JOE BONAMASSA ON BB KING TRIBUTE, RUNNING HIS OWN MUSIC BUSINESS and TURNING 50
Joe Bonamassa is not one to wait around for something to happen. For nearly 25 years, he, not a sprawling record label, booking agency or multinational promoter, has been calling the shots in a career...
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HAYNES’ ‘WINTER OF WARREN’ HEATS UP KIRBY CENTER
Photos by Zachary Katsock As part of his "Winter of Warren," Gov't Mule frontman and longtime Allmans Brothers Band member Warren Haynes brought his self-named band to the FM Kirby Center in Wilkes...
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WARREN HAYNES TALKS NEW SOLO ALBUM and SOULSHINE HURRICANE BENEFIT AT MSG: ‘THERE’S A LOT GOING ON’
In the run-up to his annual New Year's Eve run with Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre, Warren Haynes had carved out time to release and promote his first solo album in nearly a decade, "Million Voices ...
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WARREN HAYNES: ‘WE’RE GOING TO UP THE DOSAGE’
The shutdown of the touring circuit affected no one more than Warren Haynes, the Gov't Mule guitarist and singer also known for his long-time membership in the Allman Brothers Band and work with m...
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FROM ‘JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’ TO SIT-INS WITH DEREK TRUCKS: BRANDON ‘TAZ’ NEIDERAUER’S SURREAL JOURNEY
If you were one of the 9.6 million people who tuned into NBC on Easter night to watch "Jesus Christ Superstar," the first person you saw was not John Legend or Alice Cooper or Sara Bareilles. It wasn'...
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GRATEFUL DEAD NEWS: BOB WEIR SOLO ALBUM, WARREN & TIGER AT CENTRAL PARK, JERRY GARCIA CATALOG HITS STREAMING SERVICES
Things are very much alive in the world of the Grateful Dead, with a slew of exciting news for fans coming down the pike this week: Bob Weir's upcoming solo album, Warren Haynes getting a little help ...
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PEACH FEST: GREGG ALLMAN, TROMBONE SHORTY, AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD and JAIMOE’S JASSZ BAND
Photos by Pati Bobeck The fourth annual Peach Music Festival kicked off Thursday night at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain just outside of Scranton, Pa. It's the first Peach Fest since the 2014 dis...
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ROB BARRACO ON HIS FIRST GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW, PLAYING IN THE BAND WITH LESH, SINGING WITH WARREN HAYNES AND MEETING BOB DYLAN
Late last year, we spoke with Rob Barraco in advance of a few Mattston/Barraco & Friends performances. Inevitably, the conversation with Barraco – a pianist, keyboardist, occasional bassist and vo...
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BILL EVANS: FROM MILES DAVIS’ RIGHT-HAND MAN TO THE JAM BAND WORLD, SAX MAN FINDS HIS GROOVE
It’s rare to find a musician who has risen to the top of any particular genre. Rarer still is an artist who has achieved remarkable success in two distinct styles – someone like saxophone player and m...
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THE FINAL CHAPTER FOR THE ALLMAN BROTHERS? AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR ALAN PAUL
The tumultuous history of the Allman Brothers Band – tragic deaths, bitter breakups, reunions and a controversial court case that turned Brother against Brother – will, supposedly, come to an end Wedn...
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