Monday, May 30, 2022

Here's the official trailer for the David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream

Here's a movie we think is worth catching in September! We'll just quote the text accompanying the trailer:
From Oscar-nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen, director of Cobain: Montage of Heck, and featuring never-before-seen concert footage, MOONAGE DAYDREAM is an immersive cinematic experience; an audio-visual space odyssey that not only illuminates the enigmatic legacy of David Bowie but also serves as a guide to living a fulfilling and meaningful life in the 21st Century.

MOONAGE DAYDREAM is not a documentary. It is a genre-defying cinematic experience based on one of the most iconic and global rock stars of all time, destined to be one of the defining cultural moments of the year

The film has the full support of Bowie’s estate and features many of his greatest tracks, as well as previously unseen concert footage.

Friday, May 20, 2022

Steely Dan is back on the road with a new guitarist

Steely Dan Earth After Hours tour banner
steelydan.com

Friday May 20 is the opening night for the 2022 Steely Dan's Earth After Hours tour. All the dates listed below.

The band will feature a new guitarist. Adam Rogers. He was a member of Lost Tribe and Walter Becker produced the groups debut album in 1994.

Steely Dan fans have shared this 2015 guitar solo on the Donald Fagen song New Frontier from Adam recorded live with Randy Brecker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDIVemfQzYs

The complete track is on Randy Brecker's album RandyPOP!(Live).

And here he is in 2010 playing on Florida Room with Donald Fagen at the ASCAP Jazz Hall Of Fame award presentation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-JDwLJhQf4

Read more about Adam Rogers on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Rogers_(musician)


DATE VENUE LOCATION

MAY 20, 2022 VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM PORTLAND, OR.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy


MAY 21, 2022 WHITE RIVER AMPHITHEATRE AUBURN, WA.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

MAY 25, 2022 CONCORD PAVILION CONCORD, CA.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

MAY 27, 2022 HOLLYWOOD BOWL HOLLYWOOD, CA.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

MAY 28, 2022 NORTH ISLAND CREDIT UNION AMPHITHEATRE CHULA VISTA, CA.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

MAY 31, 2022 AK-CHIN PAVILION PHOENIX, AZ.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

JUN 02, 2022 DICKIES ARENA FORT WORTH, TX.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

JUN 03, 2022 CYNTHIA WOODS MITCHELL PAVILION HOUSTON, TX.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

JUN 05, 2022 ACL LIVE AUSTIN, TX.


JUN 06, 2022 ACL LIVE AUSTIN, TX.


JUN 10, 2022 WALMART AMPHITHEATRE ROGERS, AR.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

JUN 11, 2022 LIVE AT THE GARDEN MEMPHIS, TN.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

JUN 14, 2022 CADENCE BANK AMPHITHEATRE AT CHASTAIN PARK ATLANTA, GA.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

JUN 16, 2022 RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER CINCINNATI, OH.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

JUN 18, 2022 DTE ENERGY MUSIC THEATRE CLARKSTON, MI.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

JUN 19, 2022 HOLLYWOOD CASINO AMPHITHEATRE TINLEY PARK, IL.

Opening act: Snarky Puppy

JUN 21, 2022 SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUN 23, 2022 ST JOSEPH'S HEALTH AMPHITHEATER SYRACUSE, NY.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUN 25, 2022 WOLF TRAP FILENE CENTER VIENNA, VA.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUN 26, 2022 WOLF TRAP FILENE CENTER VIENNA, VA.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUN 29, 2022 NORTHWELL HEALTH AT JONES BEACH THEATER WANTAGH, NY.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUN 30, 2022 PNC BANK ARTS CENTER HOLMDEL, NJ.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUL 02, 2022 XFINITY CENTER MANSFIELD, MA.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUL 03, 2022 BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS BETHEL, NY.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUL 13, 2022 FIRSTBANK AMPHITHEATER FRANKLIN, TN.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUL 15, 2022 LANDMARK THEATER RICHMOND, VA.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUL 16, 2022 OVENS AUDITORIUM CHARLOTTE, NC.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUL 19, 2022 DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DURHAM, NC.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUL 20, 2022 MORAN THEATER JACKSONVILLE, FL.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUL 22, 2022 THE MAHAFFEY ST. PETERSBURG, FL.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUL 23, 2022 THE MAHAFFEY ST. PETERSBURG, FL.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

JUL 28, 2022 SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

HOLLYWOOD, FL.


JUL 30, 2022 BARBARA B MANN PERFORMING ARTS HALL FT. MYERS, FL.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

AUG 01, 2022 DR. PHILLIPS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ORLANDO, FL.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

AUG 02, 2022 DR. PHILLIPS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ORLANDO, FL.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

AUG 04, 2022 NORTH CHARLESTON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER NORTH CHARLESTON, SC.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

AUG 06, 2022 BORGATA ATLANTIC CITY, NJ.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

AUG 07, 2022 HARTFORD HEALTHCARE AMPHITHEATER BRIDGEPORT, CT.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

AUG 10, 2022 THE CAPITOL THEATRE PORT CHESTER, NY.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

AUG 12, 2022 THE CAPITOL THEATRE PORT CHESTER, NY.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio

AUG 13, 2022 THE CAPITOL THEATRE PORT CHESTER, NY.

Opening act:The Dave Stryker Trio


Tuesday, May 03, 2022

Review: Jethro Tull – the first concert of the Swedish tour

The Prog Years concert in Umeå on May 2 was the first of eight shows in Sweden. Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson had chosen a good mix of songs from 1968 up to the most recent album The Zealot Gene.
The band (Ian + bassist, guitarist, keyboardist and drummer) is very well rehearsed.
However, the guys behind Ian are somewhat anonymous compared to the Tull of the 70's which really felt like a band and where each member was quite a character.

Ian Anderson is still a terrific stage personality. He has some problems with his singing, difficulties with hitting the right notes. But keep in mind that he is a 74 year old rock legend and suffers from a lung disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD).

Today's Jethro Tull does not have the big orchestrated sound of the 70's (check out Live Bursting Out from 1978) and we do not get the vocal harmonies from those days, but all in all it was a good concert experience.

Highlights: Songs From The Wood (one of Tull's finest songs), The Dambusters March (what a powerful ending of a concert).