Rub Wrongways Caravan of Stars (Keene, NH)

Rub Wrongways Caravan Supergroup - New Haven

Caravan Of Stars Superband at Cafe Nine, New Haven, July 10

The next show is on July 10 (this Friday) in New Haven, CT. The Rub Wrongways Caravan of Stars Superband will be opening the night for the CD Release of The Cavemen Go at Cafe Nine. What's the Rub Wrongways Caravan of Stars Superband? It's Max, Brian, Lesa, Jason, and I all playing together. We'll do two songs from each of these bands: School for the Dead, The Fawns, Jason Bourgeois, and Sitting Next To Brian. Should be fun.

Here's how the Cafe Nine Website describes it:

"The Cavemen Go are one of our favorite purveyors of all things pop. They celebrate the long awaited release of their latest CD here on July 10. Northampton’s Rub Wrongways Records is home to a litany of super-indie-psych-pop groups that like to play in the sun, crossing arms and spinning together ‘til they all fall down. In what we shall call The Rub Wrongways Caravan of Stars, members of the Bourgeois Heroes, School for the Dead, The Fawns and Sitting Next to Brian will come together in one night of unified “twanglepop" happiness - join the fun."

Pop On The Grass - Rain or Shine

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Let's all hope for nice weather on Thursday so we can play outside. Many people have been asking me just where in Florence, MA this show is. Here's a map. Does that help? Pretty fancy, huh?

The concert starts right at 6:30 and it runs until 8:00. In order of appearance the bands are: The Fawns, Group DeVille, and School for the Dead. It's completely free, of course, and there will be pop corn and beverages sold. If it does rain, we move inside I believe. Which will be an adventure, too. I hope you can come and join us. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket or a kiddie pool.

Pop On The Grass

Thursdays on the Porch is a weekly series of outdoor summer concerts in Florence, Massachusetts. On July 2, The Fawns, Group DeVille, and School for the Dead will be performing. We've dubbed the show "Pop on the Grass". Bring a picnic. Bring a frisbee. Bring your dog. Bring a chair or blanket. It's free and right in the center of Florence on the corner of Meadow Street and Route 9. Popcorn and beverages will be sold. Starts at 6:30 PM ends at 8:00 when the fire-flies start to appear.

Jason Bourgeois at Palmer Bowl

A New George Harrison Album

"A batch of unheard songs by late Beatle George Harrison are set to be made into a new album.

Several previously unheard songs by George Harrison are set to be released.

The late former Beatle had a large batch of unfinished tracks at the time of his death in 2001 and they will now be worked on by musician Jeff Lynne - who was a member of 80s super-group The Traveling Wilburys along with George.

A source said: "George half-finished loads of songs and often just forgot about them. There is probably an album's worth of material.

"Jeff and George were very close and worked together a lot in the later period of George's life. He's the right man to work on the material."

Only recently, Harrison's widow Olivia revealed she wanted to do something with her husband's incomplete songs.

She said: "There are lots of tracks. Some are closer to completion than others and with those I'd ask for help."

This will not be the first time Lynne - who is best known as the frontman of the Electric Light Orchestra - has worked on new material by a Beatle.

The 61-year-old guitarist produced The Beatles' 1995 single 'Free As A Bird' - which featured the vocals of the late John Lennon taken from a demo he had written and recorded in 1977.

It is also believed Harrison's son Dhani will work with Lynne on the material. The pair finished off Harrison's final studio album 'Brainwashed', released in 2002, after his untimely passing at the age of 58."

What do y'all think about this? I hope Lynne get's Ringo and Paul to play on it. You think he will? Or do you think the whole thing is a bad idea?