I haven't heard the Faces with Hucknall and really have no desire to but I would be interested in seeing them live with Rod Stewart even without Ronnie Lane. That's not a slight against Lane, it's more like my desire to see a band that I've never seen in any form before. As for them performing without Lane for their induction into the Rock n' Roll of Fame, I really don't have a problem with that at all as it's a very special occasion. However, I'm not too sure about them being inducted along with the Small Faces. From my viewpoint, those are two separate bands. Yes, they have a history together but it's not as though they're interchangeable.

They're already been touring as the Faces with Mick Hucknall of Simply Red as their lead vocalist. If they were to tour with Rod, I'd definitely go see them as I would have little to no interest in seeing him on his own unless he had Jeff Beck in tow.

Rod Stewart, Faces to Reunite on Rock Hall Induction Stage (from Spin)

I believe this is the first time I've ever seen someone spam the board and also reply to the actual topic at hand...

Dan Baird and Homemade Sin at the Berkeley Cafe in Raleigh this Thursday. Really looking forward to this one as Homemade Sin includes three original members of the Georgia Satellites as well as Jason and the Scorchers lead guitarist Warner Hodges. The opening band isn't too shabby either, Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass-Kickin' Team.

Aretha Franklin covers the Beatles.

Beautiful...

I really enjoyed listening to Mike Mills spin some vinyl (as well as CDs and mp3's) on Dave FM in Atlanta yesterday. There were also a few surprises such as a phone call from R.E.M.'s manager Bertis Downes and an appearance from Johnny Hibbert of Hib-tone Records, the label that issued R.E.M.'s very first single, "Radio Free Europe" b/w "Sitting Still". For anyone that may have missed it, you can still listen thanks to the podcast that's been uploaded to the Dave FM site here. There's also a Photo Gallery and a copy of Mike's Playlist.

From the All Things Music Plus page on Facebook: ON THIS DATE (33 YEARS AGO) March 23, 1979 – Van Halen Van Halen II is released. # ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 4.5/5 # Allmusic 4/5 # Rolling Stone (see original review below) Van Halen II is the second album by Van Halen, released on this date in 1979. While it's tough to follow up a classic, Van Halen II comes close to matching the brilliance of the band's debut. Once again, the record begins with a fat bass line from Michael Anthony, and his piercing background vocals are featured on "You're No Good," an explosive cover of the Linda Ronstadt tune. While the group's early material was slightly too heavy for Top 40 airplay, here they take a commercial stab with the brilliant "Dance the Night Away" and "Beautiful Girls." "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" features the trademark wails of David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen's magical soloing. Alex Van Halen's playing takes a slightly complex turn on "Outta Love Again" with some funky drum fills. Eddie shows his versatility with the gorgeous, flamenco-styled solo "Spanish Fly." The band kicks it full throttle once again on "D.O.A.," which accelerates to a mighty finish. "Women in Love" features lessons from Mr. Roth on dealing with female fickleness. Van Halen II would go on to be a huge success, reaching the U.S. Top 10. This remastered album leaves the band sounding better than ever. COVER The black-and-yellow guitar on the back of the album is buried with Dimebag Darrell. Eddie Van Halen placed it in his casket at his funeral because Dimebag had said it was his favorite. However, Eddie himself stated in interviews that the guitar itself was not actually used on the Van Halen II album, as it had only been completed just in time for the photo shoots for the album. David Lee Roth is shown in a cast in the inner liner notes, as he allegedly broke his right foot making the leap and accidentally landing on the bottom of the microphone stand also seen in the picture on the back cover art. ORIGINAL ROLLING STONE REVIEW Rock archaeologists have recently unearthed conclusive evidence (some liner notes contained in the ancient Dead Weight Scrolls) that the subspecies of heavy metal known as thud rock was born way back in the paleolithic mists when a certain strain of Heidelberg man (Mondo erectus) began banging on a garbage can with the skull bone of a chimpanzee. Predictably, these findings received scant attention in the world's music press -- until the discovery off the coast of Sumatra last month, of a No. 5-gauge trash barrel whose artfully dented surface had markings that could only have been made by a slope-headed Stone Age percussionist. And now a research team of MIT-trained musicologists has deduced that this early primate was pounding out the same hectic boogie tempo found throughout Van Halen II. Both anthropologists and musicians were stunned by the news, and Dr. Kenneth Clark and Leonard Bernstein are reportedly collaborating on a book about the breakthrough (with Robert Stigwood holding the rights). Phew. Talk about history repeating itself! Van Halen is the latest rock act to fall out of a family tree of deadbeats whose ancestry includes slave drummers on Roman galleys, Ginger Baker's Air Force and the street crews of the New York City Department of Sanitation. But this blockbusting four-man band is not without some outside influences. Scattered throughout Van Halen's second album are various Vanilla Fudge bumps and grinds, an Aerosmith-derived pseudobravado, a bit of Bad Company basement funk and even a few Humble Pie miniraveups. And check out these timelessly ponderable lyrics lifted form "Beautiful Girls": "I got a drink in my hand!/I got my toes in the sand!.../All I need is a beautiful girl!" Mighty lead singer David Lee Roth hammers the maxim home with a flurry of blind yowls, ain't-we-got-fun guffaws and clever asides like "Awww!" "Come this way!" "Sit down right here!" "Ooooooh-la-la!" and "I think I got it now!" From "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" to "D.O.A.," the material on Van Halen II comes up consistently ruminative and semirollicking, fleshed out as it is by the stilted instrumental blarings of lead guitarist Edward Van Halen, bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Alex Van Halen. Thanks to the behind-the-scenes assistance of "guitar technician" Robin (Rudy) Leiren and "drum kit set up" craftsman Gregg Emerson, the players are free to re-create every familiar squawking fuzz-tone riff, leaden bass run, cowbell clunk and rumbling drum eruption known to their genre. And yet the LP retains a numbing live feel, with Roth's repertoire of deft "Uh-huhs" and train-whistle exhortations ("Whoa-whoa whooooo!") occasionally segueing into impromptu snickers that are shared by the entire group. Even as I write, Van Halen is scaling the topmost reaches of the nation's record charts and conquering arena-sized crowds from coast to coast. Like the Stone Age, these flawless thud rockers will probably be around for a long time -- and they deserve any notice they get. Dig it or not, I've had this amazing thirty-one-minute artifact on my turntable for hours, and after almost one careful listening. I'm utterly convinced that the members of Van Halen must have been up half the night creating it. What an effort. ~ Timothy White, Rolling Stone (July 12, 1979) TRACKS: All songs written by Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth, except where noted. 1. "You're No Good" (Clint Ballard, Jr.) 3:16 2. "Dance the Night Away" 3:06 3. "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" 2:52 4. "Bottoms Up!" 3:05 5. "Outta Love Again" 2:51 6. "Light Up the Sky" 3:13 7. "Spanish Fly" (Instrumental) 1:00 8. "D.O.A." 4:09 9. "Women in Love..." 4:08 10. "Beautiful Girls" 3:56

Alice Cooper from the Easy Action era appearing in the movie Diary of A Mad Housewife performing Steppenwolf's "Ride With Me" which turns into "Lay Down and Die Goodbye" by the end of the clip.

Agreed, I just didn't expect to see The Band mentioned. I figured groups like the MC5 and the Animals would have made up much of his list.

The liner notes (which include the story behind every song) for Americana are already online here.

Lydia Loveless covering "Allison" by Elvis Costello. From what I understand, she recorded a version of this that will be released as a 45 on Record Store Day (4.21.12.). The A side is "Bad Way To Go", the opening track to her latest album, Indestructible Machine.

It's Alana Blanchard:

I have no idea who it is, I just liked the shot.

From a Glide Magazine article about Americana:

I've always thought of garage bands as the majority of artists that make up the first Nuggets compilation. I know the definition goes deeper than that but usually, when someone mentions "garage bands" that's the sound I think of.

The Yardbirds make the cut in this list of Little Steven's favorite garage bands. I was somewhat surprised by some of this other choices though, especially the band he lists last.

From The R.E.M. Timeline page on Facebook: remtimeline.com

Mike at the Mic – R.E.M.’s Mike Mills to Play Vinyl All Afternoon on dave fm This Thursday FLASH-BACK/FAST-FORWARD: R.E.M., Austin, & Me by Peter Blackstock (from Blurt)