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‘To Love Somebody’ was the ONLY Australian Song Performed At Woodstock ‘69

by Paul Cashmere

Fun Fact: Only one Australian song was performed at Woodstock ’69 and it was The Bee Gees ‘To Love Somebody’ performed by Janis Joplin.

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Ash Grunwald

Ash Grunwald To Launch Signature Pratley Guitar At Melbourne Guitar Show

by Paul Cashmere

Australian blues guitarist Ash Grunwald will unveil his new signature guitar for Pratley Guitars at the Melbourne Guitar Show in August.

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Dr John, Deni Bluesfest on Saturday 19 April 2014

Memo Music Hall Plans Salute To Dr John This Sunday

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne musicians will gather at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda this Sunday for a tribute to Mac Rebennack (aka Dr John) who passed away on 6 June 2019.

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Robert Plant, Australian Tour 2013, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Robert Plant performs his Led Zeppelin classic Immigrant Song for first time in 23 Years

by Music-News.com

Robert Plant has performed ‘Immigrant Song’ by Led Zeppelin for the first time in 23 years.

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Billy Gibbons, Noise11, SXSW 2012, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Billy Gibbons and Dave Grohl to feature on Queens of the Stone Age album

by Music-News.com

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons has revealed that the band’s frontman Josh Homme recruited himself and Foo Fighters singer Grohl to work on the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Villains’ while at a party.

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Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac performs at ADOTG at Mt Duneed Winery on 7 November 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Mick Fleetwood Says Former Fleetwood Mac Member Won’t Be Back

by Music-News.com

Mick Fleetwood has given up hope of a reunion with the former members of Fleetwood Mac.

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Don Walker Songs and Shots

Don Walker Tells The Story Behind His Song and Jimmy Barnes’ Hit ‘Stone Cold’

by Paul Cashmere

When Jimmy Barnes released his sixth solo album ‘Heat’ in 1993 it had a familiar sound on one track. ‘Stone Cold’ was written by his former Cold Chisel band mate Don Walker. It was the first thing Don and Jimmy had done together since the break-up of Cold Chisel five years earlier.

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Sheryl Crow performs at Margaret Court Arena on Friday 6 April 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Sheryl Crow Debuts Her New Song With Joe Walsh

by Paul Cashmere

The new Sheryl Crow song from her upcoming album Threads is a duet with Joe Walsh.

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Shannon Bourne and Sarah Carroll

Shannon Bourne and Sarah Carroll to play a very special show at Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Shannon Bourne will perform what will be a very special show with Sarah Carroll, the partner of Chris Wilson, at Memo Music Hall on Friday night.

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Dr John, Deni Bluesfest on Saturday 19 April 2014

Dr John Still Has A Final Album To Come

by Music-News.com

Music legend Dr. John is set to serve up a posthumous treat for fans after making sure he completed one last album before his passing.

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Dr John, Deni Bluesfest on Saturday 19 April 2014

New Orleans Blues Legend Dr John dies at 77

by Paul Cashmere

Grammy-winning New Orleans blues legend has died of a heart attack at age 77.

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Buddy and Julie Miller

Buddy & Julie Miller release first new music in a decade

by Paul Cashmere

‘Breakdown on 20th Ave’ is the title of the first Buddy & Julie Miller album in a decade.

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Joe Creighton

Joe Creighton to Honour His Irish Roots At Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Singer-songwriter bass player Joe Creighton will honour his former home of Belfast with his new show ‘Just A Boy From Belfast’ at Memo Music Hall this weekend.

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Roky Erickson at SXSW 2008 photo bt Ros O'Gorman

Austin Legend Roky Erickson has died at age 71

by Paul Cashmere

Roky Erickson, one-time lead singer of psychedelic band 13th Floor Elevators, has died in Austin, Texas at the age of 71.

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Sheryl Crow performs at Margaret Court Arena on Friday 6 April 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples have made a song together and its pretty amazing

by Paul Cashmere

Sheryl Crow has used the full force of her telephone contacts to bring in some of the biggest and most legendary names for her new album Threads. She has unveiled rehearsal footage of her new song ‘Live Wire’ with Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples.

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Vanessa Amorosi

Vanessa Amorosi sings the praises of Duane McDonald and Red Hot Summer ahead of her own shows

by Paul Cashmere

Vanessa Amorosi has just finished up touring for Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer and had the time of her life being back in Australia and on the road with people she considers her music family.

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Ben Harper - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Ben Harper and Billy Gibbons win Blues Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere

Ben Harper has won his first Blues Music Award while Billy Gibbons is also a winner for his solo album ‘The Big Bad Blues’.

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Lisa Fischer

Lisa Fischer to present her remarkable career for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival

by Paul Cashmere

For decades we’ve heard the incredible voice of Lisa Fischer behind Tina Turner, Sting and mostly the Rolling Stones. The Melbourne International Jazz Festival as enticed this remarkable singer to showcase her voice solo during this year’s festival.

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Peter Asher, music news, noise11.com

David Roy Williams scores legends Peter Asher and Albert Lee to tour Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Promoter David Roy Williams, who toured Albert Lee in Australia in 2018, will bring him back for 2019 with the legendary Peter Asher.

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Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa is touring Australia with Anton Fig, Reese Wynans and Mahalia Barnes

by Paul Cashmere

Blues/Rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa will return to Australia in September and he will have Anton Fig, Reese Wynans and Mahalia Barnes in the band.

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Russell Morris at The Espy St Kilda 24 April 2019 photo by Noise11

Russell Morris proves 70 is the new Top 40

by Paul Cashmere

The very fact that an artist now in his 70s can perform a show of mainly new songs and still hold an audience from start to finish is a testament to their talent. Russell Morris did just that at his show at Melbourne’s landmark venue The Espy in St Kilda this week.

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Canned Heat

How Canned Heat Made a Wilbert Harrison Song a Hit Before Ferry and Dylan Recorded It

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesman Wilbert Harrison was responsible for Canned Heat’s third hit song. After the Los Angeles blues rock boogie band scored their first and second hits with now classics ‘On The Road Again’ and ‘Going Up The Country’, their third hit was a cover of Wilbert’s ‘Lets Stick Together’.

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Sheryl Crow performs at Margaret Court Arena on Friday 6 April 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Sheryl Crow and Johnny Cash Merge Redemption Day With Stunning Music Video

by Paul Cashmere

Sheryl Crow first released ‘Redemption Day’ on her second album in 1996. Johnny Cash left us in 2003. In 2010, his version of Sheryl Crow’s ‘Redemption Day’ was released as part of his American Songbook series. Today, 19 April, 2019, the two songs were merged.

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JBLZE Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Experience

Jason Bonham Apologises To Jimmy Page over Cocaine Comments

by Paul Cashmere

Jason Bonham, the son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, has apologised to his dad’s co-founder Jimmy Page for describing instances with hard drugs via Page as a kid on tour with Led Zep.

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Hooker N Heat John Lee Hooker Canned Heat

Canned Heat founder Fito de la Parra solves the mystery of the Hooker ‘N Heat cover

by Paul Cashmere

Canned Heat founding member Adolfo “Fito” de la Parra has confirmed the mystery behind the classic John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat collaboration, the 1971 album ‘Hooker ‘N Heat’.

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Eric Clapton image by Ros O'Gorman

John Mayer Joins Eric Clapton On Stage In Japan

by Music-News.com

John Mayer rocked out with the guitar great Eric Clapton onstage over the weekend as he kicked off his five-night residency in Tokyo, Japan.

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A Tribute to Eric Clapton

Celebrate Eric Clapton’s 74th Birthday at Memo Music Hall This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Eric Clapton fans can join in for a 74th birthday celebration at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda this Saturday.

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Garland Jeffreys and Bruce Springsteen photo by Ros O'Gorman

Garland Jeffreys To Retire From Touring

by Paul Cashmere

Brooklyn singer-songwriter Garland Jeffreys has announced he will be ceasing to tour after his next set of dates but that doesn’t mean he will stop writing and recording.

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Fleetwood Mac photo by Ros O'Gorman

Fleetwood Mac Postpone Remainder of North American Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The remaining dates for the Fleetwood Mac North American tour have been postponed after Stevie Nicks came down with the flu.

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The Rolling Stones, Ros OGorman photographer, Rod Laver Arena

Keith Richards says Talk Is Cheap was the last thing in the world he wanted to do

by Paul Cashmere

When Keith Richards made his first solo album ‘Talk Is Cheap’ he says it was the last thing in the world he wanted to do.

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