Another Experience Hendrix Tour is set for the Fall, launching in Pittsburgh, October 26 with the music of Jimi Hendrix performed by an all-star line-up of musicians.
Featured artists include Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Susan Tedeschi, Robert Randolph, Jonny Lang, Steve Vai, Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas, Eric Johnson, Ernie Isley, Living Colour, Chris Layton of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble and The Slide Brothers a/k/a Chuck and Darick Campbell of Sacred Steel. The tour finds various musicians teaming up for numbers, such as Steve Vai performing with Living Colour, as well as the tour’s artists performing their favorite Hendrix signature songs including “Little Wing,” “Fire,” “Purple Haze,” “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” “Crosstown Traffic” and many others. Past special guests have included Paul Rodgers, Joe Satriani, Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, Carlos Santana, Robby Krieger and others. Anchoring the tour is Billy Cox, the legendary bassist with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, whose relationship with Hendrix and his music dates back to the early 1960s when the two met while serving in the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Kenny Wayne Shepherd is a veteran of several Experience Hendrix tours and said in a statement, “Jimi Hendrix’s music has really inspired me to push the limits of my own music. He didn’t observe any boundaries musically. He was an amazing player and a tremendous showman so I incorporated some of his showmanship in what I do. It touches you on the inside and gets you fired up.” The Experience Hendrix Tour is presented by Experience Hendrix, LLC, the Hendrix family-owned company founded by James A. “Al” Hendrix, Jimi’s father, Earlier this year, Sony Music Entertainment’s Legacy Division and Experience Hendrix entered into a worldwide catalog licensing venture to make all of Jimi’s extraordinary music, including classic albums, never before heard archive recordings, and filmed concerts available through all forms of media. The initial release was Valleys of Neptunereturning Hendrix to chart Top Tens around the globe. Upcoming are a second wave of Hendrix releases through Legacy including the 4 CD + 1 DVD anthology set West Coast Seattle Boyplus other key catalog titles.
Experience Hendrix Fall 2010 dates: Oct. 26 - Pittsburgh - Benedum Theater 28 - Toronto, ON - Sony Center 29 - Quebec City, QUE - Grand Theatre 30 - Montreal, QUE - Place des Arts Nov. 2 - Buffalo, NY - Center for the Arts 3 - Morristown, NJ - Community Theatre 4 - Mashantucket, CT - MGM Grand @ Foxwoods 6 - Albany, NY - Palace Theater 7 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theater 9 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Theatre 10 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre 11 - Baltimore, MD - Hippodrome 12 - Richmond, VA – Landmark Theater 13 - Atlantic City, NJ - Caesars Casino 16 - Columbus, OH- Palace Theater 17 - Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theater 18 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theater 19 - Merrilville, IN - Star Plaza Theater 20 – Indianapolis – Murat Theatre
Off-center pop-rockers OK Go will launch a Fall North American Tour October 3 in Los Angles, with stops that include Chicago, Toronto and New York City. Proclaimed "the most downloaded band ever," OK Go will kick off the jaunt at the Los Angeles County Fair with tickets are on sale now. Other tour dates include the Discover Louisville Festival (10/12) and the PopTech Conference (10/21, Camden, ME), The group will also perform at the MTV Brazil Music Awards September 16. Additionally, OK Go has partnered with Indaba Music and the Rock Band Network for remix contest of its new single, "White Knuckles," the follow-up single to the Top 30 hit "This Too Shall Pass," The band encourages fans to get as creative as possible, to not feel afraid to redefine the song in both genre and feeling. The contest will run from September 7 through October 14. ll featured remixes will also be available for fans to download on the database that accompanies the pre-order for the Nov. 2 U.S. release, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky (Extra Nice Edition). The grand prize winner will be announced on October 29 and will have his/her remix mastered and made available for download in Rock Band. The grand prize winner will also receive a gaming console, a copy of Rock Band 3, and a set of Rock Band instruments to jam with friends to their winning remix. Find out more at okgo.net. The band's second video for "This Too Shall Pass," is a Rube Goldberg machine created by OK Go and Syyn Labs engineers, and is the #1 Top Rated (All Time) music video on YouTube with more than 16 million views so far. . OK Go - Damian Kulash, Tim Nordwind, Dan Konopka and Andy Ross - recently contributed a track to the compilation album Dear New Orleans..., which benefits New Orleans-based non-profits working to support the region's culture and community. Additionally, group has spoken out for internet neutrality, sharing their perspective with leaders on Capitol Hill. This past Sunday, Kulash published an Op-Ed piece on the topic in The Washington Post.
OK GO - FALL 2010 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
Date City Venue 10/3 Pomona, CA Los Angeles County Fair 10/6 Boulder, CO Fox Theater 10/10 Chicago, IL House of Blues 10/12 Louisville, KY Discover Louisville Festival 10/13 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom 10/14 Toronto, ON Phoenix Theater 10/15 Ottawa, ON Capital City Music Hall 10/16 Montreal, QC Le National 10/17 Burlington, VT Higher Ground 10/20 Portland, ME Port City Music Hall 10/21 Camden, ME PopTech Conference 10/26 Syracuse, NY Westcott Theater 10/27 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights 10/28 Hartford, CT Webster Theater 10/29 New York, NY Terminal 5 11/2 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel 11/3 Charleston, SC The Music Farm 11/4 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club 11/5 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge 11/6 New Orleans, LA Tipitina's Uptown 11/19 Santa Barbara, CA The Hub @ UC Santa Barbara
Shout! Factory will release the DVDs Frank Sinatra: Concert CollectionNovember 2and also Sinatra's Concert for the Americas December 14.
A seven-DVD box set, Concert Collection features Sinatra's concert and television performances with numerous guest stars and also previously unreleased material. 7. The set contains over more than 14 hours of Frank, from the 1950s through the ’80s, including four previously unreleased specials, a box-set exclusive compilation of vintage performances, and a 44-page book with rare photographs and notes by Sinatra scholar Bill Zehme. Concert For The Americas, included in the set, will be released separately on December 14.
The Frank Sinatra Enterprises collection begins with Sinatra’s first television special, A Man And His Music, broadcast in 1965 on NBC to commemorate Sinatra’s 50th birthday. Performances include “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “I Get A Kick Out Of You,” “Come Fly With Me” and “The Lady Is A Tramp.” A Man And His Music Part II, with special guest Nancy Sinatra (1966, CBS) icludes “Luck Be A Lady” and “That’s Life.” Sinatra opens the Quincy Jones arrangement of “Fly Me To The Moon.” Nancy Sinatra, in pink fringe (and yes, those signature boots), sings “Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” and “On Broadway,” followed by duets with her father that include “Downtown,” and “These Boots Are Made For Walking.” On A Man And His Music + Ella + Jobim (1967, NBC), Ella Fitzgerald performs “Body And Soul” and “It’s All Right With Me.” Sinatra joins her for songs and then comes Sinatra’s only filmed meeting with Brazilian composer, guitarist, singer Antonio Carlos Jobim as they deliver a medley of that includes Jobim's “Change Partners,” “I Concentrate On You” and, but of course, “The Girl From Ipanema.” Sinatra: The Man And His Music (1981, NBC) aired a few weeks before his 66th birthday. He works with three different ensembles, including the the legendary Count Basie and his orchestra, with performances that include George Harrison’s “Something,“ “Theme From New York, New York”, “Pennies From Heaven,” and “The Best Has Yet To Come.”
Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back (1973, NBC) is a comeback special filmed after the Sinatra's brief retirement in the early ’70s. Filmed in front of a live audience on a Hollywood soundstage, a concert environment is created as he sings and swings numbers such as “I Get A Kick Out Of You,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and “I’ve Got The World On A String." There are guest appearance by Gene Kelly, Sinatra’s costar from three song-and-dance films back in the ’40s. There's also Sinatra: The Main Event (1974, ABC), filmed live at Madison Square Garden accompanied by clarinetist and bandleader Woody Herman with New York musicians that include a string section, The set list includes the Frank approach to contemporary hits of the day like “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life,” “Let Me Try Again,” and “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,” plus signature tunes such as “My Kind Of Town” and “My Way.”
Sinatra In Concert At Royal Festival Hall (1970, BBC) finds Princess Grace of Monaco introduces him to an enthusastic audeince. The show was a benefit for the United World Colleges Fund, held in London’s Royal Festival Hall, and televised by the BBC. Highlights include “Pennies From Heaven,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and “One For My Baby.” Considered rare, Sinatra In Japan: Live At The Budokan Hall, Tokyo (1985) has so far only been released in Japan. Then 70, Sinatra opens with “The Lady Is A Tramp," and among other selections are “Strangers In The Night” and “Come Rain Or Come Shine.” Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing (1968, CBS) takes a stand during the turbulent social changes of the '60s to celebrate black music. During the show he sings a medley of spirituals sung with TV star and singer Diahann Carroll and also teams up with The 5th Dimension. Granted it's not cutting edge with soul music, but it still was historic for the most mainstream television back then. In Sinatra (1969, CBS), he takes a look back at his career. It's an all star ensemble from pop standards, pop and country for Sinatra And Friends (1977, ABC). Guests include Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Loretta Lynn and John Denver. Concert For The Americas (1982, Showtime) was recorded at the Altos de Chavón Amphitheater, a 5000-seat open-air Greek-style amphitheater in the Dominican Republic. The 90-minute performance features the legendary Buddy Rich on drums and a special guest appearance by guitarist Tony Mottola on “Send In The Clowns.” This is the first-ever U.S. DVD release of the concert. The box set also includes two rare specials that feature classic 1950s TV performances, plus an additional compilation of never-before-released vintage clips: Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank (1957, ABC); the 2003 PBS special Vintage Sinatra offers a look back at Sinatra’s television performances from his 1957–58 ABC television series.
Featured artists include Kenny Wayne Shepherd
, Susan Tedeschi
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is a veteran of several Experience Hendrix tours and said in a statement, “Jimi Hendrix’s music has really inspired me to push the limits of my own music. He didn’t observe any boundaries musically. He was an amazing player and a tremendous showman so I incorporated some of his showmanship in what I do. It touches you on the inside and gets you fired up.”
