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Psychedelic icon Owsley Stanley dies in Australia
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Owsley "Bear" Stanley, a 1960s counterculture figure who flooded the flower power scene with LSD and was an early benefactor of the Grateful Dead, died in a car crash in his adopted home country of Australia on Sunday, his family said. He was believed to be 76.
The renegade grandson of a former governor of Kentucky, Stanley helped lay the foundation for the psychedelic era by producing more than a million doses of LSD at his labs in San Francisco's Bay Area.
"He made acid so pure and wonderful that people like Jimi Hendrix wrote hit songs about it and others named their band in its honor," former rock 'n' roll tour manager Sam Cutler wrote in his 2008 memoirs "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
Hendrix's song "Purple Haze" was reputedly inspired by a batch of Stanley's product, though the guitarist denied any drug link. The ear-splitting blues-psychedelic combo Blue Cheer took its named from another batch.
Stanley briefly managed the Grateful Dead, and oversaw every aspect of their live sound at a time when little thought was given to amplification in public venues. His tape recordings of Dead concerts were turned into live albums.
The Dead wrote about him in their song "Alice D. Millionaire" after a 1967 arrest prompted a newspaper to describe Stanley as an "LSD millionaire." Steely Dan's 1976 single "Kid Charlemagne" was loosely inspired by Stanley's exploits.
According to a 2007 profile in the San Francisco Chronicle, Stanley started cooking LSD after discovering the recipe in a chemistry journal at the University of California, Berkeley.
The police raided his first lab in 1966, but Stanley successfully sued for the return of his equipment. After a marijuana bust in 1970, he went to prison for two years.
"I wound up doing time for something I should have been rewarded for," he told the Chronicle's Joel Selvin. "What I did was a community service, the way I look at it. I was punished for political reasons. Absolutely meaningless. Was I a criminal? No. I was a good member of society. Only my society and the one making the laws are different."
He emigrated to the tropical Australian state of Queensland in the early 1980s, apparently fearful of a new ice age, and sold enamel sculptures on the Internet. He lost one of his vocal cords to cancer.
Stanley was born Augustus Owsley Stanley III in Kentucky, a state governed by his namesake grandfather from 1915 to 1919. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 18 months, studied ballet in Los Angeles, and then enrolled at UC Berkeley. In addition to being an LSD advocate, he adhered to an all-meat diet.
A statement released by Cutler on behalf of Stanley's family said the car crash occurred near his home in far north Queensland. He is survived by his wife Sheila, four children, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
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Beach Boys to Officially Release Long-Incomplete Album 'Smile' This Year
Recordings will be sold as double CD and box set
By Matthew Perpetua
Capitol Records have announced that they will be releasing the Beach Boys' lost, incomplete album Smile later this year. Smile was originally planned as the follow-up to the band's 1966 classic Pet Sounds, but the material was mostly abandoned due to creative mastermind Brian Wilson's fragile mental health at the time.
Though no release date has been set, the official release of Smile will be sold as a two-CD set and as a deluxe box set including four CDs, two vinyl LPs, two vinyl singles and a 60-page hardbound book penned by Beach Boys historian Domenic Priore. The final track listing has not been announced, but disc one of the CD set and the first three sides of the vinyl edition will contain a close approximation of the Smile album, with the remainder collecting outtakes and alternate versions from the sessions.
The Smile sessions have been widely bootlegged among fans for decades, but the proper track listing for the album has never been established, largely due to the fact that the record was never completed as intended. According to engineer Mark Linett, Brian Wilson's 2004 version of Smile has been used as the template for this project, though it could turn out a bit different depending on input from Wilson and the surviving members of the group.
All the Beach Boys are excited about the release of The Smile Sessions with former singer Brian Wilson saying in a statement that he is “thrilled” it is coming out. Smile was intended to be a follow-up to Pet Sound but was never completed in its original form.
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Mike Starr, Alice in Chains Bassist, Is Dead at 44
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mike Starr, the former bassist for the rock group Alice in Chains, was found dead on Tuesday in a home near Salt Lake City’s downtown, the police said. He was 44.
Details about the cause or circumstances of Mr. Starr’s death were not immediately available, the police said.
Mr. Starr was the original bassist for Alice in Chains, a Seattle-based band that made its mark on the grunge scene of the early 1990s. Beginning with its 1990 EP, “We Die Young,” the group sang bleak visions of death, addiction and despair. Its first album, Facelift, in 1990, sold two million copies. Mr. Starr left the group in 1993.
The band’s lead singer, Layne Staley, died in 2002 at the age of 34 after battling heroin and crack addiction.
Sgt. Shawn Josephson of the Salt Lake City police department said that officers arrested Mr. Starr last month on suspicion of possession of medications without a required prescription.
Mr. Starr appeared on the third season of VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew” in 2009.
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`Teen Angel' songwriter Jean Dinning dies at 86
Jean Dinning, who wrote the high school tragedy tune “Teen Angel,” a No. 1 hit in October 1959 for her brother Mark, died Feb. 22 in Garden Grove, Calif. She was 86.
Daughter Cynthia Wygal tells the Orange County Register that her mother died Feb. 22 in Garden Grove.
Dinning's brother Mark performed "Teen Angel," which is about a girl who dies tragically. A couple's car stalls on railroad tracks and they safely get out, but the girl runs back to get the boy's high school class ring and a train hits the car.
The song inaugurated an early-'60s cycle of morbid 45s about teenage mortality, including Ray Peterson's “Tell Laura I Love Her,” the Shangri-Las' “Leader of the Pack,” Jan & Dean's “Dead Man's Curve” and J. Frank Wilson's “Last Kiss.”
A member of vocal group the Dinning Sisters with siblings Ginger and Dolores, Jean Dinning penned “Teen Angel” with her husband Red Surrey. Her brother recorded the tune for MGM Records.
The song was a tearful tale of a girl who dies after she is hit by a train while trying to retrieve her boyfriend's class ring from his stalled car. Programmers were hesitant to spin the record, but it struck a chord with adolescent listeners.
Dinning is survived by her sisters Ginger and Dolores; children Shay Edwards, Cynthia Wygal, Howard Mack, Ronald Surrey and David Surrey; eight grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.
A memorial service is planned May 21 in Nashville, Tenn.
“Teen Angel” topped the charts for two weeks. It was Mark Dinning's lone major hit; he died of a heart attack at age 52 in 1986.
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Abbey Road studios launch 80th anniversary contest
LONDON (Reuters) – Abbey Road Studios in London, where the Beatles recorded most of their music, has launched a global anthem competition to mark its 80th anniversary this year.
The studios, opened in 1931 by composer Edward Elgar with a performance of his patriotic song "Land of Hope and Glory," are looking for original, undiscovered writers who will compete for the chance to record their compositions at Abbey Road.
The winning anthems will be recorded in Studio One, home to the recording of the "Star Wars" movie title sequence and The Beatles' live satellite performance of "All You Need Is Love."
Composer Eric Whitacre will conduct the London Symphony Orchestra and as yet unnamed singers, and musical arrangers will be on hand to help entrants in order to open the competition up to the wider public.
"We want to find the great anthems of our time," Whitacre said in a statement. "It is an honor to be involved in the selection process and to record the winning entries. I encourage all writers/composers to submit their music; inspire us."
Entrants were asked to submit their anthems by July 15.
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Robbie Robertson set to write memoirs
By Dean Goodman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Robbie Robertson is about to add "author" to his lengthy list of professional activities.
The former frontman for The Band said he will start penning his memoirs in a few months following a couple of aborted attempts with ghost writers. The Canadian rocker hopes the book will come out within two years through Random House.
"I'm very excited about doing it," Robertson told Reuters, while getting ready for the April 5 release of his first solo album in 13 years. "I just have to roll up my sleeves, get a cabin in the woods and do it properly."
He said he considered collaborating on the project with highly regarded writers on three separate occasions. But it quickly dawned on the raconteur that he could do a better job of telling his stories about the rise and fall of The Band, and his work with the likes of Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese.
Not only will it be a solo endeavor, but he is also leaving untouched a hefty pile of memoirs by the likes of Dylan, Keith Richards, Patti Smith and former bandmate Levon Helm.
"I keep thinking, is it good for me to look at these, or is there just a pure innocence about me just going into this? I don't know if I want to know what somebody else did in their thing. But I do have a structure that I've started to sort out in mind."
One book he has read, or at least the first 30 pages of it, was British author Barney Hoskyns' 1993 biography about The Band, "Across The Great Divide." Robertson said he was too busy at the time to guide Hoskyns, and when he finally got around to cracking open the tome he discovered it was "very imaginative and random, and it wasn't what happened at all."
In the meantime, his new album "How To Become Clairvoyant" serves as a good appetizer for the memoir because it boasts a selection of heavily autobiographical tunes.
These include "When The Night Was Young," about the Band's glory days, and "This is Where I Get Off," about his decision to quit the group in 1976. Eric Clapton, who plays on seven songs, was his muse for "He Don't Live Here No More," a song about surviving the druggy excesses of 1970s.
Robertson, now 67, said he will promote the album "tastefully," but has no plans to tour.
He bade farewell to that life when he left The Band, and has spent the ensuing decades recording five solo albums, overseeing Band reissue projects, handling the music on many Scorsese films, and even working as what was called a "creative plenipotentiary" at the now-defunct DreamWorks Records.
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Bob Dylan Cleared To Play In China
Bob Dylan has surprisingly been given permission by the government to play a concert in Beijing as it had been thought he wouldn't be allowed in to the heavily censored communist state because of his protest songs and political beliefs.
However, China's Ministry of Culture posted a notice on its website stating the 'The Times They Are a-Changin'' singer would be performing in the capital city between March 30 and April 12.
An additional concert in Shanghai is also set to be approved.
Dylan, 69, became one of the figurehead's of the anti-establishment and anti-Vietnam War movement in America in the 1960s, but he hasn't engaged in politics for many years.
Although the music legend has been allowed to enter China many western acts have been refused permission to perform.
In 2009, Oasis were banned from entering the state by the government after being deemed 'unsuitable' because of their links to the Free Tibet campaign.
A statement released by the group ' who have now split ' at the time revealed the authorities had made their decision after discovering guitarist Noel Gallagher had played at a Free Tibet benefit concert on Randall's Island in New York in 1997.
China has controversially ruled Tibet since 1951. As many as 250 people were reportedly killed during a crackdown on Tibetan protesters in March 2008 that resulted in widespread rioting against the Chinese government.
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Thanks to Dave Basner for these news stories...
MICK TAYLOR WRITING BOOK
Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor will write a book about his time with the band. The rocker told Bang Showbiz that he wants his tome to be “honest and truthful” and in it, he’ll address why he left the band. No word yet on when it will come out but you can read more at BangShowbiz.com.
• Mick was in the band from 1969 to 1974.
• Taylor said the book won’t be shocking like guitarist Keith Richards’ autobiography – does that make you less likely to read it?
HAGAR: EDDIE VAN HALEN IS A “FRUITCAKE”
More details are coming out about Sammy Hagar’s autobiography, Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock, which hits shelves next week. According to Blabbermouth.net, in the book, Hagar says that Eddie Van Halen is a “fruitcake,” explaining that Eddie claimed to have cured himself of cancer by “having pieces of his tongue liquefied and injected into his body.” Read more when the book comes out on Tuesday.
• Sammy writes that Van Halen also told him when he had his hip replaced, he stayed awake through the operation and helped the doctors drill a hole.
• Hagar said that when he visited Eddie in 2004, the guitarist’s house looked “like vampires lived there” and had “spider webs everywhere.”
WHO INFLUENCED JAMES TAYLOR?
On Saturday, James Taylor turns 63. During his career, the singer-songwriter has influenced many a musician, but who affected him? James gave us some names.
(Cut #1) “I was heavily affected by Paul Simon and by Bob Dylan and by Woodie Guthrie and Ian & Syliva and Tom Rush and, you know, people who were around when I was coming up.”
The night of his birthday, James will be performing in Cincinnati alongside his son, Ben. Get all the singer’s dates at JamesTaylor.com.
STEELY DAN ANNOUNCE TOUR
Steely Dan have announced the Shuffle Diplomacy Twenty Eleven Tour. During the trek, the guys plan to perform both classic songs and deep cuts. Some gigs will even include fan requests and performances of complete albums. The trek gets underway on July 2nd in Seattle and runs through September 28th, when it winds down in Boston. Get all the dates and put in your song requests at SteelyDan.com.
LARS ULRICH CAST IN NEW MOVIE
Lars Ulrich is set to appear in an HBO movie alongside Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. According to New York Magazine, the Metallica drummer has been cast in Hemingway and Gellhorn, a film described as “a drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and World War II correspondent Martha Gellhorn.” Lars will play Dutch documentarian Joris Ivens who follows the couple’s relationship. Learn more at NYMag.com.
IRON MAIDEN FLIGHT TO JAPAN DIVERTED
Iron Maiden were on their way to Japan to play a pair of shows in Tokyo when the massive earthquake struck the country. According to a post on the band’s website, their plane, Ed Force One, was diverted and the rockers and their crew are safe. The note goes on to say, “Our thoughts are with everyone affected.” Read more at IronMaiden.com.
DUFF McKAGAN ADDRESSES RUMORS
Recently, there was a rumor that the original Guns N’ Roses line-up will reunite to perform at next year’s Super Bowl. Well former bassist Duff McKagan addressed it to Rolling Stone magazine, saying the report is “pure, unadulterated bulls**t.” Duff went on to say what it would take for such a reunion to happen, joking, “We’d need seven gilded doves… We’d need a secret clubhouse on an island.” Read more at RollingStone.com.
GREGG ALLMAN ANNOUNCES SOLO TOUR
Gregg Allman has announced some tour dates to promote his first solo record in 14 years, Low Country Blues. He’ll kick off the trek on April 19th in South Carolina and will stay on the road through June 4th, when he winds down in Syracuse. Get all the rocker’s dates at GreggAllman.com
SPRINGSTEEN’S DOC OUT AS DVD, BLU-RAY IN MAY
The new Bruce Springsteen documentary, The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town, will soon be out on DVD and Blu-ray. The award-winning film, which features The Boss creating his iconic Darkness on the Edge of Town album, hits shelves on May 3rd. The disc also boasts Songs from the Promise, a five-song concert filmed in Asbury Park, New Jersey as well as a Q&A session between Bruce and his fans. Learn more at BruceSpringsteen.net.
• The documentary was previously only available as part of Springsteen’s The Promise box set.
STANLEY: ORIGINAL KISS WILL NEVER REUNITE
Do you want the original line-up of Kiss to reunite? Well according to singer Paul Stanley, it isn’t going to happen. The rocker told CNN that there is no possibility of a reunion, explaining that “the word that comes up is ‘closure,’ and adding that when he did the Kiss Farewell Tour in 2000 and 2001, he “didn’t want to say farewell to Kiss” rather he “wanted to say farewell to two of the members.”
• Kiss will be in the studio this month to record a new album that’s due out later this year.
CLAPTON’S GUITARS SELL FOR MILLIONS
This week, Eric Clapton auctioned off 75 guitars and 55 amplifiers to raise money for his Crossroads Center drug and alcohol treatment facility. According to Reuters, the items sold for more than three times what was expected and raised, 2.15-million dollars. The highest-ticket item was a 1948 Gibson L-5P which sold for nearly 83-thousand dollars.
WHY R.E.M. MIGHT NOT TOUR THIS TIME AROUND
Why are R.E.M. not planning a tour in support of their new album, Collapse Into Now? Guitarist Peter Buck told Beatweak that the band doesn’t want to “repeat” themselves after touring heavily over the past decade. He went on to say that records don’t really sell well anymore regardless of if you tour behind them or not. R.E.M. will be releasing videos directed by James Franco and Sam Taylor-Wood in the near future.
SIMON COWELL SLAMS ELTON JOHN
Elton John and Simon Cowell are in a fight. According to England’s Daily Star, Cowell called Elton “selfish,” saying he’s done nothing to help the music industry. The comments come after the Rocket Man stated Simon’s show, The X Factor, has made it harder to get hit singles. Simon responded by explaining how his show assists young musicians and pointed out that Elton charges millions of dollars for private gigs and doesn’t use that money to help new artists. Read more at DailyStar.co.uk.
• Elton once said he’d rather have his “c**k bitten off by a [German Shepherd] than watch The X Factor.”
ALL IS WELL WITH AEROSMITH
Aerosmith fans rejoice – all is well with the band. Steven Tyler wrote on Twitter that he and guitarist Joe Perry “just smoked the peace pipe for an hour.” There were rumors things were bumpy between the two but according to the singer, everything seems to have been smoothed over and the guys are planning to get back in the studio soon to work on their latest album. Read more at Twitter.com/IAmStevenT.
COOPER TALKS ABOUT HIS UPCOMING ROCK HALL INDUCTION
On Monday, Alice Cooper will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. So how does the shock rocker feel about the upcoming honor? He told us, relieved!
(Cut #1) “The great relief is that I don’t have to answer that question anymore of ‘How come you’re not in the Hall of Fame?’ And I sit there and I don’t have an answer for you, honestly, I don’t do the nominating, I don’t do the voting, until I get into the Hall of Fame I will never know what secret rite it is to get in there. Now I can say, ‘Okay, I’m in, everybody relax, okay.’”
Alice will be inducted alongside the likes of Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, Darlene Love and Dr. John on Monday at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Read more about the induction process at RockHall.com.
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Did Rock Legend Bob Dylan Steal His Name From Packer’s Legend Bob Dillon?
http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2010/12/27/did-rock-legend-bob-dylan-steal-his-name-from-packers-legend-bob-dillion/
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Roy Orbison Monument Singles Packaged
Sony Music will release a 3 disc 2CD/DVD compilation spanning Roy Orbison’s Monument years from 1960-1964.
‘Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection (1960-64) features the original 7” vinyl releases restored to their pristine mono mixes for the first time 50 years.
Disc One features the hits while disc 2 is the b-sides.
Orbison released some of his best known songs during this period including ‘Crying’, ‘Blue Bayou’, ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’, ‘Only The Lonely’, and ‘Working for the Man’.
ROY ORBISON: THE MONUMENT SINGLES COLLECTION
Disc One: The A-Sides
1. Uptown
2. Only The Lonely
3. Blue Angel
4. I'm Hurtin'
5. Running Scared
6. Lana
7. Crying
8. Let The Good Times Roll
9. Blue Bayou
10. Dream Baby
11. The Crowd
12. Working For The Man
13. In Dreams
14. Falling
15. It's Over
16. Oh, Pretty Woman
17. Goodnight
Bonus Tracks:
18. Pretty Paper
19. (Say) You're My Girl
20. Paper Boy
Disc Two: The B-Sides
1. Pretty One
2. Here Comes That Song Again
3. Today's Teardrops
4. I Can't Stop Loving You
5. Love Hurts
6. Summer Song
7. Candy Man
8. Mean Woman Blues
9. The Actress
10. Mama
11. Leah
12. Shahdaroba
13. Distant Drums
14. Indian Wedding
15. Yo Te Amo Maria
16. Only With You
Bonus Tracks:
17. Beautiful Dreamer
18. Sleepy Hollow
19. With The Bug
Roy Orbison - The Monument Singles Collection - DVD
1. Only the Lonely
2. Running Scared
3. Crying
4. What'd I Say
5. Dream Baby
6. Mean Woman Blues
7. It's Over
8. Oh, Pretty Woman
9. Goodnight
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CD review "Cup Full of Dreams" / Blueswax.com
Don Sugarcane Harris
Cup Full of Dreams
Promising Music MPS Reissue German- Import
BluesWax Rating: 8
Masterful Violin Fireworks
Violinist Sugarcane Harris is fired up during this 1973 studio session for MPS (now available for the first time on CD). Guitarist Harvey Mandel’s picture on the disc is hilarious with its black bar covering his eyes. My guess is there might have been previous contractual issues. The original LP had Mandel credited as the “mystery guest.” Also on the sessions are keyboardist Dewey Terry from the classic Don & Dewey recordings, plus bassist extraordinaire Larry Taylor, the recently deceased drummer Paul Lagos, guitarist Randy Resnick, bassist Victor Conte, Jr., and Richard Aplan on sax. All five instrumental tunes were authored by Harris. He also co-produced this fine effort with Jerry Fox.
Flying right out of the gate is the appropriately titled “Runnin’ Away” where Harris’ opening notes and solo are furious and intense. Terry’s piano solo is much more mundane in tempo but tasty, Resnick’s guitar antics are very crafty, and Larry Taylor’s bass lines along with Lagos’ drumming are neatly aligned.
“Hattie’s Bathtub” is both gorgeous and wild. Harris’ playing is dynamic, and Mandel is also sharp with his expressive guitar solo and some heady guitar tapping. The tune closes with Harris and Mandel frantically riffing off each other’s solos, stunning!
Closing side one on of this “two-sided album” is a wild jam, “Bad Feet,” that sounds like a song that could have taken place during the third set of club gig. Everyone is bubbling with creativity. Lagos’ drumming is percolating with Conte’s bass, Sugar Cane is driving hard, and Mandel’s guitar is right there with all the scrumptious fills and leads.
Side two starts with the lengthy title track cocking in at 14:21. There’s a beautiful introduction to the theme of the song, but ever so slowly things begin to broil. Then like a supersonic jet Harris lifts off and into the stratosphere, and the band rolls. Things do simmer down for Resnick’s clever guitar solo, Aplan’s sax takes the tune out a bit, and Terry’s piano playing off the sax is sympathetic and intuitive. Additionally, Taylor is given the opportunity to take a bass solo, after which Sugarcane steps back into the cockpit and away they go! The finale, “Generation of Vipers,” is another late-night and funky jam. It features unique rhythm playing from Harris’ violin, and Mandel is a little dissonant sounding much as he was on his groundbreaking Shangrenade recording that featured almost the same band assembled here.
Harris’ career started as the guitar playing half of the 1950s rock duo Don & Dewey. Fortunate for us Sugarcane switched from guitar and picked up the violin. Harris also toured and/or recorded withJohn Lee Hooker, Frank Zappa, Johnny Otis, Freddie Roulette, Charles Wright, Harvey Mandel, John Mayall, and the short-lived Pure Food & Drug Act with Mandel, Lagos, Conte, and Resnick. Harris also has several recordings credited to his name mostly on this same MPS record label. He had many lengthy battles with pulmonary disease. At sixty-one years of age he was found dead in his Los Angeles home in 1999.
Kudos to the Promising Music label for its exquisite and distinctive packaging. The disc looks like a mini LP colored in black with what looks like the original vinyl. There are thoughtful and insightful liner notes printed on high quality and glossy paper by the label’s Consul Bodo Jacoby, plus the original LP liner notes, and recent quotes offered by guitarist Randy Resnick that added a lot of background information previously unknown. The mastering is also delightful. This disc sounds ultra-clear. Every instrument jumps out of your speakers and right into your ears. This type of high quality effort is rarely seen by any current recording label and needs to be applauded!
Bob Putignano is a contributing editor to BluesWax. Check out his website at www.SoundsofBlue.com
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Thanks to Cary Baker
JON DEE GRAHAM, FREEDY JOHNSTON AND SUSAN COWSILL
ARE THE HOBART BROTHERS & LIL’ SIS HOBART
(L-R: Susan Cowsill, Freedy Johnston, Jon Dee Graham)
Itinerant singer-songwriters unite to record album, ‘At Least We Have Each Other,’ due for late 2011 release, and will make live debut at SXSW
AUSTIN, Texas —Jon Dee Graham, Freedy Johnston and Susan Cowsill have united to form the Hobart Brothers & Lil’ Sis Hobart. The trio, backed by drummer Russ Broussard and bassist Andrew Duplantis, will make their live debut during SXSW week in a series of Austin appearances.
Susan, Jon Dee and Freedy found themselves huddled at last year’s SXSW to write a couple of songs reflecting on their early days washing dishes for a living, which all three had done (joining the ranks of such former dish-washing rock legends as Alex Chilton). The band name refers to the commercial dishwasher known to all aspiring songwriters.
The three members quickly realized that the Hobart Brothers was a good outlet in which to write songs about things they otherwise would not. From the initial summit came a collection of songs of joy and heartbreak that range from the sublime to the silly. Cowsill’s vocals, described by Rolling Stone as “a supple survivor’s alto,” blend beautifully with the roughhewn quality of Jon’s voice and Freedy’s sad tenor.
In May 2010 they recorded a CD, At Least We Have Each Other, at Top Hat Studios in Austin. The recording was cut in the lounge and kitchen area of the studio. The band was already rehearsing there, so engineer John Harvey set up the mikes around them and started recording. The finished album provides a rare glimpse of what three very unique and talented artists might come up with when they think no one else is listening. While the songs were recorded live with one or two takes, there is a resonant honesty and completeness to them. This CD is scheduled for release later in 2011....but only with the help from their friends and fans.
The Hobart Brothers will self-fund the release of At Least We Have Each Other through a creative kickstarter.com campaign. The money raised will pay for production, promotion, publicists, publicity materials, artwork and more. To learn more about the campaign, which has a goal of raising $10,000, and the rewards received for donating to the project, go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thehobartbrothers/the-hobart-brothers-lil-sis-hobarts-debut-record
About the Hobart Brothers & Lil’ Sis Hobart:
Jon Dee Graham was named Austin Musician of the Year during SXSW in 2006. He was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame three times: as a solo artist in 2000, again in 2008 as a member of the Skunks, and again in 2009 as a member of the True Believers. Graham has released seven albums and was the subject of a DVD called Big Sweet Life: The Songs of Jon Dee Graham. In August 2008, Graham underwent emergency surgery after being injured in a one-car accident. His current album is aptly titled It’s Not As Bad As It Looks.
The New Yorker cited Freedy Johnston’s “finely wrought, melancholy character studies” as one of the calling cards of last year’s critically acclaimed Rain on the City album, his twelfth. According to SPIN, “Johnston’s characters always make a deep impression.” He has been recording since 1990’s debut The Trouble Tree on Bar/None. In 1994 he hit with “Bad Reputation” from his Elektra album This Perfect World, and Rolling Stone named him “Songwriter of the Year.”
Susan Cowsill was born into show business as a member of the Cowsills, who hit with “The Rain, The Park & Other Things” and “Hair” in the late ’60s. In the ’90s, she joined forces with Peter Holsapple and Vicki Peterson to form the Continental Drifters, and migrated from Los Angeles to New Orleans. In 2005 she released her first solo album, Just Believe It, concurrent with losing her brother Barry and her house to Hurricane Katrina. Her current album Lighthouse, called“an earthy, often crunchy folk-pop gem” by Rolling Stone, reflects upon these experiences and features guest spots from Peterson, Jackson Browne, and former Cowsills session player Waddy Wachtel.
Hobart Brothers & Lil’ Sis Hobart SXSW week schedule:
Wed., March 16, 2 p.m. —Guitartown/Conqueroo Kickoff Party, The Dogwood, 715 West 6th St.
Wed., March 16, 1 a.m. —Official SXSW Showcase, Speakeasy, 412D Congress Ave.
Thurs., March 17, 3 p.m. —Jovita’s Twangfest, 1619 South First St.
Fri., March 18, 4 p.m. — Bug Music Day Party, The Continental Club, 1315 S. Congress Ave.
Sun., March 20, 5:15 p.m. Olivia South Austin Fried Chicken Revival, 2043 S. Lamar Blvd.
Sun., March 20, 10:30 p.m. —G&S Lounge North Coast Music, 2420 South 1st St.
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Legendary Colosseum, Natural Gas, Uriah Heep, Rainbow Member Mark Clarke To Release Debut Solo CD of 'New Classic Rock'
3/8/2010 – Philadelphia, PA - The rock world is buzzing with the debut release of legendary Colosseum, Natural Gas, Rainbow, Uriah Heep member Mark Clarke called Moving To The Moon on Philadelphia record labelItsAboutMusic.com. Encompassing all the styles of music he has worked with the past 40 years, Mark Clarke's new solo album is a must for collectors and music enthusiasts worldwide. It's a masterful collection of extremely well recorded and performed tracks that rival any from the bands he's played in.
“From the opening track right through to the closer this album begs to be listened to over and over again and even memorized note for note. I've had the pleasure of hearing it more times than most people would hear almost anything in their collection and it keeps getting stronger with each listen. We're very proud to be the exclusive distributor of this album from one of the nicest and most talented guys in the world.” Dean Sciarra – President /ItsAboutMusic.com
Mark Clarke was born in Liverpool in the north of England, not a well known place except for its dock's and then, in the 1960's The Beatles came along and put it firmly on the map, forever! After seeing the Beatles and many other groups as a young kid at age 12 he knew what he wanted to do... play the bass guitar.
Going from group to group until one day he met up with his first real band St James Infirmary (a blues band) with whom he gigged and built up quite a reputation, as one Liverpool news paper said he was " Liverpool's Joe Cocker" but after a year or so of local gigs, it was time to move south to London. There he met up with many of the Liverpool musicians who had moved down south for the work and was introduced to the guitarist Clem Clempson, who had just joined one of the most well known groups at that time, COLOSSEUM.
Colosseum were really hitting well at that point but they had a small problem, they were quietly looking for a new bass player, and after Mark's band St James Infirmary opening for them at what was Mark"s biggest gig ever at a huge hall in of all places, Liverpool he was asked to come and do a session on their new album in a studio down in London. Mark walked in to sing background vocals on a couple of tracks and spotted his bass on a guitar stand. Jon Hiseman, whose band it was asked Mark if he knew a Jack Bruce (Cream) song called "Theme from an Imaginary Western"... He did, they played just that one song and Jon and Clem asked, "So do you want the gig.” Touring with Colosseum was harsh, very, very harsh, but truly amazing and for the rest of his career has been a constant part of his life… a true love. Whilst touring with them, such bands as Free (with Paul Rogers, Simon Kirke and Paul Kossof) became friends and still are years on. The same is true for Gentle Giant, Badfinger, (he later formed Natural Gas with Joey Molland) and many more.
Not knowing what the hell to do Mark went to a club in London that was THE place to be... The Speakeasy! You would find the who's who of the rock world in that place, in fact The Speak (as it was known) is where Led Zeppelin were named by of all people Keith Moon of the Who. Whilst there Ken Hensley from Uriah Heep appeared and asked Mark to help out as they needed to replace their bass player, so the next day they rehearsed on the train to Scotland and Mark joined Uriah Heep. Mark recorded with them and co-wrote "The Wizard" with Ken Hensley, toured mercilessly again and then left the group to work with Dick Heckstall-Smith on his solo album. “In 1972 Colosseum folded and within just two days I had been asked to join Uriah Heep,” Mark recalls. “After recording and also writing (I co-writ 'The Wizard') and some of the hardest touring I've ever done in just one year we parted company. Although I have worked with Ken Hensley on many of his solo projects throughout the years Uriah Heep still follows me every place I go.”
In 1972 Jon Hiseman and Mark formed Tempest and found a guitarist of some note, Alan Holdsworth. After two albums Mark left Tempest, played with Manfred Mann and the formed Natural Gas with Joey Molland (Badfinger) and Jerry Shirley (Humble Pie) moved to America, (he still lives there) and went on to record, and tour with: Billy Squier, Mountain with Leslie West, The Monkees,Davy Jones, Roger Daltry, British Rock Symphony with Alice Cooper and Peter Frampton, and sessions with Meatloaf, Mink Deville, Cher and Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.
Along with Mark Clarke's 'Moving To The Moon', ItsAboutMusic.com has also remastered and reissued the Natural Gas album on CD. Mark recently embarked on the 40th anniversary tour with Colosseum all over Europe. He then tours again with Billy Squier in the summer of 2011. “He's still a great writer and also a great friend,” says Mark.
Other new releases from ItsAboutMusic.com: Natural Gas 'Natural Gas', Space Opera 'Safe At Home', Michael Stanley 'Shadowland', 'Nektar – A Tab In The Ocean – Deluxe Edition' (2 CD Set), Barry Goldberg 'It's All My Vault', Dino Valenti 'Get Together'
For more information visit www.ItsAboutMusic.com/newreleases.html
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Pyewacket - John Mckindle CD is now out and so is Dino Valenti
Hi David,
I hope this finds all well with you, all is okay here.
I thought you’d like to know about these important releases.
Dino Valenti – Get Together – previously unreleased recordings
Barry Goldberg – It’s All My Vault – previously unreleased recordings
Pyewacket – 1967 – previously unreleased and newly recorded; songs written in 1967 by John Mckindle, newly recorded for this release. Pyewacket played in S.F. Bay Area from 1965-1970.
All of these fantastic releases are available at www.itsaboutmusic.com and at better record stores everywhere. BTW – I signed these deals and I am very proud to have been a part of them, so I thought that I’d brag just a little.
Check out my website when you have a chance, you might enjoy it, and find some of your friends in there as well.
Take care,
Mike Somavilla
http://www.SFMusicandbeyond.com
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Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello dies at 82
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI, Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. – Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello, whose virtuosity and command of odd time signatures made him an integral part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet on such classic recordings as "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," has died at age 82.
Family members said Morello died Saturday at his home in northern New Jersey. A cause of death was not immediately available.
Brubeck said the loss of his friend "came as a complete shock to me."
"Many people consider the rhythm section of (bassist) Eugene Wright and Joe Morello in my quartet as being one of the most consistent, swinging rhythm sections in jazz," Brubeck said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. "Drummers worldwide remember Joe as one of the greatest drummers we have known."
Morello's decision to join Brubeck's quartet in 1956 paved the way for the leader's experiments in unusual rhythms on a series of groundbreaking "Time" albums in the late `50s and early `60s that earned popular and critical acclaim.
"Joe was a pioneer in odd time signatures and a vital part of the "Time" series the Quartet made at Columbia Records," said Brubeck. "His drum solo on 'Take Five' is still being heard around the world."
Brubeck got the inspiration for "Take Five" after hearing Morello playing a 5/4 beat while warming up backstage before a concert with alto saxophonist Paul Desmond. The pianist asked Desmond to write a melody in 5/4 time for a tune that would feature a Morello drum solo. Brubeck suggested combining two themes that Desmond wrote to create "Take Five," which became a surprise Top 40 hit on jukeboxes and one of the best-known jazz recordings.
Raised in Springfield, Mass., with impaired vision from birth, Morello initially studied the violin before becoming a drummer in his teen years.
He eventually made his way to New York City, where he played with many leading jazz musicians over the years, and first came to prominence for his work as part of pianist Marian McPartland's Hickory House Trio in the early `50s.
"I'm going to miss him terribly. He was a wonderful man, a wonderful drummer, a great educator" said McPartland, who has hosted "Piano Jazz" on National Public Radio for years. "When we first started playing together (along with bassist Bill Crow), you could see that Joe was going to be a star because he was terrific in every possible way. And pretty soon, he was so in demand, and he felt he had to move on."
In 1956, Morello turned down offers to join the Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey bands to go on a temporary tour with Brubeck's quartet after the pianist promised to feature him more prominently than was typical for jazz drummers at the time.
At their first concert, Brubeck gave him a drum solo, and Morello ended up staying with the pianist for 12 years. Morello won Downbeat magazine's best drummer award for five years in a row.
Morello recorded more than 60 albums with the quartet, starting with "Jazz Impressions Of The U.S.A." and "Dave Digs Disney" in 1957. He was with the quartet on its 1958 State Department-sponsored tour that took the group to 14 countries, including Poland, India, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq.
That tour inspired Brubeck to explore unusual time signatures on the experimental 1959 album "Time Out," which became the first jazz album to sell more than 1 million copies. Besides "Take Five," it also included "Blue Rondo a la Turk" based on a complicated 9/8 rhythm that Brubeck heard Turkish street musicians playing. Morello's drums were prominently featured on such tracks as "Everybody's Jumpin'" and "Pick Up Sticks." On the follow up 1961 album "Time Further Out," Morello soloed using only his drumsticks on another Brubeck classic, "Unsquare Dance," in 7/4 time.
After Brubeck disbanded the quartet in late 1967 to focus on composing extended orchestral and choral works, Morello turned to teaching and writing instructional books while making occasional guest solo appearances and performing with his own group in the New York area. His discography includes more than 120 albums.
Friends say he truly enjoyed helping young musicians and teaching them their craft.
"He did so much for so many people, he should be recognized for the important person he was. Music was his life, he truly loved it," said McPartland.
Online:
http://www.joemorello.net
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OK all you Artista, this one's for the Judge.
Judge Murphy has liver cancer issues. Judge is Artista, and his band, Landsdale
Station, is the official Band of the Artista. They have played every Artista party
since we reformed in '09, and will continue to do so, but for right now, we need
to come forward and help our Brother. On Sunday, March 20th, Artista will be
hosting a musical extravaganza at George's Night Clulb in San Rafael, CA. The
proceeds to this show go directly to the Judge Murphy Wellness Fund. Many
special guests are lined up, and there will be a silent auction and merchandise
offered for his behalf. Check out the new Poster, by Pat Ryan, which includes
all the information. This is what Artista is about, so wear your colors and
spread the word around, let's pack this place and show our Love to Judge and
Lauren. If you have any questions, or want to contribute in any way, contact
Crowbar. Hope to see you all there ............ Peace and Love ....... Crowbar
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*** PUNMASTER'S TRIVIA CORNER ***
The trivia question from the last MusicWire was:
WHAT'S THE CONNECTION??
Iggy Pop
Phil Collins
Paul McCartney
Tiny Tim
Elliot Easton
Ringo Starr
Slim Whitman
Ornette Coleman
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ANSWER: THEY ARE ALL LEFT HANDED
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musicians_who_play_left-handed
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the winners are... (in order of appearance)
Kenny Weissberg
Bob Putignano
Vernon McNemar
Tim Bernett
Peter Huggins
Paul “Lobster” Wells
Matthew Bolin
Peter Gunn
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You could have added Justin Bieber, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix and Cesar Rosas, but then the connection would have been way too obvious. A stellar list of SOUTHPAWS.
--Kenny Weissberg
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Musically speaking (not politically speaking) they are all southpaw lefty's, left handed playing musicians?
Bob Putignano
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Lefties
Vernon McNemar
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I now Paul, Tiny, Elliot and Ornette all played left-handed, so I'm going with southpaws.
-Tim Bernett
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All left handed (me too). So how come Jimi Hendrix isn't there too ??
Y'know, Link Wray was a lefty too, although he played the guitar right handed. Then there's Dick Dale, whose left handed guitar is strung right handed, likewise Otis Rush who often took a right handed guitar and flipped it over. Same with Bobby Womack! and then Albert King, who described his playing style as "wronghanded". He had his own tuning
Peter Huggins
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Being a left-clawed Crustacean DJ myself (Yes, Lobsters can have the bigger, grabber claw on the left or right) and knowing this to be true of Elliot Easton, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr (who was turned into a right-handed person by his Grandmother, although he does throw with his left), I would say that this is a list of musical Lefties. Jimi Hendrix on the list as a Left-Handed person would have been too big a clue...otherwise I’m clueless on the connection.
Paul “Lobster” Wells
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All the guys you listed there are LEFT-HANDED
-Matthew Bolin
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.....and, of course, the greatest of 'em all - Jimi Hendrix - all left handers (like me!)
Re left-handed trivia question:
....also let's not forget Albert King and Otis Rush!
Peter Gunn, (rainy) London, England
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Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (Canned Heat)
Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet)
These classic cats had one unique thing in common (it's true!)
What was it? Talk to me!
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Give it your best shot...you may not get a yes/no response until the next Wire is published.
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY - MARCH 14
In 1958…The Recording Industry Association of America was created to award gold and platinum records, giving the first gold disc to Perry Como for “Catch a Falling Star.”
In 1964...Billboard reported that releases by The Beatles represented 60 percent of the current singles market.
In 1971…The Rolling Stones played a “farewell” gig at London’s Roundhouse. The band was about to go into tax exile in France.
In 1976…Dr. Demento first aired “Belvedere Cruising” by an unknown called “Weird” Al Yankovic.
In 1981…Eric Clapton was sidelined by an attack of bleeding ulcers that led him to cancel his 60-date tour of the U-S.
In 1992…Farm Aid Five in Irving, Texas, attracted a crowd of 40 thousand to watch performances by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Paul Simon and John Mellencamp, among others.
In 2000…Reports surfaced that drummer Josh Freese had left the revamped version of Guns N’ Roses to perform with A Perfect Circle. Axl Rose carried on recording Chinese Democracy with the assistance of the mysterious Buckethead, a guitarist known for wearing a fast-food chicken bucket on his head.
In 2003…Ozzy Osbourne held a farewell party for bassist Robert Trujillo, who left Ozzy’s band for Metallica. At the shindig, Ozzy’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, collapsed from heat exhaustion and was rushed to the hospital.
In 2003…Ben Harper and Richie Havens joined Willie Nelson onstage during a concert at the Austin Music Hall in Texas.
In 2005…U2, The Pretenders, Buddy Guy, The O’Jays and Percy Sledge were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2006…The Cars announced they were reforming – but without frontman Ric Ocasek. Singing duties would be handled by Todd Rundgren.
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VIDEO CLIPS OF THE WEEK
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Thanks to EP
Jewish Beatles - Hava Nagila
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmt6ZD-G_c
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Thanks to Mike Hart
The Beatles - That Means A Lot [HQ] RARE HELP COLOR FOOTAGE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrqy8uk3QoE
Dean Martin presents The Rolling Stones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOr2a9oEzGQ
Ike & Tina Turner live on the Hollywood Palace 7th Dec 1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePQ93ymUpco
B.B. King & Buddy Guy - I Can't Quit You Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39W46dLA8BI
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You Can Quote Me On That...
I've been through more cold turkeys than there are freezers."
- Keith Richards (from his new autobiography, "Life")
"Mick needs to know what he's going to do tomorrow. Me, I'm just happy to wake up and see who's hanging around. Mick's rock, I'm roll." -Keith Richards
"I don't know anything about music, In my line you don't have to." - Elvis Presley
"I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob." - Bo Diddley
"The only Maybelline I knew was the name of a cow." - Chuck Berry
"A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B." - Fats Domino
"It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves." - Little Richard
"Hippies? Why, I'm the original." - Jerry Lee Lewis
"The older I get, the harder to get around....gravity's got me down." - Barry Goldberg
“I'm one of those regular weird people.” - Janis Joplin
"There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another." - Frank Zappa
"I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart." - Waylon Jennings
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix
"Rock is so much fun. That's what it's all about -- filling up the chest cavities and empty kneecaps and elbows." - Jimi Hendrix
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"The older you get, the better you were!" - Leslie West
"It's much too late to do anything about rock & roll now ..." - Jerry Garcia
"Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues" - B.B. King
"More bass." - Jerry Wexler
"I'm as country as a dozen eggs." - Elvin Bishop
"I liked the first sixties better...." - Al Kooper
"I still have all my vinyl. You can’t roll a joint on an iPod.” - Shelby Lynne
"I think I just killed somebody." - Phil Spector
"The problem with history is, the folks who were there ain't talking. And the ones who weren't there, you can't shut 'em up." - Tom Waits
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
"I want my more money & I want my more fame" - Chubby Checker
"When you don't know where you're going, you have to stick together just in case someone gets there." - Ken Kesey
"I smash guitars because I like them." - Pete Townshend
"It's a good thing I had a bag of marijuana instead of a bag of spinach. I'd be dead by now." - Willie Nelson
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk in order to provide articles for people who can't read." - Frank Zappa
"You can learn something, both good or bad, watching any guitar player. You learn what to do or what not to do. Over the years I've learned things from Carlos, Mike Bloomfield, Clapton, George, Garcia, Knopfler and let's not forget Robbie Robertson." - Bob Dylan, 2002
"There 'is' a difference between rock and rock and roll; beware of inferior imitations (avoid contact with any musician who doesn't know how to play Chuck Berry music)." - Cub Koda
"This heah is Rufus Thomas....I'm young and loose and full of juice. I got the goose, so what's the use." - Rufus Thomas
"Mike Love, not war." - Scott Mathews
"I have outlived my dick" - Willie Nelson (2008)
"Anybody with a trade can work as long as they want. A welder, a carpenter, an electrician. They don't necessarily need to retire...Every man should learn a trade. It's different than a job. My music wasn't made to take me from one place to another so I can retire early." -Bob Dylan
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