WAR EAGLE!!!!

Wishing my AUburn Tigers the very best tonight in the BCS Championship!!  

WAR EAGLE!!

-Will Fisher, The Showbiz Kids

Butch Trucks: "Oteil Was Offered a Gig with Another Band But Turned It Down" (jambands.com)

Allman Brothers Band drummer and co-founder Butch Trucks has commented on the rumor that bassist Oteil Burbridge was leaving The Allman Brothers Band.  Please follow the link to read the full article.  

On the turntable this Sunday...Court and Spark

Court and Spark is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.  Released in January 1974, the album saw Mitchell infusing her folk-rock style, which she developed throughout her previous five albums, with jazz inflections. 

A very accessible and commercially appealing album, Court and Spark was Mitchell's commercial and popular triumph—it was not only praised by critics, but was also very warmly received by the public, becoming her most successful album.


It reached No. 2 in the United States and No. 1 in Canada and eventually received a Double Platinum certification by the RIAA, the highest of Mitchell's career.  It was voted the best album of the year for 1974 in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.  In 2003 it was listed at No. 113 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Read more at Wikipedia

Rockers We've Lost in 2013 (Ultimate Classic Rock)

Sadly, 2013 saw a large number of classic rock musicians pass away. Their names range from members of some of the most popular bands of all time to sidemen to those who are lesser known, but still influential. Please follow the link to Ultimate Classic Rock to read their brief tributes to the contributions each made to the history of classic rock.

Widespread Panic and Phish NYE 2013 Recap

For the first time since 2009, Widespread Panic returned to Phillips Arena in Atlanta to ring in the new year. Please follow the link to read the full re-cap of Panic's NYE show.   

Phish closed out their NYE run at Madison Square Garden with a mammoth 3 set show that included several 'bust outs' and references to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary.  Please follow the link to read more.  

STS9 Bring Out Guests, Cover Eddie Murphy in Atlanta (jambands.com)

Cherub and J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League’s Kenny “Barto” Bartolomei sat in with STS9 during the fourth show of their New Year’s run at The Tabernacle in Atlanta earlier this week.  Please follow the link to see a video of Monday night's encore and setlist recap on jambands.com

44 Years Ago: Jimi Hendrix Debuts Band of Gypsys

Jimi Hendrix‘s short-lived power trio Band of Gypsys made its debut appearances with a series of concerts held on Dec. 31, 1969, and Jan. 1, 1970, at New York City’s Fillmore East. By the end of January, Hendrix had broken them up, but not before releasing a classic live set from the shows. Please follow the link to read the rest of the article at Ultimate Classic Rock.