“Can I Sit Next to You Girl?” the debut single from AC/DC, has been sold to a fan for $1,225 on eBay.
According to Music-News.com, the song was only released in Australia and features vocals from the band’s original singer Dave Evans. The single was released in May of 1975 and climbed to #19 on the Australian chart. The band re-recorded the track for their TNT album.
Bruce Langhorne, the man who inspired Dylan’s classic song “Mr. Tambourine Man,” has finally released a solo album.
According to Music-News.com, the album is appropriately titled Mr.Tambourine Man.
Langhorne, a top ’60s session player who played guitar on Dylan’s original brought a tambourine (actually a Turkish frame drum with bells attached that made it jingle like a tambourine) to the session and Dylan has credited Langhorne as an inspiration for the track.
Langhorne played with a slew of top ’60s and ’70s folk-rock acts including Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Richie Havens and Gordon Lightfoot.
The music video for the new Foo Fighters single, “Walk,” is getting an extensive rollout. The video, which was inspired by the Michael Douglas film, Falling Down, debuted earlier this week on MTV, MTV.com and VH1.com.
This Sunday (June 5), the Foos will perform the song live during the 2011 MTV Movie Awards show. In addition, the documentary film, Back and Forth, which chronicles the group’s career, will be released on iTunes on Monday (June 7). One week later, a DVD version with 35 minutes of extra footage will be available through retail outlets, with a Blu-ray version being sold exclusively at Best Buy.
In the next few days, Foo Fighters are expected to announce a slew of new tour dates.
