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  Dec 22, 01:27 PM

  2010 Experience Hendrix tour

  Experience Hendrix, fourth edition, biennial concert tour featuring an all-star line up of music greats paying homage to the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix launches March 2010 with special performances across the country.
  
  Featured artists who will be performing music written and inspired by Jimi Hendrix. Include some of the best known and most respected artists in contemporary rock and blues including Joe Satriani, Jonny Lang, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brad Whitford (of Aerosmith), Doyle Bramhall II, Ernie Isley, Living Colour, Double Trouble’s Chris Layton, along with bassist Billy Cox. Cox, who first befriended Hendrix when the two were in the 101st Airborne division of the US Army. Cox played in both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys and performed with Hendrix at such landmark festivals as Woodstock and the Isle of Wight. Cox commented, "It's a thrill for me to play Jimi's music for audiences now as it was in the 1960s. The Experience Hendrix tours have shown how timeless this music really is." Joe Satriani remarked, "I finally get to pay tribute to my hero the right way, on stage with an amazing, once in a lifetime, line up of musicians!" Sacred Steel featuring Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi and David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos are also performing on selected Experience Tour dates.

  2010 Experience Hendrix Tour dates:
  [ Click here for full tour line-up and ticketing information ]

   

  Mar 4

  Santa Barbara, CA — Arlington Theatre

   

  Mar 5

  Los Angeles, CA — Gibson Amphitheatre

   

  Mar 6

  Las Vegas, NV — The Joint By Rogue at the Hard Rock Hotel

   

  Mar 7

  Mesa, AZ — Ikeda Theatre (Mesa Arts Center)

   

  Mar 9

  Friant, CA — Table Mountain Casino Events Center

   

  Mar 10

  San Francisco, CA — The Warfield

   

  Mar 12

  Reno, NV — Silver Legacy Resort Casino

   

  Mar 14

  Denver, CO — Paramount Theatre

   

  Mar 16

  Kansas City, MO — Uptown Theatre

   

  Mar 17

  Minneapolis, MN — Orpheum Theatre

   

  Mar 18

  Chicago, IL — Chicago Theatre

   

  Mar 20

  St. Louis, MO — Fox Theatre

   

  Mar 21

  Milwaukee, WI — Riverside Theatre

   

  Mar 23

  Akron, OH — Akron Civic Theatre

   

  Mar 24

  Montclair, NJ — Wellmont Theatre

   

  Mar 25

  Red Bank, NJ — Count Basic Theatre

   

  Mar 27

  Atlanta, GA — Fox Theatre
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  Jul 22, 10:37 AM

  Download Free MP3 of "Behind The Sun" from 'THE CHAIR IN THE DOORWAY'

  

  Click here to download a free mp3 of...
  "BEHIND THE SUN" by LIVING COLOUR
  
  The first new track to be released from the band's forthcoming album...
  THE CHAIR IN THE DOORWAY

  In Stores & Online: SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

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  Jul 10, 02:18 PM

  BEHIND THE SUN - Listen now on myspace

  We've uploaded BEHIND THE SUN from our forthcoming release THE CHAIR IN THE DOORWAY - due September 15, 2009 on Megaforce Records. Go to our myspace page : http://www.myspace.com/livingcolourmusic

  ENJOY!

   

  PEACE N LOVE!

   

  LIVING COLOUR IN THE AREA!
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  Jul 09, 09:08 AM

  Living Colour readies new studio album

  By Michael D. Ayers

   

  NEW YORK (Billboard) - The cult of personality will be revived this fall, when purveyors of hard funk-rock Living Color return with "The Chair in the Doorway" -- the band's first set of new material in nearly six years.

   

  Due September 15 on Megaforce Records, the 11-song set was recorded in numerous locations over the last few years, with a majority of the sessions taking place at Sono Studios outside Prague in the Czech Republic.

   

  According to lead singer Corey Glover, most of the material came to fruition after the band was asked to re-record "Cult of Personality" for "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock." From there, the group fleshed out songs when on tour and while Glover had time off from touring duties as Judas in "Jesus Christ Superstar."

   

  "We recorded everywhere. We even recorded during shows -- ideas that came up during shows turned into songs," Glover told Billboard.com. "(Bassist) Doug (Wimbish) made up a lot of grooves; we took a lot of grooves we had from soundchecks and gigs -- and he sort of codified and made a library of that stuff."

   

  In 1988, Living Color made its mark in the rock world with its multiplatinum debut, "Vivid," an album that yielded a Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for the song "Cult of Personality." In 1990, the follow-up album's titular track, "Time's Up," won in the same category. The group slowed down considerably after 1993's "Stain," but all the members have been active with various projects over the years.

   

  Guitarist Vernon Reid has worked with Mick Jagger, Tracy Chapman and, recently, Somali-Canadian rapper K'Naan. Drummer Will Calhoun has contributed his talents to albums by Mos Def, Kaki King, Herb Alpert and Wayne Shorter, as well as recording his own jazz-oriented releases. Wimbish also has branched out to work in many genres, taking part in sessions with the Rolling Stones, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Talib Kweli, BT and Annie Lennox.

   

  Glover said the perception over the years has been that Living Color broke up and have entered a reunion stage of their career, but he's quick to dispel those notions. "Everyone sees the video and thinks we're a band from the '80s or we broke up or we're not together," he said. "But it's not a reunion thing. In some form or another, all of us have been playing with each other. Will and Doug have a band that I would sit in every now and then. Vernon had a band that I'd come in and do some stuff. Even in those times when we weren't together, we were still playing together."

   

  "The Chair in the Doorway" retains Glover's signature, impassioned vocals, set against a mix of hard rock, funk metal and blues-influenced arrangements. For Glover, the record revolves around the theme of introspection.

   

  "Because we are older, we got kids -- that's the impetus for the name of the album," he said. "Sometimes it's the most ridiculous things (that) are the most obvious. The most obvious thing to me is 'Yeah, we are older. Yeah we live in a post-9/11 world.' ... But we still got to eat. I can't let the world stop me from being me."

   

  Here is the track list for "The Chair In The Doorway":
  "Burned Bridges"
  "The Chair"
  "DecaDance"
  "Young Man"
  "Method"
  "Behind The Sun"
  "Bless Those"
  "Hard Times"
  "Taught Me"
  "Out Of Mind"
  "Not Tomorrow"
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  Jun 19, 05:53 PM

  LIVING COLOUR To Release ‘The Chair In The Doorway

  LIVING COLOUR To Release ‘THE CHAIR IN THE DOORWAY’

  LIVING COLOUR To Release ‘THE CHAIR IN THE DOORWAY’
  Due September 15 On Megaforce Records
  
  photo by Bill Bernstein
  
  World Tour To Commence Fall 2009
  
  New York/London — Living Colour will release their first new studio album in five years entitled The Chair In The Doorway on September 15 via Megaforce Records. The legendary downtown NYC rock band, who exploded out of CBGB’s in the late ’80s, landing all over MTV, the cover of Rolling Stone and stadium stages around the world with their Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum debut album Vivid, are back and “fierce” as ever.
  
  Original members Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Will Calhoun and (since 1993) Doug Wimbish gathered at Sono Studios outside of Prague in The Czech Republic during the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009 to write and record what would become The Chair In The Doorway. The results stretch from the modern soul anthem “Behind The Sun” to the politically-charged, heavy rock of “DecaDance” to the sacred steel blues of “Bless Those.” The artwork for The Chair In The Doorway was compiled from thousands of contest entries by fans from around the world.
  
  “We feel like this is the best record we’ve made yet and we couldn’t be more excited to be releasing it with the legendary Megaforce Records,” says guitarist Vernon Reid. “Some of our favorite bands were or are Megaforce artists, Metallica, Bad Brains, Anthrax, Black Crowes, so it’s an honor to be part of a label with a great legacy.”
  
  Living Colour will announce plans for a world tour shortly. With dates set to begin in September, it will include their first North American tour in four years along with performances in South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
  
  Having helped to pave the way for a number of contemporary African-American artists to follow in their wake, ranging from Rage Against The Machine to Lenny Kravitz to Ben Harper, with a multi-dimensional sound that drew equally from Jimi Hendrix, Bad Brains, Talking Heads and Ornette Coleman, the success of Living Colour broke down the color barriers in rock music. Guitarist and founding member Vernon Reid also founded the Black Rock Coalition to use his influence to further this cause.
  
  Discovered by Mick Jagger who produced their first demo and later offered them an opening slot with The Rolling Stones, Living Colour would go on to create a repertoire that includes a multitude of classic songs, including “Cult Of Personality,” “Elvis Is Dead,” “Open Letter To A Landlord,” “Glamour Boys” and “Love Rears Its Ugly Head.” With The Chair In The Doorway, the fifth album of their storied career, Living Colour expands the scope of their timeless body of work and, in the process, proves vital as ever.
  
  Track listing:
  
  1. Burned Bridges
  2. The Chair
  3. DecaDance
  4. Young Man
  5. Method
  6. Behind The Sun
  7. Bless Those
  8. Hard Times
  9. Taught Me
  10. Out Of Mind
  11. Not Tomorrow

   
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  Mar 09, 08:17 AM

  The Paris Concert 2cd set - available March 10!

   

  
  
  2CD package features all the 17 songs from their concert at the legendary New Morning, Paris in July 2007.
  
  Description:
  
  From the highly acclaimed DVD The Paris Concert, this Double-CD package features all the 17 Songs from their intense concert at the legendary New Morning in Paris in July 2007. The Masters of Groove deliver all their greatest hits and two groundbreaking versions of "Crosstown Traffic" and "Papa was a Rolling Stone". A treat for all connoisseurs of Living Colour's groundbreaking music.
  
  Track Listing/Features:
  
  * Type
  * Middle Man
  * Funny Vibe
  * Song Without Sin
  * Nova/Wall
  * Sacred Ground
  * Memories Can'T Wait
  * Papa Was A Rolling Stone
  * Glamour Boys
  * Crosstown Traffic
  * Go Away
  * Either Way
  * Ignorance Is Bliss
  * Drum Solo
  * Flying
  * Love Rears Its Ugly Head
  * Cult Of Personality