New Bob Dylan CD features 2 songs recorded by Blaise Barton

Bob Dylan's latest record "Tell Tale Signs" was released by Columbia on October 7th and includes 2 songs recorded by Blaise Barton in 1992 at the now utterly extinct Acme Recording in Chicago.

During the 3 week session in summer of '92 Dylan recorded 26 songs for a new album with producer David Bromberg and his band mates. Though the 26 songs eventually were culled down to 15 and mixed by Bromberg and Barton, the album was never released. Now 2 of those songs, Jimmy Roger's "Miss the Mississippi" a lonely song of dislocation, and the traditional "Duncan and Brady", originally published by Carl Sandburg in 1927 appear on "Tell Tale Signs". You can read more details about the '92 Acme session here in excerpts from Clinton Heylin's book,"Bob Dylan- The Recording Sessions 1960-1994". The session was assisted by super-service-assistant Dan White with expert technical backup from whiz kid Paul Smith. Studio owner Jim Rasfeld looked on high from his towering executive glass cage, providing wisdom, support and bongs. Nelson Strange provided um.......well, ....... other things that the band wanted.

Tell Tale Signs features previously unreleased recordings and alternate versions of tracks from sessions which generated some of Bob Dylan's most acclaimed and commercially successful albums from the last two decades, including Time Out Of Mind, Love And Theft, Modern Times and Oh Mercy.

8 Inch Betsy !!!

8 Inch Betsy checked in to JoyRide to mix their first full-length CD, "This Time, Last Time, Every Time" with Brian Leach. They've been compared to bands like, Team Dresch, Slint, Pat Benetar, The Pixies, Social D, Wire, Lagwagon and Green Day. Since July of 2004, the Chicago-based trio has been forging solid ground in the Midwest and across the country with appearances at music festivals such as Estrojam. 2005 & 2007 brought 8 Inch Betsy to the same stage as Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) where they shared the stage with Jucifer, Marnie Stern, & Evil Beaver. Their performance bought them an invitation by Amy Ray to join her for the final leg of her Midwestern tour, exposing them to her dedicated fan base and to coveted, rock venues such as, The Grog Shop, The Blind Pig, and Southgate House. In Sept of 2006, 8 Inch Betsy was voted "Editor's Pick" by Curve magazine. In 2006, they were accepted to play Homo-A-Go-Go Music and Arts Festival - where they graced the stage the same night as bands, Amy Ray, Bitch, The Shondes, Tender Forever and many others.

Meghan Galbraith - Lead Guitar and Vocals
Liz Burke - Bass, Vocals
Sarah McVicker - Drums

Joe Filisko & Eric Noden !!!

Two man crew Filisko and Noden saturated the walls at JoyRide with their huge acoustic sound and a whole new set of exciting original pre-war songs for a new record due out in 2009. Eric Noden also recently recorded his excellent album "All Original" at Joyride featuring Mighty Blue Kings/Del Morrocos bassman Jimmy Sutton, Harmonica wizard Joe Filisko and Memphis fingerstyle master Andy Cohen.