First I've heard of that. I always thought it was pretty well documented, especially in Going Down With Janis.

Apologies to those of you from the old board that have heard this one before... Years ago my older brothers thought they would surprise my sister by buying her a ticket to see Janis in Chapel Hill one weekend when she was home visiting from college in Vermont. My brothers arrived at the airport in Raleigh but couldn't find my sister anywhere. Eventually they decided to check the airport lounge. Lo and behold, there she was sitting with Janis tossing back drinks. Apparently they had met on the plane and my sister had tickets for everyone to see Janis that night.

The trailer for Accelerate is now up on REMhq.com: http://remhq.com/index.php

Slobberbone (most of whom are now in The Drams) do a very kickass cover of Neil's Piece of Crap that can be found on the This Note's For You tribute album. As The Drams they still whip out the occasional Neil cover. Last time I saw them it was Winterlong but they still do Cortez the Killer, just like in their Slobberbone days. Back when they toured so much with the Drive-By Truckers they would sometimes team up for Cortez, playing it for epic lengths. Well worth seeking out if you can find a copy.

There's also a blues thread here but since it's devoted to "Top Bluesmen" that kinda leaves out such deserving folks as Koko Taylor and many, many others: http://forums.ledzeppelin.com//index.php?s...ic=2561&hl=

There's only two or three fans here but I'm sure it won't stay that way for long. The closest they're coming to me so far is Asheville but I'm sure there will more dates announced soon.

Think the Martians will invade us now because of the diminished sound quality?

With all due respect, Neil and Crazy Horse were doing "grunge" long before Ragged Glory. Same for Jimi Hendrix, it just didn't have a name back then other than saying his music sounded "grungy". That said, Ragged Glory is well worth mentioning. Yet another Neil album I need to add to my collection.

See, that wasn't so hard now was it?

http://www.wral.com/news/science/story/2383721 NASA Launching Beatles Tune Into Space The Beatles, clockwise from top left, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and George Harrison are shown on an album cover in 1965. More than 40 years after it barred the iconic British band from playing there, Israel said it wants the surviving members of the Beatles to participate in a concert celebrating the country's 60th birthday. But the Israeli embassy in London denied a report that the Jewish state had apologized for its original refusal to let the Beatles play there. The band had been booked to appear in 1965, but the government refused to grant the necessary permits on the ground that its music might corrupt the country's morals. (AP Photo/Robert Freeman- Copyright Apple Corps Ltd.) WASHINGTON — The Beatles are about to become radio stars in a whole new way. NASA on Monday will broadcast the Beatles' song "Across the Universe" across the galaxy to Polaris, the North Star. This first-ever beaming of a radio song by the space agency directly into deep space is nostalgia-driven. It celebrates the 40th anniversary of the song, the 45th anniversary of NASA's Deep Space Network, which communicates with its distant probes, and the 50th anniversary of NASA. "Send my love to the aliens," Paul McCartney told NASA through a Beatles historian. "All the best, Paul." The song, written by McCartney and John Lennon, may have a ticket to ride and will be flying at the speed of light. But it will take 431 years along a long and winding road to reach its final destination. That's because Polaris is 2.5 quadrillion miles away. NASA loaded an MP3 of the song, just under four minutes in its original version, and will transmit it digitally at 7 p.m. EST Monday from its giant antenna in Madrid, Spain. But if you wanted to hear it on Polaris, you would need an antenna and a receiver to convert it back to music, the same way people receive satellite television. The idea came from Martin Lewis, a Los Angeles-based Beatles historian, who then got permission from McCartney, Yoko Ono and the two companies that own the rights to Beatles' music. One of those companies, Apple, was happy to approve the idea because is "always looking for new markets," Lewis said. Perhaps coincidentally, the song's launching comes a day before the release of the DVD of the Julie Taymor movie named after the Beatles hit.

Nice piece from Jambase here where not just Patterson is interviewed but other members of the Truckers as well, including the man responsible for all of their album art since Southern Rock Opera, Wes Freed. Drive-By Truckers: Light It Up Drive-By Truckers by Jason Thrasher By: Dennis Cook The Drive-By Truckers are an American treasure. You could chisel their likenesses into rock's Mount Rushmore, somewhere next to Bruce Springsteen and The Black Crowes, and never flinch while working that hammer. Where the marrow and muscle have been drained from so much that calls itself rock, DBT stands dirty and defiant, solid as a brick shithouse and fragrant as your first backseat grope. They're as human as they come, stumbling towards redemption with one foot planted in joy and the other in fear. Their music will make you lose your freakin' mind and inspire fat, healing tears if you let it inside. Their new album, Brighter Than Creation's Dark (released January 22 by New West Records) has the same vibe as Neil Young's Harvest, The Black Crowes' The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion or The Band's self-titled second record: statements of intent steeped in musical principles offered without fanfare or unnecessary trappings. Read the remainder of the article here: http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=12776

That's all well and good but what does it have to do with Sabbath's "image not being looked after"? To my ears Zep and Sabbath have two very distinct sounds but both can engage in some foreboding musical excursions that make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Even then, I don't see any real similarity.

Former Drive-By Trucker guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Jason Isbell and his band the 400 Unit tear Jailbreak a new asshole in concert. This is the only clip I could find of them doing it, unfortunately the sound quality isn't the best.

I always did too. Learn something new everyday, even when it comes to a song I've been listening to since Houses of the Holy first came out. Thing is, I'm one of those people that will continue to sing the wrong lyrics even after I've learned the correct ones.

Their "image hasn't been looked after"? Not sure what you mean by that. They've headlined Ozzfest and have been inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Black Sabbath have always been a bit of the black sheep of rock n' roll if that's what you mean but it's a role they play well.

These days I'd say more like "hard rock" or even "punk" as mentioned in the interview above with Cooley and Patterson from the DBTs.

I have never seen one of those.

I think you will love this one, I know I do. BTW, there's a recording circulating out there of a live Ryan Adams show where he's backed by Gillian and David Rawlings where they're referred to as "The Esquires". If I'm not mistaken it was recorded at the Exit Inn in Nashville. Several of the tunes are from Time (The Revelator). You may wanna check the Ryan Adams Archive site in order to track down a copy. Also, Gillian will be one of many artists featured on an upcoming episode of Austin City Limits when they broadcast highlights of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival which is held annually (for free) in San Francisco. It is scheduled to air this weekend but you may wanna check your local PBS listings for the airtime in your area.

Having used stackable turntables many, many times I can assure you it won't break your vinyl. I also never noticed it resulting in scratches either.

I suggest searching "Drive-By Truckers" on YouTube for some live clips. You can also sample some of their new tunes via their MySpace site: http://www.myspace.com/drivebytruckers

From Uncut: http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/led_zeppelin/news/10976 Rex Features Archive TV footage of legendary rock artists such as Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix is to be rescued from obselete Super8 and Betamax formats and cleaned up in a new deal between Rockworld.TV and the Infernal Machine music archive. The Infernal Machine archive boasts unique footage including Beatles appearances on 60s German show Beat Club and Hendrix's two appearances on the Ed Sullivan show. Aerosmith, The Who and The Grateful Dead also feature in the dense archive collection that Rockworld.TV now have access to the contents of. The obselete formats will be transfered, remastered and collated into a new Classic Rock series of programming for broadcast on Rockworld.TV set to be ready later this year. Pete Hadfield, co-founder and Joint CEO of Carnaby Media who own Rockworld.TV has said: "We are getting access to some of the most exciting music footage in existence, a great deal of which has rarely if ever been seen before, which make our broadcast offering even stronger than it is already." More information about what archive footage will be treated will be available in due course, check back to uncut.co.uk for more information as we get it. Rockworld.TV currently broadcasts on Sky Channel 368 and online at www.rockworld.TV

http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobas...tent?oid=402759 Drive-By Truckers: No parking zone Athens group hits the passing lane for its best album yet LIGHT AT THE TUNNEL'S END: Drive-By Truckers New West By Scott Freeman Whenever a band loses an essential member, things change, and not always in a good way. R.E.M., for example, hasn't put out a classic record since Bill Berry left 10 years ago. And he was the drummer. When singer/songwriter/guitarist Jason Isbell left the Drive-By Truckers last year, it left open the possibility that the band would struggle to regain its footing. The band's first post-Isbell album not only shows the Truckers have depth to spare, but have risen to the occasion with a record that is richly drawn and executed. Brighter Than Creation's Dark (New West) is a departure from the crunchy British-rock sound that has defined the Truckers. It's darker, more muted and melancholy. Patterson Hood, the band's chief singer and songwriter, says the band's muse was inspired by a tour last summer when the band played "Unplugged"-style. "It's an introverted record," Hood says. "A lot of our records more or less hit you over the head. On this one, we bring you into our dark and dirty room, and lock the door." Isbell's departure has been attributed to the divorce he went through with bassist Shonna Tucker. Hood says the band is relieved the drama has played out. "We spend a lot of time together and when we're not getting along, it really sucks," he says. "There's a real good chemistry with the band now." While the Truckers' new album may be something of a sonic departure, it is still rooted in the observational songwriting of Hood and guitarist Mike Cooley. These are songs that make you listen closely, that draw you into the storytelling and the imagery and the moods evoked by the music. The band member who really steps it up is Tucker. Her Alabama twang perfectly complements Hood when she joins him on backup harmonies. And for the first time since she joined the band in 2003, Tucker contributes and sings three of her songs, including the haunting "The Purgatory Line." She has always written songs, but never presented them to the Truckers for consideration. "With this band, I was always pretty much the bass player," Tucker says. "It was a big transition, to write and sing. But it was time for me to step up and do it." At the core of the album is Hood's "The Righteous Path," the story of a man who tries to stay true to himself even as he rises to a comfortable middle-class life with his three kids and satellite television and a boat in the back yard that hasn't seen water in years. The record is chock-full of such vividly drawn characters – like the namesake of Cooley's "Bob" that all Southerners will surely recognize from their hometowns – and every song is almost like listening to a Flannery O'Connor short story set to a rock 'n' roll backbeat. With the loss of Isbell, the band has added two new members. Guitarist John Neff puts a sweetly sad pedal steel on many of the songs. And more notably, legendary R&B keyboardist Spooner Oldham has joined up with the Truckers. Oldham played organ on Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman." He also played on Wilson Picket's "Mustang Sally" and most of Aretha Franklin's early hits. Hood has known Oldham his entire life – his father, David Hood, was the bassist for the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and also played on those classics. When the Truckers recorded the Grammy-nominated The Scene of the Crime (Anti-), backing up soul singer Bettye LaVette last year, they asked Oldham to play on the session. "In the course of making that record, we decided Spooner was one of us," Hood says. The album has a loose, prime-Stones feel and that's because it was recorded quickly and usually in first takes. The band recorded 17 songs in 10 days, then added two others in August after coming in from the road. "There's a real good chemistry with the band," Hood says. "It's the easiest record we've ever made." And quite possibly the best.

I'm Going Home is one of many highlights from the Woodstock original motion picture soundtrack. Ten Years After "I'm Going Home"

The Kinks get a little love from Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers in this recent interview with Pop Matters: I wanted to talk a little bit about songwriting influences. As far as influences go for the band, the Stones, Skynyrd, and the Faces get thrown around a lot, but I wanted to ask you about Ray Davies and the Kinks. Davies is generally considered the most English of the rock songwriters, and his songs are written from an obvious perspective and have a strong voice. Is he a big influence for you and if so, would you say that his influence is revealed in the specificity of your songwriting—as distinctly Southern as you are is similar to the Kinks being so stereotypically English? MC: If I ever get the chance to meet Ray Davies, I’m gonna pull him off to the side and just say, ‘Level with me, dude. Nobody’s that English.’ (Laughs) I’ll level with him if he levels with me. But honestly, there’s some similarity there. I love the Kinks. PH: I do too. MC: I absolutely love them. They’re probably my favorite of the British bands. I like them better than the Beatles, I swear to God I do. Not much more, but I do. PH: Me too. Really? MC: They were the best and ain’t that how it always goes? Of that whole bunch, they were probably the least successful and the least regarded, but my God, they created rock ‘n’ roll in a way like nobody else ever has. There is no more rock ‘n’ roll song than “You Really Got Me”. PH: Hank Williams might have invented punk, but the Kinks invented punk rock.