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AC/DC bassist on board for local musician and his band (The News-Press) It still surprises him sometimes. Guitarist Mike Blair looks over ? and there's that guy from AC/DC, smiling right back at him. Famed New York Rock Club Hosts Jazz Residency (All About Jazz) WHAT: Jazz Residency at a famed small rock club by emerging composer/musician, Ryan Meagher and his group Atroefy. WHERE: Kenny's Castaways on Bleecker St and Thompson St in the West Village. North Fort Myers will rock-n-roll and raise funds Friday (North Fort Myers Ne... Rock On Scramble & Jam, a unique fund-raising event designed to support four local Southwest Florida charities, is set to take center stage Friday. March 23 and Saturday, 24 at Taylor Woodrow?s newest community, Magnolia Landing located at 3501 Avenida Del Vera Blvd. in North Fort Myers. South by Southwest: Still going ... (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) AUSTIN, Texas --Assessing the overall trends at the South by Southwest Music Conference is like trying to review every Mexican restaurant from here to the border. With 1,500 bands spread out among 50-plus music venues over four full days last week, you knew there was no way to get the whole enchilada. That said, at least three firm statements were made by SXSW 2007, which wound down Saturday ... Who??s Who: Townshend muses about life, legacy (The Pantagraph) Who? Of all the questions Pete Townshend gets, that??s probably not one of them. As the guitarist for legendary rock band The Who, Townshend is a music icon. The Who's Daltrey Sick: Concerts Postponed (E! Online via Yahoo! News) The kid isn'tall right. The Who scrapped Tuesday night's concert in Tampa moments after launching into the first song, as an ailing Roger Daltrey walked off the stage with vocal problems. The Who return to San Antonio after 39 years (San Antonio Express-News) The Who that arrives at AT&T Center on Tuesday ? surviving members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend with drummer Zak Starkey (Ringo Starr's son), bassist Pino Palladino, guitarist Simon Townshend (Pete's brother) and keyboardist John 'Rabbit' Bundrick ? won't be destroying instruments during "My Generation" like they did then. The Who's Daltrey Sick: Concert Postponed (E! Online) The kid isn't all right. The Who scrapped Tuesday night's concert in Tampa moments after launching into the first song, as an ailing Roger Daltrey walked off the stage with vocal problems. The legendary rockers hit the stage at about 8:40 p.m., following the opening act, Rose Hill Drive, kicking it off with the signature chords of their classic "I Can't Explain." Just before Daltrey, 62, ... PERFORMING ARTS (Washington Post) Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend still go by the Who, though cynics could dub the outfit that played at Verizon Center on Thursday the Why. More than any of its British Invasion comrades, this band once drew so much of its brawn and audience by dwelling on its youthfulness -- "Young Man Blues" and... The Who here and now (The Washington Times) There are those among us - Who fans to the tips of their crazy pinball-flipper fingers - who refused to drag themselves down to the Verizon Center Thursday night to see the Who. After all, they reasoned, the band is half dead and the survivors have reached old age-pension status. |