5/27: The Memorial Day 3-day weekend is here, and Laurel, the boys & I are going to enjoy it to the fullest! Tuesday May 31st we are going to Newport, Oregon to enjoy our stay at the Rogue Brewery! (See ROGUE.COM for details). Have a safe holiday weekend, and we'll see you back here in June - Carl. 4/22: Stephanie Thorburn sent in the following info about the upcoming tribute to the late Dick Heckstall-Smith, featuring Gary Husband. 'A STORY ENDED' A Tribute to the late Dick Heckstall-Smith A Celebration of British Jazz, Blues & Rock featuring: JACK BRUCE, GARY MOORE, GARY HUSBAND & MICK TAYLOR. Live at The Astoria, Charing X Road, London. Monday 6th June - doors 6pm - £15 adv This is an all star tribute show to saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith who died late last year. Cream bassist Jack Bruce, former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor and guitar legend Gary Moore are all set to appear in addition to Dick's former band Colosseum. Named after his 1972 album, 'A Story Ended' will commemorate the life and work of the former member of the John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, whose prolific talents marked him out as one of the best British saxophone players on the vibrant British R&B/rock scene. Please go to MEANFIDDLER.COM for booking details or click here. For further info on this event which will feature Gary Husband, please visit http://heckstall-smith.com/content/tributegigs.htm Musicians Confirmed to date: - Colosseum, Gary Moore, Jack Bruce, Gary Husband, Mick Taylor, John Etheridge & John Marshall (Soft Machine), Pete Brown, Neil Sparkes, Eddie Martin, Ed Jones, Ike Leo, Alan Weekes, Kenrick Rowe, Jon Gee, Kevin Haynes, Dave 'Munch' Moore, Danny Thompson, Big Chief + SURPRISE GUESTS! All proceed will go to Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. This should be a highly memorable evening and a fitting tribute concert! News Item Compiled by: - Stephanie Thorburn, 20th April 2005. 4/4: Level 42 - The River Sessions - Visit HMV.CO.JP for details. It is a live recording on the River Records label. From the River Records "About Us" page: Established in 2003 River Records is a new company set up to exclusively manage Scottish Radio Holdings’ music archive. Recorded by the original Radio Clyde Mobile Studio and Radio Forth’s Sound House, the archive holds over 600 top quality live concert recordings and unique studio sessions dating from the mid - 70's up to the present day. The Recording Venues include the legendary Glasgow Apollo Theatre and Barrowland Ballroom, as well as Edinburgh’s Playhouse Theatre and Usher Hall. Archive Artists include U2, Madness, Radiohead, Rory Gallagher, Average White Band, Nazareth, Roxy Music, Sammy Hagar, Squeeze, Elvis Costello, Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart and many more. The Label is presently working with Artists, Managers, Record Companies and Music Publishers in order to bring this wealth of extraordinary musical performances to the public. To find out more information, and to be sent our monthly newsletter, simply register your email address at the register section. Special thanks to Raymond for sending in pics from Mike Lindup's "Pizza At The Park gig yesterday with Andy Lafone and Tristan Banks! Check out who else was there! According to Ray, Phil Gould is working on an album and this will include Mike, Boon Gould on one track, and Danny Bloom. 4/1: Stephanie Thorburn emailed details of her forthcoming interview with Gary Husband on Resonance FM. "Gary will be coming into the studio to discuss with me his diverse career as a drummer and pianist extraordinaire. We will be playing selections from his solo projects including recordings with the 'New Trio' and septet 'Force Majeure'. Hopefully this will be an opportunity to gain insight into Gary's creative process and significant working relationships with artists as diverse as Level 42, Jack Bruce, Allan Holdsworth and Billy Cobham. The program will be streamed live on Resonance 104.4 FM from 12-2PM on Sunday 3rd April. Please visit RESONANCEFM.COM for more information. This should be an enjoyable couple of hours! With best wishes, Stephanie T." 3/30: Winston sent in scans of the Rockpalast DVD! Get it at AMAZON.DE!