The Babys To Release ‘I’ll Have Some Of That’

One of the great unsung bands of the ’70s, The Babys are back with their first album of new material in more than 30 years. ‘I’ll Have Some of That’ will be released on June 24.

The 2014 lineup of the Babys features two original members, guitarist Wally Stocker and drummer Tony Brock, who are joined by guitarist Joey Sykes and bassist/vocalist John Bisaha. As previously reported, original singer John Waite and longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain both declined to be part of the action, but gave their blessings on their new adventure.

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Stream The Black Keys’ Turn Blue Now

The Black Keys’ forthcoming album Turn Blue is now available to stream via iTunes. Slated for a May 12 release, the eighth album from Auerbach and Carney features production work from Danger Mouse as well as the band themselves.

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Gov’t Mule Welcome Thirty-Six Guests in New Orleans (jambands.com)

As the Gov’t Mule Twitter stated following the band’s show in New Orleans last night, “Never miss a NOLA Mule show.” Over the course of the evening at NOLA’s Saenger Theatre, the band would trot out 36 guests in all to add their talents to Mule originals as well as covers. 

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On the turntable this Sunday...Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes

Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes is the seventh studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. The is his breakthrough 1977 album, which remains the best-selling album of Buffett's career, and contains his biggest single, "Margaritaville". It was initially released in January 1977 as ABC AB-990 and later rereleased on its successor label, MCA.

Changes was very popular and critically well received and was a transitional album on several levels for Buffett. In a commercial sense, it ushered in Buffett's greatest period of chart and airplay popularity - changing him from an FM cult favorite and minor hitmaker to a top-draw touring artist whose albums sold in the millions, receiving regular AM airplay at the time. Changes would be followed by equally popular and more grandiose expressions of Buffett's "Caribbean Soul" on Son of a Son of a Sailor (1978) and Volcano (1979). All of these albums would combine pop, bar-band rock, country, folk, and reggae influences with the professional production of Norbert Putnam.

Changes also represented the beginning of the end of the "Key West Albums": the Don Gant-produced A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean (1973), Living & Dying in 3/4 Time (1974), A1A (1974), and Havaña Daydreamin' (1975). It is these four albums that capture the feel of early 1970s Key West, Florida and Buffett's experiences as a struggling musician and storyteller. Although the albums are not exclusively about Key West, they detail the laid back island ethos of the small island city and its pre-"condo commando" status as an American Casablanca...a place where no one knows your name and would not care if they did. At the time, Key West was a derelict navy town looking for a direction and was filled with small bars and restaurants craving troubadours like Buffett, Steve Goodman, Jerry Jeff Walker, and others who would play for bar money. The albums document life in the Gulf of Mexico Region ("Biloxi", "Banana Republics", "Wonder Why We Ever Go Home") with displays of touring craziness ("Miss You So Badly"). After Changes, Buffett's scope grew to include the entire Caribbean and, later, the vast expanse of what would become "world music." Buffett's Key West experiences would pepper his later work (even recording his albums in Key West's Shrimpboat Sound), but not like it did in the 1973-1977 period. It is this period, along with the 1978 and 1979 albums that created the mythos Jimmy Buffett has parlayed into icon status as a performer, restaurateur, entrepreneur, author, and celebrity.

Eric Clapton and Friends to Honor JJ Cale with New Release (jambands.com)

Eric Clapton and a group of musicians have gathered to release Eric Clapton & Friends: The Breeze An Appreciation of JJ Cale on July 29. Joining the guitarist in honoring Cale are Mark Knopfler, John Mayer, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Derek Trucks and Don White, among others.

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Paul McCartney, ‘Band on the Run’ Lyric Video – Exclusive Premiere

Ultimate Classic Rock is pleased to present the exclusive premiere of a brand-new lyric video for Paul McCartney & Wings‘ iconic song ‘Band on the Run.’ 

The title track from McCartney’s masterful 1973 album was first released as a single forty years ago, in April of 1974. This video was created by Ben Ib, whose work you may recognize from the gigantic video screens that appear behind McCartney and his band on tour. It’s one of over 200 videos you can enjoy on McCartney’s official YouTube page.

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The String Cheese Incident Play Record Store Gig in San Francisco

The String Cheese Incident stopped by Amoeba Records in San Francisco, CA prior to their show at the Fox Theatre in Oakland that evening. The band ran through four tunes from their new album Song in My Head including the title track along with “Can’t Wait Another Day,” “Stay Through” and “Colorado Bluebird Sky.” 

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