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May 2007 Rock and Roll FREE Online Giveaway This month we are giving away One copy of the new book: Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business by Sonny West with Marshall Terrill Visit http://www.rockandrolltours.com/contest.htm to enter! Read more about this new book on our new Elvis news and travel page http://www.rockandrolltours.com/elvis.htm -------- Download Madonna for FREE! Inspired by Live Earth, Madonna has written a new song titled "Hey You," which is available exclusively on MSN, free of charge, for seven days (beginning today). "Hey You" was produced by Pharrell Williams and Madonna and recorded in London. Madonna will perform "Hey You" as one of the headliners for Live Earth U.K., joining the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Genesis, the Beastie Boys and other performers at Wembley Stadium in London on July 7, as part of the 24-hour, seven-continent Live Earth concert series. http://liveearth.msn.com/green/Madonnadownload ------ Read the new posting on our "Rock and Roll Traveler" Blog-- Tangled Up in Edie: The truth about Bob Dylan and Andy Warhol's "Factory Girl" http://rocktravel.blogspot.com/ ------ In honor of Rolling Stone's 40th anniversary, they've posted exclusive audio interviews with Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, Patti Smith and many more online http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/14229230/the_rolling_stone_40th_anniversary_issue ------- Les Paul Exhibit being planned The Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum in Wisconsin is raising money for the Les Paul exhibit. In March, Les Paul himself donated $25,000 to the museum. Les Paul is famous for having invented the solid-body electric guitar in the 1940s. He recalled coming home from a gig after an audience member told him his guitar needed to be louder. "I went home and I said to my mother, 'I've got a critic and the critic has something to say. It's up to me to do something about it. So I'll make an electric guitar,'" he said. The invention caught on and helped Paul and his wife at the time, Mary Ford, record a series of hit records in the 1950s. Guitar-maker Gibson began mass-producing the Les Paul model in 1952. Many rock musicians became famous playing on the model. Paul is also known for developing recording techniques such as close miking, multitracking and use of echo and delay. He's credited with introducing the first eight-track tape player in 1950s and building an early model synthesizer. He's often called the "Wizard of Waukesha," though he said he's not sure where it came from. "I didn't create it. I don't care ... but if the shoe fits," he said with a laugh. Les Paul, who lives in Mahwah, N.J., has donated many artifacts and memorabilia for the planned exhibit, a $3 million project expected to open in 2010. Paul has played twice every Monday night with his trio at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York since 1996. Waukesha County museum: http://www.wchsm.org/ ------- Read about the new Hard Days Night Beatles hotel in Liverpool as well as other developments in the city named "Capital of Culture 2008" Visit our new Liverpool Beatles Travel page http://www.rockandrolltours.com/liverpool.htm ------- EVENTS MAY Dylan Days, a nonprofit organization supporting the arts and honoring Bob Dylan in his hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota is sponsoring Dylan Days 2007 from May 23-27. Dylan Days welcomes you to create art or experience art in the place where Bob Dylan and many others first learned about love, conflict and the human condition. The only way to know what happens at Dylan Days is to come to Hibbing and see for yourself. This year, our featured musical act will be acclaimed folk and pop singer (and Dylan contemporary) Maria Muldaur (below left). Her latest album "Heart of Mine: the Love Songs of Bob Dylan" has been smash commercial and critical hit. She is best known for her quirky 1974 hit "Midnight at the Oasis." http://www.dylandays.com JUNE Elvis Presley Festival Tupelo, Mississippi May 31- June 3, 2007 The 9th Annual Elvis Presley Festival, held in the birthplace of the King of Rock and Roll, celebrates the musical heritage of the town that shaped the early years of our nation’s leading cultural icon. http://www.tupeloelvisfestival.com JULY ERIC CLAPTON's CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL JULY 28, 2007 CHICAGO Day-Long Festival To Feature Legendary Music And Collaborations Including: Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, BB King, Willie Nelson, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy and John Mayer http://www.whereseric.com/news/2007/03/eric-clapton-crossroads-guitar-festival-chicago-28-july-2007.html Benefitting Crossroads Center at Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons. http://crossroadsantigua.org/website/index.html AUGUST Elvis Presley Week in Memphis, Tennessee August 11-19 Annual Celebration: 30th anniversary of Elvis' death http://elvis.com/elvisweek/2007/default.asp Liverpool International Beatles Week August 22-28, 2007 Annual Beatles celebration in Liverpool, England http://www.cavern-liverpool.co.uk/beatleweek/ Goldmine annual National Record Show at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland, Ohio http://www.krause.com Don't Knock the Rock Music and Film Festival Los Angeles, California http://www.dontknocktherock.com/ ------- Daytrippin' sponsors The FAB 4 NYC Walking Tour of Beatles Sights AND The Freewheelin' Greenwich Village Tour of Bob Dylan Sights http://www.rockandrolltours.com --------- This message brought to you by Daytrippin' P.O. 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