March 16th, 2010
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• Stooges, Genesis Join Rock Hall of Fame
• Jackson Estate, Sony Strike Huge Deal
• Grohl Fiends for Caffeine in Studio Footage
• Eddy Grant Accuses Gorillaz of Infringement
• Abdul Rumored for Star Search Reboot
• New Reviews: Drive-By Truckers, Whigs
• News Ticker: STP, Furthur Festival
• Lady Gaga Announces Summer Arena Tour
• Fricke on Allman Brothers in NYC
• Photos: Ryan Adams Backstage on the Road
• Pearl Jam, Casablancas Rock SNL
• Kings of Leon “Stoked” for Summer Tour
• Watch Warren Haynes Live @ RS
• Gaga Talks “Telephone”; Clip Not Banned
• Help the Editors! Take a Survey!
• Guess the Next Cover of Rolling Stone
• Fricke’s Picks: The Kristofferson Vaults
• Watch Lady Gaga, Beyoncé’s “Telephone”
• Rank the Best Long Music Videos Ever
• American Idol Names Top 12
• Conan O’Brien Announces Bonnaroo, Tour
• Pearl Jam Plot May Tour Dates
• Corgan on Mayer’s Career-Destruction
• Kate Nash Talks My Best Friend Is You
• Watch Exclusive New Runaways Clip
• Exclusive Premiere: Yeasayer’s “O.N.E.”
• MGMT Unveil New Song “Flash Delirium”
• Win the White Stripes’ Box Set
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March 16th, 2010
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Justin Bieber announces his first-ever headlining tour in support of My World 2.0, Jack Johnson plots out a midsummer trek with new album To The Sea in tow and Charlotte Gainsbourg follows up her Coachella set with her first U.S. tour. Full dates for all three artists, after the jump.
Justin Bieber
June 23 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center
June 24 – Trenton, NJ @ Sun National Bank Center
June 26 – Cincinnati, OH @ US Bank Arena
June 27 – Milwaukee, WI @ Milwaukee Summerfest
June 29 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
June 30 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
July 2 – Moline, IL @ i wireless Center
July 3 – Omaha, NE @ Qwest Center
July 5 – Grand Prairie, TX @ NOKIA Theater
July 6 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
July 8 – Broomfield, CO @ 1STBANK Center
July 10 – W. Valley City, UT @ The E Center
July 13 – Everett, WA @ Comcast Arena
July 14 – Portland, OR @ Rose Garden
July 17 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
July 18 – Reno, NV @ Reno Events Center
July 20 – Los Angeles, CA @ Nokia Theatre LA Live
July 21 – Paso Robles, CA @ California Mid-State Fair
July 24 – Las Vegas, NV @ Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
July 25 – Glendale, AZ @ jobing.com Arena
July 28 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
July 29 – N. Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena
July 31 – Memphis, TN @ FedExForum
Aug. 1 – Lafayette, LA @ Cajundome
Aug. 4 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Arena
Aug. 5 – Sunrise, FL @ BankAtlantic Center
Aug. 8 – Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena
Aug. 9 – Duluth, GA @ Arena at Gwinnett Center
Aug. 11 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Aug. 12 – Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse
Aug. 14 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
Aug. 15 – Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
Aug. 21 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Aug. 22 – London, ON @ John Labatt Centre
Aug. 24 – Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place
Aug. 25 – Albany, NY Times @ Union Center
Aug. 27 – Providence, RI @ Dunkin Donuts Center
Aug. 28 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Aug. 29 – Syracuse, NY @ New York State Fair
Aug. 31 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Sept. 1 – Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
Sept. 3 – Essex Junction, VT @ Champlaign Valley Exposition
Sept. 4 – Allentown, PA @ The Great Allentown Fair
Jack Johnson
July 9 – Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre
July 10 – Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center
July 11 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
July 13 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
July 14 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
July 16 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Virginia Beach Amphitheater
July 17 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
July 19 – Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
July 20 – Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 21 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
July 23 – Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
July 24 – East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 25 – Somerset, WI @ River’s Edge
Aug. 13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
Aug. 16 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Sandstone Amphitheater
Aug. 17 – Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center
Aug. 18 – The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug. 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheatre
Aug. 21 – Raleigh, NC @ Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
Aug. 22 – Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 24 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Arena
Aug. 25 – Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
Aug. 26 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre
Oct. 1 – Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
Oct. 2 – George, WA @ The Gorge Amphitheatre
Oct. 3 – Ridgefield, WA @ The Amphitheater
Oct. 5, 6 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre
Oct. 8 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
Oct. 9 – Chula Vista, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Oct. 10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Oct. 12 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Oct. 13, 14 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Apr. 11 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
Apr. 12 – Victoria, BC @ Alix Goolden Hall
Apr. 14 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Cafe
Apr. 15 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Apr. 17 – San Francisco, CA @ Palace of Fine Arts
Apr. 18 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
Apr. 21 – Chicago, IL @ Park West
Apr. 23, 24 – Montreal, QUE @ Olympia
Apr. 25 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
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March 16th, 2010
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Leading this week’s pack of New Reviews is The Big To-Do, the latest album from Athens, Georgia Southern rockers the Drive-By Truckers. The LP is the Truckers’ first proper studio album since 2008’s Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, and finds Patterson Hood and pals once again combining Raymond Carver-like stories with Lynyrd Skynyrd riffs. “On the 10th album from this remarkably consistent Georgia band, a sexually abused woman murders her lover, a two-timing rogue goes missing and is hoped drowned, and, on the very pretty waltz “The Flying Wallendas,” a group of acrobats take a tragic tumble,” Christian Hoard writes in his three-and-a-half star review of The Big To-Do. On the album, the Truckers also bring back the powerful three-axe guitar attack that highlighted previously releases like Southern Rock Opera.
Athens, Georgia is also the hometown of another band releasing a new album this week, the Whigs, who unleash their third album In the Dark. Following a opening slot on the Kings of Leon’s headlining tour, the Whigs learned a thing or two from their tourmates as the Whigs’ third disc “is the sharpest distillation of its neo-college rock yet,” Jon Dolan writes in his three-and-a-half star review of In the Dark. “Animal Collective producer Ben H. Allen’s arty, wall-of-sound approach brightening singer-guitarist Parker Gispert’s underdog anthems while rarely slowing them down.”
The Besnard Lakes’ second album The Bernard Lakes Are the Roaring Night also hits shelves this week. Produced using the same console as Led Zeppelin’s Phyiscal Graffiti, “the Lakes’ immersive second LP is a magnificently oceanic meld of Beach Boys harmonies, My Bloody Valentine tidal waves and Phil Spector girl-group siren songs shot through with soaring guitar,” Will Hermes writes in his Rolling Stone review. …Are the Roaring Night earned three-and-a-half stars from RS.
For more on the biggest releases of the past few weeks, visit Rolling Stone’s Album Reviews section, and check out some of the more notable recent reviews below:
• Mumford and Sons’ Sigh No More
• Alkaline Trio’s This Addiction
• Little Boots’ Hands
• Titus Andronicus’ The Monitor
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March 16th, 2010
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Yesterday we hit you with a wild print. Today, a closer look at the awesome outfit our new cover star (or stars) will be showcasing in the new issue, which hits newsstands tomorrow. Keep those guesses coming in the comments, and head on back tomorrow morning for an inside look at our latest issue.
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March 16th, 2010
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Did Gorillaz rock down to Electric Avenue and rip off a song by Eddy Grant for their Plastic Beach single “Stylo”? That’s what Grant himself is alleging, saying in a statement that Damon Albarn and his animated band borrowed heavily from his electro cut “Time Warp.” “I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song ‘Time Warp’ claiming their song ‘Stylo’ to be an original composition,” Grant said in a statement (via Addict Music). “My song sits almost note to note with their release and is a blatant rip off.” Listen to “Time Warp” above, and compare it with the Gorillaz’ video for “Stylo” here. Requests for comment from Gorillaz’s reps were not answered by press time.
Albarn and his Gorillaz crew undoubtedly had knowledge of Grant’s oeuvre prior to recording Plastic Beach, as two guests on the LP, the Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon — also a member of Albarn’s the Good, the Bad and the Queen side project — covered Grant’s “Police on my Back” on the Clash’s 1980 album Sandinista!. Still, while “Stylo” may be styled and inspired by Grant’s “Time Warp,” if doesn’t quite sound enough alike to border on infringement.
Grant faults EMI Publishing’s administration division, who oversee the work of both Grant and Gorillaz, for not spotting the likenesses sooner. “I do not blame my publishers but, the state of the industry at the current time with all labels and publishers folding into one and becoming incestuous,” Grant said. “It’s such an obvious copy that from day one the band and their management should have taken control of this situation with EMI Publishing.” It’s unclear whether Grant is seeking monetary damages for the supposed rip-off, but he is demanding that he receives an apology from the animated band as well as a full credit for the track.
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March 16th, 2010
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Paula Abdul may not wait until The X Factor’s American debut in the fall of 2011 for her next television role. The former American Idol judge is allegedly in talks to join ABC’s rebooted version of the talent competition Star Search in the dual role of judge and host, EW’s Ausiello Files reports. Abdul was previously rumored to be rejoining her former AI cohort Simon Cowell at the judge’s table for Cowell’s X Factor, but sources now say Abdul is close to finalizing a deal that will give her the Ed McMahon role on the Star Search revamp. On her Twitter page today, however, Abdul wrote, “Once again, until you hear it from me, you can’t believe what you read.”
The news of Abdul joining Star Search comes just one day after reports emerged that Cowell is considering bringing U.K. X Factor judge Cheryl Cole along with him for the American version of the show. “I’d love to have Cheryl on the show. We have a great chemistry,” Cowell reportedly told the U.K.’s Daily Star.”Cheryl’s a natural star. People can’t help but warm to her.” As Rolling Stone previously reported when Cowell first revealed plans to bring X Factor to the U.S., Abdul was immediately rumored to be among the judges for that program, with Cowell allegedly wining and dining Abdul to convince her to join him on the show.
For the moment, Abdul’s possible move to ABC — where she was also briefly but erroneously attached to a season of Dancing With the Stars — and Star Search overshadow American Idol’s own upcoming casting decisions, as Simon Cowell previously announced this season would be his last on AI. Producer Steve Lillywhite, Perez Hilton and Howard Stern have all lobbied for the opportunity to join current judges Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi and Ellen DeGeneres on the top-rated show.
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March 16th, 2010
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• Stooges, Genesis Join Rock Hall of Fame
• News Ticker: STP, Furthur Festival
• Lady Gaga Announces Summer Arena Tour
• Fricke on Allman Brothers in NYC
• Photos: Ryan Adams Backstage on the Road
• Pearl Jam, Casablancas Rock SNL
• Kings of Leon “Stoked” for Summer Tour
• Watch Warren Haynes Live @ RS
• Gaga Talks “Telephone”; Clip Not Banned
• Help the Editors! Take a Survey!
• Guess the Next Cover of Rolling Stone
• Fricke’s Picks: The Kristofferson Vaults
• Watch Lady Gaga, Beyoncé’s “Telephone”
• Rank the Best Long Music Videos Ever
• American Idol Names Top 12
• Conan O’Brien Announces Bonnaroo, Tour
• Pearl Jam Plot May Tour Dates
• Corgan on Mayer’s Career-Destruction
• Kate Nash Talks My Best Friend Is You
• Watch Exclusive New Runaways Clip
• Exclusive Premiere: Yeasayer’s “O.N.E.”
• MGMT Unveil New Song “Flash Delirium”
• Win the White Stripes’ Box Set
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March 16th, 2010
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- Stone Temple Pilots fan site Below Empty is hosting a brief preview of the band’s new single “Between the Lines.” Find out more about the band’s first new disc since 2001 in our Spring Music Preview.
- The Stooges, who joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night, will see Rhino rerelease their self-titled 1969 debut album with bonus cuts and producer John Cale’s original mixes as a Collector’s Edition that ships in late April.
- The Furthur Festival has announced this year’s event will go down over Memorial Day weekend; no bands have been confirmed yet.
- English singer Lesley Duncan has died at age 66 after a battle with cerebrovascular disease, NME reports. Duncan is best known for writing “Love Song,” her duet with Elton John, and performing on records by Pink Floyd, Ringo Starr and Dusty Springfield.
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March 16th, 2010
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It was a moment unlike anything the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame had ever seen: midway through a snarling performance of “I Wanna Be Your Dog” a shirtless Iggy Pop commanded the black tie audience to storm the stage. “Come on!” Iggy ordered, “Let’s get the Upper East Side up here!” With that, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament, Green Day’s Mike Dirnt and a handful of others ran on the stage like excited schoolchildren and bounced around as Billie Joe Armstrong and Iggy closed out the song. It was a triumphant moment for Iggy and the Stooges — the punk pioneers had been eligible for the Hall for 16 years before receiving the honor. “Roll over Woodstock,” Iggy said accepting the award. “We won!”
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The night began with Phish’s note-perfect rendition of the 1972 Genesis prog classic “Watcher of fhe Skies.” As Page McConnell played the opening keyboard parts, a geyser of steam erupted from the stage that nearly engulfed bassist Mike Gordon, Spinal Tap-style. The song — which opened nearly all of Genesis’ early 1970s gigs — slowly built to an intense climax as Trey Anastasio expertly recreated Steve Hackett’s original guitar moments. Afterwards, Anastasio gave a stirring speech about the band.
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“It’s impossible for me to overstate the impact this band had on me as a young musician and I’m forever in your debt,” he said. “When I hear Radiohead’s Kid A, with its odd time signatures and spacious visual arrangements, I hear Genesis, and I hear them in the sonic islands My Bloody Valentine plays between their songs.” Phil Collins, who has long been a dartboard for rock critics, seemed very moved by the praise. “Thank you, Trey,” he said, “That was a really convincing argument.” Guitarist Mike Rutherford spoke about Peter Gabriel’s absence. “He has a very legitimate and genuine excuse,” he said, referring to Gabriel’s explanation for skipping the event. “He’s starting a tour in Europe soon.”
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Next up was Green Day’s Armstrong to induct the Stooges. “They symbolize the destruction of flower power and the creation of raw power,” he said, before rattling off about 30 punk and new wave bands who owe their existence to the Stooges, ending with his own. “I think it’s Fitzgerald who said there’s no second acts in American life,” said a very choked up Iggy. “This particular group of friends had the luxury of a second act, so thanks.” As guitarist James Williamson gave his acceptance speech, Iggy began peeling off his jacket and shirt to prepare for their performance. They kicked off with “Search and Destroy,” marking the first time that Williamson and Iggy have played together on American soil since 1974 (Williamson reunited with the group late last year). There wasn’t even a hint of rust, though “I Wanna Be Your Dog” will never sound quite the same without late guitarist Ron Asheton.
The E Street Band’s Steven Van Zandt inducted the Hollies, though he didn’t even mention their name until nearly 10 minutes into his speech, opting to pontificate on the glory of 1960s rock music and how it will be studied for decades to come. “We didn’t have big ideas at the beginning,” Van Zandt dead-panned. “Mainly we just wanted to get laid.” Graham Nash was clearly ecstatic that his original group was finally being recognized (this is his second trip to the Rock Hall — he was first inducted with Crosby, Stills and Nash in 1997). “What a trip this has been — amazing!” he said. “It’s a good day for England.” Nash and original Hollies vocalist Allan Clarke performed beautiful renditions of 1966’s “Bus Stop” and “1967’s Carrie Anne” with Maroon 5’s Adam Levine helping out on the high notes. Train’s Pat Monahan came out to sing “Long Cool Woman,” but midway through later-day Hollies vocalist Terry Sylvester ran onstage, whispered something in his ear and literally took the mike out of his hands. He sang half a verse before a highly irritated Clarke came over and got the mike back to Monahan. The whole thing happened very quickly and few people even seemed aware they had just seen a decades-old Hollies feud flare up.
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In his induction speech for Jimmy Cliff, Wyclef Jean talked about growing up in a household where non-Christian music wasn’t allowed. “I loved Jimmy Cliff so much I would take Jimmy Cliff songs and sing them with Christian words,” Jean said. “There are two people in my entire lifetime that brings a certain level to the entire Caribbean people, and we look up to them. One is Bob Marley and the other is Jimmy Cliff.” Wearing a Jamaican flag scarf and a bright silver jacket, the 61-year-old reggae pioneer sent shockwaves through the ballroom when he sang the opening lines of “You Can If You Really Want.” His voice sounded more powerful than ever, and it sent the entire place to their feet — including longtime Cliff fan Bruce Springsteen, who sat in the middle of the ballroom next to Jackson Browne and never made it onstage. “Many Rivers to Cross” was even more stunning, leading many in the room to hope the exposure of te event helps Cliff stage a comeback.
Nobody expected Abba to reform for the night, but former married couple Benny Anderson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad still flew in to accept the award from the Bee Gees’ Barry and Robin Gibb. “We haven’t performed since 1982,” Lyngstad said. “We won’t reunite again. It’s too late for that.” Anderson did agree to play the piano with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra while Faith Hill delivered a powerful performance of Abba’s 1980 smash “The Winner Takes It All.” The group’s massive fanbase has been praying for a reunion for 30 years, but that was as close as they’ll ever come.
Earlier in the night David Geffen received the Ahmet Ertegun Lifetime Achievement Award. “I’m a little nervous,” Geffen said after Jackson Browne presented him with the honor. “I never dreamed I’d be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Here’s why: I have no talent.”
The night wrapped up with Carole King inducting her fellow Brill Building songwriters Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Mort Shuman and Otis Blackwell alongside “Shake, Rattle and Roll” writer Jesse Stone. Their music was performed by an all-star group of artists, beginning with Chris Issak’s take on “Don’t Be Cruel.” Ronnie Spector revived her signature tune “Be My Baby” to honor Greenwich/Barry, and Eric Burdon transformed into his younger Animals self when he started belting out “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.” Newcomer Fefe Dobson channeled Tina Turner with a sizzling “River Deep Mountain High,” while Peter Wolf managed to match her energy with a cover of Jesse Stone’s “Money Honey” that had all the industry big-wigs dancing.
The evening wrapped with all the Brill Building performers singing a sloppy but fun “Shake Rattle and Roll.” Many have argued it’s the first rock & roll song, so it was a fitting way to wrap up the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s landmark 25th induction ceremony.
More on the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2010:
• Q&A: The Stooges’ Iggy Pop
• Q&A: Genesis’ Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks
• Q&A: ABBA’s Benny Andersson
• Q&A: The Hollies’ Graham Nash
• Photos: Jimmy Cliff
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March 15th, 2010
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The weather was lousy — cold, wet and windy — and the location was new, about a dozen subway stops north. But the Allman Brothers Band brought the springtime — sunshine, peaches and robust harmony guitars — to New York, as they have virtually every March since 1989, on the second night of their 2010 residency at the United Palace Theater in Harlem on Friday.
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The Allmans opened with a dig at their usual home this time of year: New York skyline shots on the screen behind the band during the first-album medley of “Don’t Want You No More” and “Ain’t My Cross to Bear” included one of the Beacon Theatre with a red circle and a slash through it. (The venue has been taken over by a Cirque de Soleil production.) The audience booed accordingly. There have been troubles uptown too: The Allmans cancelled their March 22-27nd shows at United Palace because of an “unforeseen family matter,” according to a statement issued last week. The run ends on March 20th.
But the group was, from the start on March 12th, at peakin’-Beacon strength. Gregg Allman’s voice — precociously fierce and weathered in 1969, genuinely raw and vulnerable for the last couple of decades — carried “Ain’t My Cross to Bear” with scarred authority, against guitarist Derek Trucks’ snake-crawl lines of slide guitar and bursts of fuzzy sustain. Trucks and guitarist Warren Haynes hung together, spitting licks as the rhythm section built up to the segue into “You Don’t Love Me,” and ended the song by trading choruses like gunfire — an effect as familiar as the version on 1971’s At Fillmore East but fresh and stunning on impact.
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In the Allmans, Trucks and Haynes — who have done their own lifetimes of playing — bring distinct personal energy and invention to the roles established by founding guitarists Duane Allman and Dickey Betts. You hear tradition, not recitation. In “Midnight Rider,” Trucks played a slide break that sounded more like the buzzing glide of a sarod. There has been a collective effect, too, on nerve and dynamics. The heart of the first set was a connected excursion through jet-black turbulence slashed with guitar lightning: Bob Dylan’s “Blind Willie McTell,” Allman and Haynes singing the chorus in keening harmonies; an instrumental cross, in 6/8 time, between “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” and John Coltrane’s “Afro Blue”; and Dr. John’s “Walk on Gilded Splinters,” propelled by drummers Jaimoe and Butch Trucks, bassist Oteil Burbridge and percussionst Marc Quiñones like a New Orleans graveyard march, detoured through central Africa.
For the second set, Trucks’ wife Susan Tedeschi stepped up — and out — on vocals and guitar for a couple of numbers, including Delaney and Bonnie’s “Coming Home,” and the Allmans marked the fortieth anniversary of their second album, Idlewild South, with “Revival” and “Leave My Blues at Home.” But the real ascension and deep blues came in a “Mountain Jam” that dropped, from elegant hovering guitars and jubilant drumming, to a mean electric-Mississippi roll through Howlin’ Wolf’s “Smokestack Lightning,” then eased into a spell of Jimi Hendrix’s “Third Stone From the Sun” — Trucks and Haynes’ guitars rendering the melody with liquid yearning — before jumping back into the cocky delight of the Donovan hook from “There Is a Mountain.”
It was music at once absolutely familiar and vigorously new, with an impulse and telepathy bonded with muscle and experience and charged by a belief that the best work is not yet done. It was still raining and gusting hard outside after the show was over. But spring, at last, was here.
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