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September 4 in GO! Magazine (updated with correct Ween link)

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Sorry folks. Absolutely no time for anything other than links this week. Today’s GO! Magazine is packed full of music articles, including:

-Country star Jason Aldean at Les Schwab Amphitheater

-Blues legends Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal at Les Schwab Amphitheater

-Singer-songwriter Brett Dennen at the Athletic Club of Bend

-Pianist George Winston at Tower Theatre

-Moon Mountain Music Festival at Elk Lake

-Sagebrush Rock Festival in Christmas Valley

-Pop-rockers Wendy Darling at Silver Moon Brewing in Bend and an end-of-summer, all-star jam at Angeline’s Bakery in Sisters

(Update: Oops. When I first published this post, I had the wrong link for the Ween review below. The link is now correct.)

-And you can click right here to read my review of last weekend’s Ween concert at Les Schwab Amphitheater

This week, I think non-subscribers can see most of those, so get yer click on. Or, pick up the print version of GO! Magazine to see all the pretty pictures.

Tags: Bonnie Raitt, Brett Dennen, George Winston, Jason Aldean, Moon Mountain Music Festival, Sagebrush Rock, Taj Mahal, Ween, Wendy Darling
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Something to never, ever, ever mention again

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

A word of advice: If, someday, you’re a respected and successful guitarist, singer-songwriter, and veteran of the American blues scene, don’t record a song called “Something To Talk About” and release it as a single and have it become a huge hit and win a Grammy award, OK?

Because if you do, corny journalists (and I count myself among them) will pound that title to death with their headlines, even two decades later. From Bonnie Raitt’s press page:

-“Bonnie Raitt’s biofuel tour bus is something to talk about” by Dave Forster, The Virginian-Pilot, 4/22/07
-“Bonnie Raitt gives musicians, fans something to talk about” by Bruce R. Miller, Sioux City Journal, 8/25/06
-“Raitt at Wolf Trap: Something to Talk About” by Pamela Murray Winters, Washington Post, 7/5/06
-“Raitt’s concert something to talk about” by Josef Woodward, Santa Barbara News-Press, 2/15/06
-“Something to talk about: Inductees John and Bonnie Raitt” by Rob Lowman, The Daily News, 6/28/01

Yeesh.

Raitt and fellow blues legend Taj Mahal will bring their joint tour to Bend’s Les Schwab Amphitheater on Saturday. Here they are performing on “The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson” a couple weeks ago:

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