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Italian Rock Magazine
BUSCADERO
July 2000 Issue
This issue features a long post-tour interview with Graham Nash.
Highlighted points:
1) CSNY are working on a live album and a DVD of the CSNY 2000
Tour.
They are projecting a pre-Christmas release.
2) CSNY is seriously thinking about another tour in 2001.
3) CSN uncovered 48 demo versions of previously released songs,
and they're thinking about releasing a
"demo album" to be marketed through the Internet.
4) There are 9 songs left from the "Looking Forward" sessions,
but there are no plans to release them now.
5) Graham thinks it's time for him to do a solo album because
he has a huge amount of new songs.
Previously unpublished photo of Nash,
circa '82-'83 by Italian photographer Guido Harari.
Translation and Magazine Courtesy of Marco Grompi
08/27/00
We pay tribute to a world class bass player and musician.
Allen Woody
Allen left us after such a short stay
Fare thee well....
http://tennessean.com/sii/00/08/27/woody27.shtml
In lieu of flowers, you can send donations payable to:
Savannah Woody Educational Fund
c/o Hard Head Management, PO Box 651
Village Station, New York, NY 10014.
http://www.bluefloyd.com
http://www.mule.net/main.html
08/26/00
NEIL YOUNG
at the E Center - Camden, NJ
Photo art by Karl Koch ©
Program from the Fred Walecki Benefit shows
Contributed by J.R.
STAND AND BE COUNTED
Full page from Rolling Stone
I also saw this ad in TV Guide and Vanity Fair.
08/25/00
For everyone who missed the airing of
the 1992 Perry Mason:
"The Case of the Heartbroken Bride"
Stephen Stills has a cameo.
Here's our suitelorraine.com exclusive...
slideshow by Ramiro ©
SUMMARY:
A music star (Heather McAdam) is charged with committing a
murder at her own wedding.
Stephen plays the role of a music bootlegger!
08/23/00
RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW
of the NEW CSNY Book
It's on SALE now until October 31st, 2000
Order it now at the reduced rate,
cos the price is going up after November 1st, 2000
08/21/00
Paul Higham on holiday in California, donning his CSN Online Tee
shirt.
Paul was winner of contest #2
Looking Good Paul!
Paul Higham © 2000
Do you have a CSN Online Tee? Do you have a photo of yourself
wearing it?
Wanna show your colors online?
Send me a jpg image of you wearing the tee, or snail mail me a
photo.
email Lorraine
08/17/00
Rolling Stone, Issue No. 848 - August 31st, 2000
(cover Keanu Reeves)
The new RS just arrived on my doorstep yesterday.
Contained in the new issue of ROLLING STONE, is an article on
the upcoming Al Gore Fund-raiser that will be held at Radio City
Music Hall in NYC, on September 14th, 2000. (scroll down this page for the original press release about the
event, that CSN among other acts, will perform at.)
Crosby quote: "I can't tell you how little I want George W. Bush
as president," says David Crosby, pointing out that the artists
on the bill all have their pet issues. His is campaign finance
reform, which he'll argue for during a Washington, DC rally on September 19th, 2000.
Also contained in this issue of RS, is a full page ad for the
upcoming 4 hour mini-series.
STAND AND BE COUNTED
August 21&22, 2000 @ 9-11pm eastern on TLC (The Learning Channel)
Although it is not listed on the Biography website, our own Mr
Graham Nash has been the guest host
this week for the Legends in Rock A&E Biography shows.
I missed the Dylan 2 hour show on Sunday. Hope I can catch it
again on the rerun.
I did see the latter 3, David Crosby, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis
Joplin.
After a 2nd viewing of the Crosby show, I realized they showed
a brief glimpse of CPR at BB King Blues
Club and Grill... nice!
I am getting spoiled seeing Graham on the tube each nite this
week.
A&E must have remember him for his great job as host, when he
had his
short lived A&E series "The Inside Track."
08/16/00
ELVIS
01/08/35 - 08/16/77
08/15/00
1969-2000
31st Anniversary
Visit our WOODSTOCK slideshow!
08/14/00
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS!
MR. DAVID VAN CORTLAND CROSBY
photo by Jim Marshall ©
David at Monterey Pop '67
~HAVE A GREAT DAY~
*THANKS FOR ALL THE MUSIC AND JOY YOU'VE SHARED*
Lorraine's Crosby banner © and ticket from
The Daylight Again Tour August 14th, 1982 Nassau Coliseum show
Click on the above image and read the story.
It's seems fitting that airs
DAVID CROSBY's very own installment on his birthday.
8pm eastern
Veteran New York radio personality,
DENNIS ELSAS
is back on the radio starting today.
He was 25+ years at WNEW-FM
the place where “Rock USED to live”...
He is returning to radio as a DJ at WFUV College radio
Fordham University.
Here he won’t be constrained to the regiments of corporate radio.
Welcome back to the airwaves and Good luck!
Last Friday nite 08/11, channel surfing and what do I come across?
TBS Superstation runs a show called
Where they play bad films, comment on them and then cook a meal,
thus the name,
Dinner and a movie. They usually have guests on the segements.
I wasn't paying attention to the
repartee on the movie Roadhouse. But what caught my ears was the
bass playing of our very own
GERALD JOHNSON
photo by Lorraine © art by Ramiro ©
Joe Vitale, Mike Finnigan and Gerald Johnson.
Three CSN Compadres.
Gerald was playing with a 3 piece blues act; bass, drums and guitar.
I didn't catch the name of the band, but the guitar player was
called Stacey.
He mentioned that he has 3 records out.
Anyone know more on this please drop me an email. THANKS!
08/13/00
Neil Young at Camden, NJ's
"E Center"
August 9th, 2000
Photo art by Karl Koch ©
In this week's August 7th, 2000 issue of POLLSTAR:
M.A.P took out another full page ad of thanks to artists
for their support of their program.
Among the musical artists' mentioned: David Crosby.
M.A.P. - Musician's Assistance Program
Alcohol and drug treatment for the music industry.
www.map2000.org
08/11/00
Ambassador Galleries Soho
114 Spring Street - NYC
212-431-9431
Presents:
A Rock and Roll Art Exhibition
August 11-27th, 2000
Among the artists featured are:
Jerry Garcia
John Entwistle
Ronnie Wood
Marty Balin
Marty will be there today for the opening
between 2-4pm
NYC folks...take a long lunch and say hi to Marty!
08/08 at the first nite of the Fred Walecki benefit concerts
*Surprise!*
Roger McGuinn showed up and played some tunes with Hillman and
Crosby.
BYRDS reunion!
They played: "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn Turn Turn"
Crosby and Nash with Pevar and Raymond performed:
"Lady of the Island"
"Deja' Vu"
"Taken At All"
"Wooden Ships"
08/09 2nd nite of the benefit show.
No Hillman tonight.
Crosby and Nash with Pevar and Raymond performed:
"Someday Soon"
"Dream For Him"
"Marguerita"
"Deja' Vu"
Highlight: "Marguerita" ...make mine with salt... though graham will go sans.
USA TODAY Review
08/09/00
Neil Young’s tour commenced last night 08/08/00
What a setlist!!! This one really is for the fans..
Who would believe he would ever play "Words?"
photo by R. Altman ©
SETLIST:
Motorcycle Mama
Powderfinger
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
I Believe in You
Unknown Legend
Dance Dance Dance
Buffalo Springfield Again
Razor Love
Lotta Love
Daddy Went Walkin'
Peace of Mind
Walk On
Bad Fog of Loneliness
Winter Long
Words
Harvest Moon
World On A String
Tonight's The Night
encore:
Like A Hurricane
Baby Mellow My Mind
Wish we could get Stills to go and play some golden nuggets from
his illustrious past .....and future! Come on blues album... time
is awasting... and Eric and BB’s record just went platinum (1
million sales). Damn....
The Music Never Stopped
Today JERRY crossed over to the other side in 1995.
 
I froze when I heard the news.
“The fields were full of dancing, full of singing and romancing,
the music never stopped..”
It never stopped in my head, heart and mind.
08/08/00
Birthday shout out!
Dustin Hoffman
some of my fav films
  
www.reel.com
08/06/00
THIS JUST IN...
The suitelorraine.com EXCLUSIVE
CPR @ BB King Blues Club
August 1st, 2000
Review and Slide Show
Jefferson Starship / Quicksilver
Westbury Music Fair
July 29th, 2000
Slide show
Crosby and Nash among many other musical greats (see below)
are performing 2 benefits shows this week at the Santa Monica
Civic Center.
Here is a repost of what I had up on the site back in June, when
the dates were announced. West coast friends who are going...
have a GREAT TIME!!
David Crosby and Graham Nash will be featured among a star studded
cast of other California Musicians at
a series of (2) benefit shows in Santa Monica California, @
The Santa Monica Civic Center; August 8th and 9th, 2000.
This will be a truly monumental show, with immense talent on one
stage.
The other acts will include:
Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne,
David Lindley,
Warren Zevon, Chris Hillman, Colin Hay and The Grease Monkeys
with Jennifer Condos,
Ry Cooder, Andy Fairweather Low, Ethan Johns, Bernie Leadon and
Wix.
These shows are being coordinated by The Guacamole Fund, in support
of :
The Friends of FRED WALECKI.
FRED WALECKI has been a beloved Los Angeles fixture to musicians
for over 30 years as the proprietor @
Westwood Music. Fred has had serious surgery causing disability,
due to throat cancer, and has incurred
medical expenses not covered by insurance.
There are Golden and Silver Circle tickets being sold. Please
call the Guacamole Fund for more information:
800-728-6223
Here is some background info on Westwood Music and FRED WALECKI
found @
http://westwoodmusic.com
Westwood Music is known throughout the country as the leader in
understanding and anticipating a musician’s needs and for developing
the technology to meet those needs. We create solutions to problems
that even musicians at times are unable to articulate. Since our
beginning 50 years ago, we have always been known for treating
each customer, from beginner to pro, with legendary warmthand
service. Since the ‘60’s, Westwood Music and its owner, Fred Walecki,
have been at the center of rock and roll legend-making. The
stories abound--like the time the Stones went to see Sonny and
Brownie at the Ash Grove, driven by Fred in his mom’s station
wagon. Or when Bernie Leadon promised to stand good for a Westwood
Music charge account for his new band, which had come up with
the questionable name of "The Eagles". Those were wild and heady
days.
Founded first as a rare violin, harp, and orchestral instrument
store by Hermann Walecki in 1947, Westwood Music gained international
stature as Hermann sold some of the most important rare instruments
of this century: the "Lord Nelson Stradivarius", the "Markivich
Stradivarius", and the "Mendolson Stradivarius", to mention only
a few. When Hermann fell ill in 1966, his son Fred, at the age
of nineteen, took over the business.
Realizing his sensibilities lay more with guitars and other modern
instruments, Fred gradually phased out the rare instrument side
of the business and began to cater to clients involved in the
new sounds of the ‘60’s. Within a few short years Fred had been
befriended by such music legends as The Buffalo Springfield, Bernie
Leadon, Ned Doheny, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Poco, Linda
Rondstadt, and The Byrds And the rest, as they say, is Rock and
Roll history, as evidenced by the abundance of Gold Records lining
the walls of the store from groups both past and present.
Through the ‘70’s, 80’s, and 90’s the client list has grown and
grown for one simple reasonno other music store in Southern California
is really involved with what large stage groups need, i.e., custom
length, high quality cords; kel lights, batteries, gaffers tape,
custom anvil cases measured for the clients at their rehearsal
halls, and personal, 24 hour commitment to service. Late night
phone calls at home to Fred from a group in a bind are common.
Twelve hours to a guy on the road who is unable to get a three-dollar
item that will make or break the pedal steel player seems like
an eternity. With Westwood Music behind them, that item is there
next day by FedEx, delivered to the guy’s room by the bell hop
with the morning coffee.
These days it’s hard to imagine what our store is like if you
haven’t been in, but it’s a relief from the supermarket-type stores.
The small profit margins of the chain stores seem to dictate impersonal
treatment, but it doesn’t have to be that way. We meet their prices
but not their lack of service. Buying a guitar used to be a great
time and it still can bepicking up and playing twenty or so Martins
before choosing the perfect one, or having the same people who
set up Bruce Cockburn’s guitar set up yours. That’s very cool.
It helps that we have such a long and rich history with the old
companies like Martin and Gibson. Things are a bunch easier when
you actually know the humans you are speaking to at these big
companies. How do we know them? First, we like the people at the
big companies, and they like us. Heck, some of the high lamas
at the big companies worked with us in our store years ago, like
Ren Fergison back in the 60’s, or Chris Martin in the 70’s. Ren
is one of the high guys at Gibson acoustic in Bozeman, and Chris
is the main person at Martin now.
Beginning student, talented songwriter/bar player, and the fortunate
few who have became musical legendsWestwood Music has been loyal
to them all. We aren’t big but we are powerful when you need real
help from real people who sell the good goods. It is not unusual
on any given day to find Joni Mitchell or Lyle Lovett, Graham
Nash or David Crosby, Kevin ("Kebmo") or Chris Hillman, visiting
Westwood Music, talking with the other regular customers.
08/05/00
From this week's July 31st, 2000 issue of POLLSTAR:
Lorraine's analysis:
Below are my thoughts on the stats posted re: CSNY 2000
CSNY have been knocked off the top 50 North American tours listings
as of this week. It was a good run, with high grosses and capacities.
Unfortunately they needed to do more dates... (hint hint) to remain
on the charts against the other large grossing acts. Metallica,
Bruce and George Strait Country Music Fest are now topping the
charts in the 1-3 positions.
The week of February 28th, 2000 CSNY entered the top 50 tours
chart, based on 10 shows; at number 2.
Average gross: 992,764
Average tickets: 13,285
Average price: $74.73
Last week, July 24th, 2000 was CSNY's last week on the top 50
tours chart, based on 10 shows; at number 2.
Average gross: 1,487,799
Average tickets: 19,170
Average price: $77.61
Over the past months (Feb-July) CSNY fluctuated between 1st-3rd
place.
Overall a wonderful run and I hope they do it again!!!
Please visit "What's Going Down" July 2000 for a full midyear review of the CSNY 2000 tour.
I'm curious to see what sort of numbers Neil's pending tour with
bring. The tour commences this week in Virginia Beach. Like the
CSNY tour, his tour is being promoted by TNA and SFX. With high
ticket prices, I expect Neil to be back on this top 50 tour chart
shortly.
Your webmaster-Lorraine
From this week's July 31st, 2000 issue of POLLSTAR:
Tegan and Sara Quinn
Identical twins from Calgary, are on the eastern leg of
the Neil Young tour (August 8-31), along with the Pretenders.
The teen-agers are signed to Los Angeles based Vapor records,
the label owned by Young and his manager, Elliot Roberts.
The Quinn sisters will conclude their part of the tour in Toronto
at
the Molson Amphitheatre August 31st, the only Canadian stop.
In Canada, Tegan and Sara are booked by Pacquin.
They don't have a US agent yet.
08/03/00
Speaking of The Band.
Levon Helm's book "This Wheel's On Fire" has been revised.
Levon Helm & Stephen Davis wrote a new chapter about Rick Danko
and his passing,
Levon's blues band The Barn Burners, among other topics.
The new edition of the book will be released in September 2000.
08/01/00
CSNY is confirmed for FARM AID this year!!!!
Sunday September 17th, 2000.
Tickets go on sale this Friday via ticketmaster @ 10am for the
event at
Nissan Pavilion
7800 Cellar Door Drive
in Bristow, VA
(3 miles from MANASSAS - VA)
Tickets will be $65. 42.50 and 27.50 lawn
The 1992 Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride - 97 min.
Raymond Burr as "Perry Mason"
will air this Tuesday, August 1st, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern)
on TBS.
SUMMARY:
A music star (Heather McAdam) is charged with committing a
murder at her own wedding. Raymond Burr. Max: Ronny Cox.
Hannah: Linda Blair. Sam: Brian McNamara. Laura: Diane
Baker. Gary: Adam Storke. Kaitlynn: Heather McAdam. Ken:
William R. Moses. Suzy: Merle Kennedy. Dave: Michael McGrady.
Frank: Arthur Taxier. Norell: Paul Dooley. Della: Barbara Hale.
Stephen Stills has a cameo.
Gov't Mule will be at The Vanderbilt in Plainview, NY @ 8pm on
August 17th, 2000
The Mule is H O T!!! A powerful, combustible trio. Check em out,
if you haven't already.
516-694-6200
(Yes this is the same nite Neil Young is at Jones Beach.)
Check out this review of Ian Hunter's
New greatest hits compilation
"Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
http://wallofsound.go.com/reviews/stories/oncebittentwiceshybestof_ianhunterIndex.html
07/31/00
Today's BIG birthday...
AHMET ERTEGUN
On September 6th, 2000 in NYC
The Annual Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards
will be given at the Manhattan Center.
Aretha Franklin will present Ahmet with the Founders Award.
07/30/00
Just back from the Jefferson Starship / Quicksilver show at Westbury Music Fair!
As usual, the gang put on a great, inspiring show! A shorter set
with no encores,
due to a union house here. End at curfew, or pay!
Only regret still is missing Jack. Come back soon Jack!!!
SETLIST
St. Charles
We Should Be Together
Borderlands
Count On Me
Good Shepherd
JPP McStep Blues
Hey Frederick
Won't You Try
Miracles
Hearts
Blows Suite
Eskimo Blue Day
Wooden Ships
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