Friday Music Digest

Assorted nuts and bolts...

First up, Philly Joe Jones, with the Sun Ra Allstars? Yep, that's right, and Archie Shepp, Lester Bowie, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBltHzzoywU

Next up, no mention on who actually "won", but the 5 year dispute between certified A-Hole Mike Love and Al Jardine has been settled:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jN-PJzfHM9K8lI2HnQazv3_qjKTgD8VHPBM00

No music, no cry-licensing issues stall the film biography of Bob Marley.

http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=4de94c0c-ccce-45b4-abc0-7406ee37f37a&entry=index

Boo, hiss department: CNN picks their top 5 "rockumentary" movies. What? No "All You Need is Cash"? They get a couple right, though.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/21/rock.movies/

A look at Gibson Guitar's 1999 "msuic simulation" patent, which figures in their lawsuit against the "Guitar Hero" game software:

http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/03/primary-source.html

Levon Helm-life and music after The Band

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88748309

VH1 will repeat last week's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, in an edited 2 hour version, Saturday night at 11 PM.

Vermont's "Guitar Sam" really likes a smaller stringed instrument:

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080321/FEATURES02/803210302/1011/FEATURES02

And finally, Tom Petty and his original Florida band Mudcrutch are getting back together for an album and tour.

http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=9698