One of us hit the first night of the Allmans’ 94-show Beacon run and one of us practiced, practiced, practiced up to Carnegie Hall for Gilberto Gil’s show last night. We’re tired monkeys today, so pour these links into your morning coffee:
- Billboard.com features some great videos from SXSW
- New tourdates from Alison Krauss and the Drive By Truckers (too bad they aren’t touring together, that would be a sick double bill)
- The Rawking Refuses to Stop has put together a compilation of Elliot Smith’s Beatles covers
- This week’s Grateful Dead Taper’s Section includes many fine cuts including a sick China-Rider
- It’s not everyday we get to link to an ESPN article, but here we go: The Police will play Churchill Downs
- The WSJ reports CD sales for the first three months of the year are down 20 percent from a year ago, and digital sales have not made up the gap
- Check out this robot made to play Guitar Hero
- RIP: Jurassic 5 (here’s another obit)
- The Boy Who Cried Freebird is a new book of musical facts and fantasies
- Chuck Leavell has donated 300 acres of his land for conservation
- The complete idiot’s guide to Slayer
- Bruce Hornsby is writing a musical for Broadway
- Uncle Neddy’s got some Judson Church Arcade Fire for us
A Guitar Hero robot? That just may be the coolest thing we’ve ever heard.
