Jon Herington podcast + article

Photo by Jon Gorr

Jon Herington is the guest in episode 46 of Friends of Dan Music Podcast. No, it's not Dan as i Steely Dan, but Dan as in Dan Miles. He's the host of the podcast.

Pop on over here and give the Jon Herington episode a listen and we're sure you'll find a few more among the other 45 podcasts you just have to listen to!

And Riveting Riffs Magazine has an article about Jon here.

Thanks to Ben Rose who shared the above links on the dandom.com Facebook page!

New collection: 40 CD's with Swedish prog music

Photo: Swedish Broadcasting.

If you are into Swedish progressive rock this one might be for you. Guitarist Coste Apetrea (Samla Mammas Manna and other groups) has assembled a 40 CD box with live recordings from the archives of Sveriges Radio (Swedish Broadcasting).
Progglådan (The Prog Box) include groups as Hoola Bandoola Band, Nationalteatern, Ebba Grön and Kebnekaise.

Interview with Apetrea (in Swedish)

You can buy the box here

Eagle Rock releases Zappa's 1974 KCET show

Eagle Rock Entertainment and the Zappa Family Trust announce the first official release of Frank Zappa's TV show on KCET entitled A Token of His Extreme. That was an original program created by Frank Zappa for TV. 
The material consists of a concert filmed in a big TV studio in front of an audience.

Track list:
The Dog Breath Variations/ Uncle Meat, Montana, Earl Of Duke (George Duke), Florentine Pogen, Stink-Foot, Pygmy Twylyte, Room Service, Inca Roads, Oh No, Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, A Token Of My Extreme.
Probably also: Approximate and Cosmik Debris, even though not mentioned on Amazon (see link below).

It was recorded on August 27, 1974 at KCET in Hollywood, and features the band with Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke and others (the same band as on The Helsinki Concert - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore - Vol. 2). Some of the material from this occasion also exist on The Dub Room Special DVD.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Frank-Zappa-Token-Extreme-NTSC/dp/B00BUL983S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363632366&sr=8-1

New Bowie album: #1

David Bowie's new album The Next Day is nothing but a success. It has quickly reached the number one chart position in several countries. BBC News reports that it is Bowie's first album in 20 years to score the #1 position.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21821327

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums

http://swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a

Shipping date for Roxy soundtrack

We received an e-mail from Gail Zappa with the latest news on the upcoming Roxy soundtrack, which is supposed to finance the release of the Roxy DVD:

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Dear Residents of Earth who are interested in anything & everything concerning the Roxy Performances & the Roxy By Proxy,

Mercury ceases its retrograde activities tomorrow.*  We've been busy refining the License.  Based on your questions we are clarifying the offer to absolutely include people who are not necessarily U.S. residents.  We are extending the offer to the 21st of June - the Summer Solstice!  But most importantly we are pleased to announce we are going FORWARD.  This means we can give you an actual ship date.  And it is:  Not later than 30 July 2013.  YAY!

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This is the first part of Gail's e-mail. Read more here:
https://getsome.zappa.com/RoxyByProxyEmail

Original Yes guitarist dies

Peter Banks, one of the founders of the group Yes, died recently.
Banks performed on the group's first two albums. He died at the age of 65.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/yes-guitarist-peter-banks-dead/?trackback=fbshare

Yes; Steely Dan will tour in 2013 - First two dates announced!

Nothing on steelydan.com yet, but the Ravinia Festival homepage show two dates for Steely Dan. August 1 and 2 according to these links:

http://www.ravinia.org/ViewDate.aspx?show=592
http://www.ravinia.org/ViewDate.aspx?show=593

Tickets to these two shows go on sale April 25 online here.

It's not the first time Steely Dan will play Ravinia north of Chicago, so the choice of venue is no surprise. All we need to know now are the rest of the dates. And the name of the tour!

But it looks like the rumour of a July - October 2013 tour just might be correct. 

Steely Dan last toured in 2011 with the Shuffle Diplomacy Twenty Eleven tour.

Radio Dupree Top 20 - March 2013

1.  Miles Davis - My Man's Gone Now
We Want Miles
 
2.  Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
The Wall
 
3.  Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile
More Experience Vol. 2
 
4.  Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Electric Ladyland
 
5.  Frank Zappa - Society Pages
You Are What You Is
 
6.  Jesus Christ Superstar - What's the Buzz/Strange Thing Mystifying
Jesus Christ Superstar (rock opera)
 
7.  Rick Wakeman - Bombay Duck
Rhapsodies
 
8.  Jimi Hendrix - Power of Soul
Band of Gypsys
 
9.  Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
200 Motels: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD]
 
10.  Jimi Hendrix - Midnight Lightning
The First Great Rock Festivals of the Seventies
 
11.  Jesus Christ Superstar - Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem - Jesus Christ Superstar (rock opera)
12.  Pink Floyd - Your Possible Pasts - The Final Cut
13.  Jimi Hendrix - Come on - Electric Ladyland
14.  Jesus Christ Superstar - Heaven on Their Minds - Jesus Christ Superstar (rock opera)
15.  Jethro Tull - Flying Dutchman - Stormwatch
16.  Jimi Hendrix - We Gotta Live Together - Band of Gypsys
17.  Jesus Christ Superstar - Damned for All Time/Blood Money - Jesus Christ Superstar (rock opera)
18.  Jimi Hendrix with Curtis Knight - Satisfaction - Knock Yourself Out
19.  Jimi Hendrix - Young & Hendrix - Nine to the Universe
20.  Jimi Hendrix - Easy Blues - Nine to the Universe

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Chart compiled by listeners voting
on the songs they hear on Radio Dupree

Hey! We've got a 20 minute tune as number one this month! With Miles Davis taking the top spot we still have two "J:s" filling most of the other positions: Jimi Hendrix, who's been a staple on the chart for a few months now, and Jesus, as in the rock opera.  

New compilation including Donald Fagen and Black Friday

Radio Woodstock Live! Vol. 4 has just been released and among "14 EXCLUSIVE RARE LIVE TRACKS RECORDED AT RADIO WOODSTOCK'S STUDIOS, CONCERTS, AND FESTIVALS ON ONE CD!" we find Donald Fagen with Olabelle doing a version of the Steely Dan classic Black Friday.

1. Blind Willie McTell - Rick Danko
2. If I Had A Rocket Launcher - Bruce Cockburn
3. Medicine - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
4. Black Friday - Donald Fagen w/ Ollabelle
5. Bright Lights - Gary Clark Jr.
6. Shine - ALO
7. Bird In A House - Railroad Earth
8. Windows Are Rolled Down - Amos Lee
9. Is It Like Today - World Party
10. Give Me Something - Scars on 45
11. I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory - Kathleen Edwards
12. How 'Bout You - Yonder Mountain String Band
13. Lullaby - Shawn Mullins
14. Rosalee - Chris Robinson Brotherhood