SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Eddie Money is going country. The veteran rocker is working on an album featuring countrified remakes of some of his early hits, including "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Hard Life." The first single from "The Other Side of Money," a new version of "Give Me Some Water" recorded in Nashville with backing vocals by Grammy winner Vince Gill and co-produced by John Ford Coley, is scheduled to be released this weekend. The album is a production of Big 7 Records, a small country record label based in Northern California, where Money began his career. Dennis Sanfillipo, who co-founded Big 7 with some of the millions he won in the state lottery 16 years ago, has known the gravelly voiced singer for years and helped persuade him to give country music a try. "I knew Eddie was really well-known, but the way the country people have ingratiated him to the community is really incredible," Sanfillipo said. Money, 58, released his last album of new music in 1999 and came out last year with a disc of 1960s soul and R&B covers.

I've got a few Gary Moore albums but haven't listened to them in years.

Stones Reveal 'Shine A Light' Track List http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/articl...t_id=1003715392 Rolling Stones Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. The track list has been revealed for "Shine a Light," the soundtrack to Marin Scorsese's upcoming Rolling Stones documentary. The collection arrives April 1 via Interscope. "Shine a Light" will be available as a 16-track single-disc and as a 22-track double-disc, as well as in USB form. The expanded edition includes every song from the film as well as the bonus cuts "Paint It Black," "Little T&A," "Shine a Light" and "I'm Free." As previously reported, "Shine a Light" was recorded Oct. 29 and Nov. 1, 2006, at New York's Beacon Theatre. Among the guests are Buddy Guy, Jack White and Christina Aguilera. The film is scheduled to premiere in New York just prior to the soundtrack release, and in London shortly thereafter. It opens April 4 in the U.S., where it will be presented in IMAX. Here are the track lists for "Shine a Light": Double disc: Disc one: "Jumping Jack Flash" "Shattered" "She Was Hot" "All Down the Line" "Loving Cup" "As Tears Go By" "Some Girls" "Just My Imagination" "Faraway Eyes" "Champagne & Reefer" "Tumbling Dice" Introductions "You Got the Silver" "Connection" Disc two: "Sympathy for the Devil" "Live With Me" "Start Me Up" "Brown Sugar" "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" "Paint it Black" "Little T&A" "I'm Free" "Shine a Light" Single disc: "Jumping Jack Flash" "She Was Hot" "All Down the Line" "Loving Cup" "As Tears Go By" "Some Girls" "Just My Imagination" "Faraway Eyes" "Champagne & Reefer" Band introductions "You Got the Silver" "Connection" "Sympathy for the Devil" "Live With Me" "Start Me Up" "Brown Sugar"

It may well have been The Bump Band as Mark Andes was with them when they played here last year. On the left you'll also see "Scrappy" Jud Newcomb, he's on practically every year that comes out of Austin.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/articl...t_id=1003715098 Rush Live Album To Precede Spring Tour Rush Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. Rush will unveil the sixth live album of its career, "Snakes & Arrows Live," just in time for its spring North American tour. The 27-track, double-disc set arrives April 8 via Anthem/Atlantic; the trek begins April 11 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. "Snakes & Arrows Live" was taped in October 2007 at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Holland. The track "Workin' Them Angels" will be serviced to rock outlets on March 10. Eight other tracks from the group's 2007 studio album, "Snakes & Arrows," are included, such as "Far Cry," "The Larger Bowl," "Armor and Sword" and "Malignant Narcissism." Among the oddities appearing in the set list are "Entre Nous," from 1980's "Permanent Waves"; "Digital Man" from 1982's "Signals"; and "Circumstances," from 1978's "Hemispheres." Here is the track list for "Snakes & Arrows Live": Disc 1: "Limelight" "Digital Man" "Entre Nous" "Mission" "Freewill" "The Main Monkey Business" "The Larger Bowl" "Secret Touch" "Circumstances" "Between the Wheels" "Dreamline" "Far Cry" "Workin' Them Angels" "Armor and Sword" Disc 2: "Spindrift" "The Way the Wind Blows" "Subdivisions" "Natural Science" "Witch Hunt" "Malignant Narcissism / De Slagwerker" "Hope" "Distant Early Warning" "The Spirit of Radio" "Tom Sawyer" Encore: "One Little Victory" "A Passage to Bangkok" "YYZ"

Really? I have heard Bono heap great praise on Lennon as well as the Beatles themselves but I never once got the impression that he thought he was a "long lost Beatle".

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While I'm a Janis fan I wouldn't say Me and Bobby McGee is all that indicative of her overall style. That song has a bit of a folky-country feel, while I feel the blues is more fitting of what she was about overall. While on the subject I must also say I love the Dead's cover of it, a very fitting tribute to Janis (even though it was originally penned by Kris Kristofferson). Grateful Dead "Me and Bobby McGee"

That's not my point at all. Of course there should be discussions and questions but something as simple as a tracklist can be looked up in a matter of seconds.

It amazes me that so few people seem to be capable of looking this type of information up online via sites like AllMusic.com, Amazon or any of the many other sites that provide tracklists, especially when it's more than obvious that you have the abililty to do so right there at your fingertips.

From what I've read in interviews Waters and Gilmour are talking more than ever but neither has much interest in a Floyd tour. As for the big arena/stadium shows I've grown out of the habit of attending them as much as I use to in recent years. Most of my concert going these days consists of catching my favorite bands in clubs instead. This year I already have more big shows (Van Halen, R.E.M., Winwood/Petty) lined up than I have in a very long time. Last year's Police show at Bobcats Arena in Charlotte reminded me why I don't do the big shows so much anymore. One thing is the cost ($90 a ticket for seats in the nosebleed section), another is the lack of intimacy at a stadium show. It's hard to feel any sort of connection with the band on stage when you feel more tempted to look at the big screen projections than the tiny ants on stage below. Depending on the artist, I'll take club shows over the Enormo-Dome shows any day of the week.

I'm not made of cashola but I'd like to buy them all at once (despite already owning at least a couple of them) since it would be less expensive then buying them one at a time. Same thing with the box of Stones remasters. I've been a Dead fan forever but in order to catch up on their back catalog I purchased both of their boxes (and the Jerry box All Good Things) a few summers ago. Believe it or not, I'm still making my way through all of them. I can go purchase a brand new disc by whoever but if my mood dictates it I may just as well reach for some vintage record from my collection instead. In fact, I have a bunch of stuff I've recently ordered sitting in a stack right now that remains unlistened to. Fucking criminal I know but I also know I'll eventually get around to listening to them all at some point.

I think we did. I saw them in Raleigh at the now defunct Hideaway BBQ last year but they were also doing their regular Tuesday night gig in Austin when I was there last spring but catching his show just wasn't in the cards. I may have also mentioned this before but Ian has guested on at least one Patty Hurst Shifter record. Without looking at liner notes I'm not completely sure but I think he sat in on Sadder Side from their newest record: http://www.myspace.com/pattyhurstshifter

Funny you should mention that. I've always been a Dylan fan but I didn't start to get into him in a big way until the first three volumes in the Bootleg Series. Those and Time Out of Mind really helped kick start my re-interest in all things Bob. I haven't missed an installment in the Bootleg Series since. I do hope to catch up on his back catalog at some point by investing in the Dylan box of remasters. It's not all of his records but it should make for a pretty nice start. You can read more about it here: http://www.bobdylan.com/remasters

I don't have any news on the Keith Moon doc but will say if you ever have a chance to see Ian and the Bump Band, by all means do so.

If there's anything I hate, it's bands doing medleys. On rare occasions they work but very, very rarely. It seems to smack of a band headed straight to Vegas (or Branson).

I think that would be every Stones' fan's dream, to see them in a much more intimate setting. As for the sideshow stuff, I think that kinda of goes along with the territory of a Stones show, it just wouldn't be the same without it. Having said that, the last show I saw (Bigger Bang Tour) wasn't real big on that kind of thing. They had the condo thing onstage with audience members in it and some pyro, otherwise it wasn't real big on the "spectacular" stuff. On the Voodoo Lounge tour they had screens showing movies and giant blow up dolls that inflated as the show went along. That was much more of a spectacle than the Bigger Bang show I saw.

I can't say I get that impression from that record at all, same for their live shows. Then again I find that most of the people that think the Stones should hang it up haven't even seen them in concert, they're going by what the press says without actually forming their own opinion. You get no argument from me there, as rough as his voice may sound at times I love the Keith solo records much more than anything the Stones have done studio-wise in recent years.

While Voodoo Lounge definitely has some good songs, I still think Steel Wheels is the best of their latter day material. Then again, I also like A Bigger Bang. It's no masterwork by any means but I still enjoy listening to it.

In regards to whether Ratdog plays any of their material in concert or not? I've seen Ratdog a few times but don't recall any Kingfish. To find out for sure I imagine you can find some of their setlists online.

I saw The Other Ones (the first incarnation) and The Dead, neither of which should be confused with The Grateful Dead. That said, I enjoyed The Other Ones much more than The Dead. My last Grateful Dead show was in the spring of '95 in Charlotte: Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC (Friday, 3/24/95) Feel Like a Stranger Stagger Lee Minglewood Blues High Time If the Shoe Fits Black Throated Wind Bird Song -> Promised Land Here Comes Sunshine Samba in the Rain Women are Smarter Eyes of the World -> Drums -> Space -> The Last Time -> Black Peter -> Around and Around Encore: Liberty

Hard to believe this woman once suffered from stage fright.

It goes back much further than that, it's an old hymn that dates back to 1907. In regards to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album, it's also been on my most wanted list for a while. I've heard it many times over the years but have never actually owned a copy in any format. It's definitely worth the investment.

I first got turned onto Sarah due to her gigs with local artist Tift Merritt. Seems Sarah's husband Johnny Irion used to be in a band with Tift's boyfriend Zeke Hutchins called Queen Sarah Saturday. They've done lots of shows in the area together over the years.

Arlo was just through here on his "solo reunion" tour. I passed on seeing him but he's always been very entertaining when I've seen him in the past (MerleFest, Furthur Festival). Not sure if you've checked out his daughter Sara Lee Guthrie but she's quite the chip off the old block.