Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment is proud to announce the release of Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse, an extraordinary all-new concert recording featuring an array of Pink Floyd classics rarely performed by the band during its lifetime. The 22-track collection arrives April 17 as a double-CD/DVD package, double-vinyl, […]
It has been reported that Sammy Hagar & The Circle will be hitting the road this summer along with iconic rock band Whitesnake. Touring as the circle are bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Vic Johnson, alongside Hagar. “I love some friendly competition on stage and that’s exactly what this is going to […]
On Thursday, January 23rd the third annual WEEDCon concluded capping two days of cannabis education and networking with 60 exhibitors and more than 1,000 guests. Head lining entertainment for WEEDCon day one included Doors guitarist Robby Krieger with The New Experience and Little Feat’s Fred Tackett and the Silver Strings. Day two music included Alec […]
1956 – Elvis Presley released “Heartbreak Hotel.” 1958 – Little Richard entered Oakwood College in Huntsville, AL. This was after he announced that he was giving up rock & roll so he could serve God. 1961 – Leontyne Price made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. 1964 – The Rolling […]
Ella Fitzgerald was masterful in any musical format, but there was something especially luminous about her singing alone with a piano. This was clear when pianist Ellis Larkins was first asked to work with her for her 1950 album, Ella Sings Gershwin. “Larkins said he strongly believed that piano accompaniment alone would best serve the […]
1942 – Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded “One O’Clock Jump.” 1957 – Singer Patsy Cline appeared on Arthur Godfrey’s nighttime TV show. She performed “Walking After Midnight.” 1957 – Chuck Berry recorded “School Day.” 1957 – Filming began on Elvis Presley’s second movie, “Loving You.” 1962 – Jackie Wilson appeared on “The Ed Sullivan […]
Grateful Dead’s publishing company Ice Nine has signed a publishing deal with Warner Chappell, which covered the jam band’s entire body of work of nearly 200 original songs. Ice Nine previously singed a publishing administration deal with Universal Music Publishing Group. “The legacy of the Grateful Dead is unparalleled in the history of American music […]
When Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Jaimoe, and Gregg Allman finally coalesced in 1969 as The Allman Brothers Band, after stints in other bands and musical endeavors – some alone, some with each other – the group’s very first informal jam together was the stomping Muddy Waters song, “Trouble No More.” Almost […]
1960 – Elvis Presley was promoted to Sergeant in the U.S. Army. 1967 – The first Human Be-in took place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 1970 – A display of John Lennon’s erotic “Bag One” lithographs opened in London. 2 days later Scotland Yard seized prints as evidence of pornography. 1970 – Diana Ross […]
1941 – The four Modernaires joined the Glenn Miller Band on a permanent basis. 1963 – Bob Dylan performed in a radio play for the BBC in London. The play was called “The Madhouse on Castle Street” and he played a folk singer. 1968 – Dr. K.C. Pollack of the University of Florida audio lab […]