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  1. HOWE GELB in Ottawa today, Kitchener SAT, Toronto SUN

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    Hey MarcO,

    Here is some information on the underrated often overlooked Howe Gelb.

    Tim

    From www.allmusic.com

    Biography by Nathan Bush

    It took singer/songwriter Howe Gelb nearly 20 years to receive the type of attention upstart indie rockers routinely obtain by their second album. During those two decades, Gelb released an abundance of material at the helm of his group Giant Sand, presenting a highly original take on Southwestern roots and garage rock. Gelb rarely stepped off his wayward musical course and onto even ground for any length of time. Combining this with inadequate promotion and distribution from a number of independent labels, and Gelb was insured regrettable obscurity. By the late '90s however, people finally began to take notice of a group of musicians gathering in Tucson, AZ. Gelb and Giant Sand had spawned a number of side projects including OP8 (Giant Sand plus Lisa Germano), Calexico, and the Friends of Dean Martinez. Gelb received the biggest critical and commercial success of his career with his Chore of Enchantment album in 2000.

    Howe Gelb formed the first incarnation of Giant Sand (then, the Giant Sandworms) in 1980 with longtime friend Rainer Ptacek. Like most of the early lineups, however, the group didn't last long, undergoing the first of many personnel changes. In 1985, Gelb took a new quartet (which included future Friends of Dean Martinez drummer Tom Larkin) into the studio to record Valley of Rain (the official debut as Giant Sand) for 400 dollars. More members came and went until 1988, when Gelb had settled briefly on a trio of bassist Paula Brown (his first wife who had joined in 1987) and drummer John Convertino. While Gelb and Brown would part ways in 1989, Convertino would eventually make up one third of Giant Sand's most consistent lineup. The final ingredient came in 1991 with the addition of Joey Burns. This core group recorded Ramp (1991), Center of the Universe (1992), Purge and Slouch (1993), and Glum (1994), albums that alternated pulsating rock with dusty acoustic etchings.

    In the years that followed, the story of Giant Sand's extended family grew increasingly complex. Convertino and Burns launched their duo project Calexico and co-founded the Friends of Dean Martinez. Gelb laid relatively low, releasing live and outtake material on Goods and Services, Backyard Barbecue Broadcast, and Volume 1: Official Bootleg Series (all 1995). He lent piano and organ to the Friends' debut (The Shadow of Your Smile, 1995) and joined an exceptional cast for contributions to Richard Buckner's stunning Devotion + Doubt album (1997). In 1998, V2 released Gelb's formal solo debut, the ethereal, lo-fi home studio project Hisser.

    In 1997, Gelb lost his close friend Ptacek to cancer, months before he was preparing to record the next Giant Sand album. The event threw him into an emotional tailspin. Initial Tucson sessions (at the same studio he had worked with Ptacek in, just weeks before) were largely unsuccessful. Three producers (John Parish, Jim Dickinson, and Kevin Salem) later, Gelb emerged with Chore of Enchantment, only to have the album rejected by V2. Chicago's Thrill Jockey ended up releasing what, against all odds, was one of Gelb's most cohesive collections. Chore drew from the broadest palette yet. Gelb stretched from the laid-back grooves of "X-tra Wide" to the escalating rock of "Satellite" with ease. He seemed less reliant on Giant Sand as an outlet than ever before. Near the end of the '90s, he launched his own Ow Om label. The Internet/mail order imprint released discs from Gelb's Official Bootleg Series.

    Gelb spent a great deal of 2000 touring, orchestrating an increasingly spontaneous live show. A set list-free performance, a walkman playing snippets of previous shows, and a looping device (with 82% accuracy) were all used to supplement his extensive catalog of songs. More and more, both his live and studio performances began incorporating chance elements like these. At the start of the new millennium, the singer seemed busier than ever, working on a series of releases including a collection of solo piano instrumentals and a new album for Thrill Jockey. The latter project, designed as the follow-up to the intimate Hisser, was issued in early 2001 under the title Confluence, and displayed a sound closer to Giant Sand than any of Gelb's previous solo outings. Lull, a collection of piano pieces, appeared that same year. Gelb returned in 2003 with the similarly muted Listener album, and released Arizona Amp and Alternator in 2005. The latter included collaborations from M Ward and Scout Niblett.

  3. HOWE GELB in Ottawa today, Kitchener SAT, Toronto SUN

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    Howe Gelb's newest album was recorded in Ottawa with a local choir, so I would assume the Ottawa gig tonight could possibly have some guests.

    Tim

    Howe Mon Feb 27 La Sala Rosa Montreal Quebec Canada

    Howe Thu Mar 2 Babylon OttAwa Ontario Canada

    Howe Sat Mar 4 Boathouse Kitchener Ontario Canada

    Howe Sun Mar 5 Horseshoe Tavern Toronto Ontario Canada

    (billed as Arizona Amp And Alternator)

  7. Derek Trucks in Eric Clapton's touring band

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    [blurb]Derek Trucks will be one of two backing guitarists, Doyle Bramhall II will be the other, in Eric Clapton's touring band for his upcoming European Tour.

    Damn, I hope that Trucks ends up staying on the road with Slowhand for the North American dates that will follow in 2007.[/blurb]

    Tim

    From www.billboard.com

    Clapton Touring Europe This Spring, Summer

    February 24, 2006, 4:00 PM ET

    Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y.

    Eric Clapton will spend the late spring and early summer on an extensive tour of Europe. The run, which opens May 5 in Le Cannet, France, will visit 13 countries through its July 31 conclusion in Helsinki.

    The tour includes an already sold-out seven-night stand at London's Royal Albert Hall. A statement confirming the tour alludes to additional dates that will find the renowned guitarist visiting some venues and locales for the first time in his career.

    Backing Clapton on the run will be guitarists Doyle Bramhall II and Derek Trucks, keyboardists Chris Stainton and Tim Carmon, bassist Willie Weeks, drummer Steve Jordan, the Kick Horns and vocalists Michelle John and Sharon White.

    Clapton will be out behind his Duck/Reprise album "Back Home," which bowed in September 2005 at No. 13 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 306,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

    As previously reported, Clapton will publish a memoir in 2007 via Random House, which will coincide with the release of a comprehensive box set and a North American tour.

    Here are Clapton's European tour dates:

    May 5: Le Cannet, France (La Palestre)

    May 8: Glasgow (Glasgow SECC)

    May 9: Manchester (MEN Arena)

    May 11: Birmingham (Birmingham NEC)

    May 12: Sheffield, England (Hallam FM Arena)

    May 14: Nottingham, England (Nottingham Arena)

    May 16-17, 19, 22-23, 25-26: London (Royal Albert Hall)

    May 28: Paris (Bercy)

    May 31: Antwerp, Belgium (Sports Paleis)

    June 1: Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ahoy)

    June 3: Frankfurt (Festhalle)

    June 4: Stuttgart, Germany (Schleyerhalle)

    June 6: Leipzig, Germany (Leipzig Arena)

    June 7: Berlin (Wuhlheide)

    June 9-10: Surrey, England (Hampton Court Palace Festival)

    July 7: Lucca, Italy (Piazza Napoleone)

    July 8: Perugia, Italy (Arena Santa Giuliana)

    July 10: Verona (Verona Arena)

    July 13: Cologne (Cologne Arena)

    July 14: Dortmund, Germany (Westfalenhalle)

    July 16: Vienna (Stadthalle)

    July 18: Budapest (TBD)

    July 20: Prague (The Arena)

    July 22: Munich (Olympiahalle)

    July 23: Mannheim (SAP Arena)

    July 25: Hamburg (Colorline Arena)

    July 26: Augustenborg, Denmark (Augustenborg Castle)

    July 28: Oslo (Spektrum)

    July 29: Stockholm (Globen)

    July 31: Helsinki (Hartwall Arena)

  8. Golden Smog In 'Fine' Form On New Album

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    Sweet, now I'm just hoping for the first Golden Smog tour including Jeff Tweedy since 1998.

    The two Golden Smog shows I saw at the Horseshoe back in December of 1998 are two of the best gigs I have ever seen.

    Tim

    From www.billboard.com

    Golden Smog In 'Fine' Form On New Album

    February 23, 2006, 10:55 AM ET

    Wes Orshoski, N.Y.

    Lost Highway has set July 18 as the release date for "Another Fine Day," the first release in eight years from Golden Smog. The lauded supergroup features Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Soul Asylum's Dan Murphy, Big Star's Jody Stephens and the Jayhawks' Gary Louris, Marc Perlman and Kraig Johnson.

    Again sporting separate songwriting contributions from Tweedy, Louris, Perlman, Murphy and Johnson, the band's fourth album is composed of 14 originals and a cover of the Kinks' Dave Davies' "Strangers," sung by Louris and Tweedy.

    The first Golden Smog album to follow both Wilco's ascension to "it"-band status and reports of a Jayhawks break-up, "Another Fine Day" was recorded last year in two separate sessions, the first sans Tweedy and Stephens in the south of Spain, the second with the full band in Minneapolis.

    The songs from the first session, captured in Puerto De Santa Maria, feature Linda Pitmon (Steve Wynn, Zuzu's Petals) on drums, and vocals from Muni Loco, wife of Paco Loco, who co-produced the disc with Ed Ackerson (Mason Jennings, the Jayhawks) and the band.

    "Another Fine Day" began to take shape when bassist Perlman was asked to write a song for a Guy Ritchie-directed Corvette commercial. While the song was never used in the ad, the core band of Perlman, Louris, Murphy and Johnson got together and began writing the first half of the record. "It was four guys mumbling into a microphone for a few sessions and going, 'Oh, this could be a song,'" says Louris.

    On the band's previous, Ryko-released discs, the songwriter who wrote a particular song usually sang it. But perhaps due to how "Another Fine Day" was born, it sounds like more of a band effort, and less easily divisible by songwriter/singer.

    Yet there are definite specific songwriter vehicles, like Murphy's "Hurricane," which while slightly twangy is driven by his trademark, revved-up Soul Asylum riffing. The harmonica-punctuated, piano-dusted "Gone" is pure Louris. Meanwhile, "Corvette," the song that started it all, is vintage power pop, and Louris and Tweedy's "Listen Joe," is a sparse, acoustic song for a long-gone friend.

    Debuting with a covers EP in 1992, the occasional band has at different points also featured Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner, ex-Replacements drummer Chris Mars, Noah Levy of the Honeydogs and violinist Jessy Greene of the Geraldine Fibbers. Although Golden Smog had been virtually dormant since wrapping a tour behind 1998's "Weird Tales," last year, Louris, Perlman, Murphy and Johnson played a handful of Golden Smog dates sans Tweedy.

    Here is the track listing for "Another Fine Day":

    "You Make It Easy"

    "Another Fine Day"

    "5-22-02"

    "Long Time Ago"

    "Corvette"

    "Beautiful Mind"

    "Listen Joe"

    "Cure For This"

    "Hurricane"

    "Strangers"

    "Frying Pan Eyes"

    "Gone"

    "Never Felt Before"

    "I Can"

    "Think About Yourself"

  11. The Grammy's

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    From www.rollingstone.com

    U2 Dismantle the Grammys

    Rockers upstage Mariah and Kanye at forty-eighth annual awards show Check out Grammy photos

    U2 upstaged major nominees Mariah Carey and Kanye West last night at the forty-eighth annual Grammy Awards, winning five awards, including Song and Album of the Year.

    "If you think this is gonna go to our head -- too late," joked the band's singer Bono after accepting the award for Song of the Year for "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own." Both the song and the album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Bono said, were dedicated to his late father, whom he thanked "for giving me the voice and a bit of attitude to use it." The band also won awards for Best Rock Song, Best Rock Album and Rock Performance by a Duo or Group, and colleague Steve Lillywhite was honored as Producer of the Year.

    Carey, the comeback diva nominated for eight awards, took home three, for Best R&B Song, Best Contemporary R&B Album and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The ambitious rapper West, who also had eight nominations, also won three, for Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album and Best Rap Solo Performance.

    Soulful newcomer John Legend took home three awards of his own, including Best New Artist and Best R&B Album. Accepting his award for Best Male R&B Performance for "Ordinary People," he explained that the song came out of a writing session with the Black Eyed Peas: "I kept it, and I'm glad I kept it."

    Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" beat out both Carey's "We Belong Together" and West's "Gold Digger" for Record for the Year. "Pop radio playing rock music is a very big deal to me," said bandleader Billie Joe Armstrong.

    Other winners included Alison Krauss and Union Station, who won three awards, including Best Country Album for Lonely Runs Both Ways. Kelly Clarkson, Damian Marley and Stevie Wonder were among the acts taking home two awards apiece.

    Paying tribute to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the late Coretta Scott King, one of the evening's first presenters Wonder said he hoped the evening's music would "lift us all to higher ground." Some of the performances did manage some lift, including Mary J. Blige's rousing collaboration with U2 on "One" and Christina Aguilera's acrobatic take on "Song for You," accompanied by Herbie Hancock. Carey sang with a huge gospel choir; West faced off against Jaime Foxx in an inventive marching-band-style segment.

    Sixty-three-year-old Paul McCartney raised the roof with a raw version of the Beatles' metallic "Helter Skelter," noting that his two-song appearance was his first at the Grammys: "I finally passed the audition," he joked, echoing an old line by his late bandmate John Lennon.

    Other performances were less than electric. Madonna, whose much-hyped show-opening slot was rumored to have irritated Carey, briefly shared the stage with the animated characters of Gorillaz. An all-star medley of songs in tribute to Sly and the Family Stone never got off the ground, despite an appearance by the long-reclusive, bleach-mohawked Sly Stone. Presenter Dave Chappelle, speaking from personal experience, made an apt introduction: "The only thing harder than leaving show business," he said, "is coming back."

    And McCartney made an awkward encore appearance, joining Jay-Z and Linkin Park to sing the hook from "Yesterday." "Sounds so beautiful, don't you agree?" hollered Jay-Z.

    The only political note was struck by Bruce Springsteen, who concluded his solo performance of "Devils & Dust" with three words about the military troops in Iraq: "Bring 'em home."

    Country maverick Merle Haggard, rock changeling David Bowie, blues pioneer Robert Johnson, the psychedelic-era band Cream and the late comedian Richard Pryor were all honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards.

    Leave the last word, as ever, to Bono, who earlier in the evening compared being in a rock band with running away to join the circus: You think you'll be the ringleader, he said, but sometimes you end up serving as the clown, the freak, "even cleaning up the elephant dirt." But on this night, the veteran rock band swept up a lot more than that.

    A selected list of winners:

    Record of the Year: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Green Day (Rob Cavallo and Green Day, producers; Chris Lord-Alge and Doug McKean, engineers-mixers)

    Album of the Year: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2

    Song of the Year: "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2 (songwriters)

    Best New Artist: John Legend

    Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Since U Been Gone," Kelly Clarkson

    Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: "From the Bottom of My Heart," Stevie Wonder

    Best Pop Vocal Album: Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson

    Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Devils & Dust," Bruce Springsteen

    Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," U2

    Best Hard Rock Performance: "B.Y.O.B.," System of a Down

    Best Rock Song: "City of Blinding Lights," U2 (songwriters)

    Best Rock Album: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2

    Best Alternative Music Album: Get Behind Me Satan, White Stripes

    Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey

    Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: "Ordinary People," John Legend

    Best R&B Song: "We Belong Together" (J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri and M. Seal, songwriters) (Mariah Carey)

    Best R&B Album: Get Lifted, John Legend

    Best Contemporary R&B Album: The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey

    Best Rap Solo Performance: "Gold Digger," Kanye West

    Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "Don't Phunk With My Heart," Black Eyed Peas

    Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Numb/Encore," Jay-Z featuring Linkin Park

    Best Rap Song: "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" (D. Harris and K. West, songwriters) (Kanye West)

    Best Rap Album: Late Registration, Kanye West

    JAMES SULLIVAN

    Posted f鶲. 09, 2006 3:54 PM

  12. The Grammy's

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    Sometimes the power of a few words not even within a song but just at the end of a song can raise the spirits of thousands while enraging thousands others at the same time.

    The words "Bring'em Home" by Bruce Springsteen at the end of his performance of "Devils + Dust" has done just that.

    The thread I started on www.backstreets.com has caused quite a stir, but what touched me the most was the words from a mother who has her twenty-one year old boy over in Iraq right now.

    She said:

    As the mother of a 21 year old soldier, I would have cried if I'd heard what he said, as I cried during the show I watched on tv where he did the star spangled banner and then went into Born in the USA. At the time, J was three weeks out from going to Iraq and I felt Bruce was using his exposure to speak for little ole me, who doesn't have quite the audience he has.

    Thank you Bruce for caring about our soldiers

    Yes thank you Bruce Springsteen and all others that are a voice to us that don't have as powerful of a voice as you do.

    Tim

  14. Daily Show's Rob Corddry get's a TV pilot

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    I think Dan Bakkedahl is originally from Hamilton, if I'm not mistaken.

    I haven't had cable for 6 months, is Bob Wiltfong still making Daily Show appearances? He was hilarious.

    I don't know about Dan Bakkedahl, but Samantha Bee is from Canada.

    Remember the recent segment where Jon Stewart made fun of the CRTC rules and regulations about satirical news of the leaders debate for the federal Election. Where Samantha Bee said "Jon, You have just pissed off the CBC, may God have mercy on your soul." and then when John asked what the CBC would do to him she replied "Well first they will mail you a stern letter." and then it showed her from her home breast feeding her baby. Classic Daily Show.

    'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' and 'the Colbert Report' is easily my favourite hour of tv now.

    Tim

  16. The Grammy's

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    but it's not often the great Sly Stone comes out of his house let alone in front of millions of people on a world wide television broadcast.

    Tim

    That's because he hasn't been clean since the 60's.

    I realize that Jaimoe, I'm just saying it was great he was convinced to come out of seclusion to perform at the Grammy's.

    Does the fact have to be hammered home Sly Stone suffers from dependency issues? We all know that.

    Maybe his apperance at the Grammy's will help Sly, maybe not. That's not the issue.

    Addict or not it was great the audience of mainly musicians and music industry types could give Sly an ovation live and in person for giving us all the great music he has created.

    Tim

  17. The Grammy's

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    How about Sir Paul McCartney?

    First he does an inspired performance of his new song "Fine Line" and then the Beatle great "Helter Skelter."

    I also thought it was funny that he said "I guess we made the audition" which was an obvious reference to John Lennon's comment "I hope we passed the audition" remark at the end of "Get Back."

    Finally when Jay-Z & Linkin Park were doing one of their hit songs (I have no idea of the title, as I don't listen to either act? Though I have seen Linkin Park live) and they go into the Beatles "Yesterday" only to have Sir Paul make another appearance. I thought that was extremely well done.

    In retrospect it was no surprise that Jay-Z was wearing a John Lennon t-shirt.

    Tim

  18. The Grammy's

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    It was an amazing Grammy moment and even more than that musical moment that Sly Stone came out of seclusion to perform during the all-star tribute to his band, Sly and the Family Stone.

    Yes he had a crazy blonde mohawk and hardly sang into the mic and his right hand seemed to be bandaged up with something, but it's not often the great Sly Stone comes out of his house let alone in front of millions of people on a world wide television broadcast.

    Tim

  19. The Grammy's

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    Bruce Springsteen

    How great was that?

    "Bring'em home"

    That was fantastic when the Boss said "Bring 'em home" at the end of "Devils + Dust."

    I'm a member of www.backstreets.com which is Bruce Springsteen's largest unofficial fan site and I was lucky enough to start a new thread titled "Bring 'em home" and it has stirred quite the uproar, as a lot of Springsteen fans don't appreciate his politics.

    Tim

  20. I just got my bonnaroo ticket...

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    I just got my bonnaroo ticket through the kreweofroo presale and here is how much it costs this year.

    Tim

    6/16/2006 2006 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

    Number of tickets: 1 PRICE 1

    Ticket Price: 169.50 (USD)

    PRICE 1

    Ticket Delivery: UPS Worldwide Express (International)

    Bonnaroo Festival Site, Manchester, TN

    6/16-6/18/2006

    Total Service Fee: 15.00 (USD)

    Total Delivery Cost: 15.50 (USD)

    Total Ticket Cost: 200.00 (USD)

  21. Cream Regrouping For More Shows

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    Hey StoneMtn,

    Would you travel to Toronto if Cream played the Air Canada Centre?

    Unfortunately I wouldn't fly again to see Cream as I already flew to see their first Madison Square Garden gig back in October of last year.

    Though I would drive a fair distance to see Baker, Bruce and Clapton again.

    Tim

  22. THE SADIES WITH FRIENDS at LEE'S setlist for both nights

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    Timmy I am so glad you did that and all that you do, that said you are a FREAK when it comes to detail (I love it but still) and it blows me the fuck away that you have this much familiarity with band's back catalogues. I guess you're rooted no pun intended in roots music, or at least I hope you are because if you're knowledge base is this expansive in other genres, well I best be looking for a new gig.

    Hey zero,

    I'll take the banner of "FREAK" as the highest compliment, based on from what I have been told of your knowledge of music.

    I came to this community a little late to see the full power of your knowledge that I am told was well represented on this board at one point and time.

    When it comes to me it's all about the music. I can not get any more clearer then that.

    Tim

  23. Cream Regrouping For More Shows

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    Sweet, I would go to see CREAM again in a second.

    www.billboard.com

    Cream Regrouping For More Shows

    February 08, 2006, 10:20 AM ET

    Legendary rock trio Cream, which reunited last year for a handful of concerts in London and New York after a bitter breakup in 1968, has scheduled more shows, according to vocalist/bassist Jack Bruce.

    But don't expect a world tour. Rather, Bruce says he, guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker will set up camp in select cities for multiple dates, just as they did last year.

    "What we feel is that it's so special, and also so emotionally draining that it's not something we could do every day," he says. "We will play more, but where and when I'm not at liberty to say." He declined to say when an official announcement might be made, joking that he would "get chopped" if he said anything.

    Bruce is in Los Angeles to accept a lifetime achievement award for Cream at tonight's (Feb. 8) Grammy Awards. He will be the group's sole representative, saying Clapton had other commitments, while it was impractical for Baker to leave his farm in South Africa.

    Prior to last year, Cream hadn't played live since its 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In the spring, the group grossed $3.6 million from four sell-outs at London's Royal Albert Hall. An Oct. 24-26 run at New York's Madison Square Garden grossed more than $10.6 million and drew 56,151 people, according to venue officials.

    Bruce says he is less explosive in his old age, and the band know better how to handle problems, but there remains an underlying, brotherly tension with Baker. On the other hand, he describes Clapton as "the most beautiful, kindest, most understanding guy that I've come across."

    COPYRIGHT: © Reuters 2006.

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