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"Jazz musicians are only workers who will put in a full shift for pay and then go somewhere else and continue to work for free." ~George Carlin

Iron Maiden Upcoming Album And Tour

Iron Maiden have announced details of their upcoming album and North American tour.
Called "The Final Frontier", the LP will be released in the summer and is the legendary rock band's fifteenth studio album.
Playing in support of the album, the band will begin a 22-date tour of North America, beginning with a show in Dallas, Texas on June the 9th.

Meanwhile, the group are set to appear at a number of European festivals including a headline slot at this year's Sonisphere Festival in Hertfordshire. Iron Maiden will play:
06/09 - Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
06/11 - Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
06/12 - San Antonio,TX AT&T Center
06/14 - Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheater
06/16 - Albuquerque, NM The Pavilion
06/17 - Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
06/19 - San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
06/20 - Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion
06/22 - Auburn, WA White River Amphitheater
06/24 - Vancouver, BC GM Place
06/26 - Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
06/29 - Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
06/30 - Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
07/03 - Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre
07/07 - Montreal, QC Bell Centre
07/11 - Holmdel, NJ PNC
07/12 - New York, NY Madison Square Garden
07/14 - Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
07/15 - Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
07/17 - Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
07/18 - Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
07/20 - Washington, D.C Jiffy Lube Live
Thanks for the report to Nme.com.

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"I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart." ~Waylon Jennings

Genesis Guitarist Steve Hackett’s Album to See Release in U.S.

Steve Hackett, former lead guitarist for Genesis, will follow the U.K. release of his new album Out Of The Tunnel’s Mouth with its U.S. release on June 8 on the InsideOut Music imprint, he has announced.
Praise for the eight-song collection has mounted ever since the native Londoner introduced the album, which he recorded in his living room, to the U.K. in November 2009. Among other collaborations, the album includes a song recorded with former Genesis guitarist Anthony Philips.
Hackett — who has long played a Gibson Les Paul Gold Top or Les Paul Custom — has enjoyed quite a career since departing Genesis in 1977, after recording eight albums with the legendary group. Together, he and former Yes guitarist Steve Howe founded the hit supergroup GTR in 1987, but the band was shortlived, dissolving only a year later. Since then Hackett’s remained engaged in solo work; in fact, the guitarist has released nearly two dozen solo albums over the past four decades.
On March 15, Hackett will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside Genesis bandmates Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks.

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"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence."  ~Robert Fripp

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"There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say." ~David Bowie

T-Bone Wolk Dies

Hall & Oates bassist T-Bone Wolk dies at 58

Mon Mar 1, 2010 11:12pm EST

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, who played bass for nearly 30 years with Daryl Hall and John Oates and also recorded with Elvis Costello and Billy Joel, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack.

Wolk was to have performed with Hall and Oates Monday as part of the one-year anniversary show for NBC's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon." Wolk's age was unknown.
A Yonkers, N.Y., native, the musician played bass on Kurtis Blow's early rap classic "These Are the Breaks" and between 1986 and 1992, served as the bassist for the "Saturday Night Live" house band, where he became familiar for his omnipresent black top hat. Wolk also collaborated and recorded with Carly Simon, Rosanne Cash, Bette Midler, Cyndi Lauper, Jewel and Shawn Colvin throughout his career.
But he was best known for his tenure with Hall and Oates, which began with the 1981 album "Private Eyes" and continued until the present day. In addition to his bass work for the duo, Wolk also served as a co-producer on several of their projects.
"To say that I am shocked is the ultimate understatement," Hall said in a statement. "T-Bone was my musical brother and losing him is like losing my right hand. It's not if I will go on, but how. T-Bone was one of the most sensitive and good human beings that I have ever known. And, I can truly say that I loved him."

Warwick Announces Robert Trujillo Signature Bass

Markneukirchen, Germany (March 1, 2010) -- Warwick has announced their latest artist signature model, the Robert Trujillo Streamer Signature Bass.


Specifications:
- Neck through
- Available as 5-string
- Available as right-handed only
- Matched Headstock Chrometone
- Maple neck, special Rob Trujillo shape
- Tigerstripe Ebony fingerboard with nickel silver frets
- R T Genuine Silver Custom Inlay
- 34” long scale
- Maple body
- Active EMG J/J pickups
- Bartolini 3-band electronics
- Quicksilver Chrometone or Turquoise Blue Chrometone finish
- Chrome hardware
- Just-A-Nut III
- Schaller 3D bridge
- Warwick machine heads
- Warwick security locks
- Dunlop Robert Trujillo Signature strings: .045” - .130”
- Including Warwick “User Kit” and RockCase flight case

Here's what Warwick had to say about their partnership with Robert:

Warwick welcomes Robert Trujillo!

That’s right, the venerable Metallica bassist is Warwick’s newest family member.

Trujillo is best known as the finger-style bass monster whose dexterity, tones and attitude have seen him grace the bass of Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica since the late ‘80s.

Warwick is proud to acknowledge its new affiliation with Robert Trujillo. In honor of this momentous occasion Warwick will be issuing a Robert Trujillo Streamer Signature Bass. The bass itself will feature a quicksilver or turquoise blue chrometone finish, giving it a metallic shine that, like Rob, demands center stage on any gig. The increased mass of the neck, special nut width and active EMG pickups and Bartolini 3-band electronics invite you to play at full throttle. The neck and body are both made of Maple, lending it an incredibly tight tone. Even the fastest licks and heaviest chords, for which Rob is notorious, are clear and powerful. Rob especially likes the comfort and the sleek design of the body which makes you become one with the resonance of the instrument.

The development of the Warwick Robert Trujillo Streamer Signature Bass happened over the course of two years. Warwick quality control manager and R&D assistant Marcus Spangler personally oversaw the development of Trujillo’s basses: “we made a Streamer with a flat back and some measurements that Robert’s tech Zach provided,” recalls Spangler. “We built one in makassar, one in zebrawood, one in quilted maple and a black chrome tone, which was the one he really liked. He called it ‘The Terminator.’” And so, Warwick proceeded to build him 3 more chrome tone basses, a 4-string and two 5-strings. These instruments now form the template for the Warwick Robert Trujillo Streamer Signature Bass. Marcus says that Zach told him, “Guys, I don´t know what you did with the neck but Robert is so happy with the playability.”

Above article from Premier Guitar
 

Paul McCartney to begin 'Up and Coming' 2010 tour,

Paul McCartney to begin 'Up and Coming' 2010 tour,

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"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art." ~Charlie "YardBird" Parker