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Creedence Clearwater Revisited Shake the Rafters at Wolf Trap. :: By: Rick Landers Nothing like some down home on the bajou rock to keep things cooking on a hot swampy night at Northern Virginia’s open air venue, the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna where Creedence Clearwater Revisited played hit after hit of their former self, Creedence Clearwater Revival. The Revisited cast of performers includes two of the original CCR members, Doug “Cosmo” Clifford (drums) and bassist, Stuart Cook. So, you got the beat and the bass backbone from the ‘60s and ‘70s harnessed to Kurt Griffey on lead guitar, Steve Gunner stationed at his Korg Triton keyboard and the CCR lead vocals by John Tristao, who’s got the grit and the timbre to make the rafters shake. As expected, once CCR unleashed the first few chords of the first CCR hit of the night, “Born on a Bayou”, the crowd forgot about the heat and dug in and sang along with abandon.
Don Dokken Speaks Out on George Lynch. :: Vocalist Don Dokken has spoken out on the abandoned plans to reunite his namesake band’s classic lineup one last time, in the face of public comments made by guitarist George Lynch, telling bravewords.com , “It has always been frustrating to try to stay away from responding to the constant character bashing towards myself from George.” Dokken concedes that even though the chemistry became rapidly frayed, he still stands by the music the band made. “In the end we did some great records together,” Dokken said. “Some people believe our tension made our records better.” Lynch’s latest album, Kill All Control , will be released on June 21 and includes guests Will Marten (Earshot), Marq Torien (Bulletboys) and Keith St.
Learning from Guitarist of Smashing Pumpkins. :: There are so many people who want to be something in this world. Of course it is not just about working hard for getting money of course. There is no doubt that people absolutely need money to make sure they could live properly in this world. Without money, of course there are many kinds of [...]
Metallica and Lou Reed Join Forces for New Album. :: Metallica confirmed last night (June 15) that they’ve recorded a full length album with Lou Reed. On their official website, the band writes: "Ever since we had the pleasure of performing with Lou at the 25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Madison Square Garden in October of 2009, we have been kicking around the idea of making a record together. We have been working at our home studio at HQ on and off over the last few months. In what would be lightning speed for a Metallica related project, we recorded ten songs during this time and while at this moment we're not exactly sure when you'll hear it, we're beyond excited to share with you that the recording sessions wrapped up last week." In a just-published interview with Rollingstone.com , Reed described the project as "a marriage made in heaven." "I knew it from the first day we played together," he said. "'Oh, man, this is perfection, right in front of me.' " No release date has been set for the album, which has yet to be titled
Finding the Best Guitar Wall Mount. :: Music could be kind of very inspiring thing in this world. There is no doubt that there are so many people who are influenced by the music which could be heard in their daily life. People could not deny that in this modern world, people could get more and more easiness as well as simplicity [...]
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This Day in Music: July 1st. :: Brought to you by ThisDayinMusic.com Born on this day: 1915, Willie Dixon, blues singer, guitarist 1945, Deborah Harry, singer, Blondie 1946, Billy Brown, The Moments 1962, Julianne Regan, vocals, All About Eve 1983, Cheryl Cole, Girls Aloud 1956, Elvis Presley appeared on NBC- TV's The Steve Allen Show and performed “Hound Dog,” to a live Hound Dog. U.S. TV critic John Crosby panned Elvis' performance, calling him an “unspeakable, untalented and vulgar young entertainer.” 1963, The Beatles recorded their next single at EMI Studios, London, “She Loves You” and “I'll Get You’,”completing the two songs in less than four hours
