Stormy Thursday Music News You Can Use

Good Samaritans save a blind jazz guitarist in NYC

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/good-samaratins-save-blind-jazz-guitarist-falls-upper-west-side-subway-tracks-article-1.1152811

Napa gets its Ookelele Festival back

http://napa.patch.com/articles/ukulele-festival-returns-to-napa#photo-11187649

Steve Vai sighting

http://guitarinternational.com/2012/09/05/steve-vai-illuminating-the-story-of-light/

Time for a Monument to Melonville?

http://www.gigcity.ca/2012/09/04/magazine-on-mission-to-mount-monument-to-melonville/

Elvis and Allen Talk Story

http://www.weku.fm/post/allen-toussaint-elvis-costello-piano-jazz

Seattle's Bumbershoot is rockin'

http://www.examiner.com/article/dhani-harrison-and-his-band-thenewno2-rock-fans-at-seattle-s-bumbershoot

More on the early Ringo tapes

http://www.411mania.com/music/news/253689/Tapes-Found-Of-Ringo-Starr%5C%5Cs-First-Band.htm

Elton John hires a new bassist

http://www.classichitsandoldies.com/v2/2012/09/05/elton-john-reveals-bassist-hired-to-replace-the-late-bob-birch/

Relix reviews the "Kiko" reissue

http://www.relix.com/reviews/cds/2012/09/05/los-lobos-kiko-20th-anniversary-edition

And Junior is All Hooked Up

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-john-lee-hooker-jr1/