Scott Asheton, drummer for Detroit rock/punk band the Stooges, died Saturday. He was 64. Iggy Pop posted on his Facebook page Sunday that he’s “never heard anyone play the drums with more meaning than Scott Asheton. He was like my brother .”
Asheton was part of the Stooges when they formed in 1967 in Ann Arbor, Mich. His older brother, Ron, was the group’s guitarist, died in 2009. Scott suffered from undisclosed illnesses in 2011 and was unable to perform at summer music festivals in Europe with the Stooges.
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New Mellencamp Album for 2014
The trifecta from the mid 80’s – Uh-Huh, Scarecrow and Lonesome Jubilee – forever cemented the John Mellencamp legacy. His heartland rock was both ubiquitous on the radio and was integral in opening the opportunity for the of heartfelt, energetic electric guitar and slamming snare roots rockers, alt-country-ers and Americana rockers like Uncle Tupelo, Del Fuegos, Georgia Satellites, BoDeans and Bottle Rockets to appear. If that was the ex-John Cougar’s entire legacy, it would still all be good. Real good.
Just as there was lesser material and albums preceding those three, he pushed on with another 20 years of releases, almost all of them good, not great, and only teasing with echoes of the old sound.
With this as background, the new Rolling Stone magazine has a multi-page story in the December 19 edition, and their website reveals in an interview with Mellencamp that he wants to play 100 North American shows in 2014 and is getting ready with a new album. Mellencamp sounds fired-up in the interview, recounting the recent occasion of waking up at 4:30am with a need to write a song.
It will apparently be T Bone Burnett producing, as he has for the previous two Mellencamp efforts. Expect nuanced and subtle instead of crack, boom, bam. Me? I need a little more of John’s crack, boom, bam.
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BONUS: Who was the guy on the iconic b/w cover shot of The Lonesome Jubilee at the bar? It was Woody Baker.
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VIDEO: Everything post-1987 was not necessarily below-average. There’s a lot of good music that just was not as anthemic and iconic as the previous records had been. It’s really hard for any artist to sustain a period of success like Mellencamp has done – both as a white-hot hitmaker for most of the 1980’s, and as a career songwriter/rocker. I’d bet the new album could be out sometime in the summer of 2014, and would love a guest shot from ex-guitarist Larry Crane, if anyone is asking.
VIDEO: "Stomp and Holler" – Hard Working Americans
Todd Snider has put together a band that is part roots rock and roll, part Black Crowes-like jam band, and part hillbilly electrified country rock and roll. Hard Working Americans release an album in January…this is the first single. I like it…
Avett Brothers Live webcast October 30 with Live on Letterman
Quietly, David Letterman has quietly built quite the music legacy. His Live on Letterman webcasts have been featuring bands like Mumford and Sons, Taylor Swift, John Mayer, Kings of Leon, Adele and lots more. Recorded in the hours before the show airs on TV, but just after the talk show is actually taped, it’s a up-close, high-production, intimate venue featuring bands letting loose for the audience sitting in the same building where The Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show
Coming up on October 30, a particularly noteworthy show is worth catching. Fans can watch the Avett Brothers’ webcast live or on-demand. Also during CBS.com’s live webcast, fans will have access to multiple camera angles, and the ability to pick the last song in the band’s set.
According to the Letterman show, the performance will feature songs off of their newly released album, Magpie and the Dandelion, including “Another Is Waiting,” as well as songs from their previous albums 2012’s The Carpenter and the band’s 2009 major label debut, I and Love and You.
Additionally, the webcast is available live and on-demand on Radio.com, and on-demand via the CBS App for iOS, Android and Windows 8.
Rock Notes: Chad Kichula, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Beatles and Arcade Fire
TAKE A LISTEN: Chad Kichula – He calls it alt-country; I can agree. His bio mentions Springsteen and Steve Earle. His new LP was released Sept. 10,with the new single and video The Whale’s Back. I hear some Warren Zevon and James McMurtry influence is this one…
Notes: Chad sold his truck in 2005 to pay for his debut album. The Whale’s Back sessions began in 2012.
ONE TO WATCH: St. Paul and the Broken Bones
http://stpaulandthebrokenbones.bandcamp.com/
Memphis soul from a crew of white guys. Wilson Pickett would be diggin’ it.
St Paul and the Broken Bones: Paul Janeway, Jesse Phillips, Browan Lollar, Andrew Lee, Ben Griner, and Allen Branstetter. Additional performances by James Brangle, Les Nuby, and Ron Alexander.
Like the Alabama Shakes, St. Paul and The Broken Bones made it big from North Alabama. Birmingham is their town. Their four-song EP Greetings from St. Paul & The Broken Bones was released in December 2012.
LOVE THE BEATLES BBC STUFF: A new set from The Beatles recorded at the BBC will include early hits and cover songs, with the majority recorded at the BBC in 1963 and 1964. Songs include “Lucille” and “Hippy Hippy Shake”. On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2, out November 11, follows the successful Live at the BBC album issued in 1994.
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READY FOR THE SMASH HIT OF THE LATE 2013 RELEASES?: Arcade Fire’s new album will be a double LP. Pre-orders for the Reflektor album are at Arcadefire.com. They will embark on a world tour. The band played the small Salsatheque venue under the alias The Reflektors on September 9 in Montreal. CBC News reports that only 100 tickets went on sale for the show. The black and white video for “Reflektor”, directed by Anton Corbijn, includes David Bowie’s singing backup on the song. The video already has more than 2,000,000 viewes on YouTube.