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When Eric Clapton played New York Monday with old Blind Faith-mate Steve Winwood, they took another crack at "Sleeping in the Ground" by Sam Myers, the late Dallas bluesman who sang with Anson Fundergburgh & the Rockets. Slowhand and Winwood originally cut "Sleeping" nearly 40 years ago. Here's my obit on Sam from 2006.

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Did you get tickets to the sold-out show tonight at Nokia Theatre? Parents, what did you go through to get tickets? Tell us your story.

And if you're one of the lucky ticket holders, don't forget to come back and tell us how the show went. If you're not, you can still shriek-and-freak when the bros come back to town next Tuesday.

The singer and actress is launching a social networking site through Kraft Foods aimed at women, where she and three other personalities issue challenges to members and offer ideas for cocktail parties, personal style and other fun stuff. Upumpitup's decidedly un-Mypsace but still, eh, cute.

Visit the music section for new music reviews and lists of CDs that will be in stores today. Then, tell us what you think. Leave your review below.

Bob Dylan had barely started his show Saturday night at House of Blues when an over-excited female fan ran onstage and tried to get his attention --- a bizarre scene captured on Youtube. (The stage-crashing occurs a minute into the video). At least she didn't rip off her shirt ala the "Soy Bomb" nut case who ran onstage when Zimmy played the '98 Grammys.

(From Dance Halls & Dreamers)

• Review: Pat Green's book sings praises of Texas dance halls
• Blog: Sons of Hermann on danced-out Texas dance hall list
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I'm kinda' excited about Nick Lowe (real rock 'n roll royalty) coming to the Sons of Hermann Hall on April 17. (Presented by Mike Snider / Allgood Cafe.) I'm thinking a long neck, a wooden dance floor and "Cruel to Be Kind" is my kinda' night.

These gals are fun ... but don't mess with them. (Courtesy)

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Half of Bob Dylan’s show Thursday night at House of Blues came from his last two albums, 2001’s Love and Theft and 2006’s Modern Times. Wonder if he’ll dust off some old rarities Friday and Saturday.
Here’s my review, and here’s Thursday’s set-list:
“Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat,” “It Ain’t Me, Babe,” “Watching the River Flow,” “Girl of the North Country,” “Rollin’ And Tumblin’,” “Workingman’s Blues #2,” “High Water (For Charley Patton),” “Spirit in the Water,” “Can’t Wait,” “Highway 61 Revisited,” “Positively 4th Street,” “Honest with Me,” “Nettie Moore,” “Summer Days,” “Ballad of a Thin Man,”/ENCORES: “Thunder on the Mountain,” “Blowin in the Wind.”

I've been in touch with Darcy, the extremely happy Barry Manilow fan who was brought up on stage for a dance during his Tuesday-night concert. She's desperately looking for a photo and/or video of her big moment. If you were in the audience that night and caught Barry and Darcy with your camera, please give me a holler, and I'll put you in touch with her.

Barack Obama’s rally playlist mixed rousers with a clunkers Wednesday at Reunion Arena. You can’t argue with U2’s “City of Blinding Light’’ or Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed Delivered I’m Yours” (his usual entrance and exit songs). And give his handlers credit for picking Bruce Springsteen’s obscure ’06 gem “American Land.” But the big head-scratcher was “Unwritten,” a soul-less pop tune by ho-hum English singer Natasha Bedingfield. Sure, it’s big with 20-something voters, but then again, so is Fergie, so why not spin “My Humps”?

Finally, an R&B success that doesn't involve by-the-numbers production, gimmicky videos or cameos by the spectacularly overexposed Akon or T-Pain.

As of 2/19, R&B band Mint Condition, discovered nearly 20 years ago by Grammy-award-winning songwriting and production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and responsible for enduring hits like "If You Love Me," "What Kind of Man Would I Be" and "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)," became responsible for the # 1-added UAC single with the release of "Baby Boy Baby Girl."

The celebratory uptempo jam, which is now on playlists in 23 markets across the nation so far, is the first single from their upcoming sixth CD, E-Life, scheduled to drop on May 6. A Tribe Called Quest's 'sound provider,' Ali Shaheed Muhammed, soul man Anthony Hamilton and Little Brother's Fonte are also featured.

E-Life the first full-length recording from the self-contained sextet since 2005's Living the Luxury Brown, which debuted at number one on Billboard's Independent Albums Chart upon release.

No Depression, the bible of American roots music since 1995, will publish it last issue in April. In a statement, its publishers blamed the closing on dwindling ads and “the precipitous fall of the music industry.” In other music-biz bad news, TVT Records has filed for bankruptcy. The label – home to Lil Jon, Pitbull and Dallas’ Polyphonic Spree – hopes to keep operating.

She performed last night at Nokia Theatre — did you go? How was it? Tell us what you thought.

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Did you attend the concert last night at American Airlines Center? Share some highs and lows of the show with us.

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Carey Hart and Pink at the '07 Grammys (AP)

• Now you can get your favorite American Idol songs and videos the day after each show on iTunes. Read up here. Thrash and frolic in more Idol news with today's GuideLive story about Rockwall contender Jason Castro.

As if the announcements of concerts featuring Celine Dion, Alicia Keys/Jordin Sparks, Roger Waters, Bob Dylan and Kanye West/Rihanna within the past two weeks weren't enough, we get these gems from the Live Nation branch of the grapevine this morning:

Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige are pairing up for a 25-date "Heart of the City Tour" (c'mon: you playas can do better than that cheesy title!) that'll swing through Starp -- oops: I mean the Superpages.com Center on April 12. Tickets, which will range from $35.25 to (gulp) $250, will go on sale Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. through da 'master. Be wary, though: big-money bank Citi is underwriting the tour, and Citi credit card holders will get first crack at tickets beginning on Feb. 20.

That news only slightly dwarfs word that the Police will swing back through town one last time on May 21. Thankfully, this gig won't feature Sting's offspring in the opening act: Elvis Costello and the Imposters will support the Superpages.com Center date, tickets for which will go on sale Feb. 23 at noon through Ticketmaster. Prices? $40 for lawn seats, $225 near the stage. And get this: Citi is also underwriting this victory-lap leg of the Police's world tour, and card holders get first crack at tickets even before Police fan club members. Priorities, priorities ...

South by Southwest has snared Van the Man for the first time. The Belfast Cowboy will open the festival on March 12 at La Zona Rosa. He'll also play Austin Music Hall the previous night. He'll be singing songs from his new CD, Keep It Simple , but don't expect to hear the hits: As we found out at his recent Dallas show, he rarely plays his best-known songs.

Love, Janis a post-Broadway tour, comes to the Majestic Theatre Feb. 19.

We want to know: What are your favorite Janis Joplin songs/memories?

You read that right ... Celine Dion is Taking Chances and breaking away from her Vegas gig and embarking on a world tour, and it's coming to Dallas ... in January 2009.

The kicker is that tickets for this show, which will specifically be on Jan. 5 at American Airlines Center, go on sale in 10 days: on Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. Talk about unnecessary anticipation ...

In other potential big-show news, Billboard.com is reporting that Alicia Keys will be performing at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie on May 14. Her primary support? Recent American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. Good luck snagging those tickets whenever they go on sale ...

Dolly props herself back up! (Peter Dejong)

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Edie Brickell has teamed up with her 35-year-old stepson, Harper Simon (Paul’s kid, the one mentioned in “Graceland” ) in the Heavy Circles -- a project that that defies expectations. On the Circles' just-released self-titled debut, Simon pushes Edie far beyond New Bohemia with his jagged guitar and aggressive production -- especially on the garage-rocky “Dynamite Child” and “Ready to Play,” which could pass for a Lou Reed rarity. Listen to song samples and the duo talking about their music here.

DJ Roxy Cottontail (Noel Spirandelli)

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