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  Last Night: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

  May 3 at 6:44 a.m.

  BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND WOODLANDS PAVILION MAY 2, 2019 “Felt the lightning/Waited on the thunder/Waited on the thunder.” Fans who had clamored to the Woodlands for what looked like a nearly sold-out show on Bob Seger’s “Travelin' Man Farewell Tour” didn’t have to wait until near the...

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  The Allman Betts Band Sets Out to Stake Their Own Musical Claims

  May 3 at 4 a.m.

  Devon Allman remembers very clearly the first time he met future bandmate Duane Betts. It was 1989 and the two were thrown together on a bus that was taking the group that their fathers belonged to – a little act called the Allman Brothers Band – on a reunion tour...

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  Cream Rises to the Top...Again!

  April 12 at 4 a.m.

  As a working band, the lifespan of Cream was relatively short. Eric Clapton (guitar/vocals), Jack Bruce (vocals/bass), and Ginger Baker (drums) got together in 1966 after playing in various combinations in other bands. They took their name from being the “cream of the crop” of rock instrumentalists at the time...

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  Hefty Bio on Zeppelin Guitarist Jimmy is a Real Page Turner

  April 2 at 4 a.m.

  Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography By Chris Salewicz 528 pp. $30 Da Capo Press It takes some huevos to call your book the “definitive” biography on anybody – especially when that stone has been unturned (and unturned…and unturned) many times before. But English music journal Salewicz – who has also...

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  Nick Mason's Sauceful of Secrets is the Best Pink Floyd Experience in Decades

  March 26 at 5:20 a.m.

  Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets Jones Hall March 25, 2K19 In a vacuum, calling Nick Mason “the heartbeat of Pink Floyd” seems just a bit too on the nose. He's the drummer, yes, and drum beats are close to heartbeats, but the phrase itself feels a bit like forced poetry...

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  A Boss Book on Springsteen's Songs

  March 26 at 4 a.m.

  Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs By Brian Hiatt 288 pp. $35 Abrams Books For the general music listener, a biography or autobiography of their favorite artist would probably suffice in terms of reading investigation. More hardcore fans like to dig deeper, and will devour books that are based...