This three-chord ditty, loosely based on Hernán Cortés, is originally off the 1970 Neil Young & Crazy Horse album Zuma . The simplicity and shear length of the tune makes it a prime candidate for cover renditions, and more of then than not... guest appearances. Often times those sit-ins include Neil Young himself as Neil has played Cortez with two of this week's contestants. Fun fact: the original take had an extra verse at the end that was lost due to a problem in the studio. When Neil was [...]
Son House's version of this song is the devenitive version as far as I am concerned. But I'm trying to not be such a purist, and this song is a good jumping off point. Lyrics of John The Revelator From Wikipedia The lyrics below are Blind Willie Johnson's version of "John the Revelator". Subsequent versions feature a variety of substituted verses and different interpretations of Johnson's lyrics. [call] Well who's that a-writin'? [response] [...]
Following in the footsteps of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Widespread Panic, Gov't Mule has expanded its summer itinerary beyond a slew of festival appearances. Throughout the month of July and August, the country jammers will hit a number of U.S. pavilions and amphitheatres between appearances at Mountain Jam , Bonnaroo , and Rothbury , both in support of last year's two-disc DVD, The Tale of Two Cities , and to introduce fans to material off their yet-to-be-titled upcoming studio effort, which is due for release this fall. And, like the other smart, [...]
I've got a set of festival announcements that I wanted to post and comment on a bit, as the festivals that have been announced this year are all looking pretty amazing from where I'm sitting. There's so much uniqueness in the way festivals are occurring these days, with Carrie's post called Festival Fever fully summarizing the sentiment I've long tried to express through the content on the blog overall. In deciding to see a festival these days, aside from the line-up, a big part of the draw is the festival setting. Castle, pirate [...]
Bob Dylan's new album, Together Through Life was just released on April 28th. This was his 46th release… wow. That's 39 albums more than Right Said Fred. Yes, Right Said Fred released seven albums. Today's Bit O' Covers post focuses not on the new release, but on a classic Dylan song written in 1967, "I Shall Be Released". Dylan recorded two versions of this song - the first was done in 1967 but not released until 1991's The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 [Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991] 2 disc set, and the second was done for [...]
North Carolina based indie-label Merge Records has a big 2009 planned to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The label, which is home to acts like Neutral Milk Hotel, She & Him, Arcade Fire and Spoon, is rolling out a box set of material that includes 14 curated compilation CDs, a remix album and a covers comp that features non-Merge artists covering songs from the Merge catalog. In addition to all this they will also celebrate with a five-day festival dubbed XX Merge that will take place from July 22 - 25 with four nights of [...]
I'm loving the fact that I'm getting back into the swing of things here on LMB. We've got some cool stuff coming and the as-promised return to form of the old blog that we really loved writing, so thanks to all the folks that have been stopping by and commenting on the site. Good to have you all back! I've still got some posts I want to write this weekend and some stuff I wanted to get posted, but there's enough to do a full Heady Links roundup also. Check some of this stuff out [...]
With the NCAA Tournament getting into full swing this evening, we wanted to create a little March Madness around these parts as well. We've taken 16 past Cover Wars champions and matched them up against each other to see which one our readers thinks is the best of the best. Today, we kick things off with our round of 16 which finds some tough matchups in each of our brackets. Let's take a look at the matchups: 1. Killing In The Name - tDB vs. [...]
Fearless is one of the best, if not the best song written in Open G Tuning . Waters: "What's interesting about it, for me, is that it's interesting musically: (hums riff). Funnily enough, that was a tuning that Syd showed me. It's a really beautiful open G tuning, for anybody who wants to tune their guitar: G-G-D-G-B-B." Source: pink-floyd.org This Gilmour/Waters composition is on Pink Floyd's sixth studio album, a 1971 release titled Meddle. Looking back seven days, Bonerama [...]
Has it been a month already? Holy crap . . . where does the time go? Well, no matter. I've been busy all the same. I've mapped out another fantastic voyage for y'all and I fully expect you to come back from this journey with a list of music to interest your rabid addiction to fine music. This month's trek will lead us back to France for a spell, take us into Poland to hear about some vinyl, then across to England to watch a video, and then ultimately, back to the States for some home grown flavor and more [...]
MUSIC NEWS - The Coheed and Cambria's anticipated DVD/CD box set that documents the group's Neverender concert series has been delayed until March 24, 2009 the band announced today. The "Neverender: Children of the Fence" package was originally due March 3. It documents the band's October 22 thru 25, 2008 concerts at NYC's Terminal 5 venue, when the rockers performed each of their four albums in their entirety . Besides the concert DVD and audio CD, the upcoming release will have a photo book, interviews and clips from the Neverender events in LA, Chicago and London. The [...]
MUSIC NEWS - The Coheed and Cambria's anticipated DVD/CD box set that documents the group's Neverender concert series has been delayed until March 24, 2009 the band announced today. The "Neverender: Children of the Fence" package was originally due March 3. It documents the band's October 22 thru 25, 2008 concerts at NYC's Terminal 5 venue, when the rockers performed each of their four albums in their entirety . Besides the concert DVD and audio CD, the upcoming release will have a photo book, interviews and clips from the Neverender events in LA, Chicago and London. The [...]
Slobberbone plays two reunion shows this weekend.Let's do this. First, as always, the shows we've already discussed.The biggest show tonight's probably the first of Slobberbone's two nights of reunion... Continue reading "Good Friday: Slobberbone, Shibboleth, Austin Brown Sounds, Cory Branan, PVC Street Gang, Chris Holt, Salim Nourallah, Mount Righteous, Teenage Cool Kids, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Oso Closo, Tesla, Gov't Mule and Slider Pines" >
I'm making my first trip to Bonnaroo this year. I especially look forward to catching Wilco, Phish, TV On The Radio, DBT and Booker T., People Under The Stairs and Galactic. I plan on skipping Bruce, Santogold, "Shut Up And Let Me Go" and Snoop. Don't get me wrong, I love the old Snoop. You don't want to miss Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate. For the complete lineup (click here) . I would like to avoid the mud people and the paint people. [...]
We're teaming up with Glide Magazine to giveaway two tickets to this year's Langerado Festival . Langerado 2009 takes place March 6-8 at Bicentennial Park in Miami and features HT favorites Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Umphrey's McGee, Tortoise, Cold War Kids, Modest Mouse, Broken Social Scene, Chromeo and plenty of other artists from a wide variety of genres. Simply head over to this page and enter some basic info for your chance to win a pair of Langerado tickets. On February 19, we will select the lucky winner [...]
For all the fans out there who've been requesting a Mule Monday. This ones for you. One - Gov't Mule (U2 Cover) Unring the Bell - Gov't Mule
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By: David Schultz Twas the night before New Year and all through the Big Apple There was but one question with which we did grapple We've already passed through the holiday of Yule Was it worth it this night to see Gov't Mule? All stops would be pulled for next evening's show Pearl Jam, Nirvana, grunge rock, you know No reason to think thoughts of all doom and gloom It's still Warren Haynes at
We'll be updating this list of New Year's Eve Concert downloads throughout the weekend and converting some of the FLACs to MP3 files for your iPod... Bonerama - City Limits - Delray Beach, FL DAUD FLACs, MP3s, STREAM Clutch - The Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, MI DAUD FLACs Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi's Soul Stew [...]
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