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Billy Gibbons is getting ready to release his third solo album, which he says will be called Hardwire, in tribute to Joe Hardy, who produced and engineered every ZZ Top and Billy Gibbons album, since Eliminator.  Mr. Hardy passed away earlier this year. According to Gibbons, "I think we're going to call it Hardware, and that's in tribute to the late Joe Hardy, our stalwart engineer for four decades.  Joe recently passed on, but in his wake he left the instruction …

   Want to see Guns N' Roses, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Def Leppard all in 1 weekend?   Well then, you need to block out the weekend of October 11-13, for the first Exit 111 music festival.   To be held at Great Stage Park in Manchester, Tennessee, this 3 day concert will feature a who's who of classic rock and heavy metal.  In addition to the 3 bands mentioned above, who are headlining Exit 111, there will also be performances by Slay …

A new Lynyrd Skynyrd documentary which tells the “warts and all” backstory and tragic history of southern rock’s most iconic band, premieres on the Showtime cable network on August 18. If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd, covers the band’s enduring legacy from their birth in Jacksonville, Florida to the plane crash in 1977 that killed lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines, their assistant road manager, and the plane’s crew. …

In case you haven't already started to hear, there are some big names in Rock about to hit the road this summer for some tours of the US. The first and biggest is a co-headline tour of Slash with Aerosmith. Unfortunately, I haven't yet been notified of the dates and/or cities and venues for the upcoming series of shows, but as soon as I get word, I'll spread the good news. One thing I do know is that the shows won't begin until at least later in July, as Aerosmith will be finishing up …