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Thought: Now that Mitch Mitchell is gone, will his Experience Hendrix tour live on?

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Now that all three members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience are gone will Mitch Mitchell’s tour with the Experience Hendrix go on without him? The Experience Hendrix tour like I said, it’s a tour where many different special guest musicians play various instruments to tribute the music of Jimi Hendrix. The tours over the years had many different guitarists from Jonny Lang to Kenny Wayne Shepherd to Brad Whitford and the list goes on.

I wonder if the Experience Hendrix tour will live on without Jimi, Noel, and Mitch. I personally think the “Experience Hendrix” tour will be going on forever nonstop. The Experience Hendrix will tour every year special guesting many different musicians. It’s a good way to keep the Hendrix legacy alive and strong so of course they’ll keep the tours going.

I’m a huge Jimi Hendrix addict myself. He’s one of my musical heroes, I’ll never get tired of listening to his music. He’s one of the main guys that made me want to pick up the guitar in the first place.

Kev

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Report: Jimmy Page says new band will NOT tour under the name of Led Zeppelin…

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Jimmy Page has been pretty quiet about the rumours of Led Zeppelin touring without Robert Plant. The man finally speaks out after all this time, with Pagey sayin’ that Led Zeppelin will not tour under the name of Led Zeppelin with no Robert Plant. One of Pagey’s spokespersons sent out a statement to Rollingstone saying, “Whatever this is, it is not LED ZEPPELIN. Not without the involvement of Robert Plant.” Still not revealing on who the new singer will be. This means that Pagey, Jonesy, Bonham and who ever the new singer will be will tour under a different band name. Not under the Led Zeppelin name.

I’m sure they’ll still play Led Zeppelin songs and the bands new material but not under the name of Led Zeppelin.

Blabbermouth reports:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108836

Look like they are getting close to announcing the new singer. I am predicting they will announce the new singer and new band name sometime before the Holidays around Christmas time.

I’m all for this new band, I’m looking forward to hearing what new songs Pagey has up in his sleeve.

What’s hilarious about this whole thing is, that everybody thought Led Zeppelin really were going to tour under the name Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant when I know that is something Pagey wouldn’t do. He isn’t that stupid, you think? And they all call themselves Led Zeppelin fans, LOL! I always knew that Pagey wouldn’t go under the Led Zeppelin name without Robert Plant and I’ve been saying it in the blog for a very long time. Pagey knows Plant is Led Zep, he ain’t dumb.

Kev

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Report: Jimmy Page says new band will NOT tour under the name of Led Zeppelin…

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Jimmy Page has been pretty quiet about the rumours of Led Zeppelin touring without Robert Plant. The man finally speaks out after all this time, with Pagey sayin’ that Led Zeppelin will not tour under the name of Led Zeppelin with no Robert Plant. One of Pagey’s spokespersons sent out a statement to Rollingstone saying, “Whatever this is, it is not LED ZEPPELIN. Not without the involvement of Robert Plant.” Still not revealing on who the new singer will be. This means that Pagey, Jonesy, Bonham and who ever the new singer will be will tour under a different band name. Not under the Led Zeppelin name.

I’m sure they’ll still play Led Zeppelin songs and the bands new material but not under the name of Led Zeppelin.

Blabbermouth reports:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108836

Look like they are getting close to announcing the new singer. I am predicting they will announce the new singer and new band name sometime before the Holidays around Christmas time.

I’m all for this new band, I’m looking forward to hearing what new songs Pagey has up in his sleeve.

What’s hilarious about this whole thing is, that everybody thought Led Zeppelin really were going to tour under the name Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant when I know that is something Pagey wouldn’t do. He isn’t that stupid, you think? And they all call themselves Led Zeppelin fans, LOL! I always knew that Pagey wouldn’t go under the Led Zeppelin name without Robert Plant and I’ve been saying it in the blog for a very long time. Pagey knows Plant is Led Zep, he ain’t dumb.

Kev

music, TV

Confirmed: John Mayer to host his own prime time TV show for CBS…

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John Mayer famous musician, singer/songwriter and guitarist is confirmed to host his own TV variety show for CBS. Mayer the man himself, exclusively broke the news to TMZ. The show will come on the air on CBS sometime in 2009. It is said to be mostly a variety music show, like live performances and interviews with other famous musicians, etc.

Mayer did a video with TMZ making fun of himself as a celebrity in the streets of NYC where Mayer currently resides. See the video in the link below and it’s actually kind of entertaining.

TMZ reports:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/11/13/tmz-mayers-stepping-stone-to-prime-time/

Noticing celebrities in the streets of NYC is very hard to spot. When I was in NYC just last weekend, I didn’t spot any celebrities walking around. Famous people is very hard to spot out in public. They do walk around NYC very often, it’s just that a lot of celebs walk around the city wearing hats and sunglasses so they wouldn’t get recognized. Some celebrities don’t disguise themselves though but still there is so much people in NYC.

If you want to run into an actual celeb in person, you have to really know what they look like. Meeting celebs out in public isn’t easy, when regular people like myself runs into a famous person in the streets it mostly happens by accident.

I don’t think Mayer’s TV show will last long, he should stick with the music ’cause he is a great guitarist although I don’t really care for his songwriting.

Kev

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Report: Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge denies reuniting Creed if Myles Kennedy gets recruited for Led Zep…

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Mark Tremonti who is the guitarist for Alter Bridge and former guitarist for Creed finally speaks out about the rumours of a possible Creed reunion if Myles Kennedy is the lead singer for Led Zep. He says he and the rest of the guys in Alter Bridge don’t even know if Myles will get recruited as the singer for Led Zep. Tremonti says if that happens, Alter Bridge will continue to go on. Tremonti also explains that he has never spoken to Scott Stapp about a possible Creed reunion, it’s just not in the band’s cards right now. Alter Bridge plans to go back into the studio to record a new album, if Myles is out, Alter Bridge will probably start looking for a replacement singer as well.

Blabbermouth reports:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108783

Well, there you have it, no future Creed reunion. I don’t think Stapp would be interested in rejoining Creed anyways.

Kev

Celebrity/musician deaths, music

RIP: Mitch Mitchell 1947 – 2008

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Mitch Mitchell, an iconic drummer for the legendary band The Jimi Hendrix Experience has been found dead in a Portland, Oregon hotel room. Mitchell was found in a room at the Benson Hotel in downtown Portland a little after 3 a.m. It has been speculated that Mitchell died of natural causes but an autopsy will soon be performed on the body to see what caused his death.

Mitchell was in the middle of touring with the Experience Hendrix Tour when the band made a stop in Portland to play a show at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. The Experience Hendrix Tour is a tour that Mitch Mitchell started himself which featured many different special guest musicians tributing the music of Jimi Hendrix.

Mitch Mitchell was the last surviving member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience until his passing today. Hendrix died in 1970. Noel Redding the bassist died in 2003. Mitch Mitchell was just 61.

The Associated Press reports:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hAB55HVz01BxrJUrwe7GMl3uSntwD94DLV0G1

Celebrity news, music

BREAKING NEWS: Obsessive Paula Abdul fan committs suicide near the American Idol judge’s home…

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A woman was found dead near the home of the American Idol judge, Paula Abdul. The woman appeared to be an obsessive fan of Paula and she is also in her 30’s. TMZ says the woman was a contestant for American Idol Season 5. Speculation that the body found was Paula Goodspeed who seems to have a lesbian crush on Abdul but the body hasn’t been officially identified yet.

The Associated Press reports:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gHC5841_qw4IBaRzo5BNjRVdYPQgD94DI3MG2

And plenty more on the story at TMZ as well.

Kev

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BREAKING NEWS: “Twilight” soundtrack knocks Ac/Dc’s “Black Ice” off of no. 1…

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Ac/Dc’s new album “Black Ice” may have beaten High School the Musical in the Billboard, but the legendary Australian rockers could not beat the “Twilight” soundtrack this week. The “Twilight” soundtrack includes original songs by bands such as Paramore, Collective Soul, Linkin Park, Muse, Perry Ferrel, and more. AC/DC’s “Black Ice” made no. 1 in the Billboard for only two weeks in a row.

Billboard reports:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003889643

That sucks for Ac/Dc, I was hoping they stay no. 1 for another week but I had a feeling the “Twilight” soundtrack would beat them out.

Ac/Dc’s new album “Black Ice” is an incredible album though, I can’t stop listening to it now that I got my own copy of the CD. It’s Ac/Dc’s best album with Brian Johnson since “For Those About To Rock We Salute You” in 1981. “Black Ice” has some of Brian’s best singing (Yes he’s actually singing in this album, he does a lot more than screaming) and Angus and Malcolm’s guitar playing is always amazing as usual.  

Kev

movies, music

Report: Jerry Garcia biopic coming to the big screen…

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Truckin’ got my chips cashed in, keep truckin’ like the do dah man, together, more in less in line, just keep truckin’ on. Yes, a Jerry Garcia biopic, legendary main frontman of the Grateful Dead, is heading his way to the big screen. Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa and Eric Eisner will be producing and writer Topper Lillien has been signed to pen the script.

The film will focus on Garcia’s life in the Bay Area before he officially joined the Grateful Dead. The film will focus on his stint in the military, his life changing car accident and his music life before the Grateful Dead including when he first met Phil Lesh the bassist. Of course, the film will probably focus on his heavy drug use I would imagine.

The film will be adapted from the book “Dark Star” which is about the life of Jerry Garcia. Jerry Garcia died of a heart attack on Aug. 9th 1995.

The Hollywood Reporter Reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ie9098baec9eb95cd6cd37af7dd383e0f

Glad a Jerry Garcia biopic is finally happening. He deserves one.

Get Jeff Bridges to play Jerry Garcia!!!! Bridges would be perfect for Jerry! 🙂

Kev

movies, music

Report: Jerry Garcia biopic coming to the big screen…

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Truckin’ got my chips cashed in, keep truckin’ like the do dah man, together, more in less in line, just keep truckin’ on. Yes, a Jerry Garcia biopic, legendary main frontman of the Grateful Dead, is heading his way to the big screen. Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa and Eric Eisner will be producing and writer Topper Lillien has been signed to pen the script.

The film will focus on Garcia’s life in the Bay Area before he officially joined the Grateful Dead. The film will focus on his stint in the military, his life changing car accident and his music life before the Grateful Dead including when he first met Phil Lesh the bassist. Of course, the film will probably focus on his heavy drug use I would imagine.

The film will be adapted from the book “Dark Star” which is about the life of Jerry Garcia. Jerry Garcia died of a heart attack on Aug. 9th 1995.

The Hollywood Reporter Reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ie9098baec9eb95cd6cd37af7dd383e0f

Glad a Jerry Garcia biopic is finally happening. He deserves one.

Get Jeff Bridges to play Jerry Garcia!!!! Bridges would be perfect for Jerry! 🙂

Kev