Live intro from Passims, Cambridge, November 10, 1974: "This a about a '55 Buick Roadmaster. I don't know if there's any real bona fide Buick owners out there tonight. But my goodness, that's an automobile that I swear by. It's a car that's seriously as slick as deer guts on the door knob. Climb aboard one of those suckers, make you feel like a new man. And eh... I always had these cars that I bought for like a hundred and twenty-five dollars. You sink 'bout thirty-five hundred into them, and you sell 'em for twelfe fifty or so. [A lot of noise adjusting the microphone] Rattle like a damned sewing machine... And eh... I stuck to the Buick line for several years. I had two Specials, one was a kind of... now how can I put this? It was kind of monkey brown and eh... monkey feces brown, you see what I mean. Two-tone. It was a lot of chrome, kinda looked like a Wurlitzer jukebox. And I had two of those Specials, the other was kinda vomit yellow, it [?]. And I had a couple of Centuries, finally I had a Super. And then I finally picked up on this Roadmaster, and lucky to get it! So this is called 'My Ol' '55'." (Transcribed by Ulf Berggren. Tom Waits eGroups discussionlist, 2000)
Для некоторых не новость, но здесь об этом не было: "Stray Cats" анонсировали свой прощальный тур.
February 13, 2008 From the desk of Brian Setzer:
Hi Folks! Its been a long time since I've posted anything here, but as you know, I'd rather throw a baseball (or a snowball, up here in Minneapolis)!
At this point, I would like to announce The Stray Cats Farewell Tour. We will be starting mid-August in Spain. Its been 30 years since the Stray Cats formed. Isn't that hard to believe? There's no one I'd rather play with than Slim Jim and Lee Rocker. They're the best!
I would like to end the Stray Cats the way we started it. That would be with the love of playing our brand of rockabilly music.
Guitarist and bandleader Jeff Healey dies in Toronto hospital
Following a lengthy struggle with cancer, Healey passes away on the eve of the release of a new blues rock album
Jeff Healey, arguably one of the most distinctive guitar players of our time, died today (Sunday March 2) in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Toronto. He was 41, and leaves his wife, Cristie, daughter Rachel (13) and son Derek (three), as well as his father and step-mother, Bud and Rose Healey, and sisters Laura and Linda.
Green Day сообщили, что запишут кавер на песню Джона Леннона (John Lennon) “Working Class Hero”. Трек появится на сборнике “Instant Karma” – трибьют-альбоме, состоящем из кавер-версий песен Джона Леннона, в исполнении различных артистов.
Всемирный релиз альбома состоится 12 июня 2007 года; издание осуществляется совместно Amnesty International и Warner Bros. Все средства, вырученные от продажи диска, пойдут на поддержку правозащитной деятельности Amnesty International, включая работу по пресечению кризиса в Дарфуре. Также свой вклад в альбом внесут The Cure, Black Eyed Peas, Джек Джонсон (Jack Johnson), Уилли Нельсон (Willie Nelson), R.E.M, Кристина Агилера (Christina Aguilera) и Snow Patrol, которые представят свои версии классических творений Леннона. Как сообщалось ранее, Green Day в скором времени предстанут перед публикой в фильме "The Simpsons Movie", который выйдет в США 27 июля.
Изобретатель рок-эн-ролла Чак Берри выступит на следующей неделе в Москве.Концерт запланирован на 17-е января.
Чак Берри выступает и записывается с 50-х годов прошлого века. Он является автором многочисленных хитов, включая, такие как "Джонни би гуд", "Рок-эн-ролл-мьюзик" и "Ролл уорлд Бетховен".
В октябре прошлого года музыканту исполнилось 80 лет.