Rock Mobster Archives: 2014 March 22-28

MARCH 28, 2014

1. ROCK STARS WITH THEIR CATS AND DOGS (Dangerous Minds)
2. Have a listen to Robyn Hitchcock’s Spotify playlist: Songs in the Key of Berlin. (Spotify)
3. Al Kooper talks about Michael Bloomfield Saturday (WRTC)
4. Cambridge's Club Passim will likely host a record number of shows this year (Boston Business Journal) 

MARCH 27, 2014 

1. Suzanne Vega talks about coming of age in the #NewYorkmusic scene of the 70′s. Citing Lou Reed as a major influence on her musical career. (Vulture) 
2. L’Wren Scott Leaves $9M Fortune To Mick Jagger Despite Rocky Romance (Hollywood Life) 
3. The Rockets’ George Whitsell: “I was angry at Neil Young for taking my band” (Uncut)
4. Johnny Cash: 'four or five more albums in the works', says his son (Guardian)
5. Echo & The Bunnymen offer first taste of ‘Meteorites’ with 7-minute ‘Market Town’ (Slicing Up Eyeballs)  
6. Rufus Wainwright wants to record his first opera Prima Donna!(Pledge) 
7. Wu-Tang Clan releasing a single copy of an album you can only hear at museums (AV Club) 
8. Morrissey confirms details of Vauxhall And I 20th Anniversary edition (Uncut) 
9. 10 Questions with John Oates (Rock Cellar) 

MARCH 26, 2014 

1. George Harrison “was unlucky to get a band with Lennon and McCartney in it”- Neil Innes (Uncut) 
2. Up close and personal: Frida Kahlo's photo album(Guardian) 
3. The Town That Put the Pop in Music: A Look Back at 100 Years of New York Sounds (Vulture)

MARCH 25, 2014

1. Keith Emerson gives Rachel Flowers, a blind pianist full access to his home studio. Awesomeness occurs (That Eric Alper) 
2. New Chrissie Hynde album to feature Neil Young and John McEnroe (Uncut)
3. The King of 78s – Joe Bussard (Dust & Grooves)

MARCH 24, 2014

1. Fuse Film Feature: Local Rocker Robin Lane and Coming Back Strong “When Things Go Wrong” (The Art Fuse) 
2. "All I Ever Wanted": new Kirsty MacColl Anthology coming soon from Salvo Music (SuperDeluxeEdition) 
3. Clapton Guests On New Johnny Winter CD (Where’s Eric) 
4. JACK NICHOLSON ON ‘THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW,’ TWICE(Dangerous Minds)
5. “I think [Leonard Cohen's new album] should be done in the…next couple months” (! Heck Of a Guy)
6. A message from Arcade Fire…Richard Reed Parry's Arcade Fire bobblehead was stolen in Bridgeport, and they're hoping to get it back no questions asked. Here's a message from the band… (Stereogum) 
7. LISTEN to an exclusive new track by Leon Russell, a man who helped make rock stars (Esquire) 
8. Gregg Allman Misses Allman Brothers Band Show (jambase.com)  
9. Download a Free Song From Johnny Cash's New Album Out Among the Stars (Legacy)
10. The Neurological Similarities Between Successful Writers And The Mentally Ill (thought Catalog)
11. 17 Ancient Abandoned Websites That Still Work (Mental Floss)

MARCH 23, 2014 

1. Ted Nugent's appearance at upcoming Longview festival canceled by city (kitv)  
2. Neil Young's Home Stereo System.From An Interview with Neil Young and Pono CEO John Hamm | The Absolute Sound by Spencer Holbert (Thrasher’s Wheat) 
3. NEIL MCCORMICK'S NEEDLE TIME ROBYN HITCHCOCK(Vintage TV)

MARCH 22, 2014

1. Kate Bush’s first tour since 1979 (Kate Bush)  
2. Recap: Record Store Day Press Conference at Amoeba Hollywood with Chuck D, John Densmore & More (Ameoba Log)  
3. The Doors at the Fillmore East (Off The Grid: Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation) 
4. FORGOTTEN HERO: Mike Bloomfield (Blurt) 
5. More info and tickets (Beck) 
6. David Crosby talks health, solo album and Neil Young(Access Atlanta)
7. Paul Simon, James Taylor, Dionne Warwick, Ivy Levan, as well as trumpeter Chris Botti, and opera singer Renée Fleming, will join Trudie Styler and Sting in the biennial Rainforest Fund Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on April 17. (NY Times)
8. The Inside Story of Johnny Cash’s Legendary Lost LP, ‘Out Among the Stars’(The Daily Beast)   
9. ‘The Who' Documentary 'Lambert & Stamp' Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics (IndieWire)  
10. AMY HELM: “IT’S OUR JOB TO PASS IT ON” (Highway 81 Revisited)
11. 1st Stratocaster Guitar for Sale: $250K (Time)