New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
Alan Lewis, Editor

Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

December 26, 2008
Issue 2008:307
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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
: : : What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
: : : Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
: : : Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
: : : All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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BRATTLEBORO, VT, December 26 - Another busy week. Well, busy anyway
for Christmas week. Thinking ahead...

: : : HAPPY NEW YEAR!

And looking back ... here's hoping your December holidays were terrific!

This is what we've got...
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RECORD RELEASES
Listed This Week by Newbury Comics

These are all the CDs listed by Newbury Comics as to be issued this
week. The pace of record releases could be slow for the next month or
more.

CD New Releases Available Today, December 22nd

CYNIC-Traced In Air-$14.99
SOUNDTRACK-SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE-$14.99
SIMMS, STERLING-Yours, Mine & The Truth-$9.99
ZAPPA, FRANK-Dub Room Special-$16.99

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "December 22 Newbury Comics: Final Holiday
Savings," December 22, 2008.

:: sterling simms, frank zappa ::

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FOREVER YOUNG
Last 2009 Show
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Last Booking for Awhile

"This is the last Forever Young gig of the year.

"Come on out!

"Next show is a while off.
. . . . .

"FOREVER YOUNG
.SPECIAL AFTER CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING SHOW

: : : Saturday, December 27, 2008
: : : Jake's Bar & Grill (9:30PM - 1:00)
: : : 372 Richmond Street
: : : Providence, Rhode Island
: : : 452 - 5253

"Come celebrate the holiday season with New England's coolest tribute
band!"

http://www. ForeverYoungNeilYoungTribute. com/

SOURCE: John Fuzek, "Last Forever Young Gig of the Year," December 24,
2008.

:: neil young ::

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BECKY CHACE AND BAND
Or, The Becky Chace Band
New Year's Eve Show
Warren, Rhode Island

"Just a quick reminder about our show at Stella Blues on New Year's Eve.

"Full band, fantastic fun, food, and festivities!

: : : 50 Miller St
: : : Warren, Rhode Island
: : : Phone 401-289-0349
: : : 10pm-12:30am

"No cover."

SOURCE: Becky Chace, "Becky Chace New Year's Eve Show in Warren, Rhode
Island," December 23, 2008.

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RACHEL McCARTNEY
January 10, 2009
At Club Passim
Harvard Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Please notice that, in addition to her show listing, this item also
includes a brief discussion of Rachel McCartney's plans for a
forthcoming record release. - Ed.

"Rachel and her Band will be playing Club Passim January 10, 2009.

"Rachel has been in the studio working on her upcoming release,
expected out sometime in the spring, and is very excited to share some
of her new tunes with you."
. . . . .

"SHOW DETAILS

: : : Saturday, January 10th @ 8pm
: : : Club Passim
: : : 47 Palmer Street
: : : Harvard Square
: : : Cambridge, Massachusetts
: : : 617-492-7679

http://www.clubpassim.org/

SOURCE: Rachel McCartney News, "Club Passim January 10th With Band,"
December 22, 2008.

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ROBIN LANE AND THE CHARTBUSTERS
WILLIE ALEXANDER AND THE BOOM BOOM BAND
REDDY TEDDY (CD-Release Show)
COROLLA DeVILLE

Live at the Middle East Restaurant
Saturday, January 31, 2009

"Just announced:

"A Robin Lane and The Chartbusters show next month!

"Robin Lane and The Chartbusters will be at the Middle East Restaurant
in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Saturday, January 31. Also on the bill
are Willie Alexander and The Boom Boom Band, Reddy Teddy (it's their
CD release show) and Corolla DeVille.

"Word is that Robin and The Chartbusters will be going on first,
possibly as early as 8:00pm. Be sure to call the Middle East the day
of the show to find out set times."

http://www.randomrogue.com/robinlane/

SOURCE: Roy Rubinstein, "The Robin Lane Mailing List," December 26, 2008.

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BUDDY-BOPPER-VALENS SHOW
A Harvey Robbins Production
At the Regent Theatre
Arlington, Massachusetts
Sunday, February 8, 2009

Mark your calendars. This could be an interesting piece of show
programming. - Ed.

"Sun Feb 8 at 3pm: . . 'Buddy, Bopper and Valens - Their Last Show 50
Years Later!' (Harvey Robbins Production) ($25.50-$49.50)"

SOURCE: Regent Theatre, "Give the (Last Minute) Gift of Live
Entertainment," December 24, 2008.

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THREE DAY THRESHOLD
2008 Instant Replay

"Just to recap, we started off 2008 with a sold out performance at our
annual 'Rodfest' show at The Paradise ... then we went on to play
nearly 100 shows all over the globe. In addition to the shows we
played all over New England, we banged out a spring tour in Europe and
then did another one for the US troops stationed overseas in Central
America this summer. With the release of 'Lost in Belgium,' our new
critically acclaimed CD featuring new and old Three Day Threshold
songs recorded live from our tour from Belgium and The Netherlands, we
will close out 2008 heading back to Europe on December 26th for
another tour that will take us into January 2009."

SOURCE: Kier Byrnes, "Before We Leave for Europe, We Wanted To Say
Thanks and Happy Holidays," December 23, 2008.


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EILEN JEWELL BAND
Plans for 2009

Well, at least SOME of the plans for 2008. - Ed.

"Plans are in the works for SXSW in Austin in March. A tour in
support of Sea of Tears will kick off in the Spring. Release date
currently slated for April 21st. Plans are forming for a Fall return
to Europe. Stay tuned!"

SOURCE: Eilen Jewell Mailing List, "WRSI Tonight at 5 PM, Iron Horse,
Red Fox Inn, Happy Holidays," December 12, 2008.
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SESSION AMERICANA
Four-Song EP
Coming in March

"Four New Songs recorded by producer Paul Kolderie (Radiohead,
Morphine, Uncle Tupelo...).

"These songs are slated for a digital-only EP release in March."

SOURCE: Session Americana, "Happy Holidays From Session Americana,"
December 22, 2008.
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GREGORY DOUGLASS
"Battler" CD
A March 2009 Release

"I'm very excited about my (seventh!) upcoming studio album,
'Battler,' and I'm pleased to announce a March 3, 2009 release date!"

SOURCE: Gregory Douglass, "Happy Holidays From Gregory Douglass,"
December 23, 2008.
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YAHOO NEWS HEADLINE
Thursday Afternoon

: : : Nobel-winning playwright Harold Pinter
: : : dies at 78, wife says

Rest in peace.
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YAHOO NEWS HEADLINE
Thursday Evening

: : : Eartha Kitt, sultry 'Santa Baby'
: : : singer, dies (AP)

So long, Catwoman...

Rest in peace.
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YAHOO NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon
Regarding Amazon.com

A timely thing worth pondering:

: : : Online retailer Amazon reports
: : : best holiday sales season yet
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CHRIS TRAPPER
The Story of His Song
"This Time"

"The Story of This Time - In The Artists' Own Words

"A couple years ago, one of the music supervisors working on August
Rush contacted me, saying they were stuck, and needed a song for the
main character (played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers) to sing. There were
high stakes for this particular song, as it was the central romantic
theme of the film, and there was some creative tug-of-war going on as
to exactly what it should sound like.

"Warner Brothers sent me the script, and I remember I went and sat in
a chair in my backyard, read the whole thing, and then immediately
walked in my house, grabbed a guitar, tuned it down to dropD, and
wrote the whole song (This Time) very quickly.

"I recorded a rough demo of it a few days later in Boston, and sent it
in, with low expectations, because I knew a lot of heavy-hitter type
writers had already submitted songs. Almost immediately, I started
getting phone calls, first from the music supervisor, who loved it,
then I heard that Richard Lewis (the writer of the film) liked it, and
then Kirsten Sheridan (the director) liked it, which was a thrill,
cause I was a big fan of her film In America.

"The coolest part came about six months later, when they asked me to
shoot a scene with Jonathan (Rhys Myers) as a feather in the cap type
thing because everyone involved liked my song so much. The scene was
eventually edited out, but the experience will stay with me a long
time. I think Jonathan is a cool guy, and also one of the best actors
of our generation. He and I got chauffeured in and out of the streets
of San Francisco all day together, and I heard some amazing behind the
scenes stories that I'd get killed if I told...

"It was also kind of a career milestone when I received a call from
Phil Ramone saying he loved the song. Phil was working on the original
recordings for August Rush and he's arguably one of the most important
living musical figures of our time. He produced some of the greatest
artists ... Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, etc.
... so that was really exciting for me. Actually I remember when I
got the call, I was in the hospital a couple days after the birth of
my son, so my heart was pumping double speed.

"I think the reason the song worked well was because I related to the
character [that] Jonathan played. I had just branched off from my
band The Push Stars and was beginning to write some really
introspective material, so I figured that might be something he would
do too.

"Some of the lines really reflected where I was in life at the time,
especially ... I've been sitting, watching life pass from the
sidelines which was just a line I had hanging around in my head,
because I had a recurring feeling that I was waiting for something to
happen."

SOURCE: Chris Trapper of The Push Stars, "Chris Trapper and This Time
(Grammy Nominated August Rush Soundtrack)," December 12, 2008.


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<> As a rule, we do not post SHOW LISTINGS. The reason is quite
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at all to the great majority of our readers.

We make exceptions when show listings are part of an item of more
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main point of an item of this sort is that an act has a new record.
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far as the contents of our newsletter goes.

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