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Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play the second of two nights at the Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London.
George Melly with Digby Fairweather's Half Dozen and the Leo Green Quartet play the third of five nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London.
Ricky Javon Gray is arrested for the recent murders of Bryan Harvey, guitarist of House Of Freaks, his wife Kathryn, and daughters Stella and Ruby, in their home in Richmond, Virginia, USA. Gray, a drug user who had already spent more than one-third of his life in jail, will later confess to four other murders.Revered San Francisco-based jazz and blues critic Phil Elwood dies aged 79 from heart failure.
Sam Mitchell dies of COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] in Liverpool, UK. As well as pursuing his own career as a performing and recording artist, Mitcehell was one of the most respected slide guitarists in the UK, working with Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Ralph McTell, Stefan Grossman and many others.
Jesus Take The Wheel by Carrie Underwood reaches No1 in the Billboard Country Singles Chart in the USA for the first of six weeks.
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A new movie, The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada, opens nationally across the USA. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, it also features Dwight Yoakam and Levon Helm, plus music by Merle Haggard, Augie Meyers, Freddy Fender, Hank Williams Jr., Flaco Jimenez and Roger Miller.
Singer-songwriter Scott Matthews releases his debut album, Passing Stranger, on San Remo Records in the UK. Later in the year it will be picked up and re-released by Island Records.
It is announced that Michael Jackson, currently living in Bahrain, has decided to close his house on the Neverland Ranch in California, and has laid off several employees. The Ranch itself, however, will remain open.
Brad Paisley sings When I Get Where I'm Going during the funeral of Buck Owens at the Valley Baptist Church in Bakersfield, California, USA. Also on hand are Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks, Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, Lulu Roman, John Berry and Trace Adkins
The film North Country, starring Charlize Theron, is released in Malaysia. The movie features several Bob Dylan songs, including the newly-recorded Tell 'Ol Bill.The sixth Terrastock Festival, promoted and organised by Melksham-based music journalist/entrepreneur Phil McMullen, comes to an end in Providence, Rhode Island. Artists appearing today, the last of the festival's three nights, include Bridget St John, Kitchen Cynics, Jack Rose, Charalambides and Ghost.
When Daft Punk play in The Sahara Tent at Coachella festival in Indio, California, USA, their performance creates an unexpected surge of interest in electronic dance music.
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The Black Keys release a new EP, Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough, on Fat Possum Records in the USA.
The Pet Shop Boys release a new single, I'm With Stupid, on Parlophone Records in the UK. The song is a comment on the controversial relationship between George Bush, President Of The USA, and Tony Blair, Prime Minster of the UK.
Billy Joel is the keynote speaker at Syracuse University's commencement ceremony, in Syracuse, New York State, USA.
TV Personalities play at Thames Polytechnic, Woolwich, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by One Thousand Violins.
When Hot Chip play at King's College, London, England, UK, Europe, the audience includes Adele and Jack Penate.
Rising country music star Joe Nichols plays at Wild Bill's, College Street, Beaumont, Texas, USA.
Innovative guitarist Robert Fripp, founder of King Crimson, records a live album at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
When Tim McGraw and Faith Hill play at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, they are unexpectedly joined by Tony Bennett for a rendition of the Hank Williams classic Cold, Cold Heart.
Macy Gray previews songs from her next album at the Rockit Bar And Grill, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mindy McCready is found not guilty on a charge of driving under the influence, stemming from an arrest in May 2005. However, the jury finds her guilty of driving on a suspended license.
The documentary film Dixie Chicks : Shut Up and Sing, about the life and career of the all-girl country trio after their criticism of American involvement in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, is premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers play at The Charter One Pavilion, Northerly Island, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by The Strokes.Mono spend the first of three days recording tracks for their EP The Phoenix Tree, at Electrical Audio Recording, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, a spokesperson for Friends Of The Earth's The Big Ask campaign, publicly expresses his concern about the harmful environmental impact of music tours, stating that he would consider not touring unless changes are made.
Bryan Hipp, an extreme metal guitarist, who worked with the bands Cradle Of Filth, Acheron, Unholy Ghost, Diabolic and Blastmasters, dies of a suspected drug overdose, in Tampa, Florida, USA.
Art Wood, vocalist and leader of pioneering UK 1960s R'n'B combo The Artwoods, dies of cancer in London, England, UK. Art was the brother of Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones, and also played with Quiet Melon.
Sam Duckworth, better known as Get Cape.Wear Cape. Fly., hits out at the British Nationalist Party (BNP) in an interview in UK trade magazine Music Week. He criticises the BNP for their "vile and disgusting" views and for their "Islamophobic stance and their homophobic stance", and encourages musicians and music lovers to unite and speak out against them.
The The 2006 Induction Ceremony for the UK Music Hall Of Fame, which took place at Alexandra Palace, London, UK, two days earlier is transmitted on tv in the USA by VH1. Inductees are James Brown (inducted by Jazzie B) performs 'I Got You (I Feel Good)' Led Zeppelin [inducted by Roger Taylor of Queen], Wolfmother perform Communication Breakdown as a tribute; Rod Stewart (inducted by James Morrison) performs The First Cut Is the Deepest and Do Ya Think I'm Sexy; Brian Wilson (inducted by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd) performs God Only Knows and Good Vibrations; Bon Jovi (inducted by David A. Stewart and Kara Dioguardi) performs Livin' on a Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive and It's My Life; Prince (inducted by Beyonce Knowles) and Dusty Springfield (inducted by Joss Stone who performs Son of a Preacher Man). The occasion proves to be the last televised performance by James Brown.
In the early hours of the morning, former Phish frontman Trey Anastasio is arrested by Patrolman Andrew Mija on a charge of driving while intoxicated in Whitehall, New York State, USA. The musician fails sobriety tests and is found to be carrying Xanax, Percocet, and Hydrocodone.
Dutch Mason, who found success as a blues and rock'n'roll singer and recording artist, dies aged 68 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.Jan |