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LIVE: Jim Weider's Project Percolator (featuring Garth Hudson) @ The Egg, 5/18/13
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... jazz-rock (with the emphasis on "rock") right at our heads. Back in the day, Weider replaced Robbie Robertson in The Band, and he was certainly up to the task. There's a delightful layer of fuzz on every lick and riff he plays, and the howling joy ... Comment?
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Five Firsts: Emma Torncello
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Pepper's . I was in second grade when I first got the album, and I listened to it every night, all the way through. Comment?
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Culture: After Hours Film Society
... Thomen (815) 740-5043, call (800) 735-7500 or visit www.stfrancis.edu. University of St. Francis Bernie's Band: The Band, which meets at the university at varying practice times, provides music at all home football games as well as other special ... Comment?
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Band Camp Barrington Comes to McGonigal's
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... Mark calls Band Camp Barrington's version of "The Last Waltz," which was a famous concert held by a band called The Band. He said, "In their farewell show, The Band invited musical friends Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Muddy Waters, Neil ... Comment?
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Sunday Cinema: Bob Dylan - Eat The Document
... is well worth your hour to view it. Dylan was on the road with members of a group that would soon call themselves The Band including guitarist Robbie Robertson and bassist Rick Danko. The film was shot for ABC who eventually turned down the ... Comment?
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Review: Weider group percolates with Band mate Hudson
Jim Weider's Project Percolator, a straight-up rock band that played The Band and Dylan ballads like high-end garage-rock, boiled several times over on Saturday night at the Egg's Swyer Theater. Comment?
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5/18/13: Today's Tips: Saturday
... Weider's Project Percolator @ The Egg , Albany. Guitarslinger Weider took over Robbie Robertson's guitar chair in the Band (and held it longer than Robbie did) and has been playing for years in Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble Band. But this time around ... Comment?
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Queen City Brass Band 21st Season Celebration Concert
... under the direction of Jamie P. Hood, Salvation Army Divisional Music Director and Besson Performing Artist. The Band is celebrating its twenty-first season of performances in the Charlotte-Metrolina region. The repertoire for this concert will ... Comment?
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5/16/13: Today's Tips: Thursday
MUSIC : Device @ the Upstate Concert Hall , Clifton Park. David Draiman leads the band in support of their recently released self-titled debut album. Comment?
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Project Percolator provides Weider with change of pace
By Brian McElhiney Gazette Reporter Jim Weider's Project Percolator will perform Saturday night at The Egg, featuring the longtime guitarist for The Band. Comment?
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The 10 Best LCD Soundsystem Songs
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... Even if Murphy says, once and for all, that his band will not be returning to keep partying with the guests - "the band are just friends and we make things together and eat food together, and STILL ALL GO OUT AND DO THINGS, just not all together as ... Comment?
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Guthrie, Helm and Croce set for local summer shows
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... to the Pikes Peak Center . Then on Aug. 6, the same venue will play host to Amy Helm , who is both the daughter of the Band 's Levon Helm and the stepdaughter of Steely Dan 's Donald Fagen . After that, Stargazers gets in on the act with a Sept. 7 ... Comment?
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Congrats to Larry Campbell on his Americana Music Association Nomination
Unlike so many other award shows that seem to create dozens and dozens of categories in an effort to insure that almost everyone wins an award - yeah, we're lookin' at you, Grammys - the fourth annual Americana Music Association keeps their trophies valuable - if not positively precious - by only honoring musicians in a mere six categories . Comment?
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New things still push Graham Nash's pen and his golden, lilting tenor. The Crosby, Stills & Nash singer has recently co-written songs about subjects such as Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier accused of passing on classified information to WikiLeaks, and the death of former The Band singer/drummer Levon Helm. Comment?
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Bergen Performing Arts Center New Shows On Sale
... and an initial version of "Hello It's Me." Todd began a record producer in the 1970s, first as an engineer on The Band's Stage Fright and later as producer for the Apple band Badfinger. Todd Rundgren's bestselling album, Something/Anything?, was ... Comment?
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Tracy Bonham And Phil Lesh With Terrapin Family Band To Ramble At Levon's
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Earlier today we told you about Terrapin Crossroads house band Terrapin Family Band, with Phil Lesh on bass, heading to the East Coast for the first time. Comment?
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Look for the last waltz of Levon Helm
" Ain't In It For My Health ", the musical Documentary playing as part of Gathr Films sneak preview series this week in Pittsburgh, presents a poignant, poetic, personal look at the last days, or more appropriately, the last waltz of the lead singer of The Band-- Levon Helm . Comment?
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Van Morrison Guests With Eric Clapton In Belfast
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... a Clapton set on his current tour. Clapton and Van The Man's friendship dates back decades as they both appeared at The Band's The Last Waltz finale. More recently, EC came out for Morrison's Astral Weeks shows in London. Among the other tunes ... Comment?
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Levon Helm documentary is a Little Rock Film Festival must-see
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... Pines." It's a collection of small moments that feel honest. You see some of the bitterness Levon felt about how The Band fell apart and how its legacy has been handled. Mostly, though, it's a portrait of a warm, gregarious man with a gift for ... Comment?
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Phil Lesh, Primus, Avett Bros, and more join Gov't Mule for Mountain Jam IX
Warren Haynes' annual Mountain Jam will kick off this year's Summer festival season for the 9th straight year on June 6-9 in Hunter Mountain, NY. Comment?
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