Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Spring and Summer concerts coming soon.



Hello
music lovers can it be the first week of March already? Time is certainly moving by quickly it won't be long until the spring and summer concerts and shows begin. An outdoor concert that will be here soon is Bonnaroo in Manchester Tennesee. The web site lists it as 101 days to go until it starts.
While there will be several artist performing the most interesting one is The Police who have reunited for 2007 in celebration of them forming 30 yrs ago. I can't see how this really a celebration considering they somewhat broke up in 1984 but I guess that it is one way to say that they have put aside their differences for now. The friction between Sting and Stewart Copeland is what made for some great music when they were together. I hope they sound better than they did at the Grammy Awards it showed that they hadn't played together in quite a few years. Alot of different groups will be playing Bonnaroo here is a partial list of some of them.
Tool ,• Widespread Panic • The White Stripes • Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals • Wilco • The Flaming Lips • MANU CHAO Radio Bemba Sound System • The String Cheese Incident • Franz Ferdinand • Bob Weir & Ratdog • Damien Rice • Ween • Gov't Mule • Ziggy Marley • The Decemberists • The Roots • Kings of Leon • Michael Franti and Spearhead • Wolfmother • Regina Spektor • The Black Keys • Galactic • DJ Shadow • Gillian Welch • Spoon • Keller Williams (WMD'S) • Sasha & John Digweed • STS9 • Old Crow Medicine Show • The Hold Steady • Lily Allen • North Mississippi Allstars • Fountains Of Wayne • Hot Tuna • Feist • Hot Chip • John Butler Trio • Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys • Aesop Rock • The Richard Thompson Band • Dierks Bentley • James Blood Ulmer • Xavier Rudd • Gogol Bordello • Junior Brown • Tortoise • T-Bone Burnett • Mavis Staples • Clutch • Cold War Kids • Dr. Dog • Paolo Nutini.

Wilco will be wrapping up a tour of Australia and Europe prior to playing at Bonnaroo. They will also be releasing a new album on May 15, 2007. It is called "Sky, Blue,Sky" and will include songs such as "Either Way,You Are My Face,Impossible Germany, and Sky Blue Sky." I haven't heard anything in advance from this album but will report on what I do when it is available. It will be interesting to see which direction the band will take musically. Jeff Tweed and Jim O'Rourke worked hard on the last two albums to be more experimental in order to leave the "alternative country" label that Uncle Tupelo and Wilco had built up previously. Wilco has recently been compared to Radiohead in their muscial direction. No matter which direction they take muscially I 'm certain it will be a success.

Another former Uncle Tupelo member has reformed his band. Jay Farrar who after going solo has decided that the band Son Volt was a better . A new album called " The Search" will debut on March 6, 2007 a partial listing of tracks are " Slow Hearse , The Picture , Action , Underground Dream , Circadian Rhythm" it will be interesting to hear how Farrar with some members of the new and old Son Volt.They begin a tour March 26 , 2007 and will play the Pageant in St. Louis on April 21, 2007.

Avril Lavinge has released her single "Girlfriend" and it is alot different than her previous albums "Lets Go" and "Under my Skin". The lyrics and music are alot lighter and comparable to what Jewel tried a few years ago. She left the angsty guitar girl image behind for a poppier sound on her album "03/04" the fans didn't react well to this and when sales dipped Jewel said it was a comment on the music industry and how it is more concerned about style than substance. If the reviews on iTunes are any indication of what Avril's fans think she apparently didn't pay attention to Jewel's mistake.

British pop singer Kellis ( the song 'Milkshake") the wife of rapper Nas was arrested in Miami on Friday for interferring with a police undercover operation. Apparently, Kelis charged two undercover female officers who were posing as prostitutes shouting racial slurs toward them. Her friends restrained her and she seemed to calm down for a moment but then she started again and the officers arrested her for interference. She posted a $1,500 bond and was released a few hours later.
Another pop singer in trouble is Bobby Brown who hasn't been paying child support for the past few months. When he atttended his daughters cheerleading competition in Canton, Ma the norfolk county police arrested him and took him to jail for three days. Hot 99.5 a Washington DC radio station paid over $19,000 that Brown owed in child support because he was to be an employee of the station for a week. Bobby Brown and his wife Whitney Houston divorced last year after 14 years of marriage.

The New Music Express Awards were held in Hammersmith Palais on March 1, 2007 in London England. The ceremony celebrated the best and worst of the year. The show was wrapped up by the Kaiser Chiefs who gave a great performance.
Winners of the awards were as follows

Best Catagory

Best Britsh Band Muse
Best International Band My Chemical Romance
Best Solo Artist Jamie T.
Best Album Whatever people say I am/ Artic Monkeys
Best Track Wasted little Dj's/ The View
Best Video Bones/ The Killers
Best Movie Pirates of the Carribbean Dead Man's Chest
Best Dvd Scummy Man/ Artic Monkeys
Hero Of the Year Gerard Way/ My Chemical Romance
Godlike Status Primal Scream
Sexiest
Man Matt Bellamy/ Muse
Woman Kate Moss

And the worst
Worst Band Panic! at the Disco
Worst Album "Rudebox"/ Robbie Williams
Villian of the Year George W. Bush


Those who had a birthday this past week were
Feb 26
"Fats" Domino (1928)
Antoine Dominique

Lazar Naumovich Berman (1930-2005)
Russian classical pianist

Johnny Cash (1932– Sept 12,2003)
Influenced generations of rock & country
musicians.
Known as
The man in Black.

Mitch Ryder (1945)
William S. Levise Jr.
Lead singer for Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
Famous for the hit "Devil with the Blue Dress on"

Bob "The Bear" Hite (1945-1981)
Lead singer and harmoinca player
for the band Canned Heat (1965-1981)

Sandie Shaw(1947)
b Sandra Ann Goodrich
"barefoot singer "
from Canada.

Emma Kirkby (1949)
British soprano singer

Michael Bolton(1953)
b Michael Bolotin
no relation to the guy
from "Office Space"

Erykah Badu (1971 )
b Erica Abi Wright
Neo-Soul R&B singer

Corinne Bailey Rae (1979)
English singer/songwriter

Feb 27
Mildred Bailey ( 1907 – 1951)
popular American singer
during the 1930's.

Dexter (Keith) Gordon (1923 - 1990)
American jazz tenor saxophonist
and considered one of the first
bebop tenor players

Guy Mitchell (1927-1999)
b Albert George Cernik
An American pop singer
famous for the song
"Heartaches by the number"

Steve Harley ( 1951)
b Steven Nice
Lead singer of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebels
progressive rock group in Britain during the 1970's

Adrian Frederik "H" Smith (1957 )
songwriter and guitarists
for the band Iron Maiden.

Nancy Laura Spungen (1958 – 1978)
the girlfriend of Sex Pistols'
bassist Sid Vicious.

Brad Vander Ark (1969)
bass player for the band
The Verve Pipe 1992-2001.

"Chilli" (1971)
b Rozonda Ocelean Thomas
from the R&B group TLC

Ali Tabatabaee (1973)
one of the vocalists in
the band "Zebrahead"

Bobby Valentino(1980)
b. Robert Wilson
American R&B singer

Josh Groban (1981)
American singer/songwriter
with a baritone voice.

Feb 28
Joe South (1940)
b. Joe Souther
Guitarist
played on Aretha Franklin
song "Chain of Fools"

Brian Jones (1942-1969)
b. Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones
original member The Rolling Stones.

Bernadette Peters (1948)
American Tony Award-winning
actress and singer.

Pat Monahan (1969)
lead singer of the band
Train

Jason Aldean (1977)
country music artist.

Fefe Dobson (1985)
b. Felicia Lynn Dobson
Canadian singer and songwriter

March 1
Alton Glenn Miller (1904 -1944)
American jazz musician
bandleader in the swing era
Disappeared over France during
WW II.

Harry Belafonte (1927)
b.Harold George Belafonte Jr.
Calypso singer of the
"Banana Boat song"

Mike d'Abo (1944)
English singer/songwriter
former lead vocalist
for Manfred Mann

Roger Daltrey (1944)
founder,vocalist, songwriter
for The Who

Burning Spear (1948)
b Winston Rodney
Reggae singer

Ryan Peake (1973)
lead guitarist
for the band
Nickelback


March 2

Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)
b. Desidero Alberto Arnaz III
Cuban actor, musician, band leader
married to Lucille Ball
1940-1960

Lawrence Albert Payton (1936-1997)
singer with the 60's R&B group
The Four Tops.

"Lou" Reed (1942)
Lewis Allen Reed
Lead singer of the band
Velvet Underground.

Rory Gallagher (1948 – 1995)
Irish blues/rock guitarist

Karen Carpenter (1950-1983)
drummer/ singer with
her brother Richard in
The Carpenters.

Jay Osmond (1955)
Member of the
Osmonds.

Mark Evans (1956)
bass player for
AC/DC

John Cowsill (1956)
keyboardist for
The Cowsills

Jon Bon Jovi (1962)
b.John F. Bongiovi
singer in the band
Bon Jovi

Chris Martin (1977)
lead singer, songwriter, guitarist
for the band
Coldplay.

March 3
Doc Watson (1923)
Arthel Lane Watson
bluegrass singer
songwriter and guitarist

Jennifer Warnes (1947)
American singer/ songwriter
songs
"Right time of the night"
"Up where we belong"
w/ Joe Cocker

Snowy White (1948)
b. Terence Charles White
guitarist for Thin Lizzy
Pink Floyd

Robyn Hitchcock (1953)
singer/ songwriter/ guitarist
of Psych Folk.
Known for his work with
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians.

Tone Loc (1966)
b. Anthony T. Smith
Hip hop artist/ actor
known for the hit
"Wild Thing"
"Funky Cold Medina"

March 4
Bobby Womack (1944)
guitarist / songwriter
played guitar for several groups
during the 60's 70's

Chris Squire (1948)
English bassist backing vocalist for the progressive rock group
" Yes " and the only member of the group to appear on every album.

Shakin' Stevens (1948)
b. Michael Barrett
English singer/ songwriter

Jason Newsted (1963)
former bass player with
Metallica (1986-2001)

Evan Dando (1967)
Lead singer of
the "Lemonheads"

* Birthdays for March 5-11, 2007

March 5
Paul Evans (1938)
rock and roll singer and songwriter in the 1950s and 1960s.
hits with the songs "Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat)"
"Midnight Special" and "Happy-Go-Lucky Me

Clodagh Rodgers (1947)
singer from Northern Ireland,
known for her hit "Jack in the Box"
was the United Kingdom's entry in
the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest.

Alan Clark (1952)
one of the keyboardists for the
rock band Dire Straits.

John Anthony Frusciante (1970)
the guitarist of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers

Evil" Jared Hasselhoff ( 1971)
b. Jared Hennegan
the bassist for the band The Bloodhound Gang

March 6
James Robert (Bob) Wills (1905 – 1975)
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
American country musician, songwriter, and big band leader

John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (1925 -1968)
American jazz guitarist.

Mary Wilson ( 1944 )
American singer
The Supremes.

David Jon Gilmour CBE (1946 )
English guitarist, singer,songwriter
member of the band Pink Floyd.

Kiki Dee (1947)
b. Pauline Matthews
successful singer/songwriter
most famous song was a duet with Elton John
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart""(1976)
#1 that same year


Madonna Wayne Gacy i (1964)
b. Stephen Gregory Bier Jr.
the keyboard player for Marilyn Manson.

March 7
Lee Young ( 1917)
jazz drummer and singer.
played with such jazz and swing musicians
as Mutt Carey, Fats Waller, Les Hite, Benny Goodman, and Lionel Hampton.
In the 1950s he played with Nat "King" Cole's trio.

Chris White ( 1943)
the bass guitarist with the 1960s English band
The Zombies.


Townes Van Zandt ( 1944 – 1997)
folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet.

Arthur Lee ( 1945 – 2006)
enigmatic and volatile frontman, songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist of the Los Angeles psychedelic band Love

Peter Wolf ( 1946)
b. Peter Blankfield
the lead vocalist for the
J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1982.

Taylor Dayne (1962)
b. Leslie Wunderman
American pop vocalist, dance
artist and actress.
Had the hit single
"Tell it to my heart" (1988)

Thomas Erak (1985)
guitar player and lead singer from
the band The Fall of Troy.

March 8

Mickey Dolenz. ( 1945)
b.George Michael Dolenz, Jr
actor, musician, and television and
Theatre director best known for being one of The Monkees.

Randy Meisner, (1946)
bass guitarist and vocalist best known for his contribution as
a founding member of the country-rock group The Eagles.

Michael Rand Allsup, ( 1947 )
guitarist best known for his contribution as a member of
the rock and roll group Three Dog Night.

Gary Numan ( 1958)
b.Gary Anthony James Webb
English singer, composer, musician and
electropop pioneer

Angie Hart ( 1972)
Australian pop singer
lead vocalist in the band Frente!.

Gaz Coombes ( 1976)
b.Gareth Michael Coombesis
vocalist and guitarist for the band Supergrass.
His "trademark" sideburns are a bit younger though.

Thomas Oliver Chaplin
lead singer of the English rock band
Keane.

March 9
Keely Smith ( 1932)
b.Dorothy Jaqueline Keely
American jazz and popular music singer
collaborated with Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra
in the 50's and 60's

Lloyd Price (1933 )
early New Orleans
style rock and roll musician
known for the song
"Lawdy Miss Clawdy"

Ornette Coleman (1930)
American saxophonist and composer.
major innovator of the free jazz in the 1960s.

Mickey Gilley ( 1936 i)
American Country Music Singer and Musician
and the cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis.

John Cale (1942)
musician, songwriter and record producer
a founding member of the Velvet Underground

Mark Lindsay(1944)
the singer for the group Paul Revere and the Raiders.

Robin Leonard Trower (1945 )
rock guitarist with Procol Harum

Jim Cregan ( 1946 )
rock guitarist and bassist played with
Family, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, and Rod Stewart.

Jeffrey Osborne (1948 )
musician, and former lead singer of the band L.T.D

Martin Fry (1958)
lead singer of the band ABC.

Johnny Kelly (1968)
drummer for the gothic-doom band Type O Negative

Bow Wow (1987)
formerly known as Lil' Bow Wow
b. Shad Gregory Moss
rapper and actor.

Mar 10
Dean Torrence (1940)
"Dean" of the 60's rock group
Jan & Dean

Donald Thomas Scholz (1947)
guitarist founder of the
rock band Boston.

Jeff Ament (1963)
bassist
founding member
of Pearl Jam.

Neneh Cherry (1964)
Swedish-born singer and rapper
half-sister of Eagle Eye Cherry.

Edie Brickell (1966)
singer-songwriter
married to Paul Simon (the musician)

Timbaland (1971)
b Timothy Z. Mosley,
record producer and rapper
member of hip-hop group Timbaland & Magoo.

Matthew Rubano ( 1977)
bassist of the American rock band
Taking Back Sunday.

Carrie Marie Underwood (1983)
American Idol winner
and country music singer

Mar 11
Lawrence Welk (1903 – 1992)
musician, accordion player, bandleader, and
television impresario
"champagne music.

Robert "Bobby" McFerrin Jr.(1950)
Had a hit in 1988 with
"Don't worry be Happy"


Vinnie Paul (1964)
b.Vincent Paul Abbot
heavy metal drummer
works with Pantera and Damageplan.

Lisa Anne Loeb (1968)
singer songwriter known for the
hit "Stay" (1997) wears her
trademark catseye glasses.


Benji Madden & Joel Madden (1979)
twin brothers and guitarist for
the band Good Charlotte.

Russell Lissack (1981)
lead guitarist of the
rock band Bloc Party



Until next week
GET OUT OF MY HEAD !

*Authors Note
I have decided to list the next weeks upcoming birthdays in music instead of the previous week. It will help prepare anyone who wants to do something special for that artist, musician, or actor.

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