Covers of all the songs from 'Surrealistic Pillow," the second and greatest album by the Jefferson Airplane.

Photos by G. Art by Mosaic Man. Pink Floyd Mosaic At the location of the former legendary music venue The Fillmore East (at 105 Second Avenue) in New York, a commemorative light pole decorated with really awesome rock and roll mosaics resides. Grateful Dead Mosaic Allman Brothers Mosaic Led Zeppelin Mosiac [...]

Back in 1979 the Allman Brothers Band reformed after an almost three-year split started in 1976 after Gregg Allman's role in Scooter Herring's trial. The '79 version of the ABB contained original members Gregg Allman on keys, Dickey Betts on guitar, drummers Jaimoe and Butch Trucks as well as new additions "Dangerous" Dan Toler on guitar and bassist David Goldflies. This version lasted for about a year until Jaimoe left the band to be replaced by drummer Frankie Toler. Future talk show host and Fox analyst [...]
James Cotton has long referred to his regular working band as "my family," so close is their sense of musical symbiosis, so long is their history. Still, to my ear, he's never put out a more personal album than the forthcoming Cotton Mouth Man. Due May 7, 2013, from Alligator Records, the album is the first to feature a vocal [...]
This is how it started: Software-type person: "You've never seen Evil Dead?!!" (laughter ensues). Me: "Have you ever seen 8 1/2?" Software-type person: "Uhm...no." Me: "By Fellini?" Software-type person: "Who?" Me: "You've never seen 8 1/2?!!!!!!" (much laughter ensues). This was just some chatter at the start of a project meeting at work. I'd had a conversation with one of [...]

I had no intention of reading this book, let alone reviewing it, but a copy turned up at my local library. I started flipping through it and saw enough stuff that interested me to check it out. Off and on for about 30 years I've tried to get into the Allman Brothers, mainly the live album from the Fillmore East. It's a bonafide classic album with some great musicianship but, damn, I just can't get into those endless jams. It doesn't help that I once saw the Gregg Allman Band play a show with Stevie Ray Vaughan at The Pier [...]

Following the tragic deaths of bassist Berry Oakley and guitarist Duane Allman in 1972 and 1971 respectively, the Allman Brothers Band went on with a revised lineup that featured Dickey Betts as the lone guitar player in the group and the additions of bassist Lamar Williams and piano player Chuck Leavell. One of the few pieces of footage from that era of the ABB, which lasted from 1972 - 1976, was aired on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert's A Saturday Night In Macon special. The special featured [...]

We want to point your attention to John Popper's Twitter feed @blues_traveler , where the Traveler front man has revealed that he will sit in with the Allman Brothers Band tonight at their fourth of 11 shows that make up this year's March Madness Run. Popper has sat in with the Allman Brothers Band a ridiculous 31 times since making his first appearance with the legendary band at Jones Beach on August 31, 1990. For a non-family member that has to be a record. The harmonica [...]
The Allman Brothers Band played their 211th show at the Beacon Theatre since 1989 last night for the first of 11 performances that make up the band's 2013 March Madness run. ABB drummer Butch Trucks previewed the run in interviews and Facebook status updates by advising fans there would be new originals and covers coming. On night one the band delivered a pair of cover debuts as well as the first performance of a new original written by Warren Haynes. The first set began and ended [...]

Tickets to see The Breeders play Last Splash at The Bell House go on sale today at noon. Tickets to see Goat 's show at Music Hall of Williamsburg (moved from Glasslands) go on sale at noon today. Free tickets for the Vivian Girls, Widowspeak, Eternal Summers and Heliotropes' Converser Rubber Tracks Live show at Music Hall of Williamsburg are available via Ticketmaster today at noon. [...]

This March the Allman Brothers Band will return to the Beacon Theatre to continue a tradition of residencies at the Upper West Side venue that started in 1989. Originally, the band announced 10 2013 March Madness shows , but today have added an additional performance. The Allman Brothers Band will play what for now is their final Beacon show of 2013 on St. Patrick's Day, March 17th. This Sunday show will have a special early start time of 7PM. You can purchase tickets to this [...]

A while back Ralph had a bit of a look at Scottish band The Afghan Hounds but back then they didn't have a lot of gigs under their collective belt and their music needed some fine tuning.....well seeing as it's blog a dog week Ralph checked them out again and lo and behold The Afghan Hounds have come of age. Assorted influences are..... [...]

Cave Singers: Naomi - This Seattle based assemblage of musicians are on the cusp of their fourth studio release. Only a year after their last release, it seems that the relentless work ethic in the Cave Singers camp is about to pay off with another indie folk album that will surely give other Seattle folk heads a run for their money. Not to mention, they are joined by Morgan Henderson ( Fleet Foxes , Blood Brothers) who has contributed his multi-instrumentalist abilities to the record. Naomi is a step away [...]

Best Coast is in fact opening for Green Day on their rescheduled tour dates , including the NYC show on April 7 at Barclays Center . Tickets for that show are on sale now and all tickets purchased for the original January 16 date will be honored. Tickets for the Low show at the Concert Hall go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets for [...]

The Allman Brothers are playing ten shows at Beacon Theatre between March 1 to March 16 . Tickets for all ten nights are on Fan Club presale now, go on AmEx presale today at noon, and general sale starts January 11 at 10 AM. The Black Crowes are playing four nights in the NYC area this Apirl, with shows at The Capitol Theatre on April 2 and 3 and Terminal 5 on April 5 and 6 . Tickets for the Capitol Theatre [...]
The Allman Brothers Band Mar 1 Fri The Allman Brothers Band Buy Tickets Amex presale begins: Fri, 01/04/13 12:00 PM Beacon Theatre New York, NY 08:00 PM [...]
Filed under: News , Music Appreciation Frank Micelotta, Getty Late July and early August in the heart of summer is also the heart of the music festival season. Heck, in the next couple weeks we've got Lollapalooza , Newport Folk Festival, Gathering of the Juggalos and something called Nerdapalooza in Orlando, Florida. There's no doubt that some of the bands (and fans) at these events will make history in one way or [...]
For anyone reading Gregg Allman's new book, My Cross to Bear , you're probably curious to see the moment Gregg describes as rock bottom. It happened during the 1995 Hall of Fame ceremonies, when he went on a major drinking bender. By the time the band took the stage for for their actual acceptance speech, he was in bad shape (2:30). He had prepared a whole speech thanking people like Bill Graham who played major parts in the band, but he instead put his head down and rattled off a couple lines to Duane. To find out what happens [...]

Yesterday we were treated to the newest album from John Mayer titled, "Born and Raised" . I'm a big fan of John Mayer and have been waiting for this release for a long time now. This album is a bit of a wild card when it comes to John Mayer . This newest record really is a collection of all his best sounds. All the John Mayer albums, in my opinion, have only [...]