CD New Releases for week of May 20th:
“From the Reach” Sonny Landreth
Label: Landfall
A great new album of guitar collaborations with Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Vince Gill, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, Dr. John and Jimmy Buffett.
www.sonnylandreth.com
“3 Doors Down” 3 Doors Down
Label: Universal Records
3 Doors Down will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show RockLine on Monday May 19th at 8:30pm PT/11:30pm ET.
Fans are encouraged to call to speak with the band toll free at 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). www.RocklineRadio.com
www.3doorsdown.com
“XV” King’s X
Label: Inside Out Music
One of my favorite South Texas metal bands.
www.kingsxrocks.com
“Floating Point” John McLaughlin
Label: Abstract Logix
Recorded in India, McLaughlin says this may be the best record he ever made!
www.johnmclaughlin.com
Greatest Hits (Original Recording Remastered)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Label: Geffen Records
18 of the band’s greatest hits, all remastered, with the additional track “Stop Dragging My Heart Around,” which replaces the classic “Something in the Air” on the original Greatest Hits collection.
tompetty.com
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Steve Winwood’s Nine Lives CD is finally available today! I’ve only heard a couple of tracks from it, because I bought the single from iTunes already. The “Dirty City” video is below, which features Eric Clapton on a smokin’ guitar solo.So I’m getting this CD today. It doesn’t matter that Winwood hasn’t released anything in years. He still sounds just as fresh and relevant today as yesterday. You know the shows Winwood recently played with Clapton at Madison Square Garden still sounds as good today as they did 30 years ago.
www.stevewinwood.com
PLUS…Steve Winwood is touring with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Wow, these will be great shows for sure! You just can’t miss with a double bill like this. And Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers always deliver the goods onstage. The band have created so many great tunes over the last thirty years, it’s hard to imagine how they stay so creative.
Tour Dates:
www.livenation.com
http://pollstar.com
Video for “Dirty City:”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FrFkE-sLsQ

Also, there is a great interview with Steve Winwood in the June 2008 issue of Vintage Guitar Magazine. www.vintageguitar.com
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It was the Tom Petty Halftime show, with all the hits the Heartbreakers can fit into a 12 minute segment. That turned out to be four songs, with a little editing by the band. “American Girl, I Won’t Back Down, Free Fallin’ and Runnin’ Down A Dream.”
Amazing work by those invisible stage hands, who setup an elaborate guitar shaped stage with special lighting, complete with big screen backgrounds and fireworks.
Jordin Sparks sang the National Anthem and did a fine job too. Alicia Keys provided the pregame entertainment.
I had read about a special 60 second PepsiCo commercial without any sound, to call attention to the deaf community and promote deaf culture awareness. I actually found a YouTube video about the making of this innovative advertisement, the first of it’s kind to air during the Super Bowl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl1UdFFeopo

If there was one song the New York Giants could dedicate to the Patriots, I guess it would be I Won’t Back Down, because they didn’t.
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