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I saw Ha Ha Tonka, an indie folk rock band from Missouri last year. My first listen was live and they totally rocked the Iron Horse. They haven't come our way again yet, but their new album, Death of A Decade, is out and makes me want to wear my cowboy boots tomorrow.
http://www.bluebirdreviews.com/live-shows/44-ha-ha-tonka-at-the-iron-horse-july-19-2010.html
Keep em coming, knock us out, gentlemen !
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Saturday, April 16th is National Record Store Day!
If you are a collector or a music lover, visit your local record store to support this event.
Most record stores will have special deals, live performances and offers.
For more information visit the official Record Store Day website.
http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home
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To My Replacements Fan Friends (real and imagined),
There will be a documentary film out called, "Color Me Impressed" on The Replacements and their fans.
There is a brief tour of film previews happening this Spring.
Get the latest film viewing updates from PaulWesterberg.com
http://www.paulwesterberg.com/news.htm
I'll watch for more newa, until then, you can find me, "Left of the Dial."
~birdie
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RIP to the legendary Willie "Pine Top" Perkins, one of the last original Delta bluesmen. My brother in law saw him play live years ago and called me to tell me this news. I'm a newbie as a blues listener, and this fellow is easy on the ears. His voice is smooth and paced with comfort, making the repetitive lyrics of the blues an easy ride. He is most well known for his piano playing, and for spanning the evolution of the blues, from the Delta to Chicago, although he most recently lived in Texas. Passing at the age of 97, the man had a long and active career, winning three grammies; a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2005, followed by the 2007 Best Traditional Blues Album for his collaboration on the "Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas" and most recently, a Grammy in 2010 for his work with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith for Best Traditional Blues CD for Joined at the Hip with Telarc Records.
Read more: Willie "Pine Top" Perkins: Blues Oh Blues- March 22, 2011
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When other websites do those surveys of your favorite Led Zeppelin this or that song, my answer is always, "Ten Years Gone." Physical Graffiti is probably a favorite Zeppelin album of mine too; the Immigrant Song, Down By The Seaside, The Rover, In My Time of Dying, all musical masterpieces. But am I biased because Ten Years Gone is on it too?
The song quietly sneaks up on you with the first riffs and then another of Page's 14 guitar tracks that he used to structure the song comes in with a solid, powerful and under the earth harmony. This initial root grabs you and the seed is sewn for Robert Plant's somber, wise and poetic voice.
