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If you really like The Black Crowes, you have to know this news. They recently re-launched their internet campaign using some social networking websites to even reach more audiences online.
Aside from having their official website at http://www.theblackcrowes.com where they have a very interactive website with a countdown ticker for their upcoming album release, they also revamped the following:

MySpace – The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes’ Facebook
iLike – The Black Crowes

Also, please check out this Youtube’s video release for their recent video released – The Black Crowes – Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution.

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Band: Wildphyr
MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/wildphyr1
Website: http://www.wildphyr.org/
Classified as:  Rock / Jam Band / Grunge
Members: Griffin Stewart – Lead Singer/Guitarist,  Squirrel – Bass, Bill Remy – Drums
Like so many of his fellow Americans, Griffin Stewart, lead singer of the popular, L.A. based indie band Wildphyr, is fed up with the way our so-called leaders have been running the show. But closing in 2008, he’s hopeful that some big changes are in store just around the corner. Speaking for everyone who is determined to change the political landscape in the coming months, the singer/songwriter’s infectious new anthem “Americans On The Mend,” …read more

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Steve Kimock will be having a series of tours in northern California with friends Melvin Seals, John Morgan Kimock, Hutch Hutchinson, and Billy Goodman.
Here’s the schedule:
Mar 11- Red Fox Tavern: Eureka, CA
Mar 13- Great American Music Hall: San Francisco, CA
Mar 14- Great American Music Hall: San Francisco, CA
Mar 15- Forestville Club: Forestville, CA
Mar 16- Forestville Club: Forestville, CA
Check out Steve Kimock’s JamBandNews.com Primer.

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Recently announced in their website, Dave Matthews Band released its Live Trax Series Vol. 11 and now available for pre-ordering.
The 11th volume of the Live Trax Series is a coveted 2000 show from the popular venue set amidst a beautiful state park, referred to by concert-goers as “SPAC”.  Dave Matthews Band always includes Saratoga Performing Arts Center as a stop on the summer tour and holds the record for selling out the most shows at SPAC!
08.29.2000 SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY is now available for Pre-Order as a 2-CD set or as a digital download in MP3 or FLAC format.  The 2000 SPAC …read more

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February 08, 08 — Widespread Panic’s new album, Free Somehow, AVAILABLE NOW!
You can order your copy from Widespread Merchandising TODAY for only $10. Find out what JB is doing to his guitar on this album with the eco-friendly mini-digi. The packaging, designed by Grammy nominated Chris Bilheimer, includes a 12 page lyric booklet!
More digitally inclined? LiveWidespreadPanic.com has Free Somehow and the entire Spring tour available. You can also help panic fans build a Make It Right New Orleans house with a purchase of the new panic song, Walk On The Flood. All proceeds from the sale of this song goes …read more

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Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2008 coming this June 2008 is one the most awaited music festival for jam band lovers. The organizers recently released an initial artist lineup who will be performing on the said event. But to be more entertaining, here’s the Youtube video for the Artist Lineup.

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Ian Moore got a new album labeled “To be Loved”. You can check out their official online store for you to order their album. This album was released last August 14, 2007.
Here’s the album track list:

To Be Loved
Innocent Manuevers
House Up On The Hill
Literary Kind
Walk On By
Simple Girl
30 Days
Killing Joke
Colvo’s Passage
Small, Who Would Be Tall
Civil Light
Wait For The Sun

Let us know if you have the album and share us what do you think about the tracks.

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Check this news out:
We are pleased to announce that Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds will join Jack Johnson at the Fifth Annual Kokua Festival on April 19-20, 2008 at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, Hawaii.  All proceeds from the Earth Day weekend festival will benefit the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Jack and Kim Johnson to support environmental education programs in the schools and communities of Hawaii.

Other artists in the Kokua Festival line-up include Paula Fuga and Go Jimmy Go, and Brushfire Records’ latest addition, the Hawaii-born, Minneapolis-based Mason Jennings.
Please visit the event official website here for …read more

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The Black Crowes will be releasing their upcoming album titled “Warpaint”. It is scheduled to hit the market by early March 2008. They also have a schedule Spring Tour 2008 to promote this new album. Please check the following schedule below and see if you can watch the show.
March 2008…
2 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
4 – New York, NY – The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza
5 – Boston, MA – Somerville Theatre
7 – Chicago, IL – Park West
9 – Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
15 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s BBQ (SXSW performance)
19 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
20 …read more

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