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For the first time ever, legendary guitarist Jimmy Herring is hitting the road under his own name, with a hand-picked ensemble of all-star musicians in support. Pioneering a daring hybrid which crosses rock energy with the sophistication and improvisational fire of jazz, Herring's dynamic, exploratory guitar playing has been a key component of such renowned groups as the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz is Dead, Project Z, and, most recently, Widespread Panic - with whom Herring plays lead guitar to this day. Much esteemed by his fellow musicians, Herring has also been called upon for stints with Phil Lesh and Friends, the Allman Brothers, and the Dead.
   
2009 marks the formation of the Jimmy Herring Band, featuring Herring on guitar, drummer extraordinaire Jeff Sipe (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz is Dead, Shawn Lane), prolific jazz maverick Greg Osby on saxophone, multifaceted keyboardist Scott Kinsey (Tribal Tech), and musical chameleon Oteil Burbridge (spring tour only) on bass (Allman Brothers, Aquarium Rescue Unit).
   
The Summer Tour will feature world renowned bassist Matthew Garrison  (John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny).
   
jimmy herringThe Jimmy Herring Band will be performing a wide range of material, including compositions from Herring's long-awaited and much-acclaimed 2008 solo debut "Lifeboat."  In addition, there will be some cover tunes from various influential records from the 60's and 70's- and select favorites from the catalogues of the individual band members. Herring is understandably excited about the prospect of performing this music with this lineup over an extended period of time. "It's a shot of adrenaline to get to play with musicians who are pushing the envelope and breaking down the walls that exist between genres of music. Each of these musicians inspires with every note they play."

"Lifeboat" is the debut solo album from Jimmy Herring released on Abstract Logix Music.


Spring Tour Dates

4/24/09: Handlebar, Greenville, SC     
4/25/09: Melting Point,Athens, GA    
4/26/09: Trustees Theatre,Savannah, GA
4/28/09: Cox Capital Theatre,Macon, GA    
4/29/09: Pourhouse, Charleston,SC    
4/30/09: Pourhouse, Charleston,SC    
5/1/2009:Visulite, Charlotte,NC    
5/2/2009:Visulite,Charlotte,NC    
5/3/2009:Lincoln Theatre,Raleigh,NC
5/5/2009:Rhythm and Brews,Chattanooga, TN    
5/6/2009:Mercy Lounge,Nashville, TN    
5/7/2009:Variety Playhouse,Atlanta, GA    
5/8/2009:Soul Kitchen,Mobile, AL    
5/9/2009:Crossroads,Huntsville, AL    

5/10/2009:Workplay,Birmingham, AL    

CLICK HERE to win a pair of tickets to the show of your choice!  Winner to be selected on 4/20.

Widespread Panic is teaming up with Allman Brothers Band for 17+dates in the fall of 2009!

The southern jam-rock dream tour will start on August 21 in Camden, NJ, and cruise through NH, NY, MA, CT, IL, NC, MD, VA, TN and conclude in Houston on October 17.

WSP & Allman Brothers Tour Dates
08.21 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
08.22 Canandaigua, NY CMAC - Performing Arts Center
08.24 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
08.27 Wantagh, NY Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater
08.29 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
08.30 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
09.02 Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion
09.03 Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion
10.03 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
10.04 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
10.06 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
10.07 Portsmouth, VA nTelos Wireless Pavilion
10.11 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion @ Walnut Creek
10.13 Knoxville, TN World's Fair Park
10.14 Nashville, TN Riverfront Park
10.16 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
10.17 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

More details can be found at: http://www.widespreadpanic.com
Tool, Widespread Panic and The Fray to headline second Annual Mile High Music Festival

mile_highTickets For The Festival, Held July 18th and 19th
On The Fields At Dick's Sporting Goods Park,
Go On Sale Friday, April 3rd, At 10:00 AM MDT

Other Performers Include Incubus, Ben Harper and Relentless7,
G.Love & Special Sauce, Gov't Mule, Buddy Guy, 3OH!3,
Ani DiFranco, Paolo Nutini, The Black Keys, John Butler, Gomez,
The Wailers, India Arie and Many Others;
Additional Artists To Be Announced

Colorado's Mile High Music Festival returns to the Fields at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on July 18 and 19. The 2009 festival expands to two main stages for its second year. Headliners include TOOL (Saturday), Widespread Panic (on both Saturday and Sunday), and The Fray (Sunday).

In addition to the headliners, 2009 performance highlights include Incubus, Ben Harper and Relentless7, G.Love & Special Sauce, Gov't Mule, Buddy Guy, 3OH!3, Ani DiFranco, Paolo Nutini, The Black Keys, John Butler, Gomez, The Wailers, India Arie many others. The Fray, 3OH!3, India.Arie, Set Forth, and Paper Bird are among the bands on the bill who call Colorado home. A complete list of currently confirmed acts is included below, with additional artists still to be announced. Visit http://www.milehighmusicfestival.com for ongoing updates. Doors will open at 11:00 a.m. each day.

Mile High Music Festival exploded on to the national festival scene last year as hosts to Colorado's largest music and arts festival, offering concertgoers a tremendous variety of musical talent, food from many of Denver's top restaurants, an artists' village and more. The festival, which attracted more than 90,000 attendees its inaugural year, went off without a hitch and promises again to put the fan experience first. The festival grounds, with its remarkable views of the Denver skyline and Rocky Mountain Front Range, will offer even more shade and misting tents, an increased number of free water stations, and shorter concession lines. The 2009 event also boasts an upgraded VIP experience and expanded festival greening initiatives.

This year's Mile High Music Festival introduces a charity component as a special thank you to the community that is helping make the event a Colorado summer tradition. A portion of the ticket proceeds will benefit Commerce City's Quality Community Foundation (QCF).  "This is extremely good news," said Commerce City Mayor Paul Natale. "The city is very excited to again be apart of the Mile High Music Festival and for AEG Live to donate money to the city's Quality Community Foundation is just music to my ears." The Quality Community Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established by Commerce City in 2006.  It grants money to organizations that provide nonprofit services to Commerce City residents.

Tickets for Mile High Music Festival will go on sale Friday, April 3, at 10:00 a.m. MDT online at http://www.tickethorse.com and http://www.milehighmusicfestival.com, by phone at 866-461-6556 and at Dick's Sporting Goods Park Box Office. They can also be purchased with a credit card at the Ticket Outlet Kiosks in twelve Dick's Sporting Goods stores. The Paramount Theatre Box Office will be open on Friday, April 3 from 10 am - 2 PM to sell MHMF tickets to walk-up customers only. Ticket prices are $162.50 (plus service charges) for a 2-Day Pass. A limited number of Single Day Tickets will be available for $90.00 (plus service charges) while supplies last. Two-day VIP Packages are also available: $400.00 (plus service charges) for the Mile High VIP Pass and $1250.00 for the Mile High Apex experience (plus service charges).

Mile High Music Festival's two-day weekend pass is available this year on a Layaway Program.  The Layaway Program offers an opportunity to pay for the price of a two-day pass in two installments, with 50% plus service charges due at time of purchase and the remaining 50% balance due on June 12.

The festival will also offer a Carpool Package for $650.00 and includes four two-day passes and special carpool parking. Carpoolers are encouraged to participate in the Mile High Music Festival Carpool Contest. Participants are asked to decorate their vehicles to draw attention to their green driving efforts. Winners will be randomly chosen on each day of the festival and awarded VIP upgrades for each rider in the vehicle.

Visit www.milehighmusicfestival.com for details. The Fields at Dick's Sporting Goods Park is conveniently located just nine miles from downtown Denver, and only 1.8 miles from the I-70 and Quebec exit.

The line-up for Mile High Music Festival is currently as follows (not in order of appearance and additional artists still to be announced):

Saturday, July 18
TOOL
Widespread Panic
Incubus
Ben Harper & Relentless7
G. Love and Special Sauce
Ani DiFranco
The Black Keys
Paolo Nutini
Gomez
Greyboy Allstars
Railroad Earth
India.Arie
Lyrics Born
Rocco DeLuca and The Burden
Erin McCarley
Band of Heathens
Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam
Set Forth

Sunday, July 19
Widespread Panic
The Fray
Gov't Mule
3OH!3
Buddy Guy
John Butler
Gogol Bordello
Galactic
Guster
The Wailers
Matisyahu
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Mat Kearney
Dead Confederate
Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons
Paper Bird
Honeyhoney
Joe Pug
Electric Touch

Mile High Music Festival is produced by AEG Live Rocky Mountains, Starr Hill Presents, and Kroenke Sports Enterprises.

About AEG Live:
AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance, touring for a variety of programming and multi-media production. AEG Live, the nation's second largest concert promotion and touring company is comprised of special event, broadcast and exhibition divisions, fourteen regional offices and numerous state of the art venues nationwide.  Goldenvoice, the company's Southern California-based regional division, hosts the most critically acclaimed music festivals in the U.S. Goldenvoice created and operates the award winning annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival as well as Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival and All Points West. In addition, AEG Live, now co-produces the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Bumbershoot: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival, Mile High Music Festival in Colorado, Michigan's Rothbury, and many more. AEG Live Rocky Mountain Region books the Bluebird Theater, Ogden Theatre, Red Rocks Amphitheatre and the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado as well as producing shows in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.  The company also operates NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie in Texas, NOKIA Theatre Times Square, NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE and Club Nokia in Los Angeles, and The Warfield and Grand Ballroom at the Regency in San Francisco.  For more information, go to aeglive.com.

About Starr Hill Presents:
Starr Hill Presents is part of the Red Light Management Group, which has a roster of over 50 artists and offices in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, Denver and Charlottesville, VA.  Together with its partners, Starr Hill Presents produces large-scale music festivals nationwide including Mile High Music Festival, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, and San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival.

About Kroenke Sports Enterprises:
Kroenke Sports Enterprises (KSE) is the Rocky Mountain West's leading provider of live and broadcast sports and entertainment.  Denver-based KSE owns the 19,000-seat Pepsi Center, 18,000-seat Dick's Sporting Goods Park and 2,200-seat historic Paramount Theatre.  The company also owns the NBA Denver Nuggets, NHL Colorado Avalanche, NLL Colorado Mammoth and MLS Colorado Rapids.  Kroenke Sports owns and operates the Altitude Sports & Entertainment regional sports network and other sports and entertainment-related properties. 

August 13-15 at Cove Campground in Gore, VA

The initial lineup includes:
2 Nights of Lotus (one night will be late night)
Perpetual Groove
Toubab Krewe
John Brown’s Body
Hackensaw Boys
The Breakfast (2 nights)
U-Melt
The Bridge
Jazzam (2 nights)
The Boogie Hustlers
Existor
Modern Groove Syndicate
Basshound
Segway No Strings Attached
and more TBA!

Camp Barefoot 3 will benefit the nonprofit organization Soles4Souls, where you donate lightly used shoes to the less fortunate affected by natural disasters. With no national acts overlapping each other, the three-day weekend event will supply numerous bands on multiple stages for an intimate crowd.

Tickets are limited to a max capacity of 2,300 people. Advance ticket prices are 2-day tickets are $75 w/ camping, 3 day tickets are $100 w/ camping and 75 VIP passes are $175 w/ camping. They will also have tons of food, art and craft vendors at this grassroots, family style music and art event.

Get more info at www.CampBarefoot.org

Equaleyes - While I'm Alive CD

This album, featuring engaging vocals, likable melodies, and catchy guitar riffs, will please those who like well-crafted, tight songs.
Read for details and ways you can help this great artist.
On Friday the 13th, at about 10:40pm, Zach Deputy had his tour truck with all of his gear and equipment stolen from a La Qunita parking lot in Paramus, NJ. Zach performs more than 250 shows per year throughout the Eastern United States and Canada, and is on the road about 300 days a year, thus all of his clothing and every other item one can imagine for his personal life was also in the truck. Zach was on his way to a recording studio in Woodstock, NY at the time, and-- in addition to the instruments and electronic gear needed to perform and record this record-- many tracks that had been previously recorded were in the computer he lost in the theft. These had been backed up, but over the last 2 weeks since the backup many changes and edits had been made. Despite the loss, Zach rented a car on Saturday afternoon and performed that night in Woodstock on a borrowed guitar through a borrowed sound system. It was his first ever solo acoustic show, but as they say, "the show must go on." The hard drive with the previously recorded tracks is being overnighted from his home in South Carolina, and his management, the studio and local musicians in Woodstock are now scrambling to pull together the items needed to record the record.

The total loss, including the truck, is in excess of $85,000, and at this time it looks like nearly all of the losses (other the truck) will not be covered by his insurance.

Visit http://www.zachdeputy.com/savetheshow for more info and ways you can help him through this tough time.

Johnny Winter - 03.14.09 The Clayton Center, Clayton, NC

Posted by: leeway | March 17th, 2009

God said “Down on Highway 61”.
Actually, it was down on Highway 70 in a town of 14,000 located 20 miles east of here called Clayton and it was Johnny Winter that did the killing. The venue is the old Clayton High School auditorium and it seats about 600. The whole school has been converted into The Clayton Performing Arts Center, Conference Center and City Hall. Bren had auditioned for a play there but it is an otherwise brand new venue to us. The Blues Bash is one of the last shows of the season for them. Jesse Cook, a flamenco guitarist, and Kathy Mattea are still on the

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