Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

Friday's liver Muzit in New Orleans includes Dash Rip Rock @ Blue Moon Saloon

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

Professor Al Kooper (who had a birthday yesterday) talks Tracy Nelson

http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/new-music-for-old-people-fifty-years-of-the-balladry-and-bad-ass-brilliance-of-tracy-nelson/

Count Basie's Orchestra rolls on

http://www.dailyeasternnews.com/2015/02/05/count-basie-orchestra-kicks-off-jazz-festival/

Gentrification VS Jazzification

http://kalw.org/post/gentrification-versus-jazzification-birdland-nightclub-grows-vision-spark-jazz-district

Previewing this year's Lancaster Roots and Blues Fest

http://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/02/lancaster_roots_blues_7_things.html

Dave Mustaine on why he picked up the guitar

http://loudwire.com/megadeth-dave-mustaine-bullies-motivated-me-to-play-guitar/

Bluegrass Boy

http://www.mywebtimes.com/life/bluegrass-boy-at-years-old-dayton-s-arwood-picks-guitar/article_ff864b0b-c931-5617-9b10-824d3830c817.html

Bad news for INXS guitarist Tim Farriss

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/inxs-guitarist-tim-farriss-loses-finger-may-never-play-again-20150204-136cx7.html

Previewing this weekend's GRAMMY Awards

http://www.biography.com/news/grammy-lifetime-achievement-awards-2015

And R.I.P. to Aloha Warehouse co-owner and Ookelele expert Edgar Dang

 http://blog.sfgate.com/hawaii/2015/02/05/aloha-warehouse-co-owner-ukulele-expert-edgar-dang-dies/