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- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- moe.
- Papa Mali
- Dave Matthews Band
- Grateful Dead
- The Marshall Tucker Band
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Welcome to 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 and other merchandise from your favorite artists. We always strive to give you the best...because music matters!
2007 was a great year for music, and HTN's Rob Johnson has written up a list of his 10 favorite CDs of the year. Click here to read more!
Hittin' the Note is the perfect place to shop for all of the music lovers in your family! We always have plenty of great CDs from the Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, the Derek Trucks Band, Jack Pearson, and a host of others for your listening pleasure. Brand-new for this year we are proud to have the DVD from Wanee Fest 2007 as well as a vintage Marshall Tucker Band DVD/CD set from 1977 that features the original lineup which is simply spectacular! We also carry a wide selection of DVDs from Chuck Leavell, Tom Dowd, the Mule, Derek Trucks, the ABB, Dickey Betts, and more! For the first time in over 30 years, HTN is proud to have a new T-shirt from ABB drummer Jaimoe that you have to get! We also have some very cool items that are sure to make someone you know very happy. The new ABB throw rug features the inside artwork from their legendary Eat a Peach album, and we also have a number of new Derek Trucks T-shirts.
This installment of "Flashback" comes from Issue #46 of Hittin' the Note, when we were honored to have the one and only Bob Weir grace our cover. Bob was candid, outspoken and highly entertaining as he spoke about a wide array of topics, which included politics, sports and, of course, his music. Bob and Ratdog will be appearing at both Wanee Fest in April and Mountain Jam in May, so enjoy this inside look at the legendary Bob Weir.
Hittin' the Note is excited to announce that we have received all of the shows from the Allman Brothers' 2007 summer tour, and they are now available! Check out our special West's Best package where you can get 6 of the best shows (as chosen by Tour Mystic Kirk West) for the price of 5. There were so many outstanding shows this summer that we had a hard time choosing the best 6, so we also have available the West's Best El Grande where you can get 12 shows for the price of 10! For the more serious-minded collector we also have the Complete 2007 ABB Live Collection housed in a custom made cedar box with serial numbers and special goodies inside, including a set of exclusive photos from the tour, the ABB Farm Aid performance and a year's subscription to Hittin' the Note magazine! Please click here to find out more!
Hittin' the Note #56 is at the printers now and kicks off 2008 with an issue chock-full of jamming good artists, as HTN features three of the major players on the jam scene today – we take an in-depth look at where they've been and where they're going.
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been on a serious roll lately; the quintet released This is Somewhere to great critical acclaim, and tore up the concert circuit in the fall, when they were billed with Gov't Mule. Their sensual, intense lead singer has been compared to Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin; in the last year, the band's music has been featured on Grey's Anatomy, and the group made a memorable appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. HTN's Tony Sclafani caught up with Grace and lead guitarist Scott Tournet, and they relate what it's been like for Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, a band that definitely is going somewhere good in a big hurry.
Singer/songwriter/slide guitarist Papa Mali is a fixture in the Austin, TX music community, and his ability to mix traditional blues, dub music and psychedelia into a uniquely potent sound can best be appreciated on his latest release, Do Your Thing. As Ian Rice found out, Papa Mali is doing just that, and he is enjoying every minute of it.
moe. is a proven veteran of the jamband world, but, like all great groups, they see the need to shake things up from time to time. Their new CD, Sticks and Stones, was recorded when the band went on a musical retreat in the mountains of Western Massachusetts, living and working together as a unit. As Al Schnier, Chuck Garvey and Rob Derhak shared with HTN's Rob Johnson, the moe. family experience brought out the best in everyone, because after 17 years, there is nothing like getting back to basics.
You also will find our usual features within the pages of Issue #56, including Tom Clarke's "Compact Dreams," Jamie Lee's "In Tune," the "HTN 6-Pack" section, and twice the usual number of CD reviews to double your reading pleasure. We also include Chris Doell's fine recap of Live at Piedmont Park, the latest Dave Mathews Band DVD, and book reviewer Todd Prusin offers his take on Grateful Dead Gear, which is Blair Jackson's all-encompassing overview of the equipment and instruments used by the Dead from 1965-95.
We are also proud to present the Allman Brothers Band Archive series, a collection of exceptional live shows from the early days of the band. American University 12/13/70 features a rare live version of "Leave My Blues At Home," plus scorching jams in "Whipping Post" and "You Don't Love Me." Stonybrook 9/19/71 has a very rare live version of "Blue Sky" with Duane Allman that is sure to become one of your favorites, and a "Dreams" that some say is the best ever! Macon 2/11/72 shows the band rebounding from Duane's death with some of their most passionate playing. Eat A Peach classics like "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" prove that the band could survive Duane's demise, and the great Berry Oakley never sounded better. Nassau 5/1/73 shows the Brothers and Sisters lineup at their peak, including amazing versions of "Jessica" and "Les Brers in A Minor," not to mention a rare "Mountain Jam" that is unlike any other you've heard. For the 5th Allman Brothers Band Archival Series CD, we are glad to present Boston Common 8/17/71 for your listening enjoyment. The ABB played Boston many times in their early days, and it continues to be one of their favorite places to perform. This exciting single-disc release captures the original lineup at its best, with some cool stage banter to go along with the music. Of particular note are amazing versions of "You Don't Love Me," "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and a riveting and unusual "Whipping Post" that closes out the set grandly. 1971 was truly the year that the ABB reached its first big peak, so sit back and enjoy the music these six musicians shared with the world on Boston Common during that heady summer. It doesn't get better than this! Click here to order these historic shows!
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Tommy
Talton: Rhythm & blues is not
a complex musical style, and nobody understands this better
than vocalist and guitar master Tommy Talton. Like other veteran
R & B musicians, Talton does not care how fast he can play.
He does not care how many chord changes he can fit into a measure,
or how many tempo changes he can build into one song.
What Talton does care about is texture, restraint, touch, and
feel. He cares most about those notes that remain unplayed.
Tommy Talton has spent his entire career searching out just
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 We went way, way back into the vaults of Hittin' the Note to bring you this Archival Feature, reaching deep to find Issue #12 and our first cover story on the then brand-new Gov't Mule. Reading this great piece reminds one of how much time has elapsed since HTN's Joe Bell sat down with Warren Haynes, Matt Abts and the late Allen Woody, so take a journey through the past with Gov't Mule.
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