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MENTIONINGS
[FONT="]Jackson's 'Thriller' revisited[/FONT]
[FONT="]By JASON MacNEIL [/FONT]
[FONT="]http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/J/Jackson_Michael/2008/07/17/6181421-sun.html[/FONT]
TORONTO - For Craig Martin, the past three weeks have been a bit of a thriller.
The founder and producer of the popular concert series Classic Albums Live thought he might have bitten off more than he could chew by tackling Michael Jackson's 1982 smash album Thriller.
"Three weeks ago I was cancelling this show, I didn't have a singer," Martin says while rehearsing for tonight's show at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. "I had guys come out who were highly recommended but they brought some of that tribute-band persona with them. That's always a red flag for me. And when they couldn't hit some of those notes I thought, 'Oh my God, my reputation's at stake here, I may have to cancel this show.' "
Fortunately, Martin found his vocalist in Peter Miller and the show will go on as planned with the album performed in its entirety.
"This is a left turn for us," Martin says. "We've never done anything like this before and I'm just having a blast working at taking it apart and putting it back together."
Choosing Thriller was something Martin says came from having his two kids asking about the album itself. After finding the album and putting it on for his youngsters, the pair started dancing, resulting in Martin getting back into Thriller again 26 years after its release.
"I was a rocker, it was past (Led Zeppelin's) Houses of the Holy, we weren't into Michael Jackson," he says. "So it was like rediscovering this music that had eluded me before. And it was exciting, so one day I just decided we're doing it."
Martin says while it's a bit of a departure for the group of musicians who since 2003 have performed albums by the likes of Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and Pink Floyd, the musicality of Thriller is something often overlooked.
"It kind of blew me away because we'd forgotten, all of us, just how great Michael was," Martin says. "He got buried underneath the dirt and the sensationalism of his life and things like that, and it's such a tragedy really because, my God, what an artist he was. What a complete genius he was."
As for the album itself, which also features Beat It and Billie Jean, Martin says the hardest song to pull off is the title track, which contains such intricacies as Vincent Price's voice, the spooky howls, creaking doors and Jackson's high vocals.
"It's insane the amount of work we're doing," Martin says. "Our keyboard player is 28 but she looks like she's 50. These guys are working above and beyond the call of duty."
Tickets for tonight's show are $12 in advance (available at ticketmaster.ca or by phone at 416-870-8000), or $20 at the door. You must be age 19 or older to attend. Doors open at 8 p.m. [FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Critic’s Choice[/FONT]
[FONT="]http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/461748[/FONT]
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THURSDAY
Classic Albums Live is taking a major turn. The five-year-old Toronto-based series known for note-for-note re-creations of rock's greatest records, including the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, is having its way with Michael Jackson's pop masterpiece Thriller. A crack 12-piece band of faceless musicians who have backed the likes of Tom Cochrane and Jully Black will be fronted by dreadlocked Scarborough singer Peter Miller – whom concert producer Craig Martin described as an "unbelievable" M.J. interpreter. (Phoenix Concert Theatre. 8 p.m. $12 at Ticketmaster, $20 at the door.)
[FONT="]Jimi Hendrix torched guitar to sell for £500,000 at auction[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal...to-sell-for-ps500000-at-auction_10072522.html
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Other lots include Jim Morrison’s last notebook and a song-sheet of USA For Africa’s ‘We are the World’ signed by Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan. [/FONT]
[FONT="]So You Think You Can Dance: Top 10 Perform[/FONT]
[FONT="]http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/17/so-you-think-you-can-dance-top-10-perform/[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Joshua[FONT="] ("Jam," Michael Jackson)[/FONT][/FONT][FONT="] What a great song to choose for what Joshua does. He was just out of this world with his hits on that. He was every bit as good as what Twitch brings to his solos.[/FONT]
[FONT="]visitRaleigh.com Rock Hall Benefit Concert Morphs into Two-Day Music Festival[/FONT]
http://charlotte.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=162756&type_news=latest
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[FONT="]Closing the evening will be 2004 Rock Hall inductee Dave Mason, co-founder of the legendary band Traffic. Mason, who over his brilliant career has played and recorded with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Fleetwood Mac – a band he officially joined and toured with in the mid-1990s – also achieved considerable success as a solo artist with the hit songs “We Just Disagree” and “Save Me,” a duet with Michael Jackson. His 1968 Traffic hit “Feelin’ Alright” has been covered by dozens of artists over the years.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Sonic Spotlight: Melvin Blakely [/FONT]
[FONT="]http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/071708/mus_465969.shtml[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]FAVORITE CONCERT: [/FONT][FONT="]Michael Jackson in Atlanta, early 1980s. "It was so exciting. I mean, he's the greatest entertainer. When you look up there and you see a showman that can pretty much hold the crowd in the palm of his hand or whatever -- that's Michael Jackson.[/FONT]
Michael Jackson HIStory
1993 - Michael Jackson's single "Will You Be There" hit #9 in the U.K.
1997 - Michael Jackson's "Blood On The Dance Floor: History in the Mix" was certified gold by the RIAA.
At the moment we only have mentionings including this fairly nice article:MENTIONINGS
[FONT="]Jackson's 'Thriller' revisited[/FONT]
[FONT="]By JASON MacNEIL [/FONT]
[FONT="]http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/J/Jackson_Michael/2008/07/17/6181421-sun.html[/FONT]
TORONTO - For Craig Martin, the past three weeks have been a bit of a thriller.
The founder and producer of the popular concert series Classic Albums Live thought he might have bitten off more than he could chew by tackling Michael Jackson's 1982 smash album Thriller.
"Three weeks ago I was cancelling this show, I didn't have a singer," Martin says while rehearsing for tonight's show at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. "I had guys come out who were highly recommended but they brought some of that tribute-band persona with them. That's always a red flag for me. And when they couldn't hit some of those notes I thought, 'Oh my God, my reputation's at stake here, I may have to cancel this show.' "
Fortunately, Martin found his vocalist in Peter Miller and the show will go on as planned with the album performed in its entirety.
"This is a left turn for us," Martin says. "We've never done anything like this before and I'm just having a blast working at taking it apart and putting it back together."
Choosing Thriller was something Martin says came from having his two kids asking about the album itself. After finding the album and putting it on for his youngsters, the pair started dancing, resulting in Martin getting back into Thriller again 26 years after its release.
"I was a rocker, it was past (Led Zeppelin's) Houses of the Holy, we weren't into Michael Jackson," he says. "So it was like rediscovering this music that had eluded me before. And it was exciting, so one day I just decided we're doing it."
Martin says while it's a bit of a departure for the group of musicians who since 2003 have performed albums by the likes of Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and Pink Floyd, the musicality of Thriller is something often overlooked.
"It kind of blew me away because we'd forgotten, all of us, just how great Michael was," Martin says. "He got buried underneath the dirt and the sensationalism of his life and things like that, and it's such a tragedy really because, my God, what an artist he was. What a complete genius he was."
As for the album itself, which also features Beat It and Billie Jean, Martin says the hardest song to pull off is the title track, which contains such intricacies as Vincent Price's voice, the spooky howls, creaking doors and Jackson's high vocals.
"It's insane the amount of work we're doing," Martin says. "Our keyboard player is 28 but she looks like she's 50. These guys are working above and beyond the call of duty."
Tickets for tonight's show are $12 in advance (available at ticketmaster.ca or by phone at 416-870-8000), or $20 at the door. You must be age 19 or older to attend. Doors open at 8 p.m. [FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Critic’s Choice[/FONT]
[FONT="]http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/461748[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
THURSDAY
Classic Albums Live is taking a major turn. The five-year-old Toronto-based series known for note-for-note re-creations of rock's greatest records, including the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, is having its way with Michael Jackson's pop masterpiece Thriller. A crack 12-piece band of faceless musicians who have backed the likes of Tom Cochrane and Jully Black will be fronted by dreadlocked Scarborough singer Peter Miller – whom concert producer Craig Martin described as an "unbelievable" M.J. interpreter. (Phoenix Concert Theatre. 8 p.m. $12 at Ticketmaster, $20 at the door.)
[FONT="]Jimi Hendrix torched guitar to sell for £500,000 at auction[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal...to-sell-for-ps500000-at-auction_10072522.html
[FONT="]
Other lots include Jim Morrison’s last notebook and a song-sheet of USA For Africa’s ‘We are the World’ signed by Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan. [/FONT]
[FONT="]So You Think You Can Dance: Top 10 Perform[/FONT]
[FONT="]http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/17/so-you-think-you-can-dance-top-10-perform/[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]Joshua[FONT="] ("Jam," Michael Jackson)[/FONT][/FONT][FONT="] What a great song to choose for what Joshua does. He was just out of this world with his hits on that. He was every bit as good as what Twitch brings to his solos.[/FONT]
[FONT="]visitRaleigh.com Rock Hall Benefit Concert Morphs into Two-Day Music Festival[/FONT]
http://charlotte.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=162756&type_news=latest
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]Closing the evening will be 2004 Rock Hall inductee Dave Mason, co-founder of the legendary band Traffic. Mason, who over his brilliant career has played and recorded with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Fleetwood Mac – a band he officially joined and toured with in the mid-1990s – also achieved considerable success as a solo artist with the hit songs “We Just Disagree” and “Save Me,” a duet with Michael Jackson. His 1968 Traffic hit “Feelin’ Alright” has been covered by dozens of artists over the years.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Sonic Spotlight: Melvin Blakely [/FONT]
[FONT="]http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/071708/mus_465969.shtml[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]FAVORITE CONCERT: [/FONT][FONT="]Michael Jackson in Atlanta, early 1980s. "It was so exciting. I mean, he's the greatest entertainer. When you look up there and you see a showman that can pretty much hold the crowd in the palm of his hand or whatever -- that's Michael Jackson.[/FONT]
Michael Jackson HIStory
1993 - Michael Jackson's single "Will You Be There" hit #9 in the U.K.
1997 - Michael Jackson's "Blood On The Dance Floor: History in the Mix" was certified gold by the RIAA.
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