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Hey Esau, I was at those gigs in Vancouver too and they were in 1998 not 1997. As for whether or not you'll be able to go. It show goes on sale on June 21, I have no idea when the gig will actually be. It could be in late August or early September.

I don't know when the show will be but a friend of mine at Q107 said that VAN MORRISON will be coming back to Toronto to perform for the first time since June 25, 1995!

I remember that day fondly. It was my twenty-first birthday and I went with my then girlfriend Heather. Van Morrison performed that day at the good ol' Maple Leaf Gardens. He was touring for his album "Days Like This" (The title track for the album was used in the movie "As Good As It Gets", in the scene where Jack Nicholson was driving the car and put the song on the stereo to impress Helen Hunt), and this was where he transformed his attire to the Blues Brothers motif, of the black suit, sunglasses and hat.

It was a great show, and I was lucky enough to see him three more times in Vancouver in 1998 during the Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison triple bill. I'm a bigger Dylan fan, but on that night Morrison blew everybody off the stage.

I'm rambling now.

All I know is that Morrison should be playing the Molson Amphitheatre and the tickets will be going on sale June 21. When I find out more I'll post it here.

Ah Yes it comes full circle. Now we definitely have a connection between the two Daltrey and Walsh. Your last post reminded me of an introduction Townshend put in for Joe Walsh album "Look What I Did! The Joe Walsh Anthologhy" (MCA, 1995), it was entitled:

Pete Tonshend on Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh. I've got a bunch of cassettes I made on the road when Joe used to hook up and hang out in hotel rooms after shows. He was a reader too. Sharing books and ideas. Like all of us he seemed to be an obsessive about everything. Rleationships, family, booze, dope, moving, music, the spiritual life - everything. Those tapes couldn't be bootlegged. They are reflections of a kind of lunacy that is only permissible when you are young, and in a hotel room in a strange town in the early hours. Nowhere to go. Nothing to do. In those early hours, in any town, you can buy drugs. Even when you can't buy booze you can buy drugs. When you can't buy drugs you can play music. That's what we did. Like Edwardians or Victorians we entertained each other with our latest songs. Or extemporized ideas. Musical brainstorms. Sometimes we knew the music was good, but the company was always fine. We shared records too. Turned each other on to new sounds. Joe is an original. And a friend. Last time we hung out (before the Tommy Broadway opening) we did the bar of the Royalton in New York, we could have had anything we wanted in the way of booze, drugs or musical entertainment. But we made our own pleasure. Played my guitar one after the other. And got very, very drunk. I worried about Joe being drunk. He worried about me being drunk. When we both grow up we will worry more about ourselves. Less about each other.

Love you Joe.

Pete Townshend

I can also agree with you their Jaimoe. I find it funny that were discussing Joe Walsh and The Eagles on a post about Roger Daltrey. Any body that has an opinion on Walsh wouldn't know to look here.

I agree with you Jaimoe, Daltrey and Walsh both don't suck.

I was lucky enough to see a James Gang reunion show in 2001 in Cleveland, OH, Walsh's home state. The gig was the day before The Trey Anastasio Band played in Cleveland. It was a great show with all of James Gang's greatest hits.

Where I don't agree with you Jaimoe is how The Eagles "suck hard". Joe was an amazing addition to The Eagles in 1976 and Walsh and Don Felder performing duo lead guitar solos that people that have never picked up an electric guitar could hum through to completion.

For any out their that love The Eagles as I do, you should go to the Toronto Bluesfest on Saturday July 17th and/or the Ottawa Bluesfest on Sunday July 18th. On those days on the side or roots stage Bernie Leadon the original lead guitarist of The Eagles (as well as Dillard and Clark and The Flying Burrito Brothers) will be performing a set with David Kemper on drums (who's performed in the Jerry Garcia Band and with Bob Dylan). Later that night on that stage Bernie and Chris Hillman (original member of The Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers) will be performing as The Burritos for a tribute to the late great Gram Parsons.

May 29, 1997 - Jeff Buckley drowns while swimming with a friend off Mud Island in Memphis.

Roger's last name is spelt Daltrey not Daltry.

Everybody can not be Neil Young "Sponsered By Nobody". Roger Daltrey hardly wrote any songs for the Who ("See My Way" off of "A Quick One" is the only one that comes to mind) as Pete Townshend was the briliant songwriter in the band. John Entwistle even wrote more with songs like "Boris The Spider", "My Wife", "Success Story", "Had Enough" and some more as well. Due to this and possibly some other reasons Daltrey has a lot less money then his counterpart Townshend. I read a couple of years ago in Q Magazine when they showed the list of richest rock stars in England, Towneshend had something like 15 million pound, while Daltrey had around 2 million. I don't blame him for keeping up his lifestyle by doing "TimeLife" shows or appearing on "That 70's Show" a while ago.

I love the Who in whatever incarnation they form under. I saw them with John Entwistle and without. Though I never saw them with Keith Moon as I was only four years old when he died. If you love the Who like I do you will still enjoy them live.

On May 28, 1945 John Forgerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is born in Berkeley, CA.

I saw him once in 1995 at the Concert For The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert in Cleveland, OH. He was backed by Booker T. & The MGs and performed CCR classics "Born On The Bayou" and "Fortunate Son". Forgerty also performed with Sam Moore that night of the classic soul duo Sam & Dave.

3 Stages 36 Bands 2 Days

Day One (Thursday August 5)

Morrissey, Sonic Youth, Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Von Bondies

Broken Social Scene, The Walkmen, Wolf Eyes, Danger Mouse, The Datsuns, Sparta, Peretz

Day Two (Friday August 6)

The String Cheese Incident, The Flaming Lips, Wilco, Gomez, The Polyphonic Spree

The Thrills, The Coup, STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9), Elbow, Wheat, Peretz Plus Moveon.org's Revolution Solution!

Solar Stage

Mike Watt+The Scondmen, The Dresden Dolls, The Living Things, Bumblebeez 81, Carina Round, Rose Golan & Molehead

more info www.lollapalooza.com

Thanks Esau, Though I couldn't access the site.

Thanks MarcO, For posting the intverview in transcript form. I was on night shift that night and didn't get a chance to tape the show. I look forward to Part 2 of the interview. And as my other posts have said I respect Trey's decision to not continue if his heart is not in it anymore, and I look forward to seeing what the world holds for the four members outside of Phish.

I listened to "The Last Waltz" the other day because of Levon Helms birthday on May 26th. After I put on "Lawn Boy" and thought wow when I go to Coventry it will be in many ways like what those boys in The Band did back on the American Thanksgiving in 1976. It will be a beautiful weekend.

I like Jim Cuddy actually have left leanings. Though I respect your opinion Canned Beats. I think that the NDP party would do more for small businesses and family farms more than the Conservative party ever would.

I just don't see anything on the horizon that will be able to step up and fill the shoes of Phish within their genre of music.

As many have already mentioned many bands will gain from the departure from these boys from Vermont. Widespread Panic were already selling out gigs in major venues in the south, though I don't see them playing to virtual sellouts at the Molson Amphitheatre or the north east. moe. leveled out long ago and I don't see them doing large arena and/or amphitheatre tours either. the String Cheese Incident I could see improving their audience the most, especially with them branching out and performing at this years version of Lollapalooza. Even still the incident won't soon be on Saturday Night Live or on the front of Entertainment Weekly and/or RollingStone.

Let's face it Phish never reached the status of what the Grateful Dead were doing on tour selling out stadiums across the United States. So we should realize that these bands and the many others that I didn't mention may not even reach the status of Phish selling out arenas and/or amphitheatres.

There will still be music to see within this genre and so what if the lots and the venues are a little smaller? When the music is being performed and you love it does it really matter?

I thought this was a funny and interesting article.

From The Globe And Mail Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Loftus Cuddy can't count on his brother to sing praises

Electon Notebook by Jane Taber

Loftus Cuddy is the little known older brother of Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy and the virtualy unknown Conservative candidate in his brother's high-profile riding of Toronto-Danforth, where incumbent Liberal MP Dennis Mills is fighting NDP Leader Jack Layton for the seat.

While Mr. Layton can claim the Barenaked Ladies' lead singer, Steven Page, as a staunch supporter (he also lives in this artsy riding) and Mr. Mills can boast that he brought the Rolling Stones to town, Loftus Cuddy cannot count on the star power of his brother. And it's not like the brothers don't get along - Jim went to Loftus's nomination meeting and donated to his campaign - it's just that they don't agree on politics.

"I'm a musician. My leanings have always been left," Jim said yesterday. Still, he says he's pleased that his brother is part of the process. Loftus, a lawyer , is comfortable with his more famous brother's decision not to get involved.

Loftus, baptized John (he changed his name when he was 13 after becoming inspired by the writings of a great-great grandfather), is new to politics, having joined the Tories after the merger. He said he decided to run because he was frustrated with living in a "one-party, one-man state."

As for his chances? Loftus says that running against such well known politicians gives him a chance to "get the message out," but you won't be seeing him and Stephen Harper jamming on stage with Blue Rodeo on "Rose-Coloured Glasses" or "Lost Together".

I'm looking forward to Bonnaroo more and more each day, especially after articles like this one in RollingStone.

On this day in 1942 Levon Helm was born in Marvell, ARK. Levon while still very young traveled up with Ronnie Hawkins in the late fifties to Ontario. Hawkins with Helm drumming would later start the band the Hawks with Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel. This band would leave the Hawk to become Levon Helm & The Hawks before Bob Dylan took "the band" on Dylan's revolutionary tour. The Hawks would later change their name to the Band and would create some of the best rock and roll music ever heard until their farewell show "The Last Waltz".

Levon would reform the Band without Robertson in the mid eighties, but with the tragic deaths of Richard and then Rick the Band is now done for good.

Helm now drums in his band Levon Helm and the Barnburners. He had cancer which damaged his vocals and currently is only drumming.

There's a lot of bands on the bill CyberHippie. But I'm sure SCI and Wilco will be later in the day. You might miss STS9 or Polyphonic though if you don't make it early.

HOUSE OF BLUES CONCERTS

LOLLAPALOOZA 2004

RAIN OR SHINE

THE MOLSON AMPHITHEATRE

NO RECORDERS/AUDIO/VIDEO

AUGUST 5-6, 2004 2:00PM

There is a presale for THE EDGE, Y 108, FM 96 that ends at 5:00PM WED MAY 26.

Onsale to Genreal Public:

THU, 05/27/04 10AM

Price CA $40 - $80

Ticket Limit is 8 per person

The on sale for single day tickets is on

THU 06/03/04 10AM

DAY 1 THU 08/05/04 prices range from $35.50 - $69.50

DAY 2 FRI 08/06/04 prices range from $19.50 - $45.50

If it was the wishes of just Trey, or all, it doesn't really matter. If Trey's heart isn't in it anymore I totally respect his decision to end Phish.

Do I wish that Phish would continue for years to come? Yes. Do I hope that they reform years down the line? Yes. Would I hope that the band would continue with one or many of their hearts not in it anymore? No.

I already had my Coventry tickets before this announcement and I'm currently debating tonight on possibly going to more shows. But if I don't at least I'll see the last gigs the band will ever do in their beautiful home state. I also have the memories of so many wonderful shows over the years.

Plus I will look forward to what Trey, Page, Mike and Jon do next on their own.

Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in born in Alton, Ill. He begins his career with Billy Eckstine's orchestra in a lineup that includes Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He goes on to record more than two dozen albums and is considered the originator of more jazz styles than any other artist. he earns the first of six Grammys in 1960 and receives a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990.

On 5/11/04, Tom Petty posted an interview on his official website www.tompetty.com by Paul Zollo. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer, two days later on 5/13/04 the interview appears in text format.

The interview took place on March 31, 2004 at Tom's Malibu home and was a very comprehensive interview. Paul asked questions ranging from Tom's involvement with everything from The Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. Petty also goes into his songwriting style and how he prepares for his gigs. The interview reveals that Petty does not plan on touring this year, instead he will be compiling a new live album, writing new material and possibly recording it and working on improving his official website.

If you love Tom Petty then you will enjoy this interview.

Hey Esau,

Wasn't that Massey Hall show in 1980 discussed to be released as a live album? I believe it's still considered for a possible "Bootleg Series" release as well.

That show must have been amazing, I was only five at the time but I wish I could have been there.

Hey Briguy, Eric Clapton does cover another J.J. Cale tune. The song is "I'll Make Love To You Anytime" off of Clapton's now overlooked album "Backless" released in 1978.

On a side note, during this current tour Clapton is performing another tune off that album entitled "Walk Out In The Rain", which is an unreleased Bob Dylan song cowritten with Helena Springs.

Every Clapton show I have seen a Cale cover, minus the "Nothing But The Blues Tour" in 1994. All the shows have had "Cocaine" and during the "Reptile World Tour" Clapton performed "Travelin' Light" as well.

Unfortunately I have yet to see Slowhand do his version of "After Midnight". Though I saw Phish do it at Big Cypress. I have also witnessed Widespread Panic do an excellent version of "Travelin' Light" the first Bonnaroo.

I'm looking forward to this J.J. Cale show at Lee's as I have yet to see him live. I have been listening to Cale for a few years now, though I have actually been enjoying his songs since I was aroun ten or eleven, through Clapton and even Lynyrd Skynyrd. I always loved Skynyrd's version "Call Me The Breeze".

I'm glad I didn't pick up tickets to see Scofield or Galactic, because I'll definitely be going to Cale.

It will only be a couple of weeks later and I'll be seeing Eric Clapton covering the Cale classic "Cocaine" at the Air Canada Centre (on Wednesday July, 7th) and at the HSBC Arena (on Friday July, 9th).

Looking forward to them all!

The greatest lyricist of all time in popular music was born Robert Allan Zimmerman in Duluth, MN, on this day (May 24, 1941).

Happy Birthday Bob,

May you have many more!