Who is this "nobody"? I'm well aware of Seals & Crofts and have been since I first heard their music back in the 70s.

I can't say I've ever thought of Robert Randolph and the Family Band as a "cover band". Yes, they throw in a few songs by other artists on occasion but that sort of thing has never been their stock in trade. I first heard of Robert Randolph on NPR's Morning Edition during a piece they did on Sacred Steel, in other words, the use of pedal steel guitar in the church. Randolph has obviously moved on from that sound now but you can still hear it in the style of several other artists, most notably The Campbell Brothers.

Sure you didn't mean to post those in this thread? http://forums.ledzeppelin.com//index.php?showtopic=5177

The Marah is a budget priced promo but that's always a good way to check out a record before paying full price for the real deal. Mike Farris is the former lead singer for the band Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies. I've heard lots of good stuff about this new record so I can't wait to give it a spin.

The crash was also covered in intimate detail on Skynyrd's Behind the Music special that aired on VH1 years ago. Thing is, some of their stories had changed dramatically by the time VH1 got around to their Lynyrd Skynyrd: Uncivil Wars special that aired a few years ago. Unfortunately a great deal of that had to do with the network purposely pitting the already feuding band members against one another. It may have made for some dramatic viewing thanks to the popularity of "reality TV" but very little of it had any actual basis in truth.

Thanks for the kind words ally. A few years ago the music press had a field day writing about the "resurgence of Southern Rock". At the helm were the Drive-By Truckers, Kings of Leon and My Morning Jacket as well older acts such as Gov't Mule. Of course nearly all of those bands denies any sort of Southern Rock influence and says they're not "Southern Rock" at all. Kinda comes with the territory, at one time or another even the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet tried to distance themselves from the Southern Rock tag. I think Gregg's quote was something like, "wouldn't it be sorta like calling it 'Rock Rock' since rock n' roll pretty much originated in the South?" In regards to the debt a lot of current country music owes to Southern Rock, I most definitely hear it. I mean, they didn't pair Skynyrd with Gretchen Wilson at the Grammys a few years ago for no reason. Same for the CMT Crossroads special Skynyrd did with Montgomery Gentry. Thing is, if today's country music is the heir apparent to Southern Rock, it's not the type of Southern Rock I like. Like so many forms of commercial music it suffers a great deal from a pre-packaged, market-tested sound that simply doesn't appeal to my ears. In regards to Little Feat, they're one of my all time favorite bands but I have never once thought of them as ""Southern Rock". Same for groups like Foghat who also sometimes end up on Southern Rock compilations.

$25 at Barnes and Noble if you can still find a copy, it normally goes for $125 so this is a real steal but they're going fast.

I have a friend that's been recommending the Frames forever. I still haven't picked up any of their records. I finally got around to seeing Once recently and love it. Considering this is a music board I've been surprised there hasn't been more of a response to that movie around here. The Swell Season is playing soon but I didn't act quick enough to buy tix and it's already sold out.

While I may not be so fond of the post-crash Skynyrd, if it weren't for the Tribute Tour in 1987 I never would have seen them in any capacity so I'm forever thankful for that. I have mixed feelings about Van Zant, while I like some of what I've heard of their newer stuff they seem to embrace some of the newer "country" that I simply cannot stomach such as Montgomery Gentry. I'm more into the type of country music Ronnie was into such as Merle Haggard and Waylon. Today's alt.country comes a lot closer to invoking that type of spirit than anything I've heard by Montgomery Gentry, Big & Rich, Retchin' Wilson or any of that "Muzik Mafia" crap.

I'm a fan but more of the pre-crash version of Skynyrd. I don't hate the post-crash version but they don't even come close to holding a candle to the original. Lately I've been enjoying the recently issued Deluxe Edition of Street Survivors.

The Gourds w/Shinyribs (aka the Gourds' Kevin Russell) Wednesday, April 2nd Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, NC

From RollingStone.com: Neil Young And Crazy Horse To Release Lost 2000 Album Neil Young and Crazy Horse are resurrecting their aborted 2000 album Toast for release sometime in the near future. Recorded at San Francisco’s Toast Studios, the group worked for a few frustrating months on the disc before scrapping nearly all of it. According to a post on Young’s website, the album’s co-producer John Hanlon is at work mixing the songs. “Many songs share a bluesy, jazz-tinged vibe as a common thread,” the post says. “Three solid rockers are interspersed in the mix. Other songs are long with extensive explorations between verses, a Crazy Horse trademark, kind of like a down-played Tonight’s the Night, except these songs deal directly with love and loss, not drugs.” The item concludes with the news that “This first NYA ‘Special Edition’ is the beginning of a new series of unreleased albums.” This begs some questions: Is he also going to release the fabled Homegrown (1975), Chrome Dreams (1977), Times Square (1989) and god knows what else is sitting in the vault? Isn’t the box set supposed to come out this year? Why release these things separately? Anyway, for a good idea of what the Toast songs might be sound like, check out this killer performance of “Goin’ Home” below. It’s the only track to survive the sessions, and probably the best song he’s put out in the past decade.

Keith Richards admits he smokes weed 'all the time' Keith Richards Photo / Reuters Watch Video: Rolling Stones film premiere Keith Richards has admitted he still "smokes weed all the time". The Rolling Stones guitarist - who was treated for heroin addiction in the late 70s - admits he still loves getting high on cannabis, but no longer dabbles in hard drugs. He said: "I smoke my head off. I smoke weed all the time. There, you've got it. "But that's all I take, all I do. I do smoke and I've got some really good hash." Referring to his heavy drug use in the 60s and 70s, he added: "People thought I was going to die. I never did - as you can see. The drugs? Oh yeah, they were great. "Now I'm on medication. Drugs now? It's a dodgy subject." Keith's substance abuse earned him a notorious reputation as a hell raiser. The 64-year-old rocker was arrested on five separate occasions for drug-related offences, and at one point was believed to have regular full-body blood transfusions to clean out his system. Last year, Keith claimed to have snorted his late father's ashes. - BANG! SHOWBIZ

From the NY Times: CRAZY HORSE "TOAST" In 2000, Crazy Horse was in San Francisco, south of Market street, at an old studio called "Toast." Coltrane had recorded there, among many other jazz greats, known and unknown. The Dot Com boom was happening and buildings were being bought and turned into lofts or torn down completely and rebuilt. New money was everywhere. Toast was a target. The place was a little run down and sort of on its last legs. To a man, if you asked Crazy Horse about these sessions, you would learn that it was a depressing atmosphere and things were not going well. The band recorded there for months and came up with very little. Nothing, other than one song, "Goin' Home" was ever finished. But a lot was started. Several of the songs written at Toast showed up on the "Are You Passionate" album with Booker T. and the MGs. But that album met with mixed reaction. Now, years later, John Hanlon, the original co-producer with Neil, is at work mixing all of the Toast material. Many songs share a bluesy, jazz-tinged vibe as a common thread. Three solid rockers are interspersed in the mix. Other songs are long with extensive explorations between verses, a Crazy Horse trademark, kind of like a down-played Tonight's the Night, except these songs deal directly with love and loss, not drugs. The ambient atmosphere, foggy, blue and desolate, pervades many of the tracks, if not all, with Tommy Brea's muted trumpet and dusky male and female counter-part BGs occasionally surfacing from Poncho and Ralph on one side, Nancy Hall and Pegi Young on the other. A cool and sleepy lounge piano rises in the fog occasionally. The result of this is perhaps one of the most under-estimated and deceptive Crazy Horse records of all time, with many songs originally discarded, and then re-recorded with Booker T. and the MGs. The original performances now surface again through a foggy past. Like an abstract painting, lyrical images of a love lost and maybe even destroyed forever just refuse to die, creating a landscape littered with half-broken dreams and promises. "Toast" is coming, a dark Crazy Horse classic for the ages. This first NYA "Special Edition" is the beginning of a new series of unreleased albums.

Second time watching this one. Funny how they're depicted holding hands in the above photo but that never happened (at least that I noticed) in the movie. It's also a bit strange that some of the other covers to the DVD I found online didn't show them holding hands at all. Saw this over the weekend at a local Imax theatre. Quite the experience considering I don't think I've ever seen a 3-D movie before. I think I may have seen Jaws 3-D when it was shown on TV but obviously it wasn't very memorable. The U2 concert film was also my first experience with Imax. It took a little getting used to but once I adjusted to it I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Considering the cost of tickets, it may also be as close as I ever get to seeing U2 in concert. Too bad they didn't let us keep the Bono glasses.

Personally, I don't think it's ever safe to assume anything (I'm guessing you've heard the old saying about "assume"). When I first started visiting the old board I did notice a very strong resistance towards new music but over the years I saw some of those very same people come to embrace it. When the board was recently revamped it was like starting from scratch with a lot of members sharing that same mindset. Still, there's a handful of board members who do like new music but we're definitely in the minority. As for "classic rock", I never bought into that. It's a radio format that plays only old rock n' roll but is not a genre of music into itself. Speaking just for myself, I've always been into "new" music and I hope that never changes.

What does this being a Zeppelin forum have to do with anything, especially since this is the Other Bands section? Speaking just for myself, just because I post here doesn't mean Led Zeppelin is my favorite band. They're also not the only artist I listen to. I don't listen to new or old music only, I listen to a mixture of both. Some of my favorite newer artists would be: Nada Surf Old 97s The T's Wilco Black Crowes Drive-By Truckers Pearl Jam Ryan Adams and the Cardinals The Tripwires The Silos Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun Kasey Chambers The Yayhoos Tres Chicas Minus Five Tift Merritt Patty Hurst Shifter Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass Kickin' Team

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Tommy Stinson, please come home. He's pretty much admitted to only being in G n' R for the money anyway.

An Evening with Jason Isbell Friday, March 21st Berkeley Cafe Raleigh, NC Tift Merritt w/Sara Watkins Saturday, March 22nd Carolina Theatre Durham, NC If there's enough time I hope to catch the tail end of Patty Hurst Shifter's set at the Pour House after Jason at the Berkeley.

He is in Raleigh Friday with 400 Unit guitarist Browan Lollar in an acoustic "evening with..." format. The last time I saw him play acoustic was during the second Tres Tangled Truckers (Caitlin Cary and Dave Bartholomew of Tres Chicas, Kevn Kinney of Sun Tangled Angel Revival) show a few years back at the Pour House (also in Raleigh) so I'm really looking forward to this. I'm not sure of the capacity either but it's one of the larger venues in the area. Last time they were through this neck of the woods they played the Carolina Theatre in Durham. I believe they enjoy playing the Cat's Cradle more. Plus, I don't think the Carolina Theatre was at all prepared for the Truckers crowd, they sold out of beer before the opening act (Bobby Bare, Jr.) was even over.

They'll be doing a two night stand at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC soon but it's on a Tuesday and Wednesday night. Maybe they'll swing back through here again in the summer on a weekend night.