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AXS TV Announces Season Premiere of ‘The Big Interview’ with Dan Rather’ on Wed., April 15 at 8 pm ET

AXS TV Announces Season Premiere of ‘The Big Interview’ with Dan Rather’ on Wed., April 15 at 8 pm ET

Posted March 27, 2020 at 2:41 pm | No comments

AXS TV announced today that the eighth season of its critically-acclaimed celebrity sit-down series The Big Interview With Dan Rather will premiere with chart-topping rock legend Huey Lewis on Wednesday, April 15 at 8 pm. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.

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Elliott Landy Launches Kickstarter for his new book Contacting the Band

Elliott Landy Launches Kickstarter for his new book Contacting the Band

Posted February 29, 2020 at 10:53 am | No comments

I have launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance my new book, Contacting the Band. It will feature selected contact sheets of the photos I took of The Band in the late Sixties for their first two albums, Music From Big Pink and The Band. It will allow fans of The Band a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the process and frame by frame progression of these landmark photo shoots

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Joe Walsh to be Featured on Brian Johnson’s AXS TV A Life on The Road November 3 at 9PE

Joe Walsh to be Featured on Brian Johnson’s AXS TV A Life on The Road November 3 at 9PE

Posted November 1, 2019 at 1:40 pm | No comments

In this exclusive first-look, Joe Walsh discusses the tremendous success of his enduring hit single “Rocky Mountain Way,” which was instrumental in cementing his place in rock superstardom. “I knew it was a good song,” Walsh explains. “You can feel it, ya know.

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Ovation Guitar Wall goes up at Glen Campbell Museum & Rhinestone Stage in Nashville

Ovation Guitar Wall goes up at Glen Campbell Museum & Rhinestone Stage in Nashville

Posted October 31, 2019 at 10:52 am | One comment

Behind the scenes working the design, site preparation and construction phases of The Glen Campbell Museum and Rhinestone Stage are The Temeka Group of Corona, California and Clearbrook Hospitality, LLC, of Nashville, Tennessee. The museum will be in downtown Nashville, and is scheduled to open early in 2020.

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Guitar International Publisher Rick Landers Back on Stage and in the Studio!

Guitar International Publisher Rick Landers Back on Stage and in the Studio!

Posted August 5, 2019 at 9:42 am | No comments

Guitar International magazine’s publisher, Rick Landers, ventured back into performing and songwriting recently. Since his early days playing in a downriver Detroit garage band, to basking in the streets of Georgetown and small D.C. clubs, he’s been writing songs and stashing them away for no other reason than to play them as the spirit moved him.

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GWS Auctions Artifacts of Hollywood & Music: Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, James Dean on AUGUST 31, 2019! (Photo Gallery)

GWS Auctions Artifacts of Hollywood & Music: Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, James Dean on AUGUST 31, 2019! (Photo Gallery)

Posted July 25, 2019 at 10:26 am | No comments

GWS Auctions will offer a guitar which pays tribute to the “Man in Black” – Johnny Cash. “The Man In Black” guitar is a classic example of a historical artifact. The guitar is derived from Johnny and June Carter Cash’s 200 Caudill Drive, Hendersonville, Tennessee residence. The cedar gates from Cash’s estate have been repurposed in a living, breathing instrument

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Don Felder Announces UK & European Tour in London, Paris and Berlin – September 2019!

Don Felder Announces UK & European Tour in London, Paris and Berlin – September 2019!

Posted July 8, 2019 at 12:26 pm | No comments

Fresh from releasing his critically acclaimed solo album AMERICAN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL on BMG in April, legendary singer songwriter, guitarist, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Don Felder has announced three European shows this September

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1977 Johnny Cash, June Carter at Painters Mill Star Theater – Exclusive Photos!

1977 Johnny Cash, June Carter at Painters Mill Star Theater – Exclusive Photos!

Posted July 1, 2019 at 1:18 pm | No comments

Joining Johnny Cash was his lovely and talented wife June Carter Cash of the legendary Carter Family, and who wrote “Ring of Fire” that her husband sang into the hearts of America, and the world. Both Anita and Helen Carter, June’s sister’s shared the stage, building the Cash show into a robust family affair.

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AXS TV Premiers A Year in Music – Sounds of the ’60s ’70s ’80s July 7th!

AXS TV Premiers A Year in Music – Sounds of the ’60s ’70s ’80s July 7th!

Posted June 12, 2019 at 11:23 am | No comments

Beloved former MTV VJs Downtown Julie Brown and Matt Pinfield, rock superstar Don Felder and film, television and stand up comedy legend Tommy Chong are the pop culture icons and experts who host the AXS TV series. A Year In Music puts the spotlight on a different year each week

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Billy Bob Thornton Talks Music and Inspiration with Dan Rather for The Big Interview

Billy Bob Thornton Talks Music and Inspiration with Dan Rather for The Big Interview

Posted May 17, 2019 at 12:01 pm | No comments

Multi-talented actor, screenwriter, director, and musician Billy Bob Thornton sits down with Dan Ratherfor an all-new episode of The Big Interview, airing Tuesday, May 21 at 8pE/5pP. During the in-depth discussion, the Oscar®-winner opens up about his acclaimed career, fatherhood

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