DELANEY AND BONNIE AND FRIENDS WITH ERIC CLAPTON EXPANDED ‘ON TOUR’ BOX SET

Rhino Handmade have excelled themselves with the release of a massive 4cd set edition of Delaney and Bonnie and Friends with Eric Clapton.

Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett assembled an all-star group of “friends” in 1969 for a weeklong tour of England, a legendary excursion that would produce On Tour With Eric Clapton, one of rock’s most powerful and enduring live albums. Clocking in at a mere 40 minutes, the original left fans wanting more for decades. THE WAIT IS OVER – Rhino Handmade delivers with a four-disc deluxe reissue expanded with more than three hours of unreleased roof-raising, hickory-smoked rock ’n’ soul.

The set, which comes packaged in a mock road case, contains Delaney & Bonnie & Friends’ complete performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, plus a composite of the next night’s performances at Colston Hall in Bristol, and both the early and late shows from the tour’s final stop at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Along with the Bramletts, the touring band showcased on these discs includes guitarists Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, organist Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns, percussionist Tex Johnson, and singer Rita Coolidge. The Croydon shows also features Mysterioso (aka George Harrison), who can be heard playing bottleneck slide, a technique Harrison reportedly learned from Delaney during this tour.

Along with unreleased versions of all the songs from the original, this reissue also contains several songs not featured on the 1970 album, including “I Don’t Know Why” a track the Bramletts penned with Clapton; “My Baby Specializes” and “Everybody Loves A Winner” from the Bramlett’s debut Home; “Get Ourselves Together” from the couple’s 1969 follow-up Accept No Substitute; the traditional “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”; a cover of Spencer Davis Group’s “Gimme Some Lovin’”; and the instrumental “Pigmy.”

Glyn Johns, who recorded the Colston Hall gig, revisits his experience in the collection’s detailed liner notes: “There is no question that they had an immense effect on popular music, mostly by influencing some of the most successful musicians of the day. The outstanding memory for me is the sound they created. Being an engineer, it had a huge influence on me—this, coupled with the complexity of the rhythm section and the ease with which they performed. Us Brits had never heard anything so fluid.”

Tracklistings:

Disc 1
Royal Albert Hall (12/1/1969)

1. INTRO/TUNING [0:41]

2. OPENING JAM [4:48]
(Delaney Bramlett)

3. GIMME SOME LOVIN’ [3:49]
(Spencer Davis/Muff Winwood/Steve Winwood)

4. BAND INTRODUCTIONS [1:36]

5. ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW [4:35]
(Dave Mason)

6. MEDLEY: POOR ELIJAH/TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON [2:28]/[2:50][5:18]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Leon Russell)

7. GET OURSELVES TOGETHER [3:01]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Carl Radle)

8. I DON’T KNOW WHY [4:51]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

9. WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY [4:29]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Bobby Whitlock)

10. THAT’S WHAT MY MAN IS FOR [3:43]
(Bessie Griffin)

11. MEDLEY: POUR YOUR LOVE ON ME/JUST PLAIN BEAUTIFUL [3:27]/[5:49][9:16]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Steve Cropper/Bettye Crutcher)

12. EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER [4:48]
(William Bell/Booker T. Jones)

13. THINGS GET BETTER [4:02]
(Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd/Wayne Jackson)

14. COMING HOME [4:48]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

15. I DON’T WANT TO DISCUSS IT [5:19]
(Beth Beatty/Dick Cooper/Ernie Shelby)

16. LITTLE RICHARD MEDLEY [7:31]
a) Tutti Frutti [1:22]
(Richard Penniman/Dorothy LaBostrie/Joe Lubin)
b) The Girl Can’t Help It [1:18]
(Bobby Troup)
c) Long Tall Sally [1:00]
(Richard Penniman/Robert Blackwell/Enotris Johnson)
d) Jenny Jenny [3:51]
(Richard Penniman/Enotris Johnson)

17. MY BABY SPECIALIZES [4:18]
(Isaac Hayes/David Porter)

Disc 2
Colston Hall (12/2/1969)

1. INTRO/TUNING [0:38]

2. OPENING JAM [4:39]
(Delaney Bramlett)

3. GIMME SOME LOVIN’ [3:51]
(Spencer Davis/Muff Winwood/Steve Winwood)

4. THINGS GET BETTER [3:32]
(Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd/Wayne Jackson)

5. MEDLEY: POOR ELIJAH/TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON [5:17]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Leon Russell)

6. I DON’T KNOW WHY [5:11]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

7. MEDLEY: POUR YOUR LOVE ON ME/JUST PLAIN BEAUTIFUL [3:14]/[5:27][8:41]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Steve Cropper/Bettye Crutcher)

8. WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY [4:12]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Bobby Whitlock)

9. COMING HOME [4:49]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

10. LITTLE RICHARD MEDLEY [6:29]
a) Tutti Frutti [1:02]
(Richard Penniman/Dorothy LaBostrie/Joe Lubin)
b) The Girl Can’t Help It [1:04]
(Bobby Troup)
c) Long Tall Sally [0:57]
(Richard Penniman/Robert Blackwell/Enotris Johnson)
d) Jenny Jenny [3:24]
(Richard Penniman/Enotris Johnson)

11. I DON’T WANT TO DISCUSS IT [5:52]
(Beth Beatty/Dick Cooper/Ernie Shelby)

12. CROWD/ANNOUNCEMENT [2:55]

Disc 3
Fairfield Hall (12/7/1969 – 1st Show)

1. INTRO/TUNING [0:50]

2. GIMME SOME LOVIN’ [3:55]
(Spencer Davis/Muff Winwood/Stevie Winwood)

3. INTRODUCTION [0:44]

4. THINGS GET BETTER [4:27]
(Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd/Wayne Jackson)

5. MEDLEY: POOR ELIJAH/TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON [3:20]/[3:08][Total=6:28]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Leon Russell)

6. I DON’T KNOW WHY [5:09]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

7. WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY [5:02]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Bobby Whitlock)

8. THAT’S WHAT MY MAN IS FOR [4:46]
(Bessie Griffin)

9. I DON’T WANT TO DISCUSS IT [4:36]
(Beth Beatty/Dick Cooper/Ernie Shelby)

10. COMING HOME [7:51]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

Disc 4
Fairfield Hall (12/7/1969 – 2nd Show)

1. INTRO/TUNNING [1:24]

2. GIMME SOME LOVIN’ [4:20]
(Spencer Davis/Muff Winwood/Stevie Winwood)

3. PIGMY (Instrumental) [8:51]
(Mel Brown/Billy Larkin/Henry Swarn)

4. INTRODUCTIONS [1:30]

5. THINGS GET BETTER [4:38]
(Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd/Wayne Jackson)

6. MEDLEY: POOR ELIJAH/TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON [2:25]/[2:46][5:11]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Jim Ford)(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Leon Russell)

7. ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW [5:07]
(Dave Mason)

8. WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN [3:11]
(A. P. Carter)

9. WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY [4:50]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Bobby Whitlock)

10. I DON’T KNOW WHY [5:10]
(Delaney Bramlett/Bonnie Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

11. THAT’S WHAT MY MAN IS FOR [4:30]
(Bessie Griffin)

12. COMING HOME [6:04]
(Bonnie Bramlett/Delaney Bramlett/Eric Clapton)

13. LITTLE RICHARD MEDLEY [6:17]
a) Tutti Frutti [1:01]
(Richard Penniman/Dorothy LaBostrie/Joe Lubin)
b) The Girl Can’t Help It [1:02]
(Bobby Troup)
c) Long Tall Sally [0:54]
(Richard Penniman/Robert Blackwell/Enotris Johnson)
d) Jenny Jenny [3:20]
(Richard Penniman/Enotris Johnson)

Musicians:
DELANEY BRAMLETT: rhythm guitar, vocals
BONNIE BRAMLETT: vocals
ERIC CLAPTON: lead guitar
GEORGE HARRISON: guitar
DAVE MASON: guitar
CARL RADLE: bass
JIM GORDON: drums
BOBBY WHITLOCK: organ, vocals
JIM PRICE: trumpet, trombone
BOBBY KEYS: saxophone
TEX JOHNSON: conga, bongo drums
RITA COOLIDGE: vocals

Recorded live in England

Recording Engineers: ANDY & GLYN JOHNS
Mix Down Engineer: ??
Horn Arrangements by JIM PRICE & DELANEY BRAMLETT
Special Thanks to Ahmet Ertegun & Mysterioso
Design & Photography by Tom Wilkes & Barry Feinstein for Camouflage Productions

DWEEZIL ZAPPA RELEASES LIVE DOUBLE CD

Dweezil Zappa will release the double CD set live album Return Of The Son Of… on 9 August 2010 [Cat No 0205552ERE]. The album is to be released on Edel’s international rock label, earMUSIC distributed in the UK & Republic of Ireland by Absolute via Universal. Zappa Plays Zappa are an outfit led by guitarist and vocalist Dweezil – Frank Zappa’s eldest son – and dedicated to performing some of the rock-oriented songs from the maverick composer and musician’s extensive back catalogue [Frank released more than 60 albums]. This is a real band, not a covers band.

The tracklisting is a collection of cuts taken from shows in Manchester, Chicago and New York in 2008 and 2009. Dweezil himself said: I was inspired to create a record that could accurately represent the project. I enjoy hearing the contrast within the compositions as well as all of the contrasting improvisational styles of the musicians. I hope you all enjoy listening to this record. We sure had fun playing the concerts.

In support of the album release, the Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa band undertakes a 7 date UK tour: 21 July, Cambridge Corn Exchange; 22 July, Brighton Centre; 23 July, Wolverhampton Civic Hall; 24 July, High Voltage Festival, London; 25 July, Liverpool Summer Pops; 26 July, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall; 27 July, The Sage, Gateshead.

As a self-taught, incredibly prolific and fearless musical innovator and pioneer, Frank Zappa is impossible to categorise; many of his albums are considered essential in rock and jazz history. Dweezil’s aim with Zappa Plays Zappa is to ensure that people are exposed to a meaningful range of this truly eclectic artist, and that the music is still heard live. Live performance was a vital part of Frank Zappa’s musical life; on occasion, due to legal troubles with labels, it was his only source of income. Frank released many live albums and Dweezil’s Return Of The Son Of… is a truly worthy addition to the canon.

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION SUPERGROUP’S FIRST RELEASE DUE

Black Country Communion the Anglo/American rock supergroup comprising vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple Black Sabbath, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater) and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa, today confirmed the release date and track listing for their highly anticipated debut album “Black Country”.

The album will be released by Mascot Records in the UK and the rest of Europe on Monday September 20th, followed by a North American release through J&R Adventures on Tuesday September 21st.

All songs are sung by Glenn Hughes, with the exception of Song Of Yesterday and The Revolution In Me which are both sung by Joe Bonamassa. Hughes and Bonamassa share lead vocals on the songs Sista Jane and Too Late For The Sun.

Also included on the album is a new version of Medusa, the classic rock song that Hughes originally recorded with his first band Trapeze.

Black Country Communion is the brainchild of producer Kevin Shirley (Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin). The album, produced and mixed by Shirley, is mastered by the legendary Bob Ludwig.

Black Country Communion initially came to fruition when Kevin Shirley saw Glenn Hughes and Joe Bonamassa join forces on stage in Los Angeles in November 2009 for an explosive performance at Guitar Center’s King of the Blues event.

Shirley recruited powerhouse drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theatre, Billy Idol, Alice Cooper).

The band is named after the industrial area in the British Midlands where both Hughes and Bonham were born and raised, recorded the debut album at Shangri-La Studios in early 2010. The band is planning a tour in 2011.

GLENN HUGHES

‘The Voice Of Rock’ is a true original. No other rock musician has carved such a distinctive style blending the finest elements of hard rock, soul and funk. That astonishing voice is Hughes’ calling card. He’s known as a singer’s singer, with 80+ gold and platinum albums and collective sales of over 100 million units to his name.

Hughes has been at the forefront of the music scene since first achieving success in 1970 with his band Trapeze, before going on to worldwide recognition in 1973 when he joined one of the most popular bands in the world, Deep Purple.

Hughes’ R&B-infused bass lines and explosive vocal range blazed throughout the band’s hugely successful world tours and albums, including their classic 1974 release, Burn.

Following Deep Purple’s split in 1976; Hughes made countless guest appearances as a vocalist, bass guitarist and songwriter on other artists’ albums, including Black Sabbath’s Seventh Star.

Since 1992, Hughes has toured extensively in Europe, Asia and South America in support of solo albums, including the acclaimed Soul Mover and his most recent release, First Underground Nuclear Kitchen, both featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

JOE BONAMASSA

Part prodigy, part virtuoso, (the rest being mercilessly honed guitar skills and tireless work ethic) Joe Bonamassa has built his reputation as one of the world’s greatest guitar players since his career started, at age 12, performing with B.B. King and John Lee Hooker.

Heavily influenced by British and Irish rock legends including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Rory Gallagher, Bonamassa went on to tour and performed with Buddy Guy, Foreigner, Bad Company, Joe Cocker and Gregg Allman before beginning his recording career in the early ‘90s with Bloodline, a hard-charging rock-blues band with the sons of Robby Kreiger (The Doors), Miles Davis and Berry Oakley (The Allman Brothers Band).

When he went solo as a singer/songwriter, Bonamassa recorded his critically acclaimed debut album, A New Day Yesterday, with legendary producer Tom Dowd.

Barely into his 30s with twenty years of experience in the music business and recording a total of ten albums on his own independent label J&R Adventures (six of which debuted at #1 on the Billboard’s Blues Chart), Bonamassa sold out London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall in less than a week in 2009 for a stunning performance filmed for the DVD Joe Bonamassa: Live From Royal Albert Hall, featuring a guest appearance by Eric Clapton.

“Always on the road,” Bonamassa performs his transformational live act at more than 200 concerts around the world each year including touring during 2010 in support of his most recent release, the Billboard blues #1(and #39 on the Top 200 Chart) album Black Rock, and plans to reunite with Eric Clapton for the Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago on June 26.

JASON BONHAM

The legacy of Led Zeppelin lives on in Jason Bonham, British drummer and son of Zep’s legendary John Bonham. Inheriting the best of his father’s skills while mastering his own distinctive and dynamic technique, Bonham blasted onto the world stage at age 17 with the band Air Race, opening for huge draws like Queen, Meat Loaf and AC/DC.

In 1988, Bonham took his father’s spot in the televised, first-ever Led Zeppelin reunion at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Concert. Later that year, Bonham toured with Jimmy Page and recorded his album, Outrider.

Earning a gold record on the track “Wait for You” from his solo album The Disregard of Timekeeping, Bonham went on to team up with Paul Rodgers, Slash, David Gilmour and Jeff Beck to record the Grammy-nominated album, Tribute to Muddy Waters.

Bonham has made a career of entertaining audiences around the world, touring with The Healing Sixes and Foreigner and rejoining his late father’s band members for the most anticipated concert of all time, 2007’s Led Zeppelin reunion at London’s O2 Arena. In 2006, Bonham recorded the year’s top Billboard blues album, You and Me with Joe Bonamassa.

DEREK SHERINIAN

A versatile keyboardist who mixes technical proficiency with distinctively raw power, Derek Sherinian has toured and recorded with some of the biggest names in rock. Sherinian got his big break in 1989, touring with legendary shock-rocker Alice Cooper in support of the multi-platinum albums Trash and Hey Stoopid.

In 1991, Sherinian caught the attention of Gene Simmons, joining Kiss for their Revenge tour and recording Alive III. Moving into progressive rock, Sherinian joined Dream Theater in 1994, recording three albums and performing on two world tours.

Going solo in 1999, Sherinian has recorded six albums, teaming up with legends including Billy Idol, Slash, Al DiMeola, Steve Lukather (Toto) and Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne) to create a catalogue of music that fuses hard rock intensity with dynamic, jazz-infused flair.

ROY ORBISON’S FINAL CONCERT DUE ON CD

On 26 July 2010, Eagle Records will release The Final Concert by Roy Orbison [Cat No. EDGCD409]. This release is fully supported and endorsed by the Orbison family. The setlist includes many of his classics including the UK Top 10 hits: Only The Lonely, Dream Baby, In Dreams, Mean Woman Blues, Blue Bayou, It’s Over, and Oh, Pretty Woman.

The Big O as Roy Orbison became universally known, was one of the most distinctive singers and songwriters of the Rock ‘n’ Roll era. Starting his career in the late fifties, he really hit the big time at the start of the sixties when a string of wonderful hit singles brought him fame on a worldwide basis. After a quiet period in the seventies he made a comeback in the eighties both as a solo artist and later as a member of the Traveling Wilburys.

This live recording, released now for the first time, comes from a concert at the Front Row Theater in Cleveland on December 4th 1988, just two days before his sudden death from a heart attack on December 6th at the age of only 52. Orbison is in fine form delivering many of his best loved songs in his own unique style and with no indication of the tragedy to come. It is a fitting tribute to a truly great artist.

TRACKLISTING

1) Only The Lonely 2) Leah 3) Dream Baby 4) In Dreams 5) Mean Woman Blues 6) Blue Bayou 7) Candyman 8) Crying 9) Ooby Dooby 10) Go, Go, Go (Down The Line) 11) It’s Over 12) Working For The Man 13) Lana 14) Oh, Pretty Woman

Roy Orbison was added to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in January 2010. He is an inductee into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame and the Songwriters Hall Of Fame and the winner of 5 Grammy Awards. We will never see his like again, and The Final Concert adds to his incredible legacy.

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY “DOOM TROOPIN’ LIVE” BLU-RAY DUE ON 23 AUGUST

Eagle Rock Entertainment are proud to announce the release on 23 August 2010 of the Doom Troopin’ Live – The European Invasion Blu-ray from Black Label Society [Cat No ERBRD5062]. This is the first Zakk Wylde / BLS concert to be released on this format, “Doom Troopin’ Live – The European Invasion” was originally a 2 disc DVD, but is now all on a single Blu-ray.

Black Label Society, is the brain child of guitar great Zakk Wylde. Having graced the world’s stages for the last 20 years, both as Ozzy Osborne’s right hand man and fronting BLS, Zakk Wylde has established himself as one of the few remaining guitar heroes. “Doom Troopin’ – European Invasion” captures BLS live on their sold out European tour in 2005 supporting their hit album “Mafia”. It contains the full Paris show as well as extensive bonus features. Originally a 2 disc DVD it is now presented in superb picture and sound quality on a single disc Blu-ray.

TRACKLISTING

1) Intro Solo 2) Stoned And Drunk 3) Destruction Overdrive 4) Been A Long Time 5) Ironman Interlude 6) Funeral Bell 7) Suffering Overdue 8) In This River 9) Suicide Messiah 10) Demise Of Sanity 11) Spread Your Wings 12) Solo Acoustic Jam 13) Spoke In The Wheel 14) Fire It Up 15) Stillborn 16) Genocide Junkies

This release is fully endorsed and approved by Zakk Wylde. A new Black Label Society studio album will be released in August, BLS are playing at the High Voltage Festival in London at the end of July.

BOBBY WHITLOCK PUBLISHES HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY THIS WINTER

Bobby Whitlock will be publishing his autobiography this winter.

Here is a short synopsis of the book:

. Bobby Whitlock comes from Mississippi and as a child suffered harshly at the hands of his abusive father. He recalls the racism in the southern states at the time in candid detail. As a young boy he was sent out to pick cotton to earn money for his family that treated him so badly. He was a country boy with a great voice and a talent for music. He saw this as a way of escaping the awful abuse at the hands of his preacher father. He loved soul music and he was the first white person to be signed to Stax records HIP label. He was the first ‘Friend’ to join the classic Delaney & Bonnie and Friends saga, and recalls this chapter with humour, pathos and occasionally anger.

. Delaney Bramlett died during the course of writing this book and this is the first time that the whole Delaney and Bonnie and Friends story has been told from the inside.

. He talks about how he joined them, living together in a small house, getting a band, moving to a commune of musicians and the funny events that happened there. Recording with Leon Russell and Marc Benno, signing with Elektra records. Bobby recalls the first few album sessions that were sabotaged in one way or another by Delaney. The ups and down of touring with them, their violent fights, the drug taking, sex with Janis Joplin, trouble with Hells Angels, escaping the Vietnam draft.

. Both Eric Clapton and George Harrison were fans and joined their band in 1969. Foolishly, Eric asked the whole band to stay at his country home when they came to England for a tour. They basically trashed it thinking they were superstars. Delaney and Bonnie had every opportunity presented to them to be a huge success. Delaney’s attitude ruined it all, largely due to his abusive nature and a heavy intake of cocaine.

. Eric used the band for his first solo album and flew to Los Angeles to record it. He loved Delaney’s voice and wanted to be able to sing like him. Bobby remembers how those sessions went. A short US tour followed with Eric, but the experience was not a good one. Most of the ‘Friends’ left to join Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour.

After the Friends split, Bobby Whitlock came to England for a break and gather his thoughts. He stayed with Eric at his home and after a few weeks they decided to get a band together. That band was called Derek and the Dominos. They co-wrote the majority of the songs on their debut double album ‘Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs’. It went on to be a hugely successful album. The title song remains a radio favourite and the album is always in the top 100 essential albums charts.

. The thing that impresses us about Bobby is his amazing powers of recollection and great story telling. Yet again, the full story of Derek the Dominos has never been told from a band member. Eric Clapton’s memory of events in the late sixties and early seventies is very sketchy. Many people who bought his biography were very disappointed about the lack of new information on this period. Bobby Whitlock puts that right in this book. The full story behind the ‘Layla’ album is told including how and why the front painting was used as the cover of the album. How the drug fueled sessions produced one of the greatest albums of all time. Their live shows were legendary. Ultimately drugs would destroy the group.

. Elton John was the support act for the Dominos on their US tour in 1970. He proved to be a little too wild and was thrown off the tour after smashing up one hotel room too many.

. Fans have always agreed that George Harrison’s triple album, ‘All Things Must Pass’, is the best solo album by any of the Beatles. Not much is known about the 2 month sessions. Bobby was there with Eric and played on every track. He shares his memories from the recordings as well as revealing who plays on individual tracks. This is something fans have been wanting to know ever since the album was released.

. He was very close to George Harrison, and was engaged to Paula Boyd, George’s sister in law.

. Bobby remembers the tragic events about his band mates in the Dominos, the death of Carl Radle and the declining mental health of drummer Jim Gordon, who killed his mother with a hammer. He recalls in graphic detail the first time Eric took heroin and the effects it had on him.

. After the Dominos split, Bobby stayed in England and took part in various sessions such as ‘Exile On Main Street’ with the Rolling Stones and he has some interesting observations on the recording of that album.

. Bobby has many anecdotes on his associations with The Allman Brothers, Leon Russell, Keith Moon, Stephen Stills and several others.

. Eric Clapton writes a heartfelt foreword.

This will certainly be a must have book for any serious music fan this Christmas.

Pre-order your copy now!
Bobby Whitlock – Autobiography.

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JANE’S ADDICTION ‘LIVE VOODOO’ DVD DUE

Eagle Rock Entertainment are proud to announce the simultaneous release on 30 August 2010 of the Live Voodoo DVD and Blu-ray from Jane’s Addiction [Cat No EREDV802 and ERBRD5060 respectively]. These are the first ever Jane’s Addiction live visual releases and Live Voodoo includes classic tracks such as Been Caught Stealing, Jane Says, Ocean Size, Stop!, Mountain Song, Three Days and many more.

Filmed live on Halloween night 2009 at Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, Live Voodoo sees the reunion of the classic Jane\’s Addiction line-up of Perry Farrell (vocals), Stephen Perkins (drums), Eric Avery (bass) and Dave Navarro (guitar). This spectacular show captures the band on top form with Perry Farrell at his most mesmerizing and the rest of the band clearly enjoying the occasion. The tracklisting is predominantly drawn from their first two albums, which both featured this line-up, and the band are joined on stage by twin girl dancers, whilst the show climaxes with a joyous all singing and dancing stage invasion.

TRACKLISTING

1) Up The Beach 2) Mountain Song 3) Ain’t No Right 4) Three Days 5) Whores 6) Then She Did… 7) Been Caught Stealing 8) Ocean Size 9) Ted, Just Admit It 10) Summertime Rolls 11) Stop! 12) Jane Says 13) Chip Away

Bolstered by the Bonus Features which include two extra tracks recorded in LA in 2008; 1% and Ocean Size plus an NME featurette and a Photo Gallery, Live Voodoo captures one of the greatest ever live bands at the height of their powers.

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE’S 1984 ALBUM, COULDN’T STAND THE WEATHER, NOW EXPANDED TO TWO CDs

COULDN’T STAND THE WEATHER: LEGACY EDITION commemorates the 20th anniversary year of the passing of legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. It revisits the commercial breakthrough of the second album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Released in May of 1984, it was their first LP to earn RIAA gold certification, and their first platinum-seller as well.

The first entry by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble in the prestigious Legacy Edition series of multi-disc packages, COULDN’T STAND THE WEATHER: LEGACY EDITION will be available as a two-CD set at all physical and digital retail outlets starting July 27th.

• Disc one restores the original eight-song, 38-minute album with “Cold Shot” (a Top 30 Modern Rock track), indelible covers of blues standards including “Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town)” and Guitar Slim’s “The Things (That) I Used to Do” and, most notably, Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)” (also a Top 30 Modern Rock track and a Grammy®-nominated performance); the sequence expands with another 11 studio outtakes from the original recording sessions in January 1984, three of them previously unreleased;

• Disc two premieres a previously unreleased live concert captured three month’s after the original LP’s release, from August 17, 1984, at The Spectrum in Montreal, Canada. The band played two sets that night and this disc captures selections from the late show. Featured are a mix of songs from the just-released Couldn’t Stand the Weather (among them “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)”), plus tunes from the 1983 Texas Flood debut.

As with every title in the Legacy Edition series, the booklet contains a comprehensive liner notes essay written by an acknowledged expert. Andy Aledort, associate editor of Guitar World magazine, is a blues-rock maven and accomplished guitarist in his own right. He has authored more than a dozen guitar instruction books on trailblazers like Hendrix, Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Jeff Healey and others; and annotated CDs on Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Dickey Betts and more. Aledort has been covering Stevie Ray’s career since his arrival at Epic Records in the summer of 1983, and has written liner notes for several of his Epic/Legacy releases, including the four-disc box set SRV (2000); The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan (2002); The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (2006); and Solos, Sessions & Encores (2007).

Aledort’s 2,700-word essay sets the stage: “Though a mere six months had passed between the release of Texas Flood [SRV&DT’s Epic debut in 1983] and the start of the Couldn’t Stand the Weather recording sessions,” Aledort writes, “a great deal changed for the band, professionally and personally, in that short period. Couldn’t Stand the Weather represented the first time the band had a recording budget, but with it came record company pressures that had been absent previously. In addition, as the pace of the band members’ careers increased, so did the level of partying and drug use.”

The bonus track studio outtakes on disc one add a new perspective to the band’s chronology at this early stage, starting with Stevie’s original, “Empty Arms,” one of several tracks here from the first posthumous SRV collection, 1991’s Grammy Award-winning The Sky Is Crying. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters’ “Look At Little Sister” and New Orleans blues man Earl King’s standard “Come On” (covered by Hendrix on Electric Ladyland) showed up in different versions on SRV&DT’s next album, 1985’s Soul To Soul. They had performed Freddie King’s “Hide Away” and Hound Dog Taylor’s “Give Me Back My Wig” at shows (cf. Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985), but neither song would ever show up on one of their albums during Stevie Ray’s life¬time.

The previously unreleased versions here of “Boot Hill” and Elmore James’ “The Sky Is Crying” are different than those heard on The Sky Is Crying. In addition to “Empty Arms,” that album contained a number of tracks from the January 1984 sessions, including covers of Lonnie Mack’s “Wham!,” Hendrix’s “Little Wing” and Willie Dixon’s “Close To You.” Disc one comes to a close with a previously unreleased alternate take of the short instrumental, “Stang’s Swang” – compare it to the version that closes the original Couldn’t Stand The Weather album and it’s evident this version strips away the saxophone.

In August 1984, SRV&DT headlined Montreal’s Spectrum arena, where they performed an early and a late set, the latter chronicled on disc two here. They reprised a number of songs from the well-received Texas Flood debut of the year before, among them “Testify,” “Love Struck Baby,” “Texas Flood,” “Lenny,” and “Pride And Joy.” But the bulk of the attention that night was given to the songs on the new album, Couldn’t Stand The Weather, among them “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return),” “The Things (That) I Used To Do” “Honey Bee,” “Couldn’t Stand The Weather,” “Cold Shot,” “Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town),” and (for a third time in this package) “Stang’s Swang.”

COULDN’T STAND THE WEATHER: LEGACY EDITION by STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE

Disc One: 1. Scuttle Buttin’ • 2. Couldn’t Stand The Weather • 3. The Things (That) I Used To Do • 4. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) • 5. Cold Shot • 6. Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town) • 7. Honey Bee • 8. Stang’s Swang • Bonus tracks (studio outtakes from the Couldn’t Stand The Weather sessions): 9. Empty Arms (A) • 10. Come On (Pt. III) (B) • 11. Look At Little Sister (B) • 12. The Sky Is Falling (C) • 13. Hide Away (B) • 14. Give Me Back My Wig (B) • 15. Boot Hill (C) • 16. Wham! (A) • 17. Close To You (A) • 18. Little Wing (A) • 19. Stang’s Swang (alternate take) (C)

Key to bonus tracks:

A – from the 1991 album The Sky Is Crying (Epic)
B – from the 1999 expanded edition of Couldn’t Stand The Weather (Epic/Legacy)
C – previously unreleased

Disc Two (recorded live at The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, August 17, 1984 (late show): 1. Testify • 2. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) • 3. The Things (That) I Used To Do • 4. Honey Bee • 5. Couldn’t Stand The Weather • 6. Cold Shot • 7. Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town) • 8. Love Struck Baby • 9. Texas Flood • 10. Band Intros • 11. Stang’s Swang • 12. Lenny • 13. Pride And Joy.

DR JOHN RELEASES NEW ALBUM “TRIBAL” DUE IN AUGUST

Tribal, the extraordinary new album by Dr. John (August 3, 429 Records), shows this great American artist at the pinnacle of his creative powers, making what might be the most complete statement of his musical and personal identity in his 50-year career.

Recorded with his band “The Lower 911,” ‘Tribal’ also includes some of the down ‘n’ dirtiest tracks Dr. John has recorded since 1968′s iconic ‘Gris Gris.’

Replete with swamp rock, funk, Creole voodoo, and Mardi Gras Indian chants, ‘Tribal’ resurrects the magical persona of “The Night Tripper” in his full regalia. At the same time, Dr. John displays the rippling piano licks, Cajun-fried humor and sharp political observation that have helped make him a national spokesman for post-Katrina New Orleans – and an indelible presence on the hit HBO New Orleans drama, “Treme.”

From its opening statement, “Feel Good Music,” Dr. John sets the tone: “Feel good music, doctorate your bonesS Call me doc, your medicine man / I got a cure in the palm of my handS” The title cut, “Tribal,” featuring an actual Mardi Gras Indian chief, invokes the spirit of the tribes with references to their solidarity and the sacred healing powers of music.

As always, Dr. John has a little help from his friends: NOLA legend Allen Toussaint contributes two songs; and three songs were co-written with the late, great Bobby Charles, a Louisiana legend himself, to whom Dr. John dedicates the album. Other guest stars include slide guitar phenom Derek Trucks and jazz great Donald Harrison on alto sax.

The Lower 911 is: Herman “Roscoe” Ernest III – drums, percussion, vocals; David Barard – bass, vocals; John Fohl – guitar, vocals; Kenneth “Afro” Williams – percussion. The album was produced by Herman “Roscoe” Ernest III and Dr. John in New Orleans.
‘Tribal’ includes the tracks:

1. Feel Good Music
2. Lissen at Our Prayer
3. Big Gap
4. Change of Heart
5. When I’m Right (I’m Wrong)
6. Jinky Jinx
7. Manoovas
8. Tribal
9. Music Came
10. Them
11. Only in Amerika
12. Whut’s Wit Dat
13. Potnah
14. A Place in the Sun

Dr. John, known to friends and family as Mac Rebennack, is widely regarded as New Orleans’ foremost musical ambassador. As “Treme” creator David Simon puts it: “This guy has the whole history of New Orleans music in his head.” A Grammy winner five times over, Dr. John’s previous album, 2008′s ‘City That Care Forgot,’ won the Grammy for “Best Contemporary Blues Album.” Post-Katrina, Dr. John has emerged as one of the most vocal advocates for rebuilding his beloved city of New Orleans. He continues to dazzle and delight audiences all over the world with his tireless touring.

HEART RETURN WITH FIRST NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN SIX YEARS

Eagle Records are delighted to announce the release of “Red Velvet Car”, the first new studio album in six years from the groundbreaking Seattle-based band Heart. The record is released on 30 August 2010 [Cat. No. EAGCD424].

For this album, the first ladies of arena rock added an acoustic slant to a collection of songs inspired by the world around them, arranged for an assortment of strings including guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo, fiddle, viola, cello and autoharp, all played by Nancy Wilson and the album’s producer, Grammy winner Ben Mink.

Nine of the album’s songs were written for, and appear for the first time on “Red Velvet Car”. The album’s closer, “Sand,” is a newly recorded version of a song originally written and recorded by the Lovemongers, Ann and Nancy’s 1990′s acoustic side project. Tracks on “Red Velvet Car” include “Death Valley,” “Safronia’s Mark,” “Red Velvet Car,” “Queen City,” “Sunflower,” “Wheels,” “There You Go,” “WTF,” “Hey You” and “Sand.”

Ann Wilson describes the album as having, “A fresh sound with all the original Heart magic.” “This album feels so right for the times,” said Nancy Wilson. “We can’t wait to share this one with the world!”

Ann Wilson and her younger sister, Nancy Wilson, first showed the world that women can rock when their band Heart stormed the charts in the ’70s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” ‘Straight On,” “Even It Up,” “Kick It Out” and so many more. Not only did the Wilson sisters lead the band, they wrote the songs, and played the instruments too, making them the first women in rock to do so. Heart continued topping the charts through the ‘80s and into the ‘90s with huge hits like “These Dreams,” “Alone,” “What About Love,” “If Looks Could Kill,” “Never,” showcasing the sisters’ enormous talents as both musicians and singers. Along the way, Heart sold more than 30 million records, had 21 top 40 hits, sold out arenas worldwide, and had a profound influence on rock music – “Red Velvet Car” continues that journey, and in considerable style.

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