Musician & producer John Simon joins Levon Helm tonight.

John Simon will be the opening act for this evening's Levon Helm Midnight Ramble. John is a great man as we met him almost one year ago. He has deep musical roots as both a performer & producer with The Band, Janis Joplin & many others. Tonight is a special night & we wish we could be there.

http://levonhelm.com/midnight_ramble.htm

Happy b'day Jon Taplin!

Happy b'day to former road manager for The Band & Bob Dylan, Jon Taplin. Jon was also a producer for The Band's famed rock doc The Last Waltz. He is now a professor in CA. Check out his blog:

http://jontaplin.com/

Happy b'day Spencer Davis!

Spencer Davis turns 70 today.

Yesweekly.com Jim Weider article.

http://www.yesweekly.com/article-6671-getting-in-the-groove-former-band-guitarist-settles-into-new-‘project’.html

Remembering Julia "Judy" Lennon today...

It was on this day in '58 that John Lennon's mother passed away from injuries sustained during an automobile accident @ the age of 44.

Happy b'day to the late Woody Gutherie!

The famed folk artist would have turned 97 yesterday. He passed away in '67.

Woodstock '69 photog's revised & autographed "Woodstock Vision" photo book now available.

Thanks to Rick Danko's (The Band) frmr publicist Carol Caffin for the heads up on famed Woodstock '69 official photog & Woodstock, NY area resident Elliott Landy's revised photo book Woodstock Vision. We just ordered our copy of his autographed book. Landy has always had a talented eye & is a very wonderful & warm person.

http://www.landyvision.com/book-2009.html