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Friday, September 29, 2023

Bob Dylan Plays With The Heartbreakers In Surprise Farm Aid Appearance

Bob Dylan made a surprise appearance at Farm Aid on Saturday night, performing three songs with three members of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers.

Dylan made the surprise appearance at Farm Aid 2023 in Noblesville, Indiana. He played guitar and was joined by Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, and Steve Ferrone for a performance of three songs from 1965: "Maggie's Farm," "Positively 4th Street," and "Ballad of a Thin Man."

Dylan performed on the Farm Aid stage for the first time since the inaugural event in 1985.

Dylan is credited with inspiring Willie Nelson to launch Farm Aid. During a 1985 performance at Live Aid, Dylan wondered whether a similar event could be put to support American farmers.

Nelson along with John Mellencamp and Neil Young organized the Farm Aid benefit concert to raise money for and help family farmers in the United States. The first concert was held on September 22, 1985, at the Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, before a crowd of 80,000 people. Performers included Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty, among others.

Meanwhile, Dylan is set to kick off the new leg of his North American tour in Kansas City on October 1.

(Photo: Raphael Pour-Hashemi)

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Kane Brown Releases Phil Collins-Sampling Single 'I Can Feel It'

Country music star Kane Brown recently released his latest single, "I Can Feel It," which samples the famous drum part from Phil Collins' hit "In the Air Tonight."

Country music star Kane Brown recently released his latest single, "I Can Feel It." "I can feel it in the air / Feel it in the whiskey in my hand / Your hips, your body tells me when you start to dance / Maybe this is turning into a 'we should probably get up out of here' / Oh baby I swear / I can feel it in the air," Brown sings in the chorus.

Brown's song samples the famous drum part from Phil Collins' hit "In the Air Tonight." The former Genesis singer is listed among the songwriters on "I Can Feel It," along with Brown, Gabe Foust and Jaxson Free.

"It's a legendary drum fill and it's a legendary song. There's no way I could not do that," Brown told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 in reference to including Collins' name in the credits. "I'm the type of guy that I don't like to screw anybody over. I feel like good karma is, that's what's going to keep you going in life."

He added, "Even if it was a new guy that was working at a small store nobody knew about, I'd definitely give him writer's credit. Phil could have said no, so I'm glad that he let me use the song."

(Photo: RCA Nashville)

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Foghat Share Video For 'She's A Little Bit Of Everything'

Foghat have released a video for "She's a Little Bit of Everything," the second single from their upcoming 17th studio album, Sonic Mojo, which is due out on November 10th via Foghat Records.

Sonic Mojo, which is Foghat's first album in seven years, features three songs - including "She's a Little Bit of Everything" - co-written with late Savoy Brown founder and guitarist Kim Simmonds, who died in 2022.

"He was a blues man," Foghat's Roger Earl told Ultimate Classic Rock. "Kim had a wonderful touch [and] he could emote through his guitar playing. It reached you."

Bryan Bassett says, "The song is a straight-up blues rocker that's quickly becoming a crowd favorite in our live show."

"What an honor to be part of a song written by Kim and performed with Roger! It's a straight rock and roll track that celebrates women! In all of her power, grace and beauty. What else is there to celebrate if not women?!?" Scott Holt adds.

Earl concludes, "As soon as I heard this song, I knew it was for us. I claimed that it was written about Kim's wife, Debi, but she is far too fine a person to ever admit that that's where it came from. I really believe that this is where Kim got the inspiration for this song. It's probably my favorite. Thank you, Kim."

(Photo: Jake Coughlin)

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