An animated video for Mark Knopfler’s all-star charity single “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)” – which brought together a stunning lineup of over 60 guitar gods to raise funds for Teen Cancer America and the Teenage Cancer Trust – has been released. It features the final recording of Jeff Beck along with contributions by Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Slash, Ronnie Wood, Joan Jett, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Sting.
The song came out a week ago, but it was difficult to discern who was playing what part throughout the ten-minute song.
The song came out a week ago, but it was difficult to discern who was playing what part throughout the ten-minute song.
- 3/22/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Mark Knopfler has teamed up with a host of fellow guitar legends to record a version of his song “Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)” to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.
The Dire Straits frontman tapped Eric Clapton, Slash (Guns N’ Roses), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Brian May (Queen), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Pete Townshend (The Who), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones), Joan Jett, and many more, forming what he has dubbed “Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes.” Notably, the star-studded version opens with the final recorded guitar track by the late Jeff Beck.
Knopfler’s longtime collaborator Guy Fletcher handled the production of the track, which might be the greatest assemblage of guitar talent to co-exist on a single song. The Sgt. Pepper‘s-style artwork was created by Sir Peter Blake.
The full song can be heard below now, featuring...
The Dire Straits frontman tapped Eric Clapton, Slash (Guns N’ Roses), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Brian May (Queen), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Pete Townshend (The Who), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones), Joan Jett, and many more, forming what he has dubbed “Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes.” Notably, the star-studded version opens with the final recorded guitar track by the late Jeff Beck.
Knopfler’s longtime collaborator Guy Fletcher handled the production of the track, which might be the greatest assemblage of guitar talent to co-exist on a single song. The Sgt. Pepper‘s-style artwork was created by Sir Peter Blake.
The full song can be heard below now, featuring...
- 3/15/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler has united with over 60 artists — including Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Slash, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Wood, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Sting, Brian May, Joan Jett, Nile Rogers, and Brian May — to create a new version of his 1983 instrumental “Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero.”
The song arrives on March 15, though you can hear a brief sample right now. It’s the final recording Jeff Beck created before his death in January 2023. All proceeds from the release will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.
The song arrives on March 15, though you can hear a brief sample right now. It’s the final recording Jeff Beck created before his death in January 2023. All proceeds from the release will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.
- 2/8/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have scrapped their sold-out concert slated for Thursday night at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas, citing a vocal cord issue affecting the frontman. The gig is the second consecutive show Isbell canceled after postponing last night’s appearance in Springfield, Missouri. Both shows have been rescheduled: The Kansas date is now May 7; the Missouri show, May 8. (All tickets purchased for the original dates will be honored.)
In an Instagram post, Isbell said he hasn’t been in the hospital and doesn’t have Covid. “Looks...
In an Instagram post, Isbell said he hasn’t been in the hospital and doesn’t have Covid. “Looks...
- 1/18/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Warren Haynes is taking a breather in his dressing room at Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center in Asheville, North Carolina, after powering through a wicked jam of the Allman Brothers Band’s “Melissa” with country duo Brothers Osborne. He’s due back onstage in an hour for another inspired collab: performing Charlie Daniels Band’s “Trudy” with Appalachian hero Tyler Childers.
“Seeing people play together for the first time onstage, in front of a big audience, is beautiful because the music that happens as a result will never happen that exact way again,...
“Seeing people play together for the first time onstage, in front of a big audience, is beautiful because the music that happens as a result will never happen that exact way again,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Billy Gibbons, the founder of Zz Top and an instantly recognizable figure in American music, will be the subject of a new tribute concert and TV taping set for May 16th in Nashville. “A Tribute to Billy Gibbons” will feature live performances at the Grand Ole Opry House in front of a reduced capacity, socially distanced audience.
Eric Church, Lucinda Williams, Brad Paisley, Ronnie Milsap, and Dennis Quaid are among the announced performers. Travis Tritt, Jimmie Vaughan, Larkin Poe, Guthrie Trapp, and Tim Montana, a disciple of Gibbons and a frequent collaborator,...
Eric Church, Lucinda Williams, Brad Paisley, Ronnie Milsap, and Dennis Quaid are among the announced performers. Travis Tritt, Jimmie Vaughan, Larkin Poe, Guthrie Trapp, and Tim Montana, a disciple of Gibbons and a frequent collaborator,...
- 4/20/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson team up for the video to “Lonely Alone,” a track off Crow’s latest album Threads, which was released a year ago this month.
“I wrote the song, ‘Lonely Alone,’ with Willie in mind,” Crow said in a statement. “It’s was written as kind of a barside cowboy noir with romantic Spanish inflections, but the song has taken on new meaning during these times. I hope people find the same comfort in this song that I have always found in Willie. I never feel...
“I wrote the song, ‘Lonely Alone,’ with Willie in mind,” Crow said in a statement. “It’s was written as kind of a barside cowboy noir with romantic Spanish inflections, but the song has taken on new meaning during these times. I hope people find the same comfort in this song that I have always found in Willie. I never feel...
- 8/21/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Sadler Vaden gets the honor of becoming the first remote interview on Chris Shiflett’s Walking the Floor podcast, appearing in an episode that was recorded at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Vaden, perhaps best known as the guitarist in Jason Isbell’s backing band the 400 Unit, released his new solo album Anybody Out There? in early March, making it a tricky thing to promote when he couldn’t be onstage playing shows.
After an initial interview during which Shiflett failed to press the record button, Vaden gamely came...
After an initial interview during which Shiflett failed to press the record button, Vaden gamely came...
- 4/13/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Sadler Vaden would like you to be more present. He says as much in the title of his new song “Be Here Right Now,” a rocking, romantic ode to escaping the distractions of modern existence that appears on his first solo album since his 2016 self-titled debut. “I want to take you away, somewhere safe and warm/and pull ourselves together, baby, get a break from the norm,” he sings, over aching guitar and a gentle beat.
On Friday, the singer-songwriter, guitarist, and guitar foil to Jason Isbell in the 400 Unit...
On Friday, the singer-songwriter, guitarist, and guitar foil to Jason Isbell in the 400 Unit...
- 3/6/2020
- by Brittney McKenna
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-guitarist Brian Wright is one of Nashville’s most wonderfully eccentric characters — his Twitter account alone is enough to warrant your attention. On May 8th, the solo artist will release his new album Lapse of Luxury with his group the Sneakups. Ahead of the LP, Wright premieres the track “Patrick’s Crossing,” a nostalgic slice of country-funk about killing time on the Brazo River near his Texas hometown.
Music and mind-altering chemicals played a key role in those days, as did The Man, represented back then by a local cop...
Music and mind-altering chemicals played a key role in those days, as did The Man, represented back then by a local cop...
- 3/5/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The Cma Awards may get the lion’s share of the attention in country music this week, thanks mainly to its three hours in primetime on ABC, but Tuesday night’s Bmi Awards exude a certain kind of unmatchable cool.
Only in the confines of Bmi’s Nashville parking garage — where tables, a stage, and multiple bars are set up on the hard concrete — would you see the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, in a black poncho and hat, and Margo Price in a rhinestone suit singing Dwight Yoakam’s “Fast as...
Only in the confines of Bmi’s Nashville parking garage — where tables, a stage, and multiple bars are set up on the hard concrete — would you see the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, in a black poncho and hat, and Margo Price in a rhinestone suit singing Dwight Yoakam’s “Fast as...
- 11/13/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Chris Robinson Brotherhood continue their psychedelic roots-rock journey in the new single “Comin’ Round the Mountain,” a track off the upcoming album Servants of the Sun, which will be released June 14th via Silver Sun Records.
A callback to the cosmic country sounds of New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Flying Burrito Brothers, the dusty jam features twangy electric guitar licks and kaleidoscopic keyboard flourishes surrounding Robinson’s well-worn bluesy vocals. With a rambling groove and lyrics about perseverance, the song, like much of the new album, takes...
A callback to the cosmic country sounds of New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Flying Burrito Brothers, the dusty jam features twangy electric guitar licks and kaleidoscopic keyboard flourishes surrounding Robinson’s well-worn bluesy vocals. With a rambling groove and lyrics about perseverance, the song, like much of the new album, takes...
- 3/26/2019
- by Jedd Ferris
- Rollingstone.com
TV tapings can be a drag. But amid the set changes and staged introductions from host Ed Helms at Saturday night’s all-star tribute to Willie Nelson in Nashville, there were some true moments of musical spontaneity — particularly from the guest of honor.
Titled Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw and produced by Blackbird Presents, the concert, which will air sometime this year on A&E, assembled a powerful cast of guest artists to pay tribute to the 85-year-old. George Strait, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Buffett, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson...
Titled Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw and produced by Blackbird Presents, the concert, which will air sometime this year on A&E, assembled a powerful cast of guest artists to pay tribute to the 85-year-old. George Strait, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Buffett, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson...
- 1/13/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
On Sunday afternoon, right when the folks of Asheville, North Carolina, had either finished shoveling more than a foot of snow that had fallen overnight or were simply hungover from a weekend spent at Warren Haynes’ 30th Christmas Jam, the Gov’t Mule frontman and Dave Grohl, who performed his hard-rock opus “Play” at the Jam the night prior, decided to put on another show.
“Tonight happened because of this snowstorm that hit, knowing we probably weren’t going to fly out today,” Grohl told Rolling Stone following the performance...
“Tonight happened because of this snowstorm that hit, knowing we probably weren’t going to fly out today,” Grohl told Rolling Stone following the performance...
- 12/10/2018
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Dave Grohl, Jim James, Grace Potter, Phish’s Mike Gordon, Gov’t Mule and Eric Church will lead Warren Haynes’ 2018 Christmas Jam, set for December 7th and 8th at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The 30th annual event, now expanded into a two-night affair, will benefit the local area Habitat for Humanity.
Grohl and unspecified “friends” will perform his 23-minute prog-rock epic, “Play,” at the all-star show. Dark Side of the Mule (the Pink Floyd tribute act from Haynes’ band, Gov’t Mule), Jamey Johnson, Marco Benevento...
Grohl and unspecified “friends” will perform his 23-minute prog-rock epic, “Play,” at the all-star show. Dark Side of the Mule (the Pink Floyd tribute act from Haynes’ band, Gov’t Mule), Jamey Johnson, Marco Benevento...
- 10/16/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
The timing was appropriate: The opening night of AmericanaFest, landing on Patriot Day, with a who’s who of Americana music gathered together at the Basement East in Nashville to sing songs of protest and political discontent. Mostly, though, they were all there to have fun.
An unofficial kickoff to the week’s festivities, the Tuesday night party has become an annual tradition for the Music City festival, but this year’s event — with Whiskey Wolves of the West, Chuck Mead and the Grassy Knoll Boys, and Andrew Leahey and...
An unofficial kickoff to the week’s festivities, the Tuesday night party has become an annual tradition for the Music City festival, but this year’s event — with Whiskey Wolves of the West, Chuck Mead and the Grassy Knoll Boys, and Andrew Leahey and...
- 9/12/2018
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
The Allman Brothers Band recorded “Blue Sky” in September 1971, one month before guitarist Duane Allman took a joyride through the streets of Macon, Georgia, and suffered a fatal crash on his motorcycle.
Nearly 50 years later, solo artists Devon Allman and Duane Betts — the sons of fellow Allman Brothers co-founders Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts — resurrect the song’s guitar-driven swagger during this live performance. Filmed during Charlie Daniels’ 20th Volunteer Jam in Nashville, the all-hands-on-deck version of “Blue Sky” features contributions from a handful of Southern rock OGs and roots-music torchbearers,...
Nearly 50 years later, solo artists Devon Allman and Duane Betts — the sons of fellow Allman Brothers co-founders Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts — resurrect the song’s guitar-driven swagger during this live performance. Filmed during Charlie Daniels’ 20th Volunteer Jam in Nashville, the all-hands-on-deck version of “Blue Sky” features contributions from a handful of Southern rock OGs and roots-music torchbearers,...
- 8/14/2018
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
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