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The thrill will never be gone…

November 9, 2012

Kit’s ‘this is so much awesome I am not sure the webpage can contain it’ Vid of the Day

Gary Moore and B.B. King

The Thrill is Gone – Live

- Kit

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The Week in Music…Blogs – July 21 to July 27, 2012

July 28, 2012

I pretend this is moment Jimmy read my tweet.

Last night I watched the StageIt concert with Jimmy Buffett and it was so very cool.

The StageIt crew (along with Evan Lowenstein) set up in Jimmy’s dressing room at Comerica Park in Detroit.

Mike Utley hung out and Matt Hoggatt showed up to sing one of his songs.

Jimmy sang Tin Cup Chalice and Boat Drinks. He also read tweets aloud as they went by and now everyone watching knows I was eating soup right before the show.

( I didn’t know Jimmy would see the pre-show tweets or I would have, you know, sent something clever or cool…or just not weird)

The show was a lot of fun and Jimmy raised over 20,000 for charity. Yea!

In the world of music blogs -

Emma Warren from Music and Words by Emma Warren described the opening ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympics and went over a good bit of the music played for the event.

Eddie Baranak from The Sights is keeping a tour diary. His latest entry has quite a few photos and general ‘on the road’ stuff.

American Blues Scene interviewed Big Llou Johnson on his new album, They Call Me Big Llou, his acting, B.B. King, the Just Blues Music Awards and his radio and announcing work. The entire interview is available to steam from the site as a podcast.

Autopsy IV from ninebullets.net asks the readers to Gimme Your Top 5 Of The First Half Of 2012 and also lists his choices.

Rachel from Adobe and Teardrops interviewed singer/songwriter Hannah Aldridge on her music, her family and her new EP, Wanderer. Rachel also streamed two tracks from the EP.

I am going to finish up with the new Gaslight Anthem vid:

- Kit

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Boys in the band ordered boat drinks…

July 23, 2012

I am going to hang out backstage with Jimmy Buffett!

Well, sort of.

Jimmy will give a 20 minute mini-concert backstage through StageIt before his Detroit show this Friday, July 27, 2012. Just pop over to StageIt and pick up a ticket. This is a pay-what-you-can/want show with the proceeds going to charity.

From the StageIt show description:

Have you ever wished you could hang out backstage with Jimmy before the show? Well this is your chance!

Jimmy will be spending 20 minutes with YOU, shooting the breeze and playing some tunes LIVE from his dressing room at Comerica Park in Detroit, MI this Friday, July 27 at 6:30PM EST. All of Jimmy’s proceeds will go to a charity (TBD).

Top tippers from the show will get some very nice gifts!

Top Tipper will get a PHONE CALL from Jimmy live from his dressing room during the show! Hey may even let you tell him what to play.

The Top 3 tippers will get an autographed Margaritaville Key WestTM Frozen Concoction Maker

Top 5 tippers get an autographed copy of Jimmy’s new CD: Fin City

This will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Don’t miss out! Grab your ticket today!

Start spreading the word on Twitter using the hashtag #BuffettOnStageit

See you there!

There are still tickets available and you can pick one up from the StageIt website. If you are looking for a copy of Jimmy’s new release, Fin City, you can pick one of those up on the Margaritaville website or over on Itunes or Amazon.

See you all at the show!

- Kit

Just in from StageIt –

The Jimmy Buffett performance ‘Live From His Dressing Room Backstage at Comerica Park’ has been rescheduled to start at 6:30 PM EDT, July 27, 2012 and will last for 20 minutes.

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The Week in Music Blogs – June 23 to June 29, 2012

June 30, 2012

Tony Conley from Rock Guitar Daily reviewed Tilting, the upcoming (and really good) release from Johnny Hickman.

Josh Hathaway over on Blinded by Sound reviewed the new Norah Jones album, Little Broken Hearts and tossed a stream of the album up for listening.

Delarue from New York Music Daily reviewed the Haley Bowery and the Manimals/Hannah vs the Many concert at Webster Hall.

At Screamer Magazine, Richard Rosenthal interviewed Ron Young from Little Caesar.

Heading south to ninebullets.net territory, Romoesidvicious reviewed Nah, Death Ima Comin’ for You, the upcoming release from Michael Dean Damron, and streamed a preview track from the album. While you all are over there, check out the ninebullets radio show from this week. The show had tunes from Have Gun Will Travel, William Elliot Whitmore, Pawn Shop Saints and so many more good bands.

Rachel over at Adobe and Teardrops wrapped up Pride Month with her review of White Noise, the new EP from Sarah Walk. She also shared a link to download the EP for free or for a donation amount of your choice.

Also from the Adobe and Teardrops Facebook page, some Gary Clark, Jr.- Live from Bonnaroo -

Little Indie Blogs reviewed and provided a link to preview four songs from the Chapel Club upcoming release, Good Together.

The Steve Carlson / Jonah Dolan StageIt concert that had to be cancelled has been rescheduled for July 11th. Tickets are sold out now, but they usually release another bunch closer to show date.

Cameron Matthews over at Spinner previewed Hey Girl, a new single from Dig. Sow. Love. Grow., the upcoming (August 7th) album by the Buffalo Killers and offered it up as a free download.

Fire by Viv and the Revival is being used by NBC and Bud Light in their summer Olympics ads and promo spots. You all can see the first video on the band’s website and catch more over the next month.

The Young Electrics only need a couple more votes and they will be performing at the Olympics as part of the Emerging Icons. Pop over and click on the little star to help them. Seriously, how many times are you going to have the chance to say, “I picked one of the bands that played the Olympics“?

To finish out the list, bluesman Peter Parcek tossed out another in his series, Unsung Heroes of the Blues Guitar. This entry focused on Kid Ramos.

And that is it for me. As always, if I missed your blog post just leave a comment with the addy or shoot me a quick email.

I’ll leave you all with a cool little live vid of Peter with Willie Hayes, Jesse Hayes and Kevin Harvey doing Let The Good Times Roll.

Kit

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The Week in Music Blogs – June 16 to June 22, 2012

June 23, 2012

This is another short week as I have been on vacation and mostly without internet access.

Jaylen from the comments section (grin) shared a link to a free download of the new Joe Bonamassa single Driving Towards the Daylight.

Over on The Bowery Presents, A. Stein reviewed the Anders Osborne - June 21, 2012 Brooklyn Bowl concert.

Greg Victor from Parcbench reviewed Royal Southern Brotherhood and shared a cool vid of their track, New Horizon.

Autopsy IV tossed up a new podcast – Episode 26 of the Ninebullets Podcast – for download.

And that is pretty much it for this week. Oh yeah, the new Don Williams cd, And So It Goes, was a hit with the Dad-In-Law. He played it through twice on his way home from Gatlinburg.

As always, if you have a music post, review, vid etc from the week you would like me pop in the list just leave your addy in the comment section or drop me an email.

- Kit

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The Week in Music…Blogs – June 9 to June 15, 2012

June 16, 2012

The list is a little short this week as I am packing for vacation and trying to get the reviews for next week written ahead of time.

Carrow from the Blue Walrus reviewed Closer to You by The (awesome) Coronas.

The Digital Fix interviewed Shade of Red on their debut EP Don’t Trust the Captain and streamed the track Mahatma Gandhi in Space.

Viv and the Revival released a new video from Seven-

Merlin Jobst interviewed Brendan Benson for The Line of Best Fit. They discussed Nashville, Benson’s new album What kind of World and his new label, Readymade Records.

John Allman from Ninebullets.net reviewed the new Bruce Springsteen album Wrecking Ball, while Autopsy IV convinced me to give the new Shooter Jennings release, Family Man, a listen.

New Alabama Shakes vid recorded live at Bonnaroo -

I took a walk on the punk side with a review of Born Strange, the debut album from Haley Bowery and the Manimals while Phil Allely from FameMagazine UK interviewed Haley on her music and the new album.

- Kit

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The Week in Music…Blogs – June 2 to June 8, 2012

June 9, 2012

There are still a few tickets left for the Steve Carlson and Jonah Dolan concert on StageIt tonight.

I missed this when I did the post yesterday so I’m tucking it in before the blog list. The Amends have their new EP, Signal up for two bucks on Bandcamp.

Monx from over on I Want 1000 Guitars reviewed Living with Scars by The Jo Wymer Band. I Want 1000 Guitars is also the home of Free Music Mondays so look around a little while you are there and pop some new stuff on your mp3 player.

Terry Gross from from NPR‘s Fresh Air interviewed Neil Young about Americana, the new album from Young and Crazy Horse.

Dora from Buzznet profiled the Young Electrics and streamed a track for listening. Jack Moore (Gypsy and the Wolf) is playing guitar for them (although not in the vid she has up).

Peter Parcek continues his Unsung Heroes of the Blues Guitar series with a piece on Andy Fairweather Low.

From Reader‘s Artist on Artist Johnny Burgin interviews Charlie Musselwhite.

Rachel from Adobe and Teardrops reviews Bear Creek from Brandi Carlile.

Debbie Davies is looking for some tremelo pedal recs. You can help her out on Twitter @DebDaviesBlues.

Gonna end this week with a video from the Americana Music Association Award Nominee Announcement, which was apparently a good excuse for lots of cool musicians to get on stage and play. This is Robert Ellis (with a little help from Jim Lauderdale, Don Was, Buddy Miller, Don Heffington and Greg Leisz on the pedal steel) performing Westbound Train.

- Kit

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We live to the rhythm…

June 6, 2012

Whoa…Hi to all the new people!

Yes, yes. I know most of you are only here hunting for Loki…or donuts…or Loki and donuts but still…HI!!

GamingHUD is your source for all things E3 this week. Well, it is my source but you all are welcome to join in and check out all the new and soon-to-be released gaming stuff. I am looking forward to the whole Smart Glass thing because trying to search for movies on netflix with the game controller is a huge pain (grin) but I know most people are waiting for news on their particular favorite game or franchise. Dean and Aldath are living on energy drinks, coffee and sheer willpower this week so they won’t miss a minute of the conference.

I’ve started packing for vacation which basically means I am hunting for Scooter’s shoes. I think they are sentient and actually hide themselves when I am not looking but so far I have been unable to prove this.

I have been sort of following the Diamond Jubilee. By following I actually mean reading Jack Moore’s tweets and watching an occasional vid but whatever.

Then I found this. I have no words.

Kit’s ‘So Awesome It Blows Awesome Out of The Water’ Awesome Vid of the Day

Grace Jones – Slave to the Rhythm – Live at the Diamond Jubilee

- Kit

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