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  Vivian Campbell's Last in Line Mixes Dio Legacy and New Tunes

  October 14 at 4 a.m.

  Ronnie James Dio played with a lot of different bands and musicians throughout his career. Arguably the owner of heavy metal’s finest voice, he’s graced albums by Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and his own long-running band Dio. For many fans, his pinnacle was the 1983-85 run of those first three...

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  Derek Trucks on His Family Band, Personal Losses, and...Deshaun Watson??

  October 10 at 4 a.m.

  It’s a Monday morning and just about 36 hours since the Tedeschi Trucks Band have stepped off the stage of New York’s storied Beacon Theatre, wrapping up their ninth annual run of gigs at the venue. The string of six shows saw them play an estimated 80+ different tunes. So...

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  Stone Temple Pilots Create New Path with Singer Jeff Gutt

  September 30 at 5 a.m.

  With all due respect to all members of rock bands—regardless of their job in the group—a lead singer is often the most difficult to replace. By their very nature, they are the most visible person, and their voices are stamped on the music. And when said vocalist is also deceased,...

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  The Feral Rock and Roll of Rival Sons

  September 26 at 4 a.m.

  Jimi Hendrix did it. So did bands like R.E.M., the Killers, and Kings of Leon. They were all American rock acts that had to go to England to gig or gain traction there before coming back home with greater success. A recent addition to that list is Rival Sons. They’ve...

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  Reignwolf Howl for The Who and...the Wu-Tang Clan?

  September 24 at 4 a.m.

  The first time that Reignwolf played Houston, it was at the tiny Continental Club opening for a Beatles cover band. Just a couple of years later, they’re back. But this time, the Canadian hard rockers are sharing the city’s second-largest performing venue with the real Who. That’s almost as big...

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  Ross Hammond and the American Primitive Network

  September 20 at 11:57 a.m.

  When you think of underground music, you think of the extreme and the forbidden. Groups rapping in basements or East German punks holed up in churches to escape state censure. You don’t usually picture quiet, guitar-driven dad music, but there is this amazing network of house shows and cafes keeping...