In Brief: Van Morrison, Townes Van Zandt
ByApr 1, 2002 11:00 PM
Also: More news on American Head Charge, HOB Concerts.
Also: More news on American Head Charge, HOB Concerts.
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Universal Records will release a new Van Morrison album titled “Down the Road” on May 14, which will be preceded by the first single, “Hey Mr. DJ,” on April 16. The album contains 13 new songs, as well as the artist’s rendition of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Georgia On My Mind.” The album also features “Evening Shadows,” an Acker Bilk instrumental to which Morrison added his own lyrics and to which Acker contributes a clarinet solo.
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On April 23, Dualtone Music Group will release “A Gentle Evening with Townes Van Zandt,” a recently unearthed recording of a Van Zandt concert recorded in November of 1969 at New York’s Carnegie Hall.
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Guitarist Wayne Kile has departed the rock bad American Head Charge, and has been replaced by Brian Ottoson from the Minneapolis band Black Flood Diesel. Ottoson will make his first appearance with the band in the video for “Just So You Know,” the first official single from American Head Charge’s “The War of Art” album.
“Our split with Wayne is completely amicable and we wish him luck in his future endeavors,” the band said in statement. “Over the past year, it became obvious that Wayne was moving in a different direction than the rest of the band, and in the past few months it became extremely apparent that it was time for him to move on.”
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Concerts West--a fledgling promotions firm headed by Denver billionaire Phil Anschutz--and Fred Rosen, the former head of Ticketmaster, have made separate formal bids to acquire House of Blues Concerts, Denver’s Rocky Mountain News reported. HOB Concerts is the second-largest concert promotions firm in the U.S., far behind Clear Channel Entertainment.