Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers have posted tour dates. It all starts May 6th in Raleigh, NC along with Joe Cocker. Several shows in August are scheduled with Crosby, Stills and Nash. They’ll also gig with ZZ Top at Summerfest in June.

Over on tompetty.com fans can sample a track from their upcoming studio album “Mojo,” set for a spring release, as well as purchase pre-sale tickets for the tour.

Crosby, Stills and Nash have annouced they will tour this year, beginning with mostly U.S. west coast dates in May and June. The trio will then head across the pond for shows in July. Certainly more dates are forthcoming.

More at crosbystillsnash.com.

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Don’s set to join classic rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd, REO Speedwagon and Pat Benatar along with Buckcherry at this year’s Moondance Jam classic rock festival weekend July 15 – 19 in Walker, MN. Don’s appearance is slated for July 16th.

Over the past 19 years the jam has evolved into the largest classic rock festival in the U.S. More artists will be announced in the coming weeks.

Tickets, VIP passes and campsites at www.moondancejam.com.

The other day we were discussing with a group of young people (< 25 years) what we consider to be the dismal condition of popular music these days. Astonishingly, we didn't hear the usual "you can't compare it to rock 'n roll forty years ago" or "well, your parents didn't understand Woodstock," or "you need to stop playing stuff from your high school days and tune into what's happening now." Rather, we were pleasantly surprised to discover that a good portion of songs stored in their iPods are actually classics from the 60's and 70's.

Then we posed what we thought to be an impossible question for kids their age: “Who’s your ultimate guitarist from that era?” Out of the blue came, “Louie Shelton.” Swear to God.

After extending our congratulations, we wondered how the heck they came up with Louie Shelton. Had they been spending their spare time reading the liner notes of our vinyl albums?

They obviously know who they’re talking about. Besides being a Platinum Elite Guitarist member, Louie Shelton has an incredible recording career history. Last year he was inducted in to the Musicians Hall of Fame and very recently he gave this interview to All About Jazz.

If you’re within 100,000 miles of Live Oak, Florida, on April 16 & 17 then you’ll want to high-tail it down to this year’s Wanee Festival. Headline act is the Allman Brothers Band. Stephen Stills has added it and faves Derek Trucks and Govt Mule are gonna be there. As a matter of fact, everybody’s playing. Swamp stompin’ on steroids.

Tickets are on sale now.