Norton Buffalo, harmonica virtuoso, one-of-a-kind performer and consummate accompanist to the stars, died Friday night from cancer in Feather River Hospital, near his home in Paradise (Butte County). He was 58.
“He was the antithesis of East Coast cynical,” said Raitt, who spent Sunday morning watching Buffalo videos on YouTube. “He was always in funny mode without being too gooey about it. He’s been that guy all this time. In one guy, you got all the hope and optimism of the ‘70s.”
Mr. Buffalo played on the Grammy-winning Doobie Brothers album “Minute by Minute,” and the recent children’s music CD by Kenny Loggins. With Bette Midler, he played in the band and acted in the film “The Rose.” He collaborated on tours and a series of recordings for more than 20 years with blues guitarist Roy Rogers. One of their songs, “Ain’t No Bread in the Breadbox,” was a cornerstone in the ‘90s live repertoire of the Jerry Garcia Band.
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Raditude (TMT Review) is out today in stores. My recommendation? Wait a couple days and check the used bins first.
On December 14, The Clash will be reissuing London Calling. Details on the 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition are scarce but a “CD/DVD package is expected.” The re-re-release comes five years after the 25th Anniversary Edition, which featured The Vanilla Tapes, which was an earlier version of the album based on a lost master tape.
In 2014, fans can look forward to the 35th Anniversary Honorary Edition. The re-re-re-release will contain The Chocolate Mint Tapes – a postmodern take on London Calling by No Age.
Hey TMT readers, it's been a while. I've been off starting my own zine onethirtybpm, but I'm back and I have some pretty sweet news (which I posted there first):
It appears that the New York-based experiment group Liars have something up their sleeves. Today, the group's MySpace page has been updated with new artwork and several links to thesisterworld.com. Upon visiting that site, you’ll see the same artwork and be able to watch some pretty abstract beach videos. Clicking on the text ‘SISTERWORLD’ will forward you to the official Liars website.
It looks like there's a new album possibly entitled Sisterworld being released in 2010. We’ve contacted both of Liars’ publicists for confirmation, so we’ll keep you posted. The band's publicist has confirmed that the band is releasing an album in early 2010. Now let's just sit back and see whether they lean more toward beach ambience or more towards the stygian nautical themes of Ween's The Mollusk. I'm sure they could probably find a middle ground.
That’s right, Mr. Smog, a.k.a. Mr. (Smog), a.k.a. Mr. Callahan, is touring with Drag City newbies Lights. Six dates hardly makes a tour, but we here at TMT are going to tell you about it anyway cause it’s the news and we pride ourselves in giving our readers up-to-date news on anything we damn well please. So, let's get to the point: If you wanna see Bill Callahan or Lights, you have six options, which I have listed in an easy-to-read format below.
Now without further ado, here are the dates: 12.04.09 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater 12.06.09 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone 12.08.09 - Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light 12.09.09 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 12.12.09 - Tallahassee, FL - The Engine Room 12.16.09 - Birmingham, AL -The Bottletree
Admired alternative artists and krautrockers Four Tet, Maps, Clinic, Damo Suzuki (of Can) and Michael Rother (of Neu! and Harmonia) have joined together to create exclusive recordings for Audioscope, a nine-year-old music festival with the purpose of raising funds for the homeless. All musical contributions will appear on an album titled Music for a Good Home, where Dieter Moebius, Pram, and Clinic are also slated to make an appearance. Music for a Good Home's profits will go towards national housing and Shelter, a U.K. charity organization for the homeless.
Four Tet is reportedly contributing original work for the compilation, as well as Maps performing a Bob Dylan track. And that's not all... oh, that's not all. Damo Suzuki's contribution to "Home" will be a live track recorded at Oxford's Truck Festival. Only 300 physical copies of the album will be released, but that's okay, because who really buys those? For the forward-thinking donator, digital copies will also be sold on iTunes. The tracklist is below.
1. Michael Rother - Maus-Mann-Motiv 2. Piano Magic - Never It Will Be the Same Again 3. Four Tet - Audioscope 4. The Oscillation - The 3rd Harmonic 5. Damo Suzuki - Truck on Track 6. Dieter Moebius - Popst 7. Maps - Not Dark Yet 8. Pram - Tumblin 9. Shooting at Unarmed Men - Death by Decaf 10. Vibracathedral Orchestra - Gat Rot 11. Clinic - Earl Mallard 12. Blood Red Shoes - Carry Knots 13. Einstellung - Und Die Ruhe Ist Donner
