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Deadheads will soon have their own amusement park. Surviving members of the Grateful Dead are planning to open Terrapin Station, a $60 million, 65,000-square-foot entertainment and performance complex in San Francisco in time for a 1999 New Year's Eve reunion concert.
The Musician's Pharmacy has developed a line of supplements specifically designed to aid sufferers of ailments that afflict musicians, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. For information, contact Andy Borden, (516) 364-6611.
Ever wanted to hear the Brady Bunch sing "American Pie" or the Brothers Four interpret "Revolution"? Then keep twirling your radio dial in search of an outbreak of Jim Nayder's Annoying Music Show, which has been known to appear in blessedly short three-minute segments on public radio stations around the country.
The Jane Weber Radio Show, heard on Radio Slovenia, broadcasts rock, blues, jazz, folk, world, reggae, and country music to listeners all over Europe. The show has featured live concert broadcasts of artists such as Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, and the Delevantes. Fax (386) 61-1752-315 for information.
Joanne Castellani and Michael Andriaccio will conduct a two-week master class for advanced classical guitarists in Rome, Italy, June 17-July 1, in conjunction with the Rome Festival. For information, call (716) 832-9293.
Acoustic Guitars and Other Fretted Instruments: A Photographic History, by George Gruhn and Walter Carter, is now available in paperback from Miller Freeman.
Badi Assad's major-label debut, Chameleon, will be released by Verve Records on April 14.
MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide is a new guide to the blues featuring critiques of more than 600 blues artists and their recordings, available from Visible Ink Press, (800) 776-6265.
The third edition of Making Music in Looking Glass Land: A Guide to Survival and Business Skills for the Classical Musician, by Ellen Highstein, has been released by the Concert Artists Guild, (212) 333-5200.
The 1998 Old-Time Music and Radio Conference, a gathering of radio personalities, musicians, and supporters of traditional music, will be held June 2-4 in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, immediately preceding the Mt. Airy Fiddlers Convention.
The Telluride Bluegrass Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary June 18-21. Performers include such longtime Telluride favorites as Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas, Emmylou Harris, the David Grisman Quintet, the Del McCoury Band, and Peter Rowan.
Yoko Ono, the BMI Foundation, and Gibson Musical Instruments have joined forces to sponsor the first annual John Lennon Scholarship Contest. The winner will receive $5,000 for the Best Vocal/ Instrumental Work. For information, contact Dana Nicolella at (212) 830-3881.
Legendary studio guitarist Tommy Tedesco lost his battle with cancer on November 10, 1997. Tedesco's guitar was heard on countless soundtracks, TV themes, and such hits as "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," "MacArthur Park," "Strangers in the Night," and "Eve of Destruction."
A few Web sites that feature festival listings are: www.yahoo. com/Entertainment/Music/ Genres/Folk/Festivals/, www. dirtynelson.com/linen/special/ events.html, www.froots. demon.co.uk/, www.festival finder.com/fest.home.html, www.webzone1.co.uk/www/ festivals/, and oeonline.com/ folk_fests/.
A musicians' health survey is being conducted online at www. scs.unt.edu/surveys/msurvey/ index.html.
Slide guitar enthusiasts and natives of Planet Dobro are congregating at www.mphase.com/ planetdb.htm.
Join Acoustic Guitar in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, April 23-26 for MerleFest. Now in its 11th year, MerleFest offers a generation- and genre-crossing mix of traditional and contemporary roots music, bringing together the best in bluegrass, contemporary acoustic, blues, folk, old-time, Cajun, and jazz. For more information, call (800) 343-7857 or visit the Web site at www.merlefest.org.
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