FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BAND CARRY THAT ‘WEIGHT’
By Michael Lello While three of the core members of seminal Americana rock collective The Band have left this earth, the music lives on – thanks in no small part to The Weight, a newer group formed b...
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GABE BUTTERFIELD WORKS TO HONOR FATHER’S LEGACY
By Michael Lello Growing up in Woodstock in the 1970s, Gabe Butterfield crossed paths with a host of legendary rock musicians. And none were more talented or in demand than his father Paul. The eld...
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WILD FEATHERS: “THERE ARE NO BANJOS IN THIS BAND”
By Joe Student For a band that’s only been together a few years, the Wild Feathers’ sound has been around for decades. “We all grew up listening to Fleetwood Mac, The Band and other groups like that...
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ALEXIS P. SUTER’S “SINGING JOURNAL”
By Michael Lello Can the blues make you happy? It seems counterintuitive, but Alexis P. Suter seems downright sunshiny in a recent conversation with Highway 81 Revisited. The powerhouse vocalist wi...
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FRIDAY NIGHT ROUNDUP: SEASICK STEVE SIGNS WITH JACK WHITE; COSTELLO, JANE’S, FURTHUR AT VIBES
Seasick Steve, aka Steven Wold, has signed to Jack White's Third Man Records for a one-album record deal. The unique musician, was raised in Memphis and is a sensation in England, where his albums hav...
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ELLIOTT LANDY RECALLS THE MAKING OF HIS HISTORIC PHOTOS OF THE BAND
In the 1960s, the idea of what it means to be an American was changing. As a war raged in Vietnam, protests raged at home. Young people were no longer accepting that whatever their parents or governme...
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FACES OF THE BLUES THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S LENSE
PR_belfour Robert "Wolfman" Belfour at Red's Juke Joint in Clarksdale, Miss. (Photo by Jim Gavenus) Five years ago, photographer Jim Gavenus ...
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