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Brett Garsed video - "Drowning"

Another clip of Brett Garsed's band at the Southern Cross Club. This one is a great showcase of Garsed's slide-guitar work.

Jimmy Herring interview at Abstract Logix

Check out the awesome interview Rod Sibley conducted with Jimmy Herring over at Abstract Logix. Jimmy talks all about his new album Lifeboat (my review is coming soon, I swear!).

Abstract Logix: Jimmy Herring interview

New Jeff Beck live album to be released November 11th

From Nov 27th through Dec 1st last year, Jeff Beck played 6 shows in 5 days at the world-famous Ronnie Scott's club in London. Beck's band for these shows featured Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, Tal Wilkenfeld on bass, and Jason Rebello on keys. Each show was recorded, and a CD featuring what Beck considers to be the best versions of each track will be released on November 11th. You can pre-order the disc now through Abstract Logix. Check out the tracklist below.

Jeff Beck: Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club (Import)

1. Beck's Bolero
2. Eternity's Breath
3. Stratus
4. Cause We've Ended As Lovers
5. Behind The Veil
6. You Never Know
7. Nadia
8. Blast From The East
9. Led Boots
10. Angels (Footsteps)
11. Scatterbrain
12. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat / Brush With The Blues
13. Space Boogie
14. Big Block
15. A Day In The Life
16. Where Were You

OHM video - "System of a Clown"

Here's OHM performing "System of a Clown" at the Baked Potato on 10/10/08. See more videos from this show here.

Brett Garsed video - "Sticks"

Some recent footage of Brett Garsed at the Southern Cross Club Canberra performing the John Scofield song "Sticks."

Win free tickets to Greg Howe's Oct 29th Paris show

Saw this on Greg Howe's MySpace blog. You can win free tickets to see Howe and his band live in Paris, France on October 29th at the "New Morning".

How to win? Send an email titled "Competition for Greg Howe" along with your name, address, and telephone number to the following email address: [email protected]

Check here for the latest list of Greg Howe tour dates

Chris Poland interview tonight

Guitarist Chris Poland from the fusion trio OHM will be interviewed on MaximumThreshold.net tonight at 7:00 p.m. EST. You can listen live on the web site and interact with Poland in the chatroom.

UPDATE 10/10/08: Grab an MP3 of the interview here.

via Blabbermouth.net

More Alex Machacek gigs with Sipe and Fountain

Guitarist Alex Machacek will be playing some more live dates with drummer Jeff Sipe and bassist Neal Fountain (the same trio responsible for the excellent Official Triangle Sessions release from Abstract Logix). Dates and locations for these and other upcoming Machacek gigs are posted below.

Machacek/Fountain/Sipe
Alex Machacek - guitar
Neal Fountain - bass
Jeff Sipe - drums

Oct. 9th, 2008 @ Five Spot - 9 PM
1123 Euclid Ave, Atlanta, Georgia 30307

Oct 10th, 2008 @ Loki Festival - 3 PM
112 Watagnee Tr., Horse Shoe, North Carolina 28742

Oct 10th, 2008 @ The Bohemian - 10 PM
2B Stone Avenue, Greenville, South Carolina 29609

Virgil Donati Band
Oct. 11th, 2008 @ Baked Potato - 9.30/11.30 PM
3787 Cahuenga Blvd West, Studio City, California 91604

Virgil Donati - drums
Matt Rhode - keys
Rufus Philpot - bass
Alex Machacek - guitar

Planet X
Virgil Donati - drums
Derek Sherinian - keys
Rufus Philpot - bass
Alex Machacek - guitar

Nov.6 /7/8, 2008 @ Athina Live
Athens/Greece

Nov. 14th, 2008 @ Jivan Festival
Yerevan/Armenia

Jimmy Herring video interview

Jimmy Herring discusses his new album Lifeboat.

via Truth in Shredding

Ric Fierabracci talks with InnerViewWorld

Another fine interview from InnerViewWorld, this time with bassist Ric Fierabracci (Brett Garsed, Frank Gambale, Hemispheres).

Tony MacAlpine radio appearance today

Guitarist Tony MacAlpine (CAB, Planet X, Devil's Slingshot) will guest on the "Rock Dogs" Internet radio show today, Oct 1 at 7:00 p.m. EST.

You can stream the show live from MaximumThreshold.net.

via Blabbermouth.net

UPDATE 10/4/08: An mp3 of MacAlpine's interview is now available here.