WILL CALL: THE CURIOUS CASE OF JOE BONAMASSA
People to tell me I have a great job, and I don’t argue with them. It’s true. I’m lucky. But they think it’s great because I get to see all of these events for free. And that’s where they’re wrong....
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WILL CALL: AN INTRODUCTION
Welcome to WILL CALL, my own small corner of Highway 81 Revisited. As someone who watched Mike Lello and his team build this blog from the ground up, I’m very excited to be a small part of it. Musi...
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PAUL THORN ON MAKING PEOPLE FEEL GOOD, BEATING THEM UP IN THE RING and HIS MOM AND DAD’s INFLUENCE
The son of a preacher man, the nephew of a pimp and a former boxer turned singer/songwriter who fought Roberto Duran on national TV. Sounds like three different characters in a novel, but those are al...
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CABINET LIVE FROM THE KIRBY CENTER: ‘ELIZABETH’ (EXCLUSIVE SONG STREAM)
Cabinet played a two-night, sold-out run in the F.M. Kirby Center lobby in December, and the band is celebrating with a gift to its fans: a free recording encompassing both dates' entire shows. ...
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CABINET SELLS OUT KIRBY CENTER LOBBY — TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW (PHOTOS)
Photos by Jason Riedmiller Cabinet performed in the F.M. Kirby Center's lobby Friday and Saturday night as part of the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., theater's Live from the Chandelier Lobby series -- and sold...
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THE UMPHREY’S MCGEE HEADPHONES EXPERIENCE
When I returned the headset I wore to tune into an in-theater wireless soundboard feed during last week’s Umphrey’s McGee show at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, the guy working behind UM’s mer...
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CHEROKEE RED DEBUTS ‘THE WORLD IS MY OYSTER’ (EXCLUSIVE)
"On some level as a musician, you want to release some kind of opus you're working on, but in a lot of cases it's better to have something people can relate to. And a good chorus is hard to come b...
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HUNTER’S INSPIRATION FLOWS AT KIRBY CENTER
Photo by Jesse Faatz WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – There’s a line about a storyteller in the Grateful Dead classic “Terrapin Station”: “His job is to shed light, not to master.” Robert Hunter, the writer...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART TWO
By Michael Lello There are musical partnerships that are so intertwined, you can’t consider one without the other. Lennon and McCartney. Simon and Garfunkel. Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Jer...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART ONE
By Michael Lello Photo by Maureen Hunter Robert Hunter’s words have left an indelible imprint on pop culture – “what a long strange trip it’s been” and “drivin’ that train, high on cocaine,” anyone?...
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