According to Rollingstone.com: ret Michaels’ upcoming solo album, Get Your Rock On, will include a few friends. “Loretta Lynn and I are gonna redo ‘Every Rose Has It’s Thorn’ together,” he tells Rolling Stone. “And, for me, growing up in a family that my father loved country music and Coal Miner’s Daughter, this is gonna

Bret Michaels' upcoming solo album Get Your Rock On will include a few friends "Loretta Lynn and I are gonna redo 'Every Rose Has It’s Thorn' together" he tells Rolling Stone "And for me growing up in a family that my father loved country music and Coal Miner’s Daughter this is...

POISON singer Bret Michaels told RollingStone.com that his upcoming solo album, "Get Your Rock On", will include guest appearances by DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen, MY DARKEST DAYS axeman Sal Costa, Jimmy Buffett and country singer Loretta Lynn.

On Wednesday, Feb. 22, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville restaurants nationwide will be in full swing celebrating their favorite holiday, National Margarita Day. As the record holder for the World's Largest Margarita with Lucky Rita in 2011, Margaritaville knows its margaritas and will celebrate the

Only a matter of time before “Cheeseburgers In Paradise” gets its own game, right? Full story at VentureBeat : In a major attempt to diversify, traditional video game publisher THQ is launching its Margaritaville Online social game on Facebook today. Inspired by the Jimmy Buffett song, the game is an escapist fantasy and a major release for Agoura Hills, Calif.-based THQ … Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.

George Porter Jr., original bassist with the Meters, will be this year’s recipient of OffBeat magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Music, during ceremonies to be held January 26 at Generations Hall in New Orleans. An in-demand sideman, Porter has performed and recorded with Dr. John, Paul McCartney, Robbie Robertson, Robert Palmer, Patti Labelle, Jimmy Buffett, David Byrne, Johnny Adams, Harry [...]

Nashville singer/songwriter Todd Snider is back with another collection of rabble-rousing songs.   Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables  has been slated for a March  6th. The record includes a cover of Jimmy Buffett's "West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown". Here's the track list for the album: Continue reading »

Somewhere in the back of my mind are memories of clapping fanatically, screaming toward an empty stage, waiting many long minutes for Phish’s triumphant return to the spotlight. After many a vigorous two-set show, not only by Phish but other bands as well, the audience anxiously awaits the coming encore. The lights stay dimmed while people cheer and clap until their hands turn red and their voices go horse, and then they do it some more, merely to the point of coaxing the music back on stage. Best Encore Ever? Nowadays, the second set ends and we pay hardly ...

Ralph MacDonald, a master percussionist who worked with artists ranging from Roberta Flack, David Bowie and Jimmy Buffett to jazz giants Rashaan Roland Kirk and Ron Carter and soul legend Aretha Franklin has passed away at the age of 67.  MacDonald, who also co-wrote "Where is the Love" and "Just the Two of Us," is also known for helping spread calypso music throughout his career.

hiemal \HAHY-uh-muhl\, adjective: Of or pertaining to winter; wintry. Hiemal is derived from the Sanskrit word hima meaning “cold, frost, snow.” Christmahanukwanzakah A holiday celebrating multicultural beliefs and traditions. A product of a politically correct work environment. Happy Christmahanukwanzakah to all! Trivia Where has every Christmas tree erected in London’s Trafalgar Square since 1947 come from? Norway. A towering Norwegian spruce is cut from a forest outside Oslo annually by the Norwegians and delivered to the British as a gift of appreciation for their friendship and support during World War II. Holiday Christmas Day History William the Conqueror: monarch ...

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Echoes/Redferns Ralph MacDonald , the famed session musician and songwriter who wrote 'Just the Two of Us,' has died after a battle with lung cancer, the New York Times reports . He was 67 years old. MacDonald worked with many top-charting artists, performing Afro-Caribbean percussion on David Bowie 's 'Young Americans' and Jimmy Buffett 's 'Margaritaville.' Raised in New York City by his Trinidadian father, MacDonald learned to play steel drums, which eventually got him a spot in singer Harry Belafonte 's band. The percussionist would go on to work with some of the industry ...

Jimmy Buffett's dramatic fall in January captured the No. 7 spot in our countdown of the Top 11 Music Tumble and Falls of 11

MOTLEY CRUE are currently in the UK where they're touring alongside DEF LEPPARD and STEEL PANTHER. Unfortunately, bassist Nikki Sixx found himself the latest victim of a growing rash of vicious stage attacks. Fed up and tired of being walked on, stages around the globe have targeted performers ranging from Jimmy Buffet and Scott Weiland to Glenn Danzig, Axl Rose, Steven Tyler, and Ace Frehley in recent months. Sixx found himself toppled by the stage at around the 12-second mark in the video below.

Jimmy Buffett has been hospitalized, following an incident in which he fell from the stage during a concert

On October 13, 1986, a ridiculous lineup of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Bruce Springsteen, Nils Lofgren, Don Henley, Tom Petty and Robin Williams played a benefit for the Bridge School, a school that assists children with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs, at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. No one expected the benefit to turn into an annual concert, especially when there wasn’t one the next year. Yet here we are, 25 years later, about to witness the 25th anniversary of the concerts this weekend. For those of us who can’t make it to Shoreline ...