100 Club Saved By Converse?

Mojo Magazine reports that a place for live music since 1942, last September's announcement that West End rock'n'roll omphalos the 100 Club was closing was grave indeed. And in December, it seemed the game really was up when a public campaign to buy it fell short of the £500,000 required. Even pleas by Macca, Mick Jagger and Beady Eye fell on deaf ears.
But the Converse shoe company - which, it should be remembered, has made special edition plimsolls featuring The Ramones, AC/DC, The Clash and Nirvana - has stepped up to keep it open, meaning that stretching ahead once more is a full programme of rock, jazz, punk and more (Sick On The Bus and Drongos For Europe play a double-header there on March 24!).
"Converse and the 100 Club both share a love for music and this partnership is a great opportunity to reunite the 100 Club with a generation who experienced history inside its walls," said Converse in a statement, "as well as introduce it to a new generation with a vow to bring the best in music to its legendary stage."
Owner Jeff Horton has assured London radio station XFM that the shoe company's corporate presence will be discreet. But MOJO wonders, will the new partnership keep the Working Men's Club décor - unchanged since 1973.
We will just have to wait and see what happens!

Big Plans For Robert Johnson's 100th Birthday

Legacy Recordings plan to celebrate Robert Johnson's 100th birthday in a big way. Here is the news: May 8, 2011, marks the 100th birthday of Mississippi Delta blues-man Robert Johnson, who, according to legend, sold his soul down at the crossroads of Highway 61 and Highway 49 in a midnight bargain that has haunted the music world for three-quarters of a century.

The 'deal' brought forth Johnson's incandescent guitar technique and a run of 10-inch 78 rpm singles for the Vocalion, Oriole, Conqueror and Perfect labels recorded in San Antonio in 1936 and Dallas in 1937.

Those songs have become a cornerstone of Columbia Records' identity, and will be celebrated on two Centennial releases from Columbia/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

Bob Dylan: In Concert: Brandeis University 1963

A previously unknown live recording of a 21-year-old Bob Dylan taped at the Brandeis First Annual Folk Festival in Waltham, Massachusetts on May 10, 1963, Bob Dylan In Concert – Brandeis University 1963 captures a performance in front of an appreciative audience two weeks prior to the release of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (May 27, 1963).

Drawn from two sets that spring night at the Brandeis Folk Festival, tracks on Bob Dylan In Concert – Brandeis University 1963 include “Honey, Just Allow Me On More Chance” (incomplete), “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues,” “Ballad Of Hollis Brown,” “Masters of War,” “Talkin’ World War III Blues,” “Bob Dylan’s Dream,” and “Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues.”
Previously available as a limited time offer, Bob Dylan In Concert – Brandeis University 1963 is being reissued in response to overwhelming popular demand for a wide release. The new Columbia/Legacy edition features liner notes penned exclusively for this release by noted Bob Dylan scholar Michael Gray.

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Faldingworth Live 12 March 2011

Faldingworth Memorial Hall    

Faldingworth LN8 3SE

Saturday March 12th 2011 
John Conolly, Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher

Doors open 7:15pm for 8:00pm start.

There will be a bar.

Tickets £8.00 can be booked for payment on the door through

01673 843036 or 01673 843036      

or through Dave Longden on 01673 885369 or 01673 885369

Faldingworth Live Website...
http://www.faldingworthlive.co.uk/

Strummin' Steve Jackson - Live Listings

Saturday 19th February 2011- St Mary Magdalene Church, Lincoln (2-3pm).

Strummin' Steve Jackson - Solo Concert in aid of the Church Roof Fund Appeal. (01522-824563).

Admission free,donations to the appeal welcome. Tea/coffee/cakes available

 

Saturday 26th February 2011- Lincoln Central Library- The Write Note (runs from noon- 2pm)

The acoustic session in the exhibition room is open to musicians & listeners.No admission charge, just turn up & play or listen.

Hosted by Strummin' Steve (01522-824563).

I Am The Dice - Live - Old Nicks Tavern Horcastle March 16

Wed 16 March - Old Nicks Tavern - Horncastle

I Am The Dice (Indie/Rock) A 4 piece predominantly original band from Boston and Spalding although describing themselves as Indie Rock are a bit more diverse.  9pm Start
For details of Old Nick's complete gig listings see...
www.oldnickstavern.co.uk 

01507 526862.

Lincolnshire Hot Gigs

Try and catch one of these Lincolnshire Hot Gigs over the next couple of weeks...

Friday 18 Feb - New Device/Hollywood Tease/Midnight Dogs - Voodoo Lounge Stamford - www.mamaliz.co.uk

Saturday 19 Feb - Absolute Thunder - Yardbirds Rock Club Grimsby www.myspace.com/yardbirdsrockclub

Tue 22 Feb 8pm - Moishes Bagel - Lincoln Drill hall - www.lincolndrillhall.com

Thu 24 Feb 7.30pm – The Hamsters – Blackfriars Arts Centre Boston - 01205 363108

Friday 25 Feb - Kenny Mayle With The Legendary Night Owls - Kings Head Louth - www.kingsheadlouth.co.uk

Sat 26 Feb 9pm - The Detuners - Old Nicks Tavern Horncastle - www.oldnickstavern.co.uk

Wed 2 Mar 7.30pm - Joe Brown -Grimsby Auditorium - www.grimsbyauditorium.org.uk

Wed 2 March 8pm – Mike Harding – Lincoln Drill Hall – www.lincolndrillhall.com

Thu 3 Mar - Gwyneth Herbert Trio - South Holland Centre Spalding - www.southhollandcentre.co.uk  

http://www.bluecrowmusic.co.uk/

Old Nicks Tavern, Horncastle. March Gig List.

         

                 March 2011 Gig  List
          Old Nicks Tavern, Horncaste.
          01507 526862.

             www.oldnickstavern.co.uk. 

Tues 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th	Jam & Open Mic Night (Musicians come & join in – ALL genres welcome – backline provided). 8.30pm start.
Sat 5th	Frixon This 4 piece band is welcomed back to Old Nicks as they guarantee a rocking night of slamming hot music and fun for any night. Great audience participation, great atmosphere. 9pm start.
Sat 12th	Exhibit A (Classic Rock/Classic Metal) A Nottingham based 4 piece Rock Covers Band.  With an infectious party atmosphere, enthusiasm, energetic front man, pounding drums, solid bass and kick ass guitars. They have developed a reputation for storming pubs, clubs & rallies with a highly charged blend of rock through the ages, from the classics to the present day. 9pm start.
Sat 19th	The Lizards (Classic Heavy Rock) Formerly known to Old Nicks as Exit Wound, this outstanding 4 piece Newark/Notts based band play covers from AC/DC, AA Top, Velvet Revolver, Aerosmith, Led Zep, Deep Purple and many more. 9pm start.
Sat 26th	Skeleton Crew (Classic Rock/Rock) A hard rock quintet from Nottingham who effortlessly fuse hard-hitting riffs with memorable melodies and rich harmonies, and deliver it all with a complete absence of grace and decorum. If you like your rock music to pirouette down a catwalk wearing lycra and eyeliner then Skeleton Crew UK may not be for you. If, on the other hand, you refer your rock music to make you feel like you’ve just been run over by a rather happy truck or some sort of tractor, then you could be in the right place. Its just good, honest, heavy rock and good honest loud people seem to really like it.  9pm start

Mumford & Sons to perform with Bob Dylan at this year's Grammy Awards.

Mumford & Sons will perform with Bob Dylan at this year's Grammy Awards ceremony.

The band had previously performed with The Kinks' Ray Davies (watch video below), and are now set to hook up with the folk legend at Sunday's (February 13) ceremony at the Los Angeles Staples Center.

They will perform with him as well as North Carolina band The Avett Brothers for an as-yet unannounced number, and will also play their song 'The Cave'.

The band are nominated in the Best Rock Song category for their debut single 'Little Lion Man' and in the Best New Artist category.