Static, Episode 4: Ali Harter
Interview
“All Over Me”
“Untitled #3″
“Never Any Good”
Video of the Day: The Guggenheim Grotto, “Her Beautiful Ideas”
The Dublin, Ireland due of Mick Lynch and Kevin May released their second disc, Happy the Man, in January, and will be performing live next Thursday at the Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley. But before that, they will show up to play in the NewsOK studios for an upcoming edition of Static.
Sugarland to Perform at Zoo, September 11
Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush of Sugarland.
During the Grammy Awards this month, Staticblog readers became an unlikely fandom bloc for Sugarland, the Athens, Ga. band featuring Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush. This morning the duo announced a new slate of tour stops, including one on Sept. 11, 2009 at the Zoo Amphitheatre.
This is serious advance notice, so there is no ticketing information at this time — the Zoo hasn’t even formally announced its summer season. But as soon as the information is available, we’ll post it.
Static, Episode 3: Matthew Alvin Brown
Interview
“Miles Around”
“Cupcake”
Derek Trucks Talks About “Already Free” and Touring With Slowhand
Sometimes the best music gets captured on record when the people involved are playing more than they’re working, feeling good more than feeling driven. When Derek Trucks invited friends and family into his new home studio in Florida, the result was “Already Free,” a disc with the loose, natural sound that matches its title.
“You know, I think the whole feel of the record is really relaxed and inclusive,” said Trucks, who performs with his band Sunday at the Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center, 425 E California. “You know, it is such a family record: everyone was around the whole time, the kids were in and out of the studio and it was all close friends. It was my wife (Susan Tedeschi) and her band, Doyle Bramhall, Warren (Haynes), Oteil (Burbridge). So it felt like a real communal thing, and you get that real sense on the record, that everyone wants to be there.”
“Already Free” often recalls the loose blues-rock feel of Eric Clapton’s solo debut, when the English blues guitar master discovered Oklahoma singer-songwriter J.J. Cale and started setting his watch by Tulsa time. It was recorded following a tour in which Trucks played guitar alongside Clapton and Bramhall, and the setlist was made up largely of songs from Clapton’s Derek & the Dominos disc, “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.”
Trucks, who was named after Derek & the Dominos, was gratified to get the call to play with Clapton, who asked him to play on his collaboration with J.J. Cale, “The Road to Escondido,” which eventually led to the tour.
“I got a call from Eric to play on that J.J. Cale/Clapton record, and that was just out of the blue for me — I didn’t know him or have any connection with him,” Trucks said. “So it was pretty wild to get the phone call. About two or three songs into that session, he asked me if I would consider joining his band for the year. That’s not something you can really pass up.”
Besides working with Tedeschi on her solo albums, touring and recording with the Derek Trucks Band and a near constant slate of collaborations, Trucks also has his other day job — as a guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band. The nephew of Allmans drummer Butch Trucks, Derek Trucks now fills the shoes of the band’s most famous guitarist, the late Duane Allman.
The Allman Brothers Band traditionally does a multi-show stand at New York’s Beacon Theatre each year, but was forced to bow out in 2008 due to keyboardist-singer Gregg Allman’s bout with hepatitis C. Now recovered, Allman will lead the band during its “Beacon Run” next month in celebration of the band’s 40th anniversary.
“We did about a week of rehearsal, and there’s a ton of different guests that are coming out for a tribute to Duane Allman,” Trucks said. “We’re trying to get all his friends and people who recorded with him and were influenced by him. There’s going to be some pretty heavy hitters.”
IN CONCERT
The Derek Trucks Band
When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center, 425 E California.
Tickets: www.okctickets.com
Static, Episode 2: Maggie McClure
Interview
“What’s It Like”
“Out of My Mind”
“I Wonder Why”
Static 1: Steven Stark
While we did a soft-launch on this last fall and had to work some kinks out before moving forward, this is the official first episode of “Static,” a new music performance and interview show on NewsOK.com. I’m particularly proud of what’s been done here, and I sincerely hope you like it. My thanks go out to Steven Stark for being the guinea pig, and to my producer/director/videographer Tanner Herriott, who is entirely responsible for the superb look and feel of this new series.
Part 1: Interview
Part 2: Lazarus
Part 3: An Airplane Disappears
Part 4: The Joy of Just Three Chords
2009 Bonnaroo Lineup Announced
Manchester, Tenn., June 11-14. Tickets go on sale Saturday at BonnarooTickets.com. Start working on your noodle dancing and natural scent.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Phish (2 Shows)
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
David Byrne
Wilco
Al Green
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello Solo
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless 7
The Mars Volta
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gov’t Mule
Andrew Bird
Merle Haggard
MGMT
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The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Bon Iver
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Galactic
The Del McCoury Band
Of Montreal
Band of Horses
Allen Toussaint
Coheed and Cambria
Booker T & the DBTs
David Grisman Quintet
Lucinda Williams
Animal Collective
Gomez
Neko Case
Down
Jenny Lewis
Santogold
Robert Earl Keen
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
The Ting Tings
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Kaki King
Grizzly Bear
King Sunny Adé
Okkervil River
St. Vincent
Zac Brown Band
Raphael Saadiq
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Crystal Castles
Tift Merritt
Brett Dennen
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
Toubab Krewe
People Under the Stairs
Alejandro Escovedo
Vieux Farka Touré
Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Cherryholmes
Yeasayer
Todd Snider
Chairlift
Portugal. The Man.
The SteelDrivers
Midnite
The Knux
The Low Anthem
Delta Spirit
A.A. Bondy
The Lovell Sisters
Alberta Cross
Coachella 2009 Lineup Announced
Macco
Friday, April 17
Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst, Beirut, The Black Keys, Girl Talk, Silversun Pickups, The Ting Tings, The Crystal Method, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Castles, The Airborne Toxic Event, We Are Scientists, N.A.S.A., Patton & Rahzel, M. Ward, The Presets, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers, Felix da Housecat, Buraka Som Sistema, Ryan Bingham, Bajofondo, Peanut Butter Wolf, Noah & the Whale, White Lies, The Bug, Alberta Cross, Los Campesinos!, Craze & Klever, Molotov, Switch, Gui Boratto, Steve Aoki, The Aggrolites, People Under the Stairs, The Courteeners, Cage the Elephant, Dear and the Headlights.
Wino
Saturday, April 18
The Killers, Amy Winehouse, Thievery Corporation, TV on the Radio, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Atmosphere, Mastodon, TRAV$DJ-AM, Henry Rollins, Crookers, Turbonegro, Hercules and Love Affair, Superchunk, Glasvegas, Dr. Dog, Drive-By Truckers, Booker T & the DBT’s, Amanda Palmer, The Bloody Beetroots, Surkin, Para One (Live), Calexico, Liars, Bob Mould Band, Zane Lowe, Electric Touch, Blitzen Trapper, James Morrison, Drop the Lime, Glass Candy, Thenewno2, Gang Gang Dance, Billy Talent, Ida Maria, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Zizek, Cloud Cult, Tinariwen.
Saddo
Sunday, April 19
The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Throbbing Gristle, Lupe Fiasco, Paul Weller, Peter Bjorn and John, X, Antony & the Johnsons, Roni Size, Public Enemy, Jenny Lewis, Groove Armada, Paolo Nutini, Christopher Lawrence, Lykke Li, The Kills, Okkervil River, M.A.N.D.Y., Clipse, Sebastien Tellier, F—-d Up, Perry Farrell, The Horrors, Late of the Pier, K’naan, Junior Boys, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Supermayer, No Age, Vivian Girls, Shepard Fairey, Themselves, Gaslight Anthem, The Knux, Mexican Institute of Sound, The Night Marchers, Marshall Barnes.
AC/DC Understands “Black Ice” Can Feel Like “Highway to Hell”
AC/DC’s latest disc is called “Black Ice,” but the Australian rockers understand why fans did not want to drive on it.
Citing the ice and snow that kept some fans away from Monday’s concert at Tulsa’s BOK Center, the venue and the group are offering refunds to any concertgoers who did not make it to the show. Refunds begin at 10 a.m. Friday. To receive a refund, the ticket buyer must bring the ticket to the point of purchase, or if the ticket was purchased online at Tickets.com, call (866) 726-5287. The deadline for refunds is March 16.
