Allman Brothers Band singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dickey Betts passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 80. His band’s signature songs, piercing solos, and hell-raising spirit defined the group and Southern rock in general. The late legend was reportedly suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and two cancers.
As word spread that Betts had died from cancer complications, the music world mourned the loss of a guitar virtuoso and founding member of the iconic Allman Brothers Band. Known for his electrifying guitar skills and distinct Southern rock sound, he leaves a lasting legacy that has influenced future generations of musicians.
Dickey Betts (Image via YouTube/Screenshot) ‘Larger than Life’ Dickey Betts Died at 80
Dickey Betts was raised in Florida and developed an early appreciation for music, learning to play the ukulele at age five and then moving on to the mandolin, banjo, and guitar as his hands got bigger.
As word spread that Betts had died from cancer complications, the music world mourned the loss of a guitar virtuoso and founding member of the iconic Allman Brothers Band. Known for his electrifying guitar skills and distinct Southern rock sound, he leaves a lasting legacy that has influenced future generations of musicians.
Dickey Betts (Image via YouTube/Screenshot) ‘Larger than Life’ Dickey Betts Died at 80
Dickey Betts was raised in Florida and developed an early appreciation for music, learning to play the ukulele at age five and then moving on to the mandolin, banjo, and guitar as his hands got bigger.
- 4/19/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
An animated video for Mark Knopfler’s all-star charity single “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)” – which brought together a stunning lineup of over 60 guitar gods to raise funds for Teen Cancer America and the Teenage Cancer Trust – has been released. It features the final recording of Jeff Beck along with contributions by Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Slash, Ronnie Wood, Joan Jett, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Sting.
The song came out a week ago, but it was difficult to discern who was playing what part throughout the ten-minute song.
The song came out a week ago, but it was difficult to discern who was playing what part throughout the ten-minute song.
- 3/22/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Mark Knopfler has teamed up with a host of fellow guitar legends to record a version of his song “Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)” to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.
The Dire Straits frontman tapped Eric Clapton, Slash (Guns N’ Roses), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Brian May (Queen), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Pete Townshend (The Who), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones), Joan Jett, and many more, forming what he has dubbed “Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes.” Notably, the star-studded version opens with the final recorded guitar track by the late Jeff Beck.
Knopfler’s longtime collaborator Guy Fletcher handled the production of the track, which might be the greatest assemblage of guitar talent to co-exist on a single song. The Sgt. Pepper‘s-style artwork was created by Sir Peter Blake.
The full song can be heard below now, featuring...
The Dire Straits frontman tapped Eric Clapton, Slash (Guns N’ Roses), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Brian May (Queen), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Pete Townshend (The Who), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones), Joan Jett, and many more, forming what he has dubbed “Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes.” Notably, the star-studded version opens with the final recorded guitar track by the late Jeff Beck.
Knopfler’s longtime collaborator Guy Fletcher handled the production of the track, which might be the greatest assemblage of guitar talent to co-exist on a single song. The Sgt. Pepper‘s-style artwork was created by Sir Peter Blake.
The full song can be heard below now, featuring...
- 3/15/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler has united with over 60 artists — including Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Slash, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Wood, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Sting, Brian May, Joan Jett, Nile Rogers, and Brian May — to create a new version of his 1983 instrumental “Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero.”
The song arrives on March 15, though you can hear a brief sample right now. It’s the final recording Jeff Beck created before his death in January 2023. All proceeds from the release will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.
The song arrives on March 15, though you can hear a brief sample right now. It’s the final recording Jeff Beck created before his death in January 2023. All proceeds from the release will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.
- 2/8/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
The Pollstar Live! conference has announced its keynoters for its February conference for the live entertainment industry.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jon Bon Jovi will be a featured keynote speaker and will also be honored with the Milestone Award at the Pollstar Awards ceremony.
Bon Jovi’s panel — “How To See A Million Faces And Rock Them All” — is set for February 7, the middle day of the conference, which runs February 6-8 at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
On Feb. 8, the event will feature Steve Ballmer, cofounder of Ballmer Group and Chairman of the L.A. Clippers, and Jeff Ament, bassist for rock band Pearl Jam. The two will participate in the “Music, Basketball & the Intuit Dome” keynote, which will cover Ballmer’s vision for live entertainment at Intuit Dome, an Inglewod, Calif. arena set to open later this year as the home of the Clippers.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jon Bon Jovi will be a featured keynote speaker and will also be honored with the Milestone Award at the Pollstar Awards ceremony.
Bon Jovi’s panel — “How To See A Million Faces And Rock Them All” — is set for February 7, the middle day of the conference, which runs February 6-8 at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
On Feb. 8, the event will feature Steve Ballmer, cofounder of Ballmer Group and Chairman of the L.A. Clippers, and Jeff Ament, bassist for rock band Pearl Jam. The two will participate in the “Music, Basketball & the Intuit Dome” keynote, which will cover Ballmer’s vision for live entertainment at Intuit Dome, an Inglewod, Calif. arena set to open later this year as the home of the Clippers.
- 1/20/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Abramorama acquired North American theatrical distribution rights for A Father’s Promise, an important and inspiring story of a father’s promise to end gun violence. The film will have its world premiere and open theatrically on Friday, December 8th at Look Cinemas in Manhattan. Additional cities to follow.
A Father’s Promise, directed by Rick Korn and executive produced by Sheryl Crow, tells the story of professional musician Mark Barden whose life changed instantly when his son Daniel was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary. After the loss of his son, Mark lost all interest in music and vowed to do everything in his power to help prevent gun violence so that no one else must go through what he and his family went through.
Barden’s journey from co-founding Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit organization that teaches the warning signs of violence and how to seek help to...
A Father’s Promise, directed by Rick Korn and executive produced by Sheryl Crow, tells the story of professional musician Mark Barden whose life changed instantly when his son Daniel was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary. After the loss of his son, Mark lost all interest in music and vowed to do everything in his power to help prevent gun violence so that no one else must go through what he and his family went through.
Barden’s journey from co-founding Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit organization that teaches the warning signs of violence and how to seek help to...
- 11/16/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
A star-studded gathering of musicians honored the late guitar legend Jeff Beck with two tribute shows on Monday (May 22nd) and Tuesday (May 23rd) at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Eric Clapton, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Rod Stewart, Johnny Depp, Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons, and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry were among the major names who took the stage to perform material and covers that Beck himself played during his lifetime.
Highlights included a rousing cover of Beck and Depp’s take on “Isolation” by John Lennon — performed by Hammett, Gibbons, and Depp (who released the song as a collaborative single with Beck in 2022); Stewart tearing through a four-song medley with Clapton; and Gibbons and Depp taking on Zz Top’s “Rough Boy,” a song Beck and Gibbons used to play together.
Elsewhere, Clapton performed lengthy sets on both nights, dipping into Beck’s songbook for originals like “Beck’s Bolero,...
Eric Clapton, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Rod Stewart, Johnny Depp, Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons, and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry were among the major names who took the stage to perform material and covers that Beck himself played during his lifetime.
Highlights included a rousing cover of Beck and Depp’s take on “Isolation” by John Lennon — performed by Hammett, Gibbons, and Depp (who released the song as a collaborative single with Beck in 2022); Stewart tearing through a four-song medley with Clapton; and Gibbons and Depp taking on Zz Top’s “Rough Boy,” a song Beck and Gibbons used to play together.
Elsewhere, Clapton performed lengthy sets on both nights, dipping into Beck’s songbook for originals like “Beck’s Bolero,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Willie Nelson celebrated his 90th birthday last weekend with some of his talented friends and admirers — from Keith Richards to Billy Strings — at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A. Just a few days later, the iconic singer-songwriter also added to his accolades by becoming a newly elected member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. From covering rock and pop classics to collaborating with non-country acts both live and on record, here are 10 of the mercurial master’s best rock-influenced performances.
“All Things Must Pass” (with Lukas Nelson)
Ex-Beatle George Harrison...
“All Things Must Pass” (with Lukas Nelson)
Ex-Beatle George Harrison...
- 5/4/2023
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Tedeschi Trucks Band have expanded their 2023 North American tour with two additional arena dates at New York’s Madison Square Garden and Boston’s Td Garden, dubbed “The Garden Parties.”
The latest extension to the Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi-led collective’s summer outing pushes the group into the Fall with the Boston show occurring on September 27th, while the New York show now serves as their current closing date on September 29th. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real will provide support on both nights.
Tickets to “The Garden Parties” will go up for grabs with a Live Nation pre-sale opening on April 5th at 10:00 a.m. Et (use code Vinyl). General public access follows on April 7th via Ticketmaster.
You can also find seats to all of Tedeschi Trucks Band’s upcoming shows via StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform,...
The latest extension to the Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi-led collective’s summer outing pushes the group into the Fall with the Boston show occurring on September 27th, while the New York show now serves as their current closing date on September 29th. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real will provide support on both nights.
Tickets to “The Garden Parties” will go up for grabs with a Live Nation pre-sale opening on April 5th at 10:00 a.m. Et (use code Vinyl). General public access follows on April 7th via Ticketmaster.
You can also find seats to all of Tedeschi Trucks Band’s upcoming shows via StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
A pair of tribute concerts for the late guitar legend Jeff Beck are set for May 22nd and 23rd at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
The shows will feature a plethora of Beck’s friends and musical colleagues, including fellow former Yardbirds member Eric Clapton. The other confirmed performers are Johnny Depp (who released a collaborative album with Beck in 2022), Rod Stewart (a onetime member of The Jeff Beck Group), Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons, Doyle Bramhall, Gary Clark Jr., Imelda May, John McLaughlin, Robert Randolph, Olivia Safe, Joss Stone, Susan Tedeschi, and Derek Trucks. The complete list of performers will be finalized closer to the show dates.
Ticket pre-sales begin Tuesday (March 14th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster for May 22nd here and May 23rd here. General sales begin Wednesday (March 15th) at 10 a.m. local time.
If the concerts sell out, you can also buy tickets via Viagogo,...
The shows will feature a plethora of Beck’s friends and musical colleagues, including fellow former Yardbirds member Eric Clapton. The other confirmed performers are Johnny Depp (who released a collaborative album with Beck in 2022), Rod Stewart (a onetime member of The Jeff Beck Group), Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons, Doyle Bramhall, Gary Clark Jr., Imelda May, John McLaughlin, Robert Randolph, Olivia Safe, Joss Stone, Susan Tedeschi, and Derek Trucks. The complete list of performers will be finalized closer to the show dates.
Ticket pre-sales begin Tuesday (March 14th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster for May 22nd here and May 23rd here. General sales begin Wednesday (March 15th) at 10 a.m. local time.
If the concerts sell out, you can also buy tickets via Viagogo,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Christina Aguilera is inarguably one of the most powerful vocalists in the game. She has been killing it since debuting in the industry more than two decades ago, just recently winning Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the Latin Grammys for her newest Spanish-language album “Aguilera” and picking up a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Pop Album for that collection as well. Throughout her journey, Aguilera has managed to collect five Grammys and two Latin Grammys, and it all began with her memorable 2000 win for Best New Artist.
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Very few have had the breakthrough Xtina had for her debut era. A former Mouseketeer in “The Mickey Mouse Club,” the singer quickly rose to fame with the release of her first single, “Genie in a Bottle,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100. The success of “Genie” meant an album was due,...
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Very few have had the breakthrough Xtina had for her debut era. A former Mouseketeer in “The Mickey Mouse Club,” the singer quickly rose to fame with the release of her first single, “Genie in a Bottle,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100. The success of “Genie” meant an album was due,...
- 11/27/2022
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
Sheryl Crow and Little Big Town singer Karen Fairchild are two of the numerous artists set to perform at a Nashville benefit concert on Nov. 30 for Sandy Hook Promise, the gun violence prevention nonprofit founded by musician Mark Barden after losing his son in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, massacre.
Billed as a “docu-concert,” the show will preview footage from A Father’s Promise, the upcoming documentary about Barden’s journey from musician to advocate that will be released in December to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of Sandy Hook. The film will feature performances from Crow,...
Billed as a “docu-concert,” the show will preview footage from A Father’s Promise, the upcoming documentary about Barden’s journey from musician to advocate that will be released in December to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of Sandy Hook. The film will feature performances from Crow,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Tedeschi Trucks Band appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform four of their songs, “Soul Sweet Song,” “La Di Da,” “Playing With My Emotions,” and “I Am the Moon.” The rock ensemble showcased several of the tracks off-air in an exclusive online live stream.
Tedeschi Trucks Band, led by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, recently unveiled the several parts of I Am the Moon, a 24-song collection that will drop in four installments. The final part, I Am the Moon: IV. Farewell, arrives Aug. 26.
The project is based on The Story of Layla & Majnun,...
Tedeschi Trucks Band, led by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, recently unveiled the several parts of I Am the Moon, a 24-song collection that will drop in four installments. The final part, I Am the Moon: IV. Farewell, arrives Aug. 26.
The project is based on The Story of Layla & Majnun,...
- 8/23/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Right out of the gate, the Tedeschi Trucks Band have always thought big. In 2010, the peak of an indelible pop era that brought us Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and so much more glorious pop, who else would launch a big-band ensemble, complete with a horn section, that blended soul, R&b, blues and Southern rock? The very idea seemed preposterous, especially economically. But the musical and real-life couple Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks went for it, and the hookup of Tedeschi’s reserved but warm delivery (she sounds like she...
- 6/8/2022
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
John Paul Jones has re-recorded the 1971 Led Zeppelin classic “When The Levee Breaks” with help from 17 musicians from around the globe, including guitarist Derek Trucks, drummer Stephen Perkins, harmonica player Ben Lee, singer Susan Tedeschi, singer Elle Márjá Eira, slide guitarist Keith Secola, and vocalist Mihirangi.
Sebastian Robertson (who also plays guitar on the song) and Mark Johnson produced the video and new version as part of Playing for Change’s Song Around the World initiative. All funds generated from the song will benefit the charity partners of Peace Through Music,...
Sebastian Robertson (who also plays guitar on the song) and Mark Johnson produced the video and new version as part of Playing for Change’s Song Around the World initiative. All funds generated from the song will benefit the charity partners of Peace Through Music,...
- 2/18/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Rock ‘n’ roll bands, we’re told, are the closest and most combative of families. They come up in the world together, they eat and sleep and ride a tour bus together, they haunt the recording studio together, they become experts in how to manipulate (and shield themselves from) the media together, and, in a funny way, they break up together. But in 1970, Joe Cocker fronted a band of virtuoso ruffians called Mad Dogs & Englishmen, who put on some of the most musically rambunctious and cathartic concerts of their time, and the strange thing is that the band members barely knew each other.
In 1969, Cocker had made a splash at Woodstock — it was the first time almost anyone had seen his writhing British blues-dog self — and after riding that buzz for a while, he fired his band out from under him and tried to take a break. But an American...
In 1969, Cocker had made a splash at Woodstock — it was the first time almost anyone had seen his writhing British blues-dog self — and after riding that buzz for a while, he fired his band out from under him and tried to take a break. But an American...
- 10/24/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
"It was like a shooting star." Abramorama has released an official trailer for a music history documentary film called Learning To Live Together: The Return of Mad Dogs and Englishmen, from director Jesse Lautner. The film tells the story of Joe Cocker's historic "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" tour through the lens of the Tedeschi Trucks Band's reunion of the Mad Dogs. This premiered at the 2021 Woodstock Film Festival, and also at the Raindance Film Festival. Learning To Live Together is described as "an electrifying documentary and concert film spotlighting the reunion of the celebrated 'Mad Dogs & Englishmen,' Joe Cocker's short-lived tour featuring a mammoth thirty-two piece band. The original members (including the late Rock’n’Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell) and the reunion organizers (Grammy Award-winning Tedeschi Trucks Band's Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi) tell the story of the original tour and the reunion, both highlighted by inspired performances.
- 10/11/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Bob Weir, Steve Earle, Billy Strings and Marcus King are among those paying tribute to guitarist Neal Casal on an upcoming box set. Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal, due November 12th, features a diverse lineup of musicians covering 41 songs by the late guitarist. Casal, who played with everyone from Willie Nelson and Shooter Jennings to Ryan Adams and Phil Lesh, took his own life in 2019.
A version of Casal’s “You Don’t See My Crying” performed by Beachwood Sparks and Gospelbeach premiered with Wednesday’s announcement.
The box set,...
A version of Casal’s “You Don’t See My Crying” performed by Beachwood Sparks and Gospelbeach premiered with Wednesday’s announcement.
The box set,...
- 7/21/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Tedeschi Trucks Band marked the release of their live album Layla Revisited (Live at Lockn’) by performing three Derek and the Dominos songs for CBS This Morning’s Saturday Sessions.
Performing from a New Haven, Connecticut’s Westville Music Bowl, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and company covered “Bell Bottom Blues,” “Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?” and (in front of an audience) “Key to the Highway” from Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs; Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Layla Revisited is a full-album live performance of that classic LP — featuring Eric Clapton,...
Performing from a New Haven, Connecticut’s Westville Music Bowl, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and company covered “Bell Bottom Blues,” “Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?” and (in front of an audience) “Key to the Highway” from Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs; Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Layla Revisited is a full-album live performance of that classic LP — featuring Eric Clapton,...
- 7/17/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Tedeschi Trucks Band and Phish’s Trey Anastasio perform Derek and the Dominos’ “Tell the Truth” in the latest offering from the upcoming live album, Layla Revisited (Live at Lockn’), out July 16th via Fantasy Records.
The set was recorded at the Lockn’ Festival in August 2019, where the Tedeschi Trucks Band performed all of Derek and the Dominos’ lone studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Their rendition of “Tell the Truth” is a pristine homage to the ragged boogie of the original, with Derek Trucks and Trey...
The set was recorded at the Lockn’ Festival in August 2019, where the Tedeschi Trucks Band performed all of Derek and the Dominos’ lone studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Their rendition of “Tell the Truth” is a pristine homage to the ragged boogie of the original, with Derek Trucks and Trey...
- 7/1/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
After being forced to take a year off due to the Covid-19 pandemic, MerleFest will return in Fall 2021. The annual eclectic musical fest will take place September 16th to 19th in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, with a first round of performers that includes Melissa Etheridge, Mavis Staples, and LeAnn Rimes.
Held over the course of three days at Wilkes Community College, the event includes appearances by Tedeschi Trucks — composed of bandleaders and partners Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks — Donna the Buffalo, Scythian, and the Waybacks. Additional artists will be announced in...
Held over the course of three days at Wilkes Community College, the event includes appearances by Tedeschi Trucks — composed of bandleaders and partners Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks — Donna the Buffalo, Scythian, and the Waybacks. Additional artists will be announced in...
- 5/12/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
A week after DJ Khaled sampled “Layla” on his new album, Tedeschi Trucks Band have announced the live album Layla Revisited (Live at Lockn’) featuring Trey Anastasio.
Recorded at Lockn’ Festival in August 2019, the LP features a performance of Derek and the Dominos’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs in its entirety. Fans were unaware of the set — only that Anastasio was slated to appear. In the video above, Derek Trucks and Anastasio jam on “Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?” playing Eric Clapton and Duane Allman’s parts.
Recorded at Lockn’ Festival in August 2019, the LP features a performance of Derek and the Dominos’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs in its entirety. Fans were unaware of the set — only that Anastasio was slated to appear. In the video above, Derek Trucks and Anastasio jam on “Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?” playing Eric Clapton and Duane Allman’s parts.
- 5/7/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Grammy-winning country performer Wynonna will perform covers of John Prine, Fats Domino, and others on her upcoming EP, Recollections. Due out October 30th via Anti- Records, the project’s first release is a down-and-dirty version of Slim Harpo’s “King Bee.”
Largely recorded at Wynonna’s farm in Tennessee during quarantine, the EP retains the looseness of an at-home jam session being captured on tape. Wynonna and her husband, musician Cactus Moser, worked on the recordings together. “King Bee” is a swampy blues number, full of barbed electric guitars and slide riffs,...
Largely recorded at Wynonna’s farm in Tennessee during quarantine, the EP retains the looseness of an at-home jam session being captured on tape. Wynonna and her husband, musician Cactus Moser, worked on the recordings together. “King Bee” is a swampy blues number, full of barbed electric guitars and slide riffs,...
- 8/25/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
On Sunday, April 12th, A&e will air Willie Nelson: American Outlaw, filmed during an all-star tribute concert to the Country Music Hall of Famer in Nashville. For a preview of the show, the network has released a clip of Nelson’s performance of “City of New Orleans” featuring Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks.
In this rendition, Nelson’s gentle, warm vocal style pairs nicely with the soulful fireworks the Tedeschi brings to the Steve Goodman song, recorded by Nelson in 1984. Nelson also gets to take a characteristically idiosyncratic solo on Trigger,...
In this rendition, Nelson’s gentle, warm vocal style pairs nicely with the soulful fireworks the Tedeschi brings to the Steve Goodman song, recorded by Nelson in 1984. Nelson also gets to take a characteristically idiosyncratic solo on Trigger,...
- 4/9/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Singer/songwriter Jackson Browne has revealed he has the coronavirus and has self-quarantined. The 71-year-old artist said he obtained testing when he had a cough and temperature, and is now resting at his Los Angeles home.
Speaking to Deadline’s sister publication Rolling Stone, Browne seemed in good spirits. “My symptoms are really pretty mild, so I don’t require any kind of medication and certainly not hospitalization or anything like that,” he said.
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Browne, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, recently visited New York City for a benefit, which also featured Cyndi Lauper, Dave Matthews, Warren Haynes, Susan Tedeschi, and Derek Trucks.
“So many people...
Speaking to Deadline’s sister publication Rolling Stone, Browne seemed in good spirits. “My symptoms are really pretty mild, so I don’t require any kind of medication and certainly not hospitalization or anything like that,” he said.
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Browne, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, recently visited New York City for a benefit, which also featured Cyndi Lauper, Dave Matthews, Warren Haynes, Susan Tedeschi, and Derek Trucks.
“So many people...
- 3/25/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Jackson Browne was suspicious that something was not right when he started feeling ill in recent weeks. “As soon as I had a small cough and a temperature, I tested [for Covid-19],” he says. The Rock Hall of Fame inductee tells Rolling Stone that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is currently recuperating at his Los Angeles home. “My symptoms are really pretty mild, so I don’t require any kind of medication and certainly not hospitalization or anything like that,” he adds.
The 71-year-old musician isn’t sure where he got it,...
The 71-year-old musician isn’t sure where he got it,...
- 3/25/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
A month ago, on February 16th, a group of some of the greatest living blues musicians gathered at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, to celebrate the music of the late, great B.B. King.
That seems like a lifetime ago now as we settle into a spring without any concerts or large gatherings — but you can go back to that all-star blues show tonight at 8 p.m. Est, when the Relix Channel will livestream the whole concert for free under the name The Thrill Is Gone: A Tribute to B.
That seems like a lifetime ago now as we settle into a spring without any concerts or large gatherings — but you can go back to that all-star blues show tonight at 8 p.m. Est, when the Relix Channel will livestream the whole concert for free under the name The Thrill Is Gone: A Tribute to B.
- 3/20/2020
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
As one of the few musicians to perform in New York just before and just after the coronavirus effectively shut down live music in the city, Derek Trucks witnessed the impact of the pandemic firsthand. On March 10th, the guitarist joined fellow former members of the Allman Brothers Band, including co-founder and drummer Jaimoe, for a 50th-anniversary tribute at Madison Square Garden. Billed as “The Brothers,” the lineup, which also featured guitarist and singer Warren Haynes and bassist Oteil Burbridge from the last Abb, ripped through nearly four hours of classic Allmans material,...
- 3/19/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Chris and Rich Robinson — as the acoustic duo Brothers of a Feather — delivered a three-song set of Black Crowes classics during the brothers’ performance at this year’s Love Rocks NYC benefit.
Ahead of the band’s Shake Your Money Maker 30th anniversary reunion tour, the Robinson brothers performed the Black Crowes hits “Jealous Again,” “She Talks to Angels” and “Hard to Handle.”
The concert which took place Thursday hours after New York State instituted a ban on mass gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic; the Beacon Theatre audience subsisted...
Ahead of the band’s Shake Your Money Maker 30th anniversary reunion tour, the Robinson brothers performed the Black Crowes hits “Jealous Again,” “She Talks to Angels” and “Hard to Handle.”
The concert which took place Thursday hours after New York State instituted a ban on mass gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic; the Beacon Theatre audience subsisted...
- 3/14/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
This year marks five years since B.B. King’s death, but the thrill of King’s music will live on during two ambitious nights: February 16th and 17th, 2020, at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York.
The Thrill Is Gone: A Tribute to B.B. King will be an an all-star concert featuring Anthony Hamilton, Bob Margolin, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, David Hidalgo, Derek Trucks, Ivan Neville, Jamey Johnson, Jimmie Vaughan, John Scofield, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Little Steven, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Shemekia Copeland, Southside Johnny, Steve Cropper, Susan Tedeschi,...
The Thrill Is Gone: A Tribute to B.B. King will be an an all-star concert featuring Anthony Hamilton, Bob Margolin, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, David Hidalgo, Derek Trucks, Ivan Neville, Jamey Johnson, Jimmie Vaughan, John Scofield, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Little Steven, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Shemekia Copeland, Southside Johnny, Steve Cropper, Susan Tedeschi,...
- 1/15/2020
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Eric Clapton will honor Ginger Baker with a special tribute show at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on February 17th, 2020. No artists have been announced yet besides Clapton himself, but proceeds will benefit Leonard Cheshire, a charity close to the Baker family. Tickets will go on sale Friday November 29th.
Ginger Baker died on October 6th, 2019 after years of illness. “Dad passed away peacefully,” his daughter Nettie Baker said in a statement. “He was in no pain and had recently been able to see and speak to his children, close family and special friends.
Ginger Baker died on October 6th, 2019 after years of illness. “Dad passed away peacefully,” his daughter Nettie Baker said in a statement. “He was in no pain and had recently been able to see and speak to his children, close family and special friends.
- 11/25/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Eric Clapton, Gary Clark. Jr., Jeff Beck and other guitar icons will appear on the Crossroads Festival’s first-ever vinyl set, a six-lp live release.
Performances from Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, James Taylor, Steve Winwood, Zz Top, Joe Walsh, Keith Urban, Susan Tedeschi with the Derek Trucks Band, Willie Nelson and Buddy Guy also appear on the package, Crossroads Revisited: Selections from the Crossroads Guitar Festival, out December 6th via Rhino.
Clapton’s selections include “Cocaine,” “Crossroads,” “Layla,” “Have You Ever Loved a Woman,” a cover of George Harrison...
Performances from Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, James Taylor, Steve Winwood, Zz Top, Joe Walsh, Keith Urban, Susan Tedeschi with the Derek Trucks Band, Willie Nelson and Buddy Guy also appear on the package, Crossroads Revisited: Selections from the Crossroads Guitar Festival, out December 6th via Rhino.
Clapton’s selections include “Cocaine,” “Crossroads,” “Layla,” “Have You Ever Loved a Woman,” a cover of George Harrison...
- 10/15/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Jam band guitar icons Derek Trucks and Phish’s Trey Anastasio united onstage during their respective headlining sets at the 2019 Lockn’ Festival, which took place this past weekend in Arrington, Virginia.
Anastasio joined Tedeschi Trucks Band for a Saturday night collaboration that featured a nearly full performance of Derek and the Dominos’ 1970 double-lp, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, which meant the band put its own spin on Derek and the Dominos’ rendition of Jimi Hendrix’s iconic cut “Little Wing.” (The album selection was appropriate: Layla was released the...
Anastasio joined Tedeschi Trucks Band for a Saturday night collaboration that featured a nearly full performance of Derek and the Dominos’ 1970 double-lp, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, which meant the band put its own spin on Derek and the Dominos’ rendition of Jimi Hendrix’s iconic cut “Little Wing.” (The album selection was appropriate: Layla was released the...
- 8/26/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
From his early Sixties work in L.A.’s session players known as the Wrecking Crew, to his flirtation with pop success in the Seventies and excavation of New Orleans musical history throughout his entire carer, Dr. John, born Malcolm John Rebennack, infused his musical output with the heart and soul of his birthplace. The piano-playing icon, who died Thursday at age 77, is today being eulogized for the essential role he played in taking the jazz, boogie-woogie and funk of his hometown throughout the world.
Although his connections to country music were few,...
Although his connections to country music were few,...
- 6/7/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Ahead of a two-night run in Los Angeles at the Orpheum Theatre that begins tonight, Tedeschi Trucks Band stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform multiple songs on the show’s outdoor stage. During a short set, the 12-piece soul-rock outfit, led by the husband-and-wife duo of guitarist Derek Trucks and singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi, leaned mostly on material from their latest studio album, Signs, which was released back in February.
After an introduction from the host, the band launched into “Shame,” a tempo-shifting scorcher that pairs Tedeschi’s emotive howling...
After an introduction from the host, the band launched into “Shame,” a tempo-shifting scorcher that pairs Tedeschi’s emotive howling...
- 5/16/2019
- by Jedd Ferris
- Rollingstone.com
Randy Rogers Band chronicle a vacation breakup in “We Never Made It to Mexico,” Rhiannon Giddens reaches across generations and cultures in the gripping “Ten Thousand Voices” and Pink gets an assist from Chris Stapleton in “Love Me Anyway” in this week’s batch of must-hear songs.
Davisson Brothers Band, “Unbreak You”
The chorus may nod to Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy,” but “Unbreak You” takes the bulk of its cues from modern country radio, mixing the Davisson Brothers Band’s West Virginia twang with rocked-up grit and thickly stacked harmonies.
Davisson Brothers Band, “Unbreak You”
The chorus may nod to Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy,” but “Unbreak You” takes the bulk of its cues from modern country radio, mixing the Davisson Brothers Band’s West Virginia twang with rocked-up grit and thickly stacked harmonies.
- 5/6/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Dave Matthews Band welcomed blues singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi to the stage on Wednesday night for a searing take on Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer.” The 11-minute version of the sprawling epic, originally found on Young’s 1975 album Zuma, was performed during the band’s show at the Vystar Veterans Arena in Tedeschi’s home city of Jacksonville, Florida.
Tedeschi, on a rare break from the road with her hard-touring Tedeschi Trucks Band, traded vocals with Matthews and took the opportunity to flex her guitar chops with a gritty, extended solo after the first verse.
Tedeschi, on a rare break from the road with her hard-touring Tedeschi Trucks Band, traded vocals with Matthews and took the opportunity to flex her guitar chops with a gritty, extended solo after the first verse.
- 5/2/2019
- by Jedd Ferris
- Rollingstone.com
After a six-year break, Eric Clapton has announced that the Crossroads Guitar Festival is returning with a two-night event at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on September 21st and 22nd. It’s the kind of guitar-master summit that only Clapton could put together featuring Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons, Derek Trucks, Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Susan Tedeschi, Bonnie Raitt and many, many others. The proceeds will all go to to the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a drug and alcohol rehab facility founded by Clapton.
- 3/28/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Eric Clapton and his Crossroads Guitar Festival will return for the first time in six years, setting up in Dallas, Texas this September with a lineup that boasts Gary Clark, Jr., Bonnie Raitt, Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill and more. The festival will take place September 20th and 21st at the American Airlines Center.
The stacked lineup also boasts Peter Frampton, Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons, the Buddy Guy Band, Joe Walsh, James Bay, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Los Lobos, Keb Mo, Sonny Landreth, Pedro Martins and Robert Randolph.
The stacked lineup also boasts Peter Frampton, Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons, the Buddy Guy Band, Joe Walsh, James Bay, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Los Lobos, Keb Mo, Sonny Landreth, Pedro Martins and Robert Randolph.
- 3/28/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
There’s a massive, mostly empty room at the center of Wynonna Judd’s house with a large picture window that looks out across her farm south of Nashville. The view from the only chair in the room, which Wynonna calls her “prayer chair,” is a serene pasture and pond. The high, vaulted ceilings make singing in that room an acoustic dream, with the bare walls providing natural reverb.
This is where Wynonna recorded her a cappella performance of the standard “Feeling Good” (premiering today), and it all just happened...
This is where Wynonna recorded her a cappella performance of the standard “Feeling Good” (premiering today), and it all just happened...
- 1/30/2019
- by Hunter Kelly
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s film news roundup, “Roma” will not be in the best picture showcases at AMC and Regal, “Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church” gets a release and SAG-AFTRA’s David White has a new appointment.
‘Roma’ Spurned
AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas are leaving Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” out of their upcoming annual showings of the contenders for the Academy Award for best picture.
Both chains made the announcement Tuesday after “Roma” was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and indicated that the rationale stems from their refusal to book Neflix’s titles, due to the Netflix policy of ignoring the traditional 90-day window between initial theatrical release and home release. In the case of “Roma,” Netflix debuted the movie on Nov. 21 and began streaming the film on Dec. 14.
AMC said, “For more than a decade, movie-lovers have enjoyed the AMC Best Picture Showcase to catch up on the nominated...
‘Roma’ Spurned
AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas are leaving Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” out of their upcoming annual showings of the contenders for the Academy Award for best picture.
Both chains made the announcement Tuesday after “Roma” was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and indicated that the rationale stems from their refusal to book Neflix’s titles, due to the Netflix policy of ignoring the traditional 90-day window between initial theatrical release and home release. In the case of “Roma,” Netflix debuted the movie on Nov. 21 and began streaming the film on Dec. 14.
AMC said, “For more than a decade, movie-lovers have enjoyed the AMC Best Picture Showcase to catch up on the nominated...
- 1/23/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church, which documents the legendary guitarist’s July 4th, 1970 performance at the Atlanta International Pop Festival, will be screened in select movie theaters around the world starting January 31st.
The film premiered on Showtime in 2015, and was accompanied by a live album, Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival, which contained Hendrix’s 16-song set. John McDermott directed Electric Church, which features color 16mm footage shot by Steve Rash, who later directed The Buddy Holly Story and Can’t Buy Me Love.
The limited theatrical run for Electric Church will...
The film premiered on Showtime in 2015, and was accompanied by a live album, Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival, which contained Hendrix’s 16-song set. John McDermott directed Electric Church, which features color 16mm footage shot by Steve Rash, who later directed The Buddy Holly Story and Can’t Buy Me Love.
The limited theatrical run for Electric Church will...
- 1/22/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Tedeschi Trucks Band will return next month with Signs, the 12-piece band’s fourth studio album. Led by the husband-and-wife team of guitarist Derek Trucks and blues singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi, the versatile roots-rocking outfit will release the follow-up to 2016’s Let Me Get By on February 15th via Fantasy Records/Concord.
Like previous efforts, Signs was recorded at Swamp Raga, Tedeschi and Trucks’ home studio in Jacksonville, Florida. Trucks co-produced the album, along with Bobby Tis and Jim Scott, known for his work with the Rolling Stones and Tom Petty.
Like previous efforts, Signs was recorded at Swamp Raga, Tedeschi and Trucks’ home studio in Jacksonville, Florida. Trucks co-produced the album, along with Bobby Tis and Jim Scott, known for his work with the Rolling Stones and Tom Petty.
- 1/9/2019
- by Jedd Ferris
- Rollingstone.com
With an already impressive lineup in place, the star-studded tribute to legendary entertainer Willie Nelson has expanded with a new group of performers.
Joining the lineup of the January 12th event at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena are Chris Stapleton, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Bare, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson, Margo Price, Micah Nelson, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ray Benson and Steve Earle. Previously announced performers for Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw include George Strait, Alison Krauss, the Avett Brothers, Jack Johnson, John Mellencamp, Kris Kristofferson, Lee Ann Womack,...
Joining the lineup of the January 12th event at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena are Chris Stapleton, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Bare, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson, Margo Price, Micah Nelson, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ray Benson and Steve Earle. Previously announced performers for Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw include George Strait, Alison Krauss, the Avett Brothers, Jack Johnson, John Mellencamp, Kris Kristofferson, Lee Ann Womack,...
- 12/18/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
The road goes on for Tedeschi Trucks Band. After a busy 2018 and already with a hearty slate of winter and spring tour dates on the horizon, the versatile 12-piece outfit, led by the husband-and-wife team of guitarist Derek Trucks and blues singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi, have announced they will once again headline the multi-band Wheels of Soul Tour in the summer. Rolling across the country for the fifth straight year, the upcoming tour will feature support from Southern rockers Blackberry Smoke and Americana duo Shovels & Rope, a group also made up of married musical collaborators,...
- 12/10/2018
- by Jedd Ferris
- Rollingstone.com
At 85 years old, American icon Willie Nelson continues to inspire fans and fellow artists with his music, activism and philanthropy. On January 12th, 2019, an all-star cast will gather at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena to pay tribute to the legendary entertainer with “Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw,” a concert event featuring Nelson, Alison Krauss, the Avett Brothers, George Strait, Jack Johnson, John Mellencamp, Kris Kristofferson, Lee Ann Womack, Lyle Lovett, Norah Jones and the Little Willies, Sheryl Crow, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks, and Vince Gill.
Additional performers will be revealed in the coming weeks,...
Additional performers will be revealed in the coming weeks,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
On December 3rd, 2018, City Winery and Steve Earle are hosting the 4th annual John Henry’s Friends benefit concert to raise funds for children diagnosed with autism.
4th annual John Henry's Friends benefit concert
Steve Earle & The Dukes will bring their usual bring-down-the-house energy. Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks Duo and Warren Haynes will each join with sets of their own, making an unforgettable night of amazing music.
All net ticket proceeds will be donated to The Keswell School, an educational program for children and young adults with autism. Founded on the belief that children diagnosed with Asd can live full and productive lives as integrated members of their communities, The Keswell School provides educational, therapeutic and supportive services for children diagnosed with Asd and their families. This is a topic dear to Steve, as his son, John Henry, attends the school.
Find out more about the event here.
From: http://www.
4th annual John Henry's Friends benefit concert
Steve Earle & The Dukes will bring their usual bring-down-the-house energy. Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks Duo and Warren Haynes will each join with sets of their own, making an unforgettable night of amazing music.
All net ticket proceeds will be donated to The Keswell School, an educational program for children and young adults with autism. Founded on the belief that children diagnosed with Asd can live full and productive lives as integrated members of their communities, The Keswell School provides educational, therapeutic and supportive services for children diagnosed with Asd and their families. This is a topic dear to Steve, as his son, John Henry, attends the school.
Find out more about the event here.
From: http://www.
- 10/29/2018
- Look to the Stars
Steve Earle has announced the lineup for his annual John Henry’s Friends benefit show, taking place December 3rd at Town Hall in New York City. The concert, which raises funds for children with autism, will feature Earle and his long-running band the Dukes, as well as sets by Warren Haynes, the Mastersons, and Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, offering a rare intimate duo performance. Earle just opened for the latter during the Tedeschi Trucks Band’s annual Beacon Theatre run in New York on October 9th.
Approaching its fourth straight year,...
Approaching its fourth straight year,...
- 10/18/2018
- by Jedd Ferris
- Rollingstone.com
Set in the scenic foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Lockn’ is a Grateful Dead-centric festival that in the spirit of jamband culture focuses on unique collaborations between artists on the bill. Former Dead members have appeared in some configuration at every running of the festival since it started in 2013, and this year the event tapped stadium-filling offshoot Dead & Company to headline two nights. Among the many callbacks to the songs of Jerry Garcia, the festival included acts that cover a wide breadth of genres, from rock and blues to Americana and roots reggae.
- 8/27/2018
- by Jedd Ferris
- Rollingstone.com
Team Kelly Clarkson on ‘The Voice’: Alexa Cappelli was robbed of place in Top 12, say 41% of readers
“The Voice” coach Kelly Clarkson is hoping that first time is the charm when the Top 12 perform on the live Monday, April 23 show. She has three strong artists in contention for the season 14 title. America got to decide on two of her team while she was limited to making just one choice. She was faced with a particularly tough decision as her four remaining artists each had merit. In the end, she went with D.R. King over Alexa Cappelli, Dylan Hartigan and Tish Haynes Keys.
We asked you which of those three artists that didn’t make the cut with Clarkson was the most deserving to move on to the live shows. Your choice, by a slim margin, was Cappelli, who has 41% of the vote as this writing. That puts her four points ahead of Keys while Hartingan is down at 22%.
If you haven’t voted in our poll yet,...
We asked you which of those three artists that didn’t make the cut with Clarkson was the most deserving to move on to the live shows. Your choice, by a slim margin, was Cappelli, who has 41% of the vote as this writing. That puts her four points ahead of Keys while Hartingan is down at 22%.
If you haven’t voted in our poll yet,...
- 4/21/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
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