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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Music News</title><link>http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/home.aspx</link><description>All the latest music news that rocks!</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012, WMMR-FM</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 23:33:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>http://emmisinteractive.com</generator><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WMMR/channels/music-news" /><feedburner:info uri="wmmr/channels/music-news" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>WMMR/channels/music-news</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><title>SLASH SAYS NO AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD REUNITE GUNS N' ROSES</title><description>&lt;img src="http://www.wmmr.com/Pics/Channels/2311/Thumbnail/velvetrevolver(slash)1_75-055.jpg" align="left" vspace="2" hspace="10"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.pulsewebcontent.com/photos/2004/04_Apr/velvetrevolver(slash)1_75.jpg" alt="" align="left" border="0" /&gt;Legendary guitarist &lt;strong&gt;Slash&lt;/strong&gt; was interviewed by CNN's &lt;strong&gt;Piers Morgan&lt;/strong&gt; on Wednesday night (May 23rd), where he said that no amount of money could ever get the original &lt;strong&gt;Guns N' Roses &lt;/strong&gt;to reunite. Slash explained, "I don't think it's a matter of that; it really isn't. I think you've got a situation where nobody involved wants to revisit. It's not just me -- it's the whole band. And so I don't think there's a price tag that anybody's put in front of us that's going to make that work."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Asked about the kinds of offers the band has gotten to get back together for a tour, Slash replied, "I've heard a lot of numbers, but I've never been handed a specific offer. But I'd say it starts off with seven figures and then sometimes it starts to get even more grandiose than that."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Guns N' Roses was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month, with Slash and several other original and later members of the group performing. Missing, however, was singer &lt;strong&gt;Axl Rose&lt;/strong&gt;, who declined to attend.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Slash told us that he knew from the start there was no chance of the original lineup performing again: &lt;strong&gt;"I never, in however many years it's been, ever planned or thought that there was gonna be any reunion. Everybody else has sort of alluded to it but, you know, I never saw it coming. I knew it was just an impossible thing, and it wasn't something I really wanted."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Slash also told Morgan he has not spoken with Axl since 1996, the year he left the band. As for the circumstances of his departure, Slash recalled, "It wasn't even me necessarily leaving the band, it was not continuing on with the new band that Axl put together that he was now at the helm of, which was the new Guns N' Roses. I was given a contract to basically join his new band, and it took about 24 hours before I decided, 'I think this is the end of the line.'"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Slash released his second solo album, titled &lt;em&gt;Apocalyptic Love&lt;/em&gt;, on Tuesday (May 22nd). The first single, "You're A Lie," is a Top Five track at rock radio.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Slash and his band will play &lt;em&gt;Rocklahoma&lt;/em&gt; in Pryor, Oklahoma on Friday (May 25th) and Albuquerque, New Mexico on Saturday (May 26th) before heading out on a European jaunt.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660066;"&gt;CHECK IT OUT: Watch Slash on &lt;em&gt;Piers Morgan Tonight&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="prodnotes"&gt;&lt;span class="prodnotes"&gt;&lt;iframe style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4YCDEr9uJb0?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT DO YOU&amp;nbsp;THINK??&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Everyone has a price -- do you really think Slash, Axl and the other guys don't have theirs?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Speaking of prices, how much would you be willing to pay to see the original G N' R perform again?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If one or more of them hit on really hard times, you think they'd see their way clearer to a reunion?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Or is it better that they just leave it alone and let the legend live on?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;INTERNET COMMENTS at &lt;em&gt;Blabbermouth.net&lt;/em&gt; -- agree or not?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;kboris wrote: "can any amount of money get you guys to stfu about it?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;Sintanic wrote: "I'm sure they'd love to stop talking about it...the trick is to get people to stop asking them to talk about it. "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;glam_rock_zombie wrote: "If Axl all of the sudden wanted to get the classic line up back together, they'd all STFU and do it. That is huge money."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;BSlash24 wrote: "for anyone to hold their breath for a reunion is silly, not to mention, that creative magic is gone. They are not the street urchins they were in 1987...if you can get a a few good tunes from them individually, you're lucky." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://209.18.87.197/AudioUpload/audio/MP3/2012/05_may/Slash_Says_He_Knew_Guns_N_Roses_Would_Never_Reunite.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Slash Says He Always Knew Guns N' Roses Would Never Reunite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read more at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/dxc684b" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blabbermouth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://loudwire.com/slash-i-havent-spoken-to-axl-rose-since-1996/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Loudwire&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://ultimateclassicrock.com/slash-reveals-his-last-words-to-axl-rose/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ultimate Classic Rock&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/slash-my-last-words-to-axl/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Classic Rock&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Check out more interview video at &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/d9oejbs"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blabbermouth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~4/d7dwxSae2iw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~3/d7dwxSae2iw/story.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709925</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:19:00 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709925</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>METALLICA'S ROBERT TRUJILLO FINANCING FILM ABOUT BASS LEGEND</title><description>&lt;img src="http://www.wmmr.com/Pics/Channels/2311/Thumbnail/metallica(roberttrujillo)1_75-005.jpg" align="left" vspace="2" hspace="10"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.pulsewebcontent.com/photos/2004/09_Sep/metallica(roberttrujillo)1_75.jpg" alt="" align="left" border="0" /&gt;With &lt;strong&gt;Metallica&lt;/strong&gt; making its own 3D feature film and drummer &lt;strong&gt;Lars Ulrich&lt;/strong&gt; forging a career as an actor, now bassist &lt;strong&gt;Robert Trujillo &lt;/strong&gt;is dipping his toes into the movie business as well. According to &lt;em&gt;USA Today&lt;/em&gt;, Trujillo is financing a film about the late, legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius, who is cited as a major influence on many of today's top players in the rock and jazz worlds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Trujillo said, "Jaco was my hero growing up. Hearing him was like hearing &lt;strong&gt;Eddie Van Halen&lt;/strong&gt; doing 'Eruption' for the first time. You thought, 'What instrument is that?' I love jazz fusion and branched out from there. But Jaco had an edge that far exceeded his jazz persona. He was funk, he was rock, he was soul, and his whole attitude was punk."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Trujillo has been working on the project for two years with director &lt;strong&gt;Stephen Kijak&lt;/strong&gt; and hopes to have it ready for this September's &lt;em&gt;Toronto Film Festival&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The film, tentatively titled &lt;em&gt;Jaco&lt;/em&gt;, will feature commentary from the &lt;strong&gt;Red Hot Chili Peppers&lt;/strong&gt;' &lt;strong&gt;Flea&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Sting&lt;/strong&gt;, Carlos Santana and others.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Trujillo said he met Pastorius, who suffered from mental illness, just once, recalling, "I wanted to rescue him, but I learned that Jaco didn't want to be rescued." He added, "This film for me is from the heart."&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As previously reported, Metallica will begin shooting its own 3D feature film this August. The movie is said to be a combination of concert footage and narrative storyline.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lars Ulrich, meanwhile, has a featured role as Dutch documentary maker &lt;strong&gt;Joris Ivens&lt;/strong&gt; in the HBO film &lt;em&gt;Hemingway &amp;amp; Gellhorn&lt;/em&gt;, which premieres this Monday (May 28th). The film stars &lt;strong&gt;Clive Owen &lt;/strong&gt;as author &lt;strong&gt;Ernest Hemingway&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Nicole Kidman &lt;/strong&gt;as war correspondent &lt;strong&gt;Martha Gellhorn&lt;/strong&gt; in a fictionalized account of their affair.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;DID YOU KNOW?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;Jaco Pastorius was best known for his revolutionary jazz-fusion playing with the group &lt;strong&gt;Weather Report&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;He also played on four highly-acclaimed albums by &lt;strong&gt;Joni Mitchell&lt;/strong&gt;, as well as dozens of other projects by various artists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;Pastorius, who suffered from mental illness, bipolar disorder and substance abuse for most of his life, died in 1986 at the age of 35 after being badly beaten outside a bar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;During his life, Pastorius received two Grammy nominations and was inducted posthumously into the &lt;em&gt;Down Beat&lt;/em&gt; Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;INTERNET COMMENTS at &lt;em&gt;USA Today&lt;/em&gt; -- agree or not?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;Fred Anderson wrote: "Jaco is the most influential electric bass player of all time. Anyone who plays bass knows Jaco."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;Christopher wrote: "More music lovers should know Jaco. I look forward to Trujillo's work."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;Jonathan Gruver wrote: "Hopefully Trujillo will get others to comment on Jaco's influence, like Pat Metheny, Joni Mitchell, Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten, etc."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;Read more at &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/d9rb39e" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blabbermouth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://loudwire.com/metallica-robert-trujillo-hero-jaco-pastorius-documentary-film/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Loudwire&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;Read more about &lt;strong&gt;Lars Ulrich&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/cdnk6a2" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blabbermouth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~4/CZJvfT15n58" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~3/CZJvfT15n58/story.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709931</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709931</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>SOUNDGARDEN AND PEARL JAM KEEPING MATT CAMERON BUSY</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Drummer &lt;strong&gt;Matt Cameron&lt;/strong&gt; has one of the busiest schedules in rock: not only has he been the drummer for &lt;strong&gt;Pearl Jam&lt;/strong&gt; since 1998, but his previous band, &lt;strong&gt;Soundgarden&lt;/strong&gt; reunited two years ago and has also been keeping Cameron hard at work. He spoke with &lt;em&gt;RockOl.com&lt;/em&gt; about doing double duty with both bands, saying, "As a musician, it's not hard for me to do it. But the scheduling can be sometime tough. Both bands will be pretty active in the next couple of years. Sometime my family gets a little upset that I''m gone so much, and I certainly don't want to be gone that much. But the opportunities are really fantastic right now: both groups are in demand for live concerts, new music and there's no reason not to do it. I'm enjoying it."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We asked Cameron if he alters his style depending on which band he's playing in: &lt;strong&gt;"I don't think I do. I mean, I'm just really trying to play my role in each group. I definitely feel like I support the vocal in both groups. The music around the vocal is a little bit different. But that's the way I've always considered my drumming, is vocal-influenced. I've been lucky enough to play with two of the best singers in modern day history, so I think that's always sort of been my strength as a drummer."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Soundgarden began recording a new album in March 2011, with the disc slated to come out sometime this fall. Cameron explained why it has taken so long to complete, saying, "It just took a little time to get it going, because of scheduling. &lt;strong&gt;Chris&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;Cornell&lt;/strong&gt;, frontman) and I have pretty busy schedules and tours outside of Soundgarden. So it has just taken a long time to get everyone on the same page and make sure we're not double-booking ourselves."&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As for how the new disc turned out, Cameron said, "Once we got into the studio, we had a really good time together and everything came together very easily. It was very good to record new Soundgarden. I think people will enjoy what we did in 2012 -- it's a nice evolution of familiar elements of our sounds."&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cameron will also be doing live and studio work with Pearl Jam later this year as well, saying that Pearl Jam is "going to finish recording this fall. We had half of it done, and then we decided to go back and do some more writing. We're going to release it at some point in 2013, but I can't look that far into the future."&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Soundgarden's first new song in 16 years, "Live To Rise," is currently topping the Active Rock radio chart.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The track is taken from &lt;em&gt;Avengers Assemble&lt;/em&gt;, the companion soundtrack to the blockbuster movie &lt;em&gt;The Avengers&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT DO YOU THINK??&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Do you think that Cameron is taking on too much by playing in both bands?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If you were him and had to choose one group to keep playing with, which one would you choose?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Based on hearing "Live To Rise," are you looking forward to the new Soundgarden record?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;INTERNET COMMENTS at &lt;em&gt;Blabbermouth.net&lt;/em&gt; -- agree or not?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;pupo wrote: "One of the best drummers EVER. Looking forward to hearing those two albums!!!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;aztec wrote: "Two killer bands that helped change the scene, and he's drumming for both now. Thats just bad ass!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;hurricane hugo wrote: "his talents are totally wasted in Pearl Jam."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;zbtrocker wrote: "One of my favorite drummers. One of the few around today who you can tell it's him when he starts playing. He's awesome in both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Can't wait for both new albums."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;jokerstyle wrote: "awesome drummer, distinct sound, cool dude and apparently never ages."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://209.18.87.197/AudioUpload/audio/MP3/2012/05_may/Matt_Cameron_On_Playing_Differently_In_Soundgarden_And_Pearl_Jam.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Matt Cameron On Whether He Plays Differently In Soundgarden And Pearl Jam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read more at &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/c3o52pf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blabbermouth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and &lt;a href="http://loudwire.com/matt-cameron-taupcoming-soundgarden-pearl-jam-albums/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Loudwire&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=HlGLLa-RaVs:6_mbbJsXgHs:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=HlGLLa-RaVs:6_mbbJsXgHs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=HlGLLa-RaVs:6_mbbJsXgHs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=HlGLLa-RaVs:6_mbbJsXgHs:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=HlGLLa-RaVs:6_mbbJsXgHs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=HlGLLa-RaVs:6_mbbJsXgHs:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=HlGLLa-RaVs:6_mbbJsXgHs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=HlGLLa-RaVs:6_mbbJsXgHs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~4/HlGLLa-RaVs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~3/HlGLLa-RaVs/story.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709929</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:24:00 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709929</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>MORE PEARL JAM: BASSIST FUNDS SKATE PARKS, GUITARIST 'REUNITES' MAD SEASON</title><description>&lt;img src="http://www.wmmr.com/Pics/Channels/2311/Thumbnail/pearljam(jeffament)2_75-007.jpg" align="left" vspace="2" hspace="10"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.pulsewebcontent.com/photos/2006/04_Apr/pearljam(jeffament)2_75.jpg" alt="" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pearl Jam&lt;/strong&gt; bassist &lt;strong&gt;Jeff Ament&lt;/strong&gt; has added skate park builder to a resume that already includes activist and philanthropist. According to &lt;em&gt;Antiquiet&lt;/em&gt;, lifelong skateboarder Ament -- who learned how to skate while growing up in rural Montana -- currently helps build tremendous skate parks in some of the most rural and deprived areas in the west. Most recently, in 2011, he joined forces with others to build a world-class skate park on the impoverished Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A new short film called &lt;em&gt;Pass The Bucket&lt;/em&gt; focuses on Ament's passion for skateboarding.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, Pearl Jam guitarist &lt;strong&gt;Mike McCready&lt;/strong&gt; unveiled a new version of the band &lt;strong&gt;Mad Season&lt;/strong&gt; on Wednesday night (May 23rd) at the Showbox in Seattle. At a benefit for the Crohn's &amp;amp; Colitis Foundation of America, McCready and Mad Season drummer &lt;strong&gt;Barrett Martin&lt;/strong&gt; performed the band's "River Of Deceit" for the first time in nearly two decades, with &lt;strong&gt;Loaded&lt;/strong&gt;'s &lt;strong&gt;Jeff Rouse&lt;/strong&gt; on vocals and &lt;strong&gt;Rick Friel&lt;/strong&gt; on bass.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;McCready has said recently that Mad Season, which also featured late &lt;strong&gt;Alice In Chains&lt;/strong&gt; singer &lt;strong&gt;Layne Staley&lt;/strong&gt;, could be making a semi-return later this year.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;According to &lt;em&gt;Grunge Report&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;McCready said that he plans to reissue the group's one album, 1995's &lt;em&gt;Above&lt;/em&gt;, as well as a live record, and added that there is unreleased material that he would like to complete with new singers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mad Season officially dissolved in 1999 following the death of bassist &lt;strong&gt;John Baker Saunders&lt;/strong&gt;. Staley died three years later in 2002.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mad Season's sole album, &lt;em&gt;Above&lt;/em&gt;, was certified gold for sales of half a million copies and yielded two Top 20 modern rock singles, "River Of Deceit" and "I Don't Know Anything."&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660066;"&gt;CHECK IT OUT: Watch the &lt;em&gt;Pass The Bucket&lt;/em&gt; short film on Jeff Ament and skateboarding:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="prodnotes"&gt;&lt;span class="prodnotes"&gt;&lt;iframe style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FF4GPQyH1A0?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660066;"&gt;Here's fan-filmed footage of Mike McCready, Barrett Martin and friends performing "River Of Deceit" in Seattle:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="prodnotes"&gt;&lt;iframe style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bVSRFw3x1fw?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read more about &lt;strong&gt;Mad Season&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/83l6556" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blabbermouth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=gdJ9udoRNdk:L1ZFYrJ8dv4:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=gdJ9udoRNdk:L1ZFYrJ8dv4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=gdJ9udoRNdk:L1ZFYrJ8dv4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=gdJ9udoRNdk:L1ZFYrJ8dv4:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=gdJ9udoRNdk:L1ZFYrJ8dv4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=gdJ9udoRNdk:L1ZFYrJ8dv4:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=gdJ9udoRNdk:L1ZFYrJ8dv4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=gdJ9udoRNdk:L1ZFYrJ8dv4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~4/gdJ9udoRNdk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~3/gdJ9udoRNdk/story.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709927</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709927</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>SERJ TANKIAN DEBUTS 'FIGURE IT OUT' VIDEO</title><description>&lt;img src="http://www.wmmr.com/Pics/Channels/2311/Thumbnail/systemofadown(serj)1_75-027.jpg" align="left" vspace="2" hspace="10"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.pulsewebcontent.com/photos/2004/04_Apr/systemofadown(serj)1_75.jpg" alt="" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Serj Tankian&lt;/strong&gt; has debuted the music video for his new single "Figure It Out" at &lt;em&gt;Noisecreep&lt;/em&gt;. The track is taken from the &lt;strong&gt;System Of A Down&lt;/strong&gt; singer's third solo album, &lt;em&gt;Harakiri&lt;/em&gt;, due out on July 10th. "Figure It Out" takes direct aim at corporate CEOs, and the clip ends with a violent invasion of an executive party in a corporate boardroom. Tankian explained the concept behind it all: &lt;strong&gt;"Because CEOs have gotten away with murder, because of the way that our justice system works, and because they're defended for some of the actions that they take -- and the decisions that they make in putting jobs overseas and whatnot are not punishable by law -- we decided to punish them in the video and in the song, and directly hold them accountable."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tankian told &lt;em&gt;Noisecreep&lt;/em&gt;that the tune is "a comical political song talking about abusive capitalism and the differences created in economic stature and the reaction to it."&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Harakiri&lt;/em&gt; follows up Tankian's two previous solo outings, 2010's &lt;em&gt;Imperfect Harmonies&lt;/em&gt; and 2007's &lt;em&gt;Elect The Dead&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;System Of A Down will play two weeks of East Coast dates this summer with &lt;strong&gt;Deftones&lt;/strong&gt;, beginning on August 2nd in Philadelphia. System, which has not released new music since 2005, has no plans to record at the moment.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660066;"&gt;CHECK IT OUT: Watch "Figure It Out" (warning -- explicit language):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;object id="AOLVP_us_1653494374001" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" width="629" height="420" bgcolor="#000000" data="http://o.aolcdn.com/videoplayer/AOL_PlayerLoader.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="videoid=1653494374001&amp;amp;stillurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpdl%2Estream%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fpdlext%2Faol%2Fbrightcove%2Faolmaster%2F1612833736%2F1612833736%5F1653348172001%5Fari%2Dorigin54%2Darc%2D186%2D1337809937756%2Ejpg%3FpubId%3D1612833736&amp;amp;playerid=61371447001&amp;amp;codever=1&amp;amp;publisherid=1612833736" /&gt;&lt;param name="src" value="http://o.aolcdn.com/videoplayer/AOL_PlayerLoader.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT DO YOU THINK??&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How do you feel about Serj going after CEOs in the new song and video?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Do you agree with him that they've been the source of a lot of damage to our country's economy?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Which side are you on -- the one percent or the 99 percent?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;INTERNET COMMENTS at &lt;em&gt;Loudwire&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Blabbermouth&lt;/em&gt; -- agree or not?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;Jb Spiker wrote: "what a joke, after he returns to his million dollar mansion."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;Ryan Kautz wrote: "Definitely going to pick up the new album when it comes out."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;Brenda Holtzkampf wrote: "This is great - want to hear his other songs!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663300;"&gt;skadi09 wrote: "Decent stuff. Not as good as Elect the Dead, but not as terrible as Imperfect Harmonies. I get the feeling that he still hasn't found his 'footing' yet as a solo artist."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://209.18.87.197/AudioUpload/audio/MP3/2012/05_may/Serj_Tankian_On_Figure_It_Out.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Serj Tankian On 'Figure It Out'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read more at &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/c6492f6" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blabbermouth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://loudwire.com/serj-tankian-figure-it-out-music-video/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Loudwire&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/05/24/serj-tankian-figure-it-out-video/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Noisecreep&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/music_and_videos/music-tankian-figures-it-out/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Classic Rock&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=uyaY2oDACGo:cs3_twaejB0:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=uyaY2oDACGo:cs3_twaejB0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=uyaY2oDACGo:cs3_twaejB0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=uyaY2oDACGo:cs3_twaejB0:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=uyaY2oDACGo:cs3_twaejB0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=uyaY2oDACGo:cs3_twaejB0:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=uyaY2oDACGo:cs3_twaejB0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=uyaY2oDACGo:cs3_twaejB0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~4/uyaY2oDACGo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~3/uyaY2oDACGo/story.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709936</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:36:00 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709936</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>JON ANDERSON ANNOUNCES SOLO DATES</title><description>&lt;img src="http://www.wmmr.com/Pics/Channels/2311/Thumbnail/yes(logo2)-003.jpg" align="left" vspace="2" hspace="10"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.pulsewebcontent.com/photos/2002/06_jun/yes(logo2).jpg" alt="" align="left" border="0" /&gt;Ousted &lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt; frontman &lt;strong&gt;Jon Anderson&lt;/strong&gt; has announced a short, ten-date American tour in support of his recent album, Open, which was released last fall. &lt;em&gt;Pollstar.com&lt;/em&gt; posted that the show will feature some Yes songs "along with some of his other work with artists like &lt;strong&gt;Vangelis&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Kitaro&lt;/strong&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anderson told us that if it wasn't for a special gift from his wife few years ago, he wouldn't be able to do the tour this way: &lt;strong&gt;["A couple of years ago, my wife bought me a, a MIDI guitar, and that really changed my perception. With MIDI guitar, you can actually create a sort of one-man-band, and at times, like, orchestral sounds, and various things, and you can actually put in rhythms and things."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jon Anderson tour dates (&lt;em&gt;subject to change&lt;/em&gt;):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;June 1 - Minneapolis, MN - Dakota Jazz Club &amp;amp; Restaurant &lt;br /&gt;June 3 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater &lt;br /&gt;June 6 - Chicago, IL - Mayne Stage Theatre &lt;br /&gt;June 7 - Cambridge, MA - T.T. The Bear's &lt;br /&gt;June 8 - Lincolnshire, IL - Viper Alley &lt;br /&gt;June 11, 12 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door &lt;br /&gt;June 16 - Napa, CA - Napa Valley Opera House &lt;br /&gt;June 19 - Livermore, CA - Bankhead Theater &lt;br /&gt;June 21 - Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre &lt;br /&gt;June 30 - Oxford, OH - Indian Creek Amphitheatre &lt;br /&gt;July 6 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - The Coach House &lt;br /&gt;July 7 - Agoura Hills, CA - Canyon Club&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;FAST FACTS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;Last year, &lt;strong&gt;Jon Anderson&lt;/strong&gt; and former &lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt; keyboardist &lt;strong&gt;Rick Wakeman&lt;/strong&gt; released the joint album, &lt;em&gt;Living Tree&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;In 2010, Anderson released &lt;em&gt;Survival &amp;amp; Other Stories&lt;/em&gt;, which called on longtime fans to contribute musical ideas via the Internet. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;Yes is now comprised of &lt;strong&gt;Chris Squire,&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Steve Howe&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Alan White&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Geoff Downes&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;Back in February, Yes replaced their frontman for the past four years, &lt;strong&gt;Benoit David&lt;/strong&gt;, with singer &lt;strong&gt;Jon Davison&lt;/strong&gt; of prog rockers &lt;strong&gt;Glass Hammer&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;David, who replaced Anderson following his own illness back in 2008, recorded one studio album with Yes, 2011's&lt;em&gt; Fly From Here&lt;/em&gt;., as well as the band's latest CD/DVD concert set, &lt;em&gt;In The Present: Live From Lyon&lt;/em&gt;, which was recorded in 2009.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;Yes kicks off their 27-city summer tour on July 10th in Rama, Ontario at Casino Rama Entertainment Centre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #003300;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0099;"&gt;CHECK IT OUT:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;Yes in 1984 performing "It Can Happen":&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #003300;"&gt;&lt;iframe style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KZa5bz_SM-4?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" width="420" height="315"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://209.18.87.197/AudioUpload/audio/MP3/2004/01_jan/Jon_Anderson_on_MIDI_guitar_and_solo_tour.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Jon Anderson Says His Guitar Allows Him To Do A Solo Tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read more at &lt;a href="http://ultimateclassicrock.com/yes-guitarist-chris-squire-discusses-possible-jon-anderson-reunion/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ultimate Classic Rock&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and &lt;a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/yes-chris-squire-on-tribute-singers-exit-broadway-reunion-talks-20120525"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rolling Stone&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=kXeMFmyg2xM:OBaC39sD_W0:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=kXeMFmyg2xM:OBaC39sD_W0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=kXeMFmyg2xM:OBaC39sD_W0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=kXeMFmyg2xM:OBaC39sD_W0:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=kXeMFmyg2xM:OBaC39sD_W0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=kXeMFmyg2xM:OBaC39sD_W0:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=kXeMFmyg2xM:OBaC39sD_W0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=kXeMFmyg2xM:OBaC39sD_W0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~4/kXeMFmyg2xM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~3/kXeMFmyg2xM/story.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709915</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709915</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>CHICAGO LEADER REMEMBERS LATE GUITARIST</title><description>&lt;img src="http://www.wmmr.com/Pics/Channels/2311/Thumbnail/chicago(robertlamm)1_75-009.jpg" align="left" vspace="2" hspace="10"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.pulsewebcontent.com/photos/2005/02_Feb/chicago(robertlamm)1_75.jpg" alt="" align="left" border="0" /&gt;Out now is &lt;strong&gt;Chicago &lt;/strong&gt;keyboardist &lt;strong&gt;Robert Lamm&lt;/strong&gt;'s new solo album, &lt;em&gt;Robert Lamm Songs: The JVE ReMixes&lt;/em&gt;, which features Lamm's Chicago classics and solo favorites dramatically reworked from the ground up by producer &lt;strong&gt;Jon Von Eps&lt;/strong&gt;. Lamm had originally wanted it to be an official Chicago project, but the band balked at sanctioning a remix album.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We caught up with Lamm and talked about Chicago's original visionary, guitarist and co-founder &lt;strong&gt;Terry Kath&lt;/strong&gt;, who died on January 23rd, 1978 by accidentally shooting himself in the head. Apart from his ground-breaking blend of rock and jazz-fusion guitar, Kath is best remembered for his rough and gutsy lead vocals on the band's classics "Colour My World," "Make Me Smile," and "Wishing You Were Here."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We asked Lamm what he thinks the future would've held for Kath and Chicago had he lived: &lt;strong&gt;"If he had gotten sober, and if he had lived -- (&lt;em&gt;laughs&lt;/em&gt;) and if we had&lt;em&gt; all&lt;/em&gt; been sober -- I think that, y'know, it could've been the sky's the limit. He passed away, really, kind of not long after 'If You Leave Me Now' was a hit. He respected it -- but he didn't want to do it (&lt;em&gt;laughs&lt;/em&gt;) again, y'know? And I think that if we had continued together as a band we may have, y'know, we may have really continued to break new ground. But the other thing that may have happened is that, if we had continued down the path of doing ballads, I think he would've gone off and either done solo stuff or put together another band."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Chicago will next perform on June 13th in Springfield, Illinois at the Sangamon Auditorium&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;FAST FACTS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;After 45 years, &lt;strong&gt;Chicago&lt;/strong&gt; still includes co-founders &lt;strong&gt;Robert Lamm&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;James Pankow&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Lee Loughnane&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Walter Parazaider&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Peter Cetera&lt;/strong&gt; quit Chicago in 1985 after the band decided to not allow him to record and tour as a solo act in addition to his Chicago duties. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Danny Seraphine&lt;/strong&gt; was fired from the group in 1990, with his bandmates voting him out and citing his diminishing drumming skills. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;Chicago's last mainstream studio album was the long-awaited release of the band's unreleased 1993 collection, called &lt;em&gt;Stone Of Sisyphus XXXII&lt;/em&gt; (22), which was rejected by the band's then-label Warner Brothers for not being commercial enough. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stone Of Sisyphus&lt;/em&gt; takes its title from a Greek mythology tale about a man who rolls a large stone up a mountain, only to have it roll back down for eternity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0099;"&gt;CHECK IT OUT: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;Chicago featuring Terry Kath live in 1970 performing "Make Me Smile":&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;iframe style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/enzhOIzpdx0?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" width="420" height="315"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://209.18.87.197/AudioUpload/audio/MP3/2012/05_may/Robert_Lamm_On_If_Terry_Kath_Had_Lived.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Robert Lamm On If Terry Kath Had Lived&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=aEI_u-Hiff4:CTPLxNEbINE:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=aEI_u-Hiff4:CTPLxNEbINE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=aEI_u-Hiff4:CTPLxNEbINE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=aEI_u-Hiff4:CTPLxNEbINE:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=aEI_u-Hiff4:CTPLxNEbINE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=aEI_u-Hiff4:CTPLxNEbINE:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?a=aEI_u-Hiff4:CTPLxNEbINE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WMMR/channels/music-news?i=aEI_u-Hiff4:CTPLxNEbINE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~4/aEI_u-Hiff4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~3/aEI_u-Hiff4/story.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709912</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:09:00 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709912</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>PAUL SIMON SAYS NO TO STUDIO SESSION WITH ART GARFUNKEL</title><description>&lt;img src="http://www.wmmr.com/Pics/Channels/2311/Thumbnail/paulsimon1_75-022.jpg" align="left" vspace="2" hspace="10"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.pulsewebcontent.com/photos/2005/04_Apr/paulsimon1_75.jpg" alt="" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paul Simon&lt;/strong&gt; is adamant to let &lt;strong&gt;Simon &amp;amp; Garfunkel&lt;/strong&gt; remain a nostalgia act, rather than writing new material for the duo. Despite teaming up countless times, both in small and large scale reunions since their 1970 split, Simon would rather sing his new songs himself. When asked about a new Simon &amp;amp; Garfunkel studio set, Simon told &lt;em&gt;BBC Radio&lt;/em&gt;, "There are a couple of issues. One, Art has some problem with his vocal chords and he can't sing in his mid-range. So it's really a moot point unless he can sing. From my own perspective, I would just as soon not go back and visit the past."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Like many Simon &amp;amp; Garfunkel fans who love the duo's periodic reunions, the ultimate wish for many is to see the two reunite for their first full-fledged studio album since their 1970 multi-platinum swan song, &lt;em&gt;Bridge Over Troubled Water&lt;/em&gt;. Good friend and one of Garfunkel's major solo collaborators, singer-songwriter &lt;strong&gt;Jimmy Webb&lt;/strong&gt;, told us that a Simon &amp;amp; Garfunkel reunion album could only be a win-win situation: &lt;strong&gt;"Anything you hear about them is only. . . It's like taking a snapshot on an ongoing train-wreck. I think it would be great for them to make another album, and I think maybe. . . maybe they'll both realize that someday at the&lt;em&gt; same time&lt;/em&gt;. There's a complex relationship there; there's a lot I don't know about it, and it would be a great thing, I think a great thing if they for them and the fans if they did another record."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Paul Simon will next perform on June 2nd at San Francisco's Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;SIDE NOTES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;The new documentary &lt;em&gt;Under African Skies&lt;/em&gt;, showcasing &lt;strong&gt;Paul Simon&lt;/strong&gt;'s return to South Africa and the musicians who recorded &lt;em&gt;Graceland &lt;/em&gt;with him, won the Audience Award at 2012's South By Southwest Music and Media Conference and Festival in Austin. &lt;em&gt;Under African Skies&lt;/em&gt; was directed by &lt;strong&gt;Joe Berlinger&lt;/strong&gt;, who's best known in rock circles for his work on 2004's &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Metallica&lt;/strong&gt;: Some Kind Of Monster&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Under African Skies&lt;/em&gt; will &lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;have it's TV premiere tonight (May 25th) on the A&amp;amp;E Network. Check&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt; your local listings for stations and times.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;On June 5th, Simon will be releasing several deluxe 25th anniversary editions of his 1986 &lt;em&gt;Graceland&lt;/em&gt; album, with most extensive being the Collector's Edition &lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Box Set.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;The two CD/two DVD set includes the remastered original album, the &lt;em&gt;Under African Skies&lt;/em&gt; documentary film, extended interviews, the original 1987 &lt;em&gt;African Concert&lt;/em&gt; from Zimbabwe, three original music videos, and the iconic &lt;em&gt;Saturday Night Live&lt;/em&gt; performance of "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;The box set also features the audio narrative &lt;em&gt;The Story Of Graceland&lt;/em&gt; as told by Simon, replicas of an original &lt;em&gt;Graceland&lt;/em&gt; poster and a handwritten lyrics pad, plus a deluxe 80-page book featuring new and archival photos and interviews with Simon. The box set also includes a special short audio documentary of Simon discussing the making of the record.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;On July 15th Simon will be joined by &lt;em&gt;Graceland&lt;/em&gt;'s South African musicians &lt;strong&gt;Ladysmith Black Mambazo&lt;/strong&gt;, among other players when he performs at London's Hard Rock Calling Festival. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0099;"&gt;CHECK IT OUT:&lt;/span&gt; Simon &amp;amp; Garfunkel in 2009 at the 25th Anniversary Rock Hall Concerts at MSG:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;iframe style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YOPAPS2rnwg?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://209.18.87.197/AudioUpload/audio/MP3/2011/07_jul/Jimmy_Webb_On_Simon_And_Garfunkel_Reuniting_In_The_Studio.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Jimmy Webb On Simon &amp;amp; Garfunkel Studio Reunion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read more at &lt;a href="http://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-simon-says-he-wont-record-with-art-garfunkel-again/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ultimate Classic Rock&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and &lt;a href="http://www.spinner.com/2012/05/22/paul-simon-garfunkel-reunion/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Spinner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~4/Gz4irAm4H3U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~3/Gz4irAm4H3U/story.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709904</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:05:00 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709904</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>ELTON JOHN BRIEFLY HOSPITALIZED, CANCELS SHOWS</title><description>&lt;img src="http://www.wmmr.com/Pics/Channels/2311/Thumbnail/eltonjohn4_75-049.jpg" align="left" vspace="2" hspace="10"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.pulsewebcontent.com/photos/2006/04_Apr/eltonjohn4_75.jpg" alt="" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Elton John&lt;/strong&gt; has canceled all four of his Las Vegas Million Dollar Piano performances after being hospitalized in Los Angeles with a respiratory infection. &lt;em&gt;The Associated Press&lt;/em&gt;reported that officials with Caesars Entertainment said the Vegas run -- Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday's (May 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th) shows -- have been nixed following Elton's hospitalization on Wednesday (May 23rd) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The singer, who had come down with the illness last weekend, has already been released and under doctor's orders is to take antibiotics and not perform for a week. Ticket holders are eligible for refunds and exchanges at the place of purchase.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Elton said in a statement: &lt;em&gt;"It feels strange not to be able to perform these Million Dollar Piano concerts at the Colosseum. . . I love performing the show and I will be thrilled when we return to the Colosseum in October to complete the 11 concerts. All I can say to the fans is, 'Sorry I can't be with you.'"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Elton John North American tour dates (&lt;em&gt;subject to change&lt;/em&gt;):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;September 7 - Sarnia, ON - RBC Centre &lt;br /&gt;September 8 - Peterborough, ON - Peterborough Memorial Centre &lt;br /&gt;September 11 - Jackson, MS - Mississippi Coliseum &lt;br /&gt;September 12 - Huntsville, AL - Von Braun Center &lt;br /&gt;September 15 - Savannah, GA - Savannah Civic Center &lt;br /&gt;September 16 - Johnson City, TN - Freedom Hall Civic Center &lt;br /&gt;September 18 - Wheeling, WV - WesBanco Arena&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;FAST FACTS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;Elton John's latest album, 2010's &lt;em&gt;The Union&lt;/em&gt; -- a collaboration with longtime hero &lt;strong&gt;Leon Russell&lt;/strong&gt; -- peaked at Number Three on the &lt;em&gt;Billboard 200&lt;/em&gt; -- marking Elton's highest charting collection since 1976's &lt;em&gt;Blue Moves&lt;/em&gt; -- which also peaked at Number Three. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cameron Crowe&lt;/strong&gt;'s recent documentary on the making of &lt;em&gt;The Union&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;launched the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City and recently aired on HBO. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;In addition to Elton and Russell, the film includes appearances by producer &lt;strong&gt;T Bone Burnett&lt;/strong&gt;, Bernie Taupin, along with friends and musical contributors to &lt;em&gt;The Union&lt;/em&gt; -- &lt;strong&gt;Neil Young&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Brian Wilson&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Booker T. Jones&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Stevie Nicks&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Don Was&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;Elton has just completed his latest studio set, called &lt;em&gt;The Diving Board&lt;/em&gt;, with producer T Bone Burnett once again behind the boards, with a fall release expected for the album.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;CHECK IT OUT:&lt;/span&gt; The trailer for Elton John's The Million Dollar Piano show in Las Vegas:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;iframe style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RSUNV_I_IS8?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read more at &lt;a href="http://ultimateclassicrock.com/elton-john-hospitalized-forced-to-cancel-concerts/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ultimate Classic Rock&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.spinner.com/2012/05/24/elton-john-hospitalized/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Spinner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/elton-john-hospitalized-for-respiratory-infection-20120524" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rolling Stone&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~4/nDRjNgd0wFs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WMMR/channels/music-news/~3/nDRjNgd0wFs/story.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709898</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1709898</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>PAUL McCARTNEY'S 'RAM' DRUMMER RECALLS ALBUM SESSION FRICTION</title><description>&lt;img src="http://www.wmmr.com/Pics/Channels/2311/Thumbnail/paulmccartney1_75-064.jpg" align="left" vspace="2" hspace="10"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.pulsewebcontent.com/photos/2004/05_May/paulmccartney1_75.jpg" alt="" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paul McCartney&lt;/strong&gt;'s original solo drummer -- and &lt;strong&gt;Wings&lt;/strong&gt; co-founder -- &lt;strong&gt;Denny Seiwell&lt;/strong&gt; recalls that the former &lt;strong&gt;Beatle&lt;/strong&gt;'s initial solo band sessions also had their share of tension. 1971's &lt;em&gt;Ram&lt;/em&gt;, which has just been revamped and expanded as part of the McCartney's Archive Series, features McCartney joining forces with some of Manhattan's top session players -- including &lt;strong&gt;Dave Spinozza&lt;/strong&gt;, who's best known for his sessions with &lt;strong&gt;Paul Simon&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Billy Joel&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;John Lennon&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Dr. John&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Ringo Starr&lt;/strong&gt;, among others. Fans have long wondered why Spinozza split the sessions and was replaced by &lt;strong&gt;Hugh McCracken&lt;/strong&gt;-- who also went on to play with John Lennon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Seiwell, who's still close with both Spinozza and McCracken, recalls that although there was mutual respect on the studio floor, Spinozza's personality and McCartney's didn't gel: &lt;strong&gt;"Spinozza's great. I mean, I love 'em both, but Spinozza is, I mean, they're apples and oranges. They're totally different heads. But Spinozza's the kind of (guy) -- he'd goose ya on the way into the control room. He was a little too loose for Paul, y'know, he had a little too much fun."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Seiwell told us that McCartney was open to all the players suggestions and rarely recorded late into the night. He remembered that McCartney had only one stipulation for the players during the &lt;em&gt;Ram&lt;/em&gt; sessions: &lt;strong&gt;["But he asked us not to book (other) dates, and as soon as Dave saw that some days we were gonna get let go, he was taking a couple of (session) dates -- if there was a big jingle, or something, that he knew was gonna pay a lot of money. So one day, he said, 'Y'know, Paul, I gotta go, I got something else I gotta do' -- and Paul didn't want him to go that day. And that happened twice, in a very short time."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;DID YOU KNOW???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;During &lt;strong&gt;John Lennon&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Yoko Ono&lt;/strong&gt;'s mid-'70s separation, &lt;strong&gt;Dave Spinozza&lt;/strong&gt; was Yoko's solo bandleader and was briefly romantically involved with her???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #003300;"&gt;FAST FACTS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #003300;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ram&lt;/em&gt;, which was released on May 17th, 1971, was the first solo&lt;strong&gt; Beatles&lt;/strong&gt; album recorded in New York City, and was co-billed to his late first wife, &lt;strong&gt;Linda McCartney&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #003300;"&gt;Among the highlights on &lt;em&gt;Ram&lt;/em&gt; are McCartney's first solo chart-topper "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey," "Too Many People," Ram On," "Dear Boy," "Heart Of The Country," "Eat At Home," and "The Back Seat Of My Car," among others. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #003300;"&gt;Also recorded during the &lt;em&gt;Ram &lt;/em&gt;sessions was McCartney's first solo single, the 1971 Top Five hit, "Another Day."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0099;"&gt;CHECK IT OUT: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;McCartney talking about the new &lt;em&gt;Ram&lt;/em&gt; reissue:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;iframe style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sAI5bP-UBr4?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" width="560" height="315"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://209.18.87.197/AudioUpload/audio/MP3/2012/05_may/Denny_Seiwell_On_Dave_Spinozza_And_Paul_McCartneys_Ram_Album.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Denny Seiwell On Dave Spinozza And Paul McCartney's 'Ram' Sessions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://209.18.87.197/AudioUpload/audio/MP3/2012/05_may/Denny_Seiwell_On_Dave_Spinozza.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Denny Seiwell On Dave Spinozza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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