Stuff You May Have Missed: Classic Rocktoids
Gather 'round, children, for the latest classic rock water cooler fodder.
• Crosby Stills & Nash are working on a new album, but it won't include new music. According to Billboard, CSN will cover standards made classic by folks other than themselves. Release date hasn't been set because, according to Graham Nash, "It's a lot slower than it's ever taken us to do an album."
• A huge box set covering the entire career of the late Sandy Denny is set for November release. In all, 19 CDs will cover her work with bands like Strawbs and Fairport Convention, and as a solo artist. More than a hundred previously unreleased tracks are included, along with a hardback book.
• Ray Davies (ex-The Kinks) has invited a few friends over to record tracks for his new album. Among the guests: Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins.) Davies reports on his Facebook page that the album will be released in early November.
• You may have never heard of Dukes of September Rhythm Revue, but I'm sure you know its members: Donald Fagen (Steely Dan,) Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald. Back in the early '90s the three performed together as New York Rock and Soul Revue. As Dukes, they're currently touring with an eclectic set list of covers of The Band, Grateful Dead, and Motown classics.
• Besides the latest batch of reissues from the Jimi Hendrix catalog, there are some other ways you can observe the 40th anniversary (9/18) of the artist's death. The London apartment where he lived, wrote, and jammed with friends will be open to the public (9/15-26) while at a museum next door, a Hendrix exhibit runs through 11/8. The second Experience Hendrix tour of the year begins in late October, with a revolving roster of guitarists paying tribute to the tour's namesake.
• Wanted: experienced drummer, must be well-known but not currently working. Chickenfoot are looking for a drummer to replace Chad Smith, whose recording and touring commitments with Red Hot Chili Peppers will make him unavailable for a new Chickenfoot album. The supergroup's lead vocalist, Sammy Hagar tells The Pulse of Radio that "we really don't know what to do right now, but I think we're gonna probably play with a few different guys and see what happens."
• I doubt anyone expected otherwise, but Mark David Chapman's latest request for parole has been denied, as were the five before it. He is 29 years into a 20-to-life sentence for the 1980 murder of John Lennon, and will be eligible for parole again in 2012.
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