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Welcome to www.hittinthenote.com! Here
you can find everything from our quarterly music magazine Hittin' the Note
to exclusive and hard to find CDs, DVDs, T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, kidswear,
posters, stickers, books, coffee mugs and other merchandise from your favorite artists.
We always strive to give you the best...because music matters!
If this is your first visit here, be sure to check out our NEW STUFF section, which includes brand
new merchandise from the Allman Brothers Band 2012 Tour! To navigate to that location
please click "MERCHANDISE" on the blue bar above and then click "NEW STUFF" on the
left hand column under Categories.
While you're here, be sure to register for our web e-digest updates by clicking
on the
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an email notice when the site has been updated, or when we have special music offers.
Consider it an invitation to our home on the web, a place where genuine music flourishes.
 Gregg
Allman – My Cross to Bear – New Autobiography!
#2 on the New York Times Best Seller List!
 Finally,
the last great untold saga of a rock music icon has been written. My Cross to Bear
is Gregg Allman's life story told in his own unflinching words and distinctive style.
The ultimate survivor, Gregg takes the reader back to his childhood, relates what
it was like growing up with his brother Duane, and tells how music became their
passion and common thread.
 It's all here; the triumphs and tragedies of
the Allman Brothers Band, Gregg's solo career, and the truth behind what sex, drugs
and rock and roll really encompasses. Dynamic, insightful, oftentimes hilarious
and at moments quite poignant, My Cross to Bear is a must-read for any fan of Gregg
Allman or of contemporary music. The book includes numerous never-before seen photos.
Gregg is currently on a book signing tour promoting his New York Times Best Seller!
Please click
here to see the tour itinerary and click here to order the book.
Tedeschi
Trucks Band – new release pre-sale!
 Everybody's Talkin'
- to be released on May 22, 2012 - is the title of the uplifting, energy-packed
sophomore recording by Tedeschi Trucks Band, the 11-piece ensemble led by husband-wife
team Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi. Coming on the heels of their recent Grammy
Award for their debut album, Revelator, this live double-CD, selected from
a year's worth of concerts from around the globe, shows off their stunning rate
of musical progress. The performances - a hearty blend of originals and spirited
covers of rock, R&B and even gospel classics - capture the group's roots-rich musical
mix, laced with Truck's signature slide-guitar sound and fronted by Tedeschi's pliant,
honey-to-husky voice as well as her own gritty guitar-work.
Hittin' the Note is excited to offer our customers a special pre-sale package
with all pre-orders receiving one extended bonus mp3 track of TTB performing Sly
& The Family Stone's "Simple Song > Take You Higher" (on the release date) plus
a free download of HTN #73 (due out in early June), which will feature an interview
with Derek and Susan talking about this incredible music. There is also a sweepstakes
taking place for all those that pre-order with the Grand Prize being a pair of tickets
to a headline TTB show of your choice in the US (transportation not included) along
with a meet-and-greet with the band plus a Gibson SG Special guitar signed by Derek
and Susan! There will be five 2nd place prize winners who will receive a signed
vinyl package of this release - which is actually a three album (six-sided) release!
This sweepstakes offer is restricted to legal residence of the 50 US States and
Washington, DC that are 18 and over. Only one entry per participant. To review the
complete sweepstakes rules please click here.
To check out new TTB T-shirts, posters and to hear sound clips and pre-order Everybody's
Talkin', please click here.
2012
Beacon Theatre Merch and CDs
 All ten shows from the
Allman Brothers Band legendary 2012 run at the Beacon Theatre are now in stock and
shipping out to fans all over the world. As a special offer to those who want to
hear the run in it’s entirety – you can purchase all 10 shows for the price of 9!
While we will not be doing a “Beacon Box” this year we will be creating a “2012
Complete Set” package towards the end of the year that will include all of the shows
from 2012. That’s right – there are more shows to come later in the year! As always,
every ABB concert you purchase from HTN will count at full retail value towards
the purchase of the “2012 Complete Set.” We also have all of the Beacon T-shirts,
posters, programs, hats, hoodies, bandanas, keychains and more for sale in our “new stuff” section. Be sure to also check out this year’s
classic shroom T-shirt, Wet Willie T-shirt and all the other new merch as well!
HTN
# 72
 Spring is on its way,
and coming with it is the promise of warm weather and hot music. Until then, Hittin'
the Note has some great articles that will allow you to while away the hours
with the artists that you like best. Issue #72 opens with a celebration tempered
by sadness; it's been 40 years since the Allman Brothers Band released Eat a Peach,
the seminal album that was completed two months after the death of Duane Allman,
the group's founder and guiding light. HTN journeys back to that time with an interview
conducted by Bill Ector with drummer Butch Trucks and Tom Dowd, producer extraordinaire.
This piece originally ran in Issue #37, and since then Tom Dowd and Bill Ector have
passed on, so we wanted to honor both of them by revisiting the very compelling
"The Making of Eat a Peach," as the ABB marks "The Year of the Peach." Nils
Lofgren has made his reputation as a guitarist through his longtime membership in
Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, but Nils is a standout artist in his own right,
as witnessed by Old School, his latest album. Nils spoke to Tony Sclafani
about the recording of the CD, as well as his thoughts on aging and the loss of
Clarence Clemons; the Big Man's death hit Nils hard, as you will find out in this
provocative piece. To read the full Editor's Notes and to pick up the latest copy
(or download) of Hittin' the Note please click here.
New
Wet Willie CD
 Hittin' the Note
Records is proud to present our 5th CD release: Wet Willie – Miles of Smiles.
Recorded in Woodstock, Georgia back in August of 2011, this CD is full of high-octane
music that captures the essence of a band still drippin' wet with talent and passion!
Like the Allman Brothers Band, Wet Willie is best experienced in a live setting
and on a hot, sweltering night in Georgia they left it all on the stage in an unbelievable
performance. Recorded by original Capricorn engineer, Jim Hawkins, and mixed by
Bert Elliot and Ovie Sparks, this CD jumps right out of the speakers from the opening
vamp and carries you through all of the greatest hits of a band that knows how to
leave you with a smile on your face!
Miles Of Smiles is in stock and shipping now! To listen to song clips and
to order please click here.
New
Jaimoe's Jasssz Band CD and merch!
 As you may have heard,
Jaimoe's Jasssz Band has been in the studio recording a new CD and we are very excited
to announce that it is in stock and shipping now! The title of the new CD is "Renaissance
Man" and this release is a rich, simmering brew of originals and classics with outstanding
musicianship and songwriting. For those of you who have been lucky enough to hear
Junior Mack sing and this band perform "Rainy Night In Georgia," "Melissa," or "Leaving
Trunk," you know what we are talking about! These covers, along with 7 other originals
tunes on this CD, will move your soul.
We cannot say enough about the superb songwriting and sohpisticated musicianship
on this CD - contributions from Jr. Mack, Bruce Katz, Dave Stoltz and Reggie Pittman
all stand out. Singer/songwriter/guitar player extroidinare, Junior Mack, contributes
four original compositions to this effort and brings the heat to a boil - check
out highlights like “Dilemma” and “Drifting and Turning!”
Take all of this excellence - sprinkle in the mojo of Jaimoe - stir the pot and
breathe in the intoxication. This band is the real deal...something very special
indeed! To hear song samples and to order please click here or on the CD image.
ABB
Live - Philly and Boston!
 All of
us in ABB land are very excited to get the gift of 6 more shows for the holidays!
HTN and Munck Music are working hard to ship you these shows on CD within 2 weeks
of their performance! We are also offering our special "6 shows for the price of
5" package on this holiday run! In other tour related news - Warren called WMMR
DJ Pierre Robert in Philly to tell him that in honor of his 30th anniversary on
the air at WMMR, the ABB will perform "Live at Fillmore East" in it's entirety on
Friday 11/25 at the Tower Theatre! Meantime, Gregg called DJ Carter Allen at WZLX
in Boston and said not wanting to make the Boston fans feel left out, the ABB will
play Live at Fillmore East in its entirety on Tuesday 11/29, and Eat a Peach on
Wednesday 11/30 at the Orpheum! How amazing is that?! Click here to check out the setlist for each
show and to order.
ABB
CDs and DVD Back In Stock!
A day does not go by that we don't get a call in the Hittin' the Note office
asking when the 2nd ABB Archive, Stonybrook 9/19/71, is going to be reprinted. Sooo,
we're really excited to tell you that this incredible CD along with Hittin' the Note
and One Way Out will be back in stock on December 6th! In addition, the 2003
Live at the Beacon Theatre DVD will also be re-released! The Stonybrook
archive has what many fans consider to be the very best versions of "Blue Sky" (extremely
rare) and "Dreams" ever captured live by the original lineup. Brother Gregory Allman
called Hittin' the Note the best ABB album since Eat A Peach. And,
seeing the Brothers Live at The Beacon Theatre can't be beat! One Way Out
is the follow-up CD to that DVD release and contains 65 extra minutes of incendiary
music. Order now by clicking on the above images..
Planet
Of The Abts
 Change, while sometimes difficult, can also be
a catalyst for something new and great. Such is the case with P.O.A., a project
that came together when Gov't Mule went on hiatus earlier this year. The Mule rhythm
section - drummer Matt Abts and bassist Jorgen Carlsson - wanted to keep their outstanding
chemistry going, and thus was born P.O.A., or Planet of the Abts.
"P.O.A. was conceived by, of all people, Brad Sands, one of Gov't Mule's many –
but rating right up there with one of my favorites and most interesting - road managers,"
Matt Abts explained. " ‘Matt Abts! Planet of the Abts!' just started spewing from
his mouth after a few weeks on the bus together, and the term stuck. So fast forward
to April 2010; Jorgen Carlsson, my favorite bass player, suggested, 'Hey - let's
start Planet of the Abts as a band. Come on over to my place – I have a recording
studio and I want you to meet my friend Torbjorn - T-Bone.' J.C. and T-Bone know
each other from growing up in Sweden and playing in many bands together over the
years. Both - but not together - came to America, the land of opportunity (I'm not
sure about that) in the 1990s. Jorgen did a lot of session work in L.A., and T-Bone
performed the guitar work on the computer/video game Quake III Arena, which has
sold over ten million units.
"Anyway, when I met T-Bone for the first time, we both faced off each other, circling,
snarling, teeth showing - and immediately hit it off. T-Bone is our secret weapon
(well, not any more); he plays everything, sings and now is part of our family.
Two Swedes and me - hey! It's the P.O.A. We cut the entire Planet of the Abts CD
at Jorgen's Roger's Boat Studios; it was recorded analog, on a Studer 820."
To read more about this killer new CD, hear song clips and to order please click
here.
Live
Show Review: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
 On a beautiful
summer evening in Alpharetta, GA, classic rockers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
took the stage at Verizon's Encore Park Amphitheatre. There was quite a crowd in
attendance, especially on the lawn, and Petty was warmly greeted. Not that anyone
expected otherwise, but Petty and the band would not disappoint as they played a
powerful performance reminiscent of a much younger group of musicians.
Click here
to read the entire review.
Live
Show Review: SXSW 2012
 Like the
rest of central Texas, the annual South by Southwest Music conference and festival,
held every March in Austin, just keeps expanding. The Austin area has seen explosive
growth through the 1990s and into the last decade, but one hopes that good musicians
are not driven out of Austin by unaffordable rents. It would not be the first time
or place such gentrification has happened.
The 2012 edition of SxSW included about 2,000 bands and solo musicians and 90 venues,
both record-shattering numbers. What does all this mean for fans of blues, Americana,
folk music, rockabilly, garage and roots-rock?
Click here
to read the entire review.
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