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Archive for March, 2011



BCC second album

Black Country Communion have completed their second album titled simply Black Country Communion 2. The album will be released in the US on June 14 on Joe Bonamassa’s J&R Adventures label. In June the band will undertake a brief US tour starting June 9 in San Diego, CA, and finishing June 19 in Washington, DC.

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North American tour’s finally happening?

Looks like it. There is no official word yet from the band’s management, but there are 4 North American dates that have surfaced so far with tickets already on sale: June 3 – Rama, Ontario (just north of Toronto) June 4 – Quebec City June 18 – Chicago June 23 24 – Los Angeles The […]

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Smoke on the Water by brass band

Now, here’s a cover you don’t hear every day.

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Graz’75 photos online

A previously unreleased set of picture of Deep Purple performing at the Bundeseisstadion Liebenau in Graz, Austria, on April 3, 1975, is being posted online at dpac.at. There already are two installments, with more to follow on a weekly basis.

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If Life Was Easy

Roger Glover’s solo album, of which we first heard back in 2007 when it was provisionally titled Close Up, will now be released in June. The new title is If Life Was Easy. Considering the delay, it’s rather apt. The album will feature Randall Bramblett on lead vocals, with Gillian Glover guesting. Thanks to Blabbermouth […]

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Coverdale going acoustic

David Coverdale recently talked to ultimate-guitar.com Lots of history and topics were covered. One of them being Coverdale’s idea of ease up on the screaming and go acoustic as his moves into his 60’s. I’m 60 years old in September so I want to work this for at least another three years. God knows how […]

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Technical problems

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BCC debut album not as live as some people think

Recording engineer Dave Rideau recently sat down with producer Kevin “The Caveman” Shirley at his studio, The Cave, in Malibu, California. The interview was done for mixing console manufacturer Solid State Logic and Shirley talks about his work, among them his work on Black Country Communion’s debut album. I booked the studio down the road, […]

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