Today's Tune: "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" By Graham Bonnet

"The Blue Marble photo" of Earth, taken from Apollo 17 as it headed to our Moon.

Today is April 22, 2011, officially making it Earth Day. Earth Day was originally founded by US Senator Gaylord Nelson on April 22, 1970. It is all about promoting awareness, protecting the environment, and saving this beautiful blue planet of ours.

This reminds me of a Bob Dylan song called "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue". More specifically, I think of the cover version by English (Born in Skegness, Lincolnshire) singer Graham Bonnet, released as a single in 1977. So, I've chosen that one for the 'Today's Tune'.

Bonnet, possessing one of the greatest rock voices of our time, replaced Ronnie James Dio as the lead singer of Rainbow a couple years later. He's also fronted the bands like The Marbles, Michael Schenker Group and Alcatrazz, when not working under his own name.

Graham Bonnet - "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"

November 2009 Concerts In Maryland, Virginia & Washington, DC

Here is a current list of some noteable music concerts and comedy performances scheduled to take place in November 2009, at venues in Maryland, Northern Virginia and the Washington, DC area.

Jonny Lang & Robert Cray - November 7th at Chesapeake College in Wye Mills, MD

Jackson Browne - November 9th at Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, MD

Roger Daltrey: 'Use It Or Lose It Tour' - November 10th Cancelled at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, MD

Bob Dylan - November 11th at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA

Don McLean - November 15th: 5:00 PM EST and 8:00 PM EST at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis, MD

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - November 20th
Sold Out at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, MD

Jim Gaffigan - November 20th at Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, MD

Robin Williams - November 20th and 21st at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC

Steely Dan - November 22nd and 23rd at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC

Charm City Devils - November 28th at Rams Head Live! in Baltimore, MD

*All details are subject to change!

Today's Tune: "All Along The Watchtower" By Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose on September 18, 1970. He was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Many think of Hendrix as being the best guitarist that ever lived, even to this day. Jimi's music certainly continues to influence the greatest musicians of our time, and always will. He was quite an amazing innovator, doing things with the guitar that no one else had ever imagined before. There are others who bring elements of his style into their playing, but there will never be another Jimi Hendrix.

I couldn't make up my mind which Hendrix song to choose for this 'Today's Tune', because they're all so great. Then I thought, might as well load up his YouTube video with the highest view count [Update: Video has been replaced. Originally posted 8 million plus count video was removed from YouTube]. So, here it is. Jimi Hendrix at the 1970 'Isle Of Wight Festival' in England, playing the Bob Dylan classic, "All Along The Watchtower".

Jimi Hendrix - "All Along The Watchtower"

Jimi Hendrix - Guitar, Mitch Mitchell - Drums, Billy Cox - Bass

The Bob Dylan Show With John Mellencamp And Willie Nelson

Announcement (and image above) from Ripken Stadium web site:

The Bob Dylan Show --- featuring Bob Dylan & His Band,
John Mellencamp, and Willie Nelson LIVE at Ripken Stadium

Tickets are on sale to everyone Saturday, May 9 at 10 am. Purchase your tickets at the Ripken Stadium Box Office or at Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or 410-547-SEAT.

Live at Ripken Stadium --- The Bob Dylan Show, featuring Bob Dylan & His Band, John Mellencamp, and Willie Nelson on Friday, July 24th.

Ticket Prices are $67.50 per person. Children 14 and under get in free with each adult ticket holder. Tickets are general admission and patrons can sit in the seating bowl or take the field to watch the Concert.

Tickets can be purchased at the Ripken Stadium Box Office or through Ticketmaster. The Ripken Stadium Box Office will be open from 10 am to 2 pm on May 9. For tickets purchased at the Ripken Stadium Box Office with a credit card, there will be an additional surcharge of $3.00 per ticket.

Jam Productions, Ltd., is the producer of this Event. It is a rain or shine event. The Show starts at 5:30 pm, and gates open at 5 PM. For more information, please call the Ripken Stadium offices at 410-297-9292.


This stop at Ripken Stadium is part of the summer tour. For information about ticket sales at other venues, click here.

Elvis Has Missed The Building?

Photo - Bumpershine.com

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Just a real quick mention of Elvis Costello going on tour with his old mates, The Imposters. They don't seem to be hitting Baltimore, MD or Washington, DC with this tour. So, if you missed him on one of his other recent tours (Orchestral, Bob Dylan, etc.), you could always head to Columbus, Ohio or Burgettstown, PA or maybe Philadelphia, PA. Is the Chance to see Elvis with The Imposters worth the trip? OK, now for the really bad news about these gigs. For most of them, the other half of the bill is The Police. Yeah, at least for now. You know how well those guys get along these days. Check out the Elvis Costello MySpace for all the dates and venues, as the regular web site is currently under reconstruction.

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Anyway, how about a video or two to mull over that musical road trip?

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