to do and places to see, but I am specifically looking for some VC knowledge concerning local record stores and maybe and possibly a local audio visual store. I only lived in Denver for 2.5 years but became really attached to Twist and Shout and Listen Up.

Looking for a record store that will get most of the new vinyl releases that come out. Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Don't know how to search for specific link on the new board, not that I knew how to do it on the old. A friend passed this on to me and I hadn't seen it, thought some of you might appreciate it if it had not already been posted.

Will Johnson on Jay

Poppasmoke Vibes sent!

Vibes!!!!

Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett

Obviously a weird name. Melvin Seals and the back up gals are the hold-overs. Stu Allen plays a mean, mean guitar and has a great voice for the tunes. Taken with a grain of salt it's an enjoyable event hearing these chesnuts played. They basically play bars/small clubs and it's just an all around fun time to hear some great music in another form.

Where are they playing this afternoon?

Will do. I believe there are still tix available (though they may be behind the stage....). Also, look at craigslist. I saw a shit load on there a few weeks back.

Just saw this, thanks Lammy! There are a ton on Craigs list, trying to decide if I should pull the trigger.

Catching them on Thurs. in Denver. JGB show from 3-6 before it, too.

Lammy, let me know if you hear about an extra ticket.

Just now saw this. This didn't turn out like I'd hoped.

Really was a shame the weather was like it was. i got to listen/watch most of the games on the interwebs. That kid ya'll through Friday night was a heck of a pitcher, and that two hit complete shutout Coleman through late sat night was a piece of work. It could have gone either way yesterday. The hogs have a great team and are very well coached, as does/are LSU. BOL with the rest of the season!

W

I think I'm gonna be making my way up to Troy, Alabama to cover the Sun Belt Conference Tournament on the 20th. Should be good times.

I've gone to the SEC tourney in Hoover, AL twice and had an absolute blast both times. Those conference tournaments are such a great chance to see a lot of great baseball! Have fun!

Sooie... hope those games get to go on this weekend, i would be a shame for such a big series and the crowds to be severely impacted by weather. Not sure if you can make it up for any of them, but hope so, should be a great one! Geaux Tigas!

Sorry for the specific post, but can't send a PM b/c of the stupid spammer.

CWN

Happy Bday Lou!

wish he was playing atlanta. i'm not complaining though. he and the band played a free show at the decatur book fair last summer and it was one of the best shows i've ever seen. neff is the man!

I may have gotten this off of here, but probably worth posting in this thread:

Decatur Book Fair Show

bump.

 

half way through this thing and i'm thinking this might rank above all but maybe 3-4 Truckers records...

 

def like the production on it way more

Now we're talking! I was hoping to begin hearing this kind of talk. I would love to catch that tour, quite a strong line-up!

Not sure what the deal is.

 

We got reserved in row 27 and a pair of GA. Haven't been to Red Rocks yet. Is the GA section in the front of row 25??

Lammy may have more info on this, but I have always done reserved. There may be a GA section in front of 25 but I do not think it is all the way to row one. There are usually two reserved sections 25-47, and a higher section. Red Rocks shows start early and its not usually easy for me to get their early enough to get a good GA seat. The parking lot scene is lots of fun and the place is just beautiful, so going in super early not my bag. As some one else mentioned, not a bad seat under row 50.

BTW...I got two on row 30. Can't wait!

So are tickets on sale today or tomorrow for this? I'm seeing conflicting info.

Just checked the ticket site and it looks like today, at 10 AM MST. 1 hr and 15 minutes from now.

Elaborate, please.

 

Not really a superstition, but: to not claim a victory until the absolute last out. I started this "superstition" after calling my brother during the 8th inning of the 2003 ALCS game 7 right before Jeter and Bernie got on base. I was prematurely celebrating. I blame myself for the entire fiasco and my brother has never let me live it down.

 

Though he did call me during Lester's 8th inning of his no-hitter last year and just whispered "shhhhhh" and hung up.

Hat on the bed was a superstition from drug store cowboy, great movie.

I have an old and tattered Gold T shirt with purple lettering that usually make an appearance for all big LSU football and baseball games. It was purchased my Jr year at LSU the morning of the 1996 College World Series Championship Game, b/c I didn't have a "lucky shirt" and thought that day would be an excellent day to start that luck.

LSU was trailing Miami 8-7 when Warren Morris, who had missed most of the season with a broken wrist, came to the plate. 9 hole hitter b/c of his wrist, hit a bottom of the ninth, 2 out, 2 run, first pitch, walk off homerun to win the college world series. That was Morris's only HR that year and the day I got my lcuky LSU tshirt!

Putting a hat on a bed is a harbinger of doom. Akin to a black cat crossing your path, a broken mirror, walking under a ladder, etc, except worse than all. I don't seriously believe it, but I also don't put a hat on a bed, and if I see one lying there, I take it off. Inherited that superstition from my mom, who is Peruvian. I've never met anyone else who's ever heard of this superstition, except that it's in the movie "Drugstore Cowboy". Matt Dillon's character freaks out when he sees a hat on a bed, and sure enough, Heather Graham (the one who put it there) is dead from ODing soon after. He blames the hat.

Did not know that. Nice handle btw.....

Missed this being up in the mountains this weekend. Seeing this reminded me of a piece I always heard Paul Harvey did, and I never found anything to refute that. Just dug it up, and while most will not be interested, thought I would post anyway. Mississippi has some skeletons and is the butt of quite a few jokes, so its always nice for a Mississippian to read something positive about their state. Don't want to debate Paul's stance on this or anything else, just thought I would share a piece I always liked that I think Paul Harvy did.

Paul Harvey on Mississippi

> >

> > Mississippi is still burning. Times have changed, but the

> > incendiaries won't quit. Mississippi, statistically, could shame

> > most of our states with its minimal per-capita crime, its cultural

> > maturity and its distinguished alumni. But Mississippi has enough

> > residual gentility of the Old South not to rub our noses in our own

> > comparative inadequacy.

> >

> > The pack-media could not wait to remake the movie MISSISSIPPI

> > BURNING, into a TV version called, MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI. Thus yet

> > another generation of Americans is indoctrinated with indelible

> > snapshots which are half a century out of date.

> >

> > The very idea that anybody from New York, D.C., Chicago or L. A.

> > could launch stones from those shabby glass houses toward anybody

> > else is patently absurd. Lilliputians have a psychological need to

> > make everybody else appear small and Mississippi, too nice to fight

> > back, is such an easy target.

> >

> > The International Ballet Competition regularly rotates among four

> > citadels where there is a sufficiency of sophisticated art

> > appreciation: Vama, Bulgaria; Helsinki, Finland; Moscow, Russia and

> > Jackson, Mississippi.

> >

> > Only Mississippi has a satellite art program in which the State

> > Museum of Art sends exhibits around the state for the enjoyment of

> > smaller communities. No state can point to a richer per capita

> > contribution to arts and letters. William Faulkner, Richard Wright,

> > Walker Percy, Ellen Douglas, Willie Morris, Margaret Walker

> > Alexander, Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams, Thomas Harris (Silence

> > of the Lambs) and John Grisham are Mississippians.

> >

> > As are Leontyne Price, Elvis Presley, Tammy Wynette, B. B. King,

> > Jimmy Rogers, Oprah Winfrey, and Jimmy Buffett.

> >

> > Scenery? The Natchez Trace is the second most traveled parkway in

> > our nation. With magnolia and dogwood, stately pines and moss-draped

> > oaks, Mississippi is in bloom all year 'round. And the state stays

> > busy---manufacturing more upholstered furniture than any state;

> > testing space shuttle engines for NASA; and building rocket motors.

> >

> > Much of our nation's most monumental medical progress has roots in

> > Mississippi. The first heart transplant in 1964. The first lung

> > transplant in 1963. The most widely used medical textbook in the

> > world, THE TEXTBOOK OF MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY, reprinted in ten

> > languages, was authored by Dr. Arthur Guyton of the University of

> > Mississippi.

> >

> > The "Case Method" of practicing law, the basis of the United States

> > legal system, was developed at the University of Mississippi.

> >

> > Nationally, educators are chewing their fingernails up past the

> > second knuckle anxious about the disgraceful rate of dropouts and

> > illiterate graduates. In Mississippi, the state government and two

> > philanthropic organizations have teamed up to put a computer-based

> > literacy program in every elementary school in the state. Maybe

> > Mississippi is right to downplay its opportunities, advantages and

> > refinement. The ill-mannered rest of us, converging, would surely

> > mess it up.

> >

> > GOOD DAY!

Grabbed this yesterday, fantastic. Albums all over the place, and I mean that in the best possible way!