There seems to be a bonanza of tribute albums coming out recently but few I’m really looking forward to, this is one of those, Jeffrey Foucault’s tribute to John Prine entitled: Moon Right Between the Eyes: Jeffrey Foucault Sings the Songs of John Prine. The album will drop on February 17th from Signature Sounds Recordings. [...]
Billy Powell (56), long time keyboardist for the legendary Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Wednesday morning (Jan. 28) at his condo in Orange Park, Fla., near Jacksonville, of an apparent heart attack. Lynyrd Skynyrd – What’s Your Name
The Drive By Truckers are just off their start to 2009 with 3 sold-out shows for their Athens GA 40 Watt Club Homecoming, they next will be playing this weekend, with opener Bloodkin, in Knoxville at the Valarium (Thurs Jan 29) and two nights at Asheville’s historic Orange Peel (Fri Jan 30 and Sat Jan [...]
JamBase contributor Martin Halo sat down with Drive By Truckers‘ front man Patterson Hood on December 29th. Aat the meeting Hood confirmed that the band would be re-entering the studio, on January 5, to begin work on the next DBT release. Drive By Truckers – Perfect Timing Though still primarily a rock and pop focused [...]
Country-rock legend Charlie Daniels‘ Twin Pines Ranch in Lebanon, Tenn.will be featured on a January 24th Country Music Television (CMT)’s Cribs Episode. The only thing I have to add is THERE’S A CMT CRIBS?! The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced that rockabilly angel Wanda Jackson will be inducted as the only 2009 [...]
Dixie Lullaby : A Story of Music, Race, and New Beginnings in a New South (Free Press/Simon & Schuster) by Mark Kemp Kemp is a native of South Carolina and born in 1960 and came of age at the time the civil rights movement kicked into the high gear and the old Jim Crow order [...]