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Pat Travers Taste of Madison 8/30/08 Photos By Brett Whyte
The only place where you can find Photos of Pat Travers on Brett Whyte’s Purple Warrior
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Add comment September 1st, 2008
THE EAGLES BRING “LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN TOUR”
THE EAGLES
BRADLEY CENTER - SEPTEMBER 21, 2008
Tickets on Sale Monday July 28 at 10 AM
Following the success of their No. 1 album, Long Road Out of Eden, the Eagles will perform live at the Bradley
Center on September 21st. The band - Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit - will be
performing current hits from Long Road Out of Eden including "How Long" and "Busy Being Fabulous" as well as
their classic songs.
Tickets go on sale Monday, July 28 at 10 AM through www.ticketmaster.com; www.livenation.com, by calling
Ticketmaster at 414-276-4545, and the Bradley Center Box Office. The American Express Early On Sale is July 21st
at 10 AM through July 27th at 10 PM, available through www.ticketmaster.com and charge by phone 414-276-4545.
The Eagles have teamed up with iloveallaccess.com to offer the ultimate fan experience for the upcoming Milwaukee
concert featuring a variety of VIP ticket packages. For more details go to www.iloveallaccess.com.
Long Road Out of Eden has been certified seven times Platinum by the RIAA. Released October 30th, the album
debuted at number one, with sales of 711,000 units, and in only 9 weeks became the biggest selling album by a
group in 2007, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The Eagles won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Country
Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for "How Long."
The Eagles have sold more than 120 million albums worldwide, earning five #1 U.S. singles and four Grammy
Awards. Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 is the best-selling album of all time, exceeding sales of 29 million units. The
band’s Hotel California and Their Greatest Hits Volume 2 have sold more than 16 and 11 million albums respectively.
The Eagles were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
Please visit the band’s Web site at www.eaglesband.com and www.myspace.com/eaglesmusic for more information.
Add comment July 17th, 2008
The Gits
www.thegitsmovie.com
www.thegits.com
“Mia Zapata was on the verge of music stardom.” - CBS News
Los Angeles, CA – Liberation Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to the music
documentary film, The Gits, which chronicles the tragic story of one of the most influential
bands to emerge from the Seattle music underground. The project was acquired from JAB Films
and Knockout Productions with cooperation from Gold Village Entertainment, and will be
distributed on DVD through Adrenaline/ADA on July 8th (with an SRP of $19.99) following a
theatrical release.
With an innovative sound that coupled hardcore punk with heartfelt blues, The Gits were poised
to break into the mainstream, but they would never achieve the success of contemporaries
Nirvana or Pearl Jam because on July 7, 1993 singer Mia Zapata was found murdered –the
apparent victim of a rape/homicide.
It was a crime unsolved when director Kerri O’Kane began shooting her debut feature. In the
interim, however, fans, friends and celebrities like Joan Jett and Nirvana helped raise money to
reopen what had become a cold case file. Mia’s death had reverberated throughout the music
community, and unprecedentedly Mia’s killer was brought to justice as the cameras rolled.
“The Gits is a new motion-picture hybrid,” observes Liberation chairman Jay Boberg. “On the
surface it’s a documentary about a great rock n roll band at an incredible time in music history,
but it’s also a murder mystery. It’s got joy and poignancy -it’s just extraordinary.”
“There has never been a story like this one, and I am honored to be involved with such a
passionate film about one of rock’s geniuses who was taken from the world far too soon,” adds
Gold Village Entertainment President Danny Goldberg.
“It’s wonderful that this film, which has been a true labor of love, has found a home with
Liberation,” comments producer Jessica Bender. “So much has happened since we first started filming -the trial, the sentencing. And we’ve come across so many people whose lives have been
touched by the music of Mia and The Gits. All this new footage will be on the DVD.
Add comment June 25th, 2008
Carter’s Chord
carterschord.com
www.myspace.com/carterschord
Hey everybody! There is a new album out that we will be adding to Bar Music on Gimp Radio. The band is called Carter’s Chord, and the album is of the same name. The trio of sisters was discovered by country music superstar, Tobey Keith. They are also on his record label, Show Dog Nashville. There is a lot of bluesy influence throughout the album. This is a definite must have.
Add comment June 17th, 2008
Jim the Mule
We have added a new band to the Local Scene show. The band is called Jim the Mule. Be sure to check them out. You will also be able to hear them on this week’s rebroadcast of Rolling with Scissors.
A four-piece band based in the Iowa & Illinois Quad Cities, Jim the Mule blends the gritty Rock and Roll textures of the late 60’s and early 70’s with touches of Southern Rock, Pop, Alternative Rock, and Country into something best described as “Midwestern Rock and Roll.” A testament to the popularity of their sound and live performances, the band has received numerous “Best Local Rock Band” honors in the River Cities’ Reader Best of the Quad Cities Poll. Jim the Mule has played hundreds of shows at over 86 different venues and festivals all across the Midwest, including the inaugural River Roots Live Music Fest, sharing the festival stage with Little Feat, The BoDeans, and Umphreys McGee. In addition to “…earning a reputation around the area as one of the great, original live bands, with a sharp rootsy rock sound and its nasty chops,” as proclaimed by the Quad City Times, Jim the Mule has also been productive in the studio during its first eight years. They have released an extended single, numerous live recordings, the self-titled studio CD “Jim the Mule”, and their latest full-length studio effort “Last Solid Ground”. JTM songs have received radio play on stations across the Midwest and all the way from California to Maine to Europe. Mark Lush at www.midwestbands.com said it best stating “They draw inspiration from a myriad of styles, and do what good bands are capable of doing - they make fans across genres, and play music that is appealing to all kinds of people.
Add comment June 16th, 2008
Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79
Mon, Jun 02, 2008
Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Bo Diddley whose signature beat influenced musicians from Buddy Holly to the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Bruce Springsteen, has died. He was 79.
Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida, his management agency, Talent Consultants International, said in a statement.
"One of the founding fathers of rock ‘n’ roll has left the building he helped construct," the statement said.
Diddley suffered a stroke during a concert in Iowa in May 2007 and was hospitalised in Omaha, Nebraska. In August 2007 he had a heart attack in Florida.
In a career spanning more than five decades, Diddley composed a substantial body of rock classics, including "Who Do You Love," "Bo Diddley," "Bo Diddley’s a Gunslinger," "Before You Accuse Me," "Mona," "I’m a Man" and "Pretty Thing."
He cranked them out on a signature rectangular guitar, setting many of them to rumba-like rhythm of his "Bo Diddley beat" that gave rock ‘n’ roll a powerful rhythmic foundation.
Along with such contemporaries as Chuck Berry and Little Richard, he was among a pioneering group of black recording artists who crossed the American racial divide with music that appealed to white audiences and was emulated by white performers.
Although Diddley recorded relatively few chart-topping hits, his seminal role in the formative years of rock music was recognized by his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and with a Grammy lifetime achievement award in 1998.
Born Ellas Bates in 1928 in McComb, Mississippi, he took the last name McDaniel from his adoptive mother, and played classical violin as a boy.
He was given the nickname Bo Diddley as a teenager after moving to Chicago, where he started playing music on street corners in the 1940s.
Inspired by blues musician John Lee Hooker’s classic "Boogie Chillen," Diddley used his violin skills to craft a guitar sound that laid the basis for the funk music of the 1960s.
He found fame in the mid-1950s with his signature song "Bo Diddley." Even among the first wave of rock music, the song stood out with its tremolo guitar, maracas and trademark beat.
Diddley’s unique guitar playing and rhythm influenced generations of rockers from Elvis Presley to Bon Jovi. Keith Richards and Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones and Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi made guest appearances on his records and Diddley played with the likes of The Clash and The Grateful Dead.
Arguably the greatest mainstream success of a song with the Bo Diddley beat was Buddy Holly’s "Not Fade Away," recorded in the 1950s and which saw renewed success when it was covered by the Rolling Stones in the 1960s.
In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald in March 2007, Diddley insisted he was the real father of rock, saying: "Little Richard came two or three years later, along with Elvis Presley. In other words, I was the first dude out there."
Diddley frequently complained about not being paid royalties during his peak years, telling The New York Times, "Have I been ripped off? … You bet I’ve been ripped off."
In 1955 Diddley appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and was promptly banned from further appearances because he defied Sullivan’s instructions to sing a cover song and instead performed his own hit "Bo Diddley."
Diddley had harsh words for the direction black music had taken in recent years, telling Reuters that "gangsta" rap made his blood boil.
"I hate it. I call it rap-crap," Diddley said in a 1996 interview. "I can’t seem to get my records played but they’ll play all this garbage."
Diddley liked to help out in his local community in Florida. A father of five, he said he was deeply concerned about the direction of children in American society.
He worked with his local police department to warn teenagers about the dangers of drugs and gang violence.
Diddley was still touring and making records in recent years, not least because he said he needed the money.
His agency said public and private services are planned for this weekend.
Add comment June 2nd, 2008
Former Hendrix drummer Buddy Miles dies in Texas
Dean Goodman
Reuters
CREDIT:
The late power drummer Buddy Miles in an undated photo. Miles, who played with Jimi Hendrix in his short-lived group Band of Gypsys, died at his home in Austin on Wednesday, according to publicist Duane Lee. He was 60. Miles, a former teen prodigy, helped develop such musical forms as funk metal and acid jazz thanks to his work with such guitarists as John McLaughlin, Mike Bloomfield and Carlos Santana. In 1967, he and Bloomfield co-founded Electric Flag, whose rock-brass sound influenced Chicag
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Drummer Buddy Miles, who played with Jimi Hendrix in his short-lived group, Band of Gypsys, died at his home in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, his publicist said.
Miles, who was 60, suffered from congestive heart failure, Duane Lee said on Wednesday. He did not know the official cause of death.
With his bombastic style, the former teen prodigy helped develop such musical forms as funk metal and acid jazz thanks to his work with such guitarists as John McLaughlin, Mike Bloomfield and Carlos Santana.
In 1967, he and Bloomfield co-founded Electric Flag, whose rock-brass sound influenced Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears.
But Miles is probably best known for his stint with Band of Gypsys, an all-black group put together by Hendrix in 1969 after the dissolution of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Miles and bass player Billy Cox, an old Army buddy of Hendrix’s, kicked the guitarist into a higher gear with an Afrocentric, polyrhythmic groove.
The funky sound marked a strong contrast from the melodic stylings of Hendrix’s English bandmates in the Experience, drummer Mitch Mitchell and bass player Noel Redding.
The Band of Gypsys are immortalized on an acclaimed album of the same name, which drew from four shows performed on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day 1970 at the Fillmore East in New York City. Miles contributed two of his own compositions, "We Gotta Live Together" and "Changes."
"All the shows were bad-ass," Miles told Seconds magazine in 1995. "It was the highlight of my life, and I had a good time playing those shows. That was vintage James Marshall Hendrix."
But the group crumbled following a disastrous performance at Madison Square Garden later in January. Hendrix eventually reunited with Mitchell and started work on a new album before dying of an accidental overdose in September 1970.
Miles kept busy working with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Muddy Waters, Barry White and David Bowie.
In a statement, Cox described Miles as "an unsung musical genius." He said they had worked together on a recording session in October, and were planning a Band of Gypsys reunion in the late spring.
"Jimi Hendrix no longer has to hold auditions as the right drummer has just flown in," Cox said.
Asked by Seconds how he would like to be remembered, Miles said: "The baddest of the bad. People say I’m the baddest drummer. If that’s true, thank you world."
Add comment February 28th, 2008
Arrest Made In BURY YOUR DEAD Robbery/Assault - Feb. 19, 2008
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee police have arrested a 19-year-old man they believe was involved in the weekend armed robbery of BURY YOUR DEAD guitarist Eric Ellis, who had just played a show at The Rave.
The victim, 23, was sitting in a car about 12:30 a.m. Sunday when he was held up by five men, two with guns, according to Milwaukee police. He handed over a bag of jewelry, and the robbers fled the parking lot, near N. 24th St. and W. Wisconsin Ave.
The victim chased the robbers and caught up with them but was kicked, suffering a cut to his head.
Department spokesman Bobby Lindsey said the 19-year-old suspect was arrested Monday and remains in police custody. The case is expected to be referred to prosecutors Wednesday. Police continue to seek other suspects in the crime, Lindsey said.
In a statement released yesterday, the members of BURY YOUR DEAD denied that robbery was the motive for the attack, claiming that the Milwaukee police have classified the incident as a "gang initiation." According to the group’s statement, Ellis "was a victim of a random attack by six individuals. . . Eric was held at gunpoint while the men hit him multiple times with a baseball bat and hammer."
Add comment February 19th, 2008
Eagles and the 41st Annual CMA’s and Puscifer
The Eagles brand new album, Long Road Out Of Eden just dropped. Infused with their brand of county-rock and blues, The Eagles proved yet again that they are able to come back and blow us away. After thirty-five years in the music industry, they performed on their very first award show, which was the 41st Annual CMA’s. Let me tell you, it was awesome!
We have added Puscifer’s new record, V is for Vagina to the playlist on Gimp Radio. For all of you that don’t know, this is a new Maynard James Keenan side project that is completely different from Tool. Maynard tells Rolling Stone, “Puscifer is my attempt to make music to inspire people. Heavy rock is sinking. The industry is dying. This is definitely not thinking man’s music” — elliptically referring to Tool’s dense, serpentine metal — “but groove-oriented music that makes you feel good.” Some people say that this record reminds them of music that you would hear in the background of a t.v. Series, but I say, “If you can groove to it, who gives a crap.”
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