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	07/30/00 Click here for a larger version of the original unsigned photo art©. 07/28/00 This week in the Village Voice this blurb appears in the music listings: CPR - David Crosby, Jeff Pevar and James Raymond. Time for father, son, and friend to do it again: ring in the complex harmonies. The media and rock bottom-feeders want to scapegoat Crosby and keep him a punchline. However, there have been few voices so sublime in the annals of rock history. And though Crosby self-depricatingly describes himself as "the purveyor of weird shit," his songcraft has always been consistently stunning and provocative. After all his nine lives, Crosby can still hit that note. Check out this show!!! Saturday - Sept.9th 2000 2 Shows 7:30 & 11:00pm TRIBECA BLUES 16 Warren Street, NYC (212)766-1070 Professor Louie and The Crowmatix w/ Garth Hudson Triple Bill with Levon Helm & The Barnburners Special Guest : Michael Falzarano from Hot Tuna & The Bennett-McLaughlin Band Fun site of the day! www.unclefloyd.com Check out what Oogie, Netto and Mugsy are up to these days! I remember watching Uncle Floyd in the 70’s, on what was to become hbo. For a short time in the 80’s NBC picked the show up. To this day, the show is airing on local nj cable, and Floyd Vivino is still doing personal appearances. He’s at Rascals Comedy Club in West Orange NJ Sunday 08/27 for one show @ 8pm Visit Rascals on the web @ Rascals.net 07/26/00 Birthday shout today MICK JAGGER. photo by IVAN NIKITIN ©     2 passings that hit hard last year were Rick Danko and Doug Sahm. Just found out that Doug’s last work will be released shortly. This posthumous recording will be mostly a country effort with some standards on it from our sir doug. Here is the cd review from Newsday by Jon Young: Doug Sahm "The Return of Wayne Douglas" The great Doug Sahm could sing just about anything. Blues or R&B, Tex-Mex, or rock and roll, it was all the same to this eclectic Texan, whose warm, down-home vocals radiated soul, whatever the style. For "Wayne Douglas," the last album he recorded before his death last year, Sahm shifted full-force into country mode, belting out sentimental laments like a veteran honky-tonker. Framed by woeful fiddle and steel guitar, the steady rolling, "Huggin' Thin Air" recalls the solid Bakersfield groove, while "Cowbod Peyton Place" offers a loving tribute to those timeless cheatin' songs. Of course, ol' Doug could never stick to one style for long, as shown by his tender version of Dylan's "Minus Zero/No Limit" and the feel good boogie of "Yesterday Got in the Way." This swan song is a must for Sahm fanatics, and not a bad introduction to his brilliance for everyone else. Check out Rick Danko's last release. you can purchase it @ www.woodstockrecords.com 07/20/00 Check out the Digital Club Festival July 22th - 25th, 2000 The largest online music event ever streaming LIVE. Four days of continuous webcast of over 200 bands from 32 top stages. Here are two webcasts I am gonna check out! Gov't Mule 07/23 @ The Ranch Bowl 10:45pm Jefferson Starship 07/25 @ Lupo's 10:30pm Today's birthday... the original EMMA PEEL. Diana Rigg 07/18/00 Today's Birthday *Hunter S. Thompson* http://www.gonzo.org 07/17/00 Current CPR / USA itinerary 07/29/00  Mariaville, NY / Indian Lookout Country Club  07/31/00  New York, NY / B.B. King's Blues Club  08/01/00  New York, NY / B.B. King's Blues Club  08/18/00  Lyons, CO / Rocky Mountain Folk Festival  08/19/00  Milwaukee, WI / Milwaukee Zoo  09/01/00  Toledo, OH / Promenade Park  09/02/00  Thornville, OH / Buckeye Lake Music Center  09/03/00  Pittsburgh, PA / Hartwood Amphitheatre CROZ-TV *First reminder* The 4 hour mini-series, "Stand and Be Counted" will air on (TLC) The Learning Channel in the USA Aug. 22 & 23, 2000 from 9:00 to 11:00pm each night. July 17th, 1968 The Yellow Submarine Film Premiered today in the UK. This tidbit is courtesy of "The Professor" Scott Muni. (Love ya Scottso.) Check out this new PAUL KANTNER interview online. http://www.pitch.com/issues/2000-07-13/interview.html 07/15/00   07/14/00 Today is BASTILLE DAY!   Bastille day in France, is the anniversary of the 1789 attack on the French prison,"The Bastille." Toward the end of the 18th century, there was much discontentment among the people in Paris with King Louis XVI. This led to an uprising of the people and to the destruction of the Bastille. Since July 14th, 1789, France has embraced the principles of national sovereignty and human rights. The overthrow of the Bastille, symbolizes the beginning of French democracy. Bastille Day was declared a national holiday in 1880. 07/13/00 Today is the 15th anniversary of LIVE AID and CSNY's infamous "reunion" there. . CHEECH MARIN http://www.cheechandchong.com/     07/12/00 Today we celebrate UNCLE MILTIE'S b-day!!! He's 92 years young. http://www.friarsclub-ca.org/ 07/11/00 Yesterday was ARLO GUTHRIE'S Birthday!!! Belated bday shout out to him. http://www.suitelorraine.com/suitelorraine/Pages/adayinthegarden.html 07/09/00 Here are 2 beautiful STILLS - YOUNG 2000 shots ... More photo art to feast on by Karl Koch. Also while on topic, please visit my Stills Young page @ http://www.suitelorraine.com/suitelorraine/Pages/stillsyoung.html 07/08/00 Ok MANASSAS fans... It's time to check out my friend Al Babcock's memories of his ALL TIME FAVORITE CONCERT!! Stephen Stills and Manassas at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA May 12th, 1972. Changes are abounding at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Caesar's was bought out by Park Place Entertainment last December. With these changes they have decided to close the legendary Circus Maximus, and in it's place they will build luxury suites. They plan to build a temporary special event facility on the back of the property that will hold 6000-7000 seats. It is not known if they will build a permanent structure. It's the end of a Golden era with the loss of the Circus Maximus at Caesar's Palace. Many legendary acts performed there over the years, including Frank Sinatra. In later days, CSN fans were lucky to see them grace the stage there as well as in Tahoe and Atlantic City for very intimate shows. I have not heard what plans are in the making for the other venues. 07/07/00   HOT off the press!!! The POLLSTAR Mid-Year Special Edition It just arrived here. Check out the cover.... Issue dated: July 3rd, 2000 suitelorraine.com blowup of cover They depict the top concert acts performing this year. Tina, Clarence, Bruce, Ricky, KISS .... and CSNY !!! This is FAB news I do have a BIG gripe with the photo used. It is a shot of Neil in the centre flanked by Stephen and David. Graham is barely shown, only partially on the side of Stephen with his back facing forward. CSNY should have be represented properly; respectfully showing all 4 frontally. None-the-less KUDOS going out to ALL the guys for a stellar tour.... and for making the COVER!!! TNA (The Next Adventure), the CSNY 2000 Tour Promoter and SFX (who during the course of the scheduling of the tour, ate up TNA and folded it into the SFX conglomerate.) They took out a full page ad in this special issue of POLLSTAR. It is a lovely ad congratulating the guys and the production staff... "Special thanks to Elliot Roberts, Frank Gironda, Gerry Tolman, Marsha Vlasic, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Jim Keltner, Mike Sexton, Eric Johnson, Craig Sneiderman, Tim Foster, Mason Wilkinson, and the entire CSNY staff and crew." They bill it.... a TRIUMPHANT RETURN!! *another suitelorraine.com exclusive news item*   The next few entries are more of the CSNY 2000 coverage in this issue of the concert hotwire... POLLSTAR "When fans feel a tour is truly a special event, they will pay a stiff premium to be a part of it. The highly successful CSNY tour is a perfect example. Of course, when the public doesn't feel something is a landmark occasion worthy of busting the piggy bank, as in the Diana Ross & the Supremes tour, the result is vast oceans of empty seats." C.O.A. here... (certificate of authenticity) CSNY 2000 WAS A LANDMARK OCCASION INDEED !!!! :-) BIG GROSSES: Out of the top 50 tours, CSNY rank's 3rd 42.1 Gross millions Average ticket price: $76.32 Average tickets sold: 15,753 Total tickets: 551,337 Average gross: 1,202,857. 35 cities played / 40 dates total WOW!!!! CSNY 2000 tour accounted for 21 of the TOP 100 GROSSES In the POLLSTAR mid-year analysis. They are as follows: The stupendous NYC - MSG shows rank first in at number 4 out of 100. Dates: 04/03&04/00 Tickets sold: 37,380 Capacity: 100% Gross: 2,770.888 Boston - Fleet Center comes in next at number 8 out of 100. Dates: 03/25&26/00 Tickets sold: 30,320 Capacity: 100% Gross: 2,452,186. Chicago - The United Center is next at number 10 out of 100. Dates:04/15&15/00 Tickets sold: 28,630 Capacity: 100% Gross: 2,409,464 Philadelphia - The First Union Center is next at number 14 out of 100. Dates: 03/20&21/00 Tickets sold: 29,370 Capacity: 100% Gross: 2,313,031. Toronto - Air Canada Centre is next at number 30 out of 100. Dates: 03/30&31/00 Tickets sold: 32,075 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,817,503. (american) / (2,634,062. canadian) Washington, DC - MCI Center is next at number 58 out of 100. Date: 04/06/00 Tickets sold: 18,544 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,369,204. E. Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena is next at number 60 out of 100. Date: 04/09/00 Tickets sold: 17,745 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,363,172. Auburn Hills, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills is next at number 64 out of 100. Date: 01/24/00 Tickets sold: 17,921 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,292,725. Denver - Pepsi Arena is next at number 65 out of 100. Date: 02/23/00 Tickets sold: 17,712 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,283,133. Cleveland - Gund Arena is next at number 66 out of 100. Date: 03/23/00 Tickets sold: 16803. Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,280,241. Los Angeles - Staples Center is next at number 67 out of 100. Date: 02/12/00 Tickets sold: 14,860 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,277,677. Pittsburgh - Mellon Arena is next at number 78 out of 100. Date: 03/18/00 Tickets sold: 16,104. Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,171,505. Columbus - Shottenstein Center is next at number 81 out of 100. Date: 04/07/00 Tickets sold: 14,970 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,150,941. Sunrise, FL - National Car Rental Center is next at number 85 out of 100. Date: 03/12/00 Tickets sold: 13,553 Capacity: 93% Gross: 1,1303,302. Anaheim, CA - Arrrowhead Pond is next at number 88 out of 100. Date: 02/15/00 Tickets sold: 13,775 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,092,459. Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome is next at number 89 out of 100. Date: 02/01/00 Tickets sold: 14,625 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,084,754. Tampa Bay, FL - Ice Palace is next at number 90 out of 100. Date: 03/11/00 Tickets sold: 14,012 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,081,377. Atlanta - Phillips Arena is next at number 92 out of 100. Date: 03/14/00 Tickets sold: 13,076 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,072,215. San Jose, CA - San Jose Arena is next at number 93 out of 100. Date: 02/04/00 Tickets sold: 13,229 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,069,574. Minneapolis, MN - Target Center is next at number 97 out of 100. Dates: 02/26/00 Tickets sold: 12,778 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,050,618. Hartford, CT - Hartford Civic Center is the last one at number 98 out of 100. Dates: 04/12/00 Tickets sold: 13,453 Capacity: 100% Gross: 1,048,039.   Birthday shout today going out to Mr. Richard Starkey aka RINGO STARR!!!!!!!   07/05/00 This week's new Village Voice is out today, and inside appears a full page ad for BB King Blues Club and Grill . This is the first week they have shown a photo of David in the ad, promoting the CPR shows 07/31 & 08/01... This means the shows are getting closer... Here comes the Stills content, "Love the One You're With," and "For What It's Worth," are represented here. Here's the interesting part....LTOYW is covered with many a lyrical flub...it's one for the diehard collectors!!!   07/03/00 31 years ago today, Brian Jones crossed over to the other side.     I am proud to announce the addition of an exclusive from Vasken Gurdjian. Vasken, a Stills connoisseur; purchased a D-45 SS last year. Here at suitelorraine.com he shares with the world the correspondance he had with Stephen Stills. Please visit this link to read the exquisite letter from Stephen. Thanks very much Vasken. You are a great friend and patron of this site. More thank you's are in order for fan submissions! This time 'round we have: *Mark White: Check out the fan corner for a Croz '88 book signing ad and a classic Hollies record ad for the single "Carrie Anne" that ran in the UK Magazine Melody Maker. Unfortunately it was published with a spelling error. They spelled it Carrie Ann, without the e. *Jim Bright: In the mid 80's, while in the Navy; Jim had a chance to be entertained by Stephen Stills on the USS Eisenhower, along with Cheap Trick. Jim is a big Stills fan and he had a chance to chat with him. It's a great memory for Jim. Check out a shot he photographed of Stephen that day in the fan corner. THANK YOU!!! 07/01/00 New in the fan corner, more absolutely wonderful CSNY 2000 photo art from Karl Koch. Great work! Thanks Karl... When I am not listening to tapes of shows, or cd's etc... I am listening to my favorite radio station, WKCR Columbia University. Currently they are running a 7-day Louis Armstrong Centennial which began Friday, June 30th. You can hear the station on the web @ http://www.wkcr.org Some TV to check out this holiday weekend! On AMC, American Movie Classic's cable network in the USA They are running a 3 day event, starting Sunday @ 10pm. They are calling it Rockstock, hosted by Roger Daltrey. It appears they will be showing that 3 days of peace and music epic... Woodstock, and other music films. Happy viewing... http://www.amctv.com/home.html 06/30/00 Congrats going out to April Beck for her updated Stephen Stills site. Stills fans MUST support each other! We here at suitelorraine.com are Stills connoisseur's.... April gets the official suitelorraine.com Gold Pick Award.   WHAT WENT DOWN... April 2000 May 2000 June 2000