February 10, 2011

The ALBUM OF THE DAY
GREGG ALLMAN...Low Country Blues (2011)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

One of the reasons I decided to check this album out was because I read that T-Bone Burnett was the producer. He was the producer of Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and No Better Than This by John Mellencamp.. Both of those are great records. This is, also, a great record. There are so many genres touched on in this work: the blues, country, southern rock, 50's rock, jazz, soul. There are 11 covers on the album, and the one track penned by Allman and Warren Haynes (of the Allman Brothers) fits in perfectly. Other highlights include "I Can't Be Satisfied" (originally by Muddy Waters), "Tears, Tears, Tears" (originally by Amos Milburn) and "Blind Man" (originally by Bobby Bland). This album reached number 5 on the U.S. Billboard charts and i definitely recommend it, it was a very good listen.


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ON THIS DATE
1969 The Beatles company "Apple" takes control of all of their business affairs
1978 Van Halen release their debut album Van Halen
1979 Rod Stewart is at number one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart with "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
2004 Lucky by Melissa Etheridge is released
2005 ZZ Top, along with Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Dickie Betts perform in West Hollywood at the Jam Sessions Concert, where proceeds benefit the VH1 Save The Music Foundation
2005 Mick Mars from Motley Crue is sued for $10 million by an ex girlfriend claiming Mars promised to support her throughout her life but hasn't
2006 At the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy Yoko Ono took to the stage making a plea for peace, and afterwards Peter Gabriel performs John Lennon's "Imagine"
2006 Scott Stapp from Creed marries former Miss New York, Jaclyn Nesheiwat
2006 It is announced that James LoMenzo is the new bassist for Megadeth
2008 At the 50th Grammy Awards The Foo Fighters won Best Hard Rock performance for "The Pretender" and Best Rock Album for "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace", Solo Rock Vocal Performance and Rock Song went to Bruce Springsteen for "Radio Nowhere", Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media went to the Beatles for "Love" and the Eagles won Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal for "How Long"

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