Metal with a Groove
By Jenna Croyle

Among many other things, the 80’s gave birth to Metal Music, which developed a huge and loyal following that, like the music itself, has evolved and became stronger and more powerful over the years.

Over time, many variations of Metal sprouted up along with more aggressive and extreme genres including Glam Metal and the more intense, thrash metal. As time passed, this music has gone from being mostly restricted to an underground audience, to breaking into the mainstream and commercial realm of success.

For Erie, Metal Music has been an intricate part of the local music scene for decades, spawning countless groups that have entertained us in a way that no other music can.

This week’s featured band, Scarwork, is one of the premier Metal bands in Erie today, offering their fans more than just another Metal show, but a new experience of Thrash metal with a groove.

When members of the most sensational Metal bands ever to play a note in Erie join forces, the end result is something so hardcore amazing that is limitless in talent, excitement, and the ability to knock you down, pick you up and thrash you all at the same time, leaving you craving more while at the same time you pray God takes your soul. Scarwork is just such a band.

Scarwork is made up of some of the most talented Metal musicians in Erie, featuring Tom Wurst on Guitar, Steve Jacobson on Guitar and Vocals, Lori Hansen on Drums and Joe Kelly on Lead Vocals and Bass.

Formed in March 2008 by Joe Kelly, Scarwork has entertained countless fans with their unique brand of Metal, combining the speed of the early 80’s with a new modern sound that has given new life and energy to Metal Music scene in Erie.

Music is not the only thing that makes this band so exceptional, unlike many other bands that mostly get together to rehearse and gig, Scarwork is more like a tight nit family not only with each other, but with their fans as well. Taking the time to get to know the people who love their music gives this band the unique trait of being on a first name basis with many, if not most of their fans. Scarwork makes every show more than just a show; it’s kind of like one big family reunion that you will never forget.

Setting Scarwork apart from other bands in yet another way, and even more rare in Metal bands is to have a female drummer, Scarwork breaks the boundaries with Lori Hansen pounding the sounds that reverberate to your very soul unlike any other Metal drummer I have heard.

Each member of Scarwork has a very distinct individuality of their own that when put all together makes for a band that seems to have a mind that thinks and creates masterpieces, standing out from the crowd as a Metal Music legend.

As 2011 Rockerie Music Award Nominees, Scarwork is a one of a kind power Metal band that through the diverse talents and style of its members fuses many musical genres for a sound that demands your attention and repays it with a special something that grabs you like nothing else.

Scarwork, a metallic dreamscape of Metal mania that will blow your mind every time.

For more information on Scarwork and their show dates, please visit their Facebook Page.

Dark Shades of War
Erie’s Own Metal Mavericks
By Drew Chiodo

Erie has a rich history when it comes to music. With a band roster ranging from the soulful sound of Train to the pulse-pounding metal of War of Ages, Erie is and has always been at the top of it’s game in the categories of music and musicians.

Every so often there seems to be a band that fits the bill to join the Erie greats. First, this band must have their roots planted deep in the soil of Erie music and secondly, this band must have the determination to prove to their fans, they have what it takes. Currently, this band is Erie’s metal maniacs, Dark Shades of War.

Dark Shades of War (John Copple: Bass and Vocals, Mike Lockhart: Drums, Dave Dombrowski: Guitar) describe their music in the simplest of terms, “Metal, flat-out metal.” However, the band has a slight edge on the other metal bands in the area, almost a secret weapon per say. “It’s got an old school feel with a new twist,” said John Copple, bassist and singer for the band, when asked about that little extra D.S.O.W. bring to the stage.

Though a newer band in the area, it hasn’t taken much time for D.S.O.W. to get their name out loud and clear. This full-impact, in-your-face metal band has been a staple in the downtown Erie music scene since their culmination only a few short months ago.

“Last Halloween weekend, my wife and I decided to stop over to Dave's (Guitar) for a few before we went out for the night.” said Copple. “It took about two minutes for me to grab a mic and let loose.” This was the birth of the band as it is today.

Going to a D.S.O.W show isn’t like going to your average metal show. The interaction the band brings from the stage is unrivaled in so many categories.

The band is true to their meaning almost to a T, flat-out metal. The band doesn’t stray from the roots, which gives their show that authentic feeling. Though D.S.O.W. does add a new-school twist to the mix, any metal-head, old and new, will feel right at home at one of their shows.

Already, D.S.O.W has a dedicated fan-base referred to as “Casualties”. “Our Casualty Circus is what keeps us going,” said Copple. “We are just three dudes without them.”

Though D.S.O.W. has only been a band for a short couple of months, they are making their mark early here in Erie and are here to stay. “We've been picking up a lot of shows,” says Copple. We try to post them all on Facebook and Reverbnation when they come up.”

Check them out on their Facebook or their Reverbnation and become a fan, or as they say, a “Casualty”.

Family Helps Glen Campbell Fight the Darkness

Singer Glen Campbell is having a great time.

Make no mistake, it is tragic that Alzheimer's disease is slowly stripping away the memories and abilities that define one of music's greats. But day-to-day, surrounded by his family and friends, encouraged to play his guitar and sing and golf and joke, the 75-year-old Campbell is often smiling.

"I'm really not worried about anything," Campbell said. "You know those people who say, `Oh, geez, I wonder what's going to happen tomorrow?' Tomorrow's cool. Just don't mess it up. It's just wonderful. I think where I am at right now in this universe, I wouldn't want to be anything else than what I am."

Call it The Zen of Glen, and it has been reached through the hard work of his wife, Kim, his children and his business associates who often are as close as family. They have created a carefully engineered environment meant to shelter and encourage Campbell at every turn, whether he is at home or on the road.

The Campbell family allowed The Associated Press a glance at the Country Music Hall of Fame member's life during a recent visit to Biloxi, Mississippi, where Campbell played his first show last month since announcing he has Alzheimer's, a degenerative brain disease that so far has proven incurable.

That show was a dry run in preparation for a string of dates overseas this year, and for a goodbye tour next year in support of his last studio album, "Ghost on the Canvas," out next Tuesday.

"What's really fun is it's not like work now because I've got my kids here, and my wife here, and they're all playing," Campbell said.

There are indeed moments of confusion, memories that refuse to coalesce and words for simple things that remain just out of reach. But for the most part, Campbell does not realize he has Alzheimer's. He is untroubled by the gravity of it all.

Gently reminded of the diagnosis he says, "It hasn't come by yet."

"You get a little forgetful," Kim says.

"Well, it may look like that, but I don't want to hear it sometimes. That's an old trick."

And everyone laughs. Out of sadness, a smile.

"We call it part-timers," Kim said. "You just never know. Some days are great, and some days he maybe repeats himself a little. On stage a couple of times he might forget what key a song is in, which 20 years ago might never happen."

It started with simple forgetfulness about 10 years ago. Early on, doctors gave less dire diagnoses. As it advanced, there was confusion and anxiety: The family wonders if the disease contributed to a short return to drinking that resulted in a drunken driving arrest in 2003.

Recently California took away his driver's license. Kim avoided telling him as long as possible, finding excuses to drive them everywhere they went.

She is afraid he's slipping from the early stage to the middle stage of the disease, and there is no predicting how long he will be able to perform. The album and tour dates are the family's way of helping him stay anchored in the present.

"I do get nervous about his ability to stay on track and read his teleprompter and remember his chords," Kim said. "So far everything's been pretty good. Eventually I expect if this progresses as it normally does, we'll start to have problems. So we're preparing to get him off the road and retire, but we wanted to go out with a bang. He wants to do it as long as he can, but the scary thing is you don't know when the shoe's going to drop. We're all worried that if we stop, he'll get worse more quickly."

The power music has to preserve what Campbell has left is on display any time he picks up a guitar. His fingers appear to have forgotten nothing and still float over the strings.

"I can't imagine what that guy must've been like at 25 because at 75 and in this condition he's frightening," said Julian Raymond, producer of "Ghost." "He's really very good. He's blessed in that sense."

Always has been. What Campbell lacked in formal training, or perhaps because of what he lacked, he made up for with feeling and his ear and a preternatural sense of what fit where.

As a young man coming west out of Arkansas, he was enchanted by the sounds of jazz and country and rock and the true melting pot that American music was in the 1950s and 1960s. At 16, he took an uncle's invitation to join his band in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and play on a radio show. He eventually migrated to Los Angeles.

"I didn't go to Nashville because Nashville at that time seemed one-dimensional to me," Campbell said. "I'm a jazzer. I just love to get the guitar and play the hell out of it if I can."

Despite being unable to read music, he joined a crack team of session players known as The Wrecking Crew. They recorded iconic songs like The Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man," and Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "The Monkees" and "The Age of Aquarius" while helping Phil Spector develop his game-changing wall of sound approach.

"We'd get the rock 'n' roll guys and play all that, then we'd get (Frank) Sinatra and Dean Martin," Campbell said. "That was a kick. I really enjoyed that. I didn't want to go nowhere. I was making more money than I ever made just doing studio work."

He was a member of The Beach Boys for a time during this period and never knew who might show up in the studio during his day job. One of those sessions was with The Smothers Brothers, which landed him on television. He was overseas when his first episode aired and was amazed to find everyone seemed to know who he was when he returned stateside.

"The whole lid just blew off," Campbell said. "I had never had anything like that happen to me. I got more phone calls. It was awesome. For the first couple of days I was like how do they know me? I didn't realize the power of television."

Not long after that Campbell launched one of music's most successful runs. He was a true crossover star whose music appealed to both pop and country fans. He employed the ear and opinions he had honed over the years in the studio to put his own spin on instant classics like "Wichita Lineman," "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Gentle on My Mind," "Galveston," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Southern Nights."

Raymond said many of the hallmarks that made Campbell such a great performer then remain today. He first met Campbell in 2007 when they worked on "Meet Glen Campbell" together. The two became friends and Raymond began keeping notes, writing down snatches of conversations he had with Campbell as he discussed his feelings and his family.

Raymond crafted those fragments into deeply personal songs that address both his health and his feelings for his wife and family. The album also features songs from singer-songwriters as diverse as Paul Westerberg, Jakob Dylan and Robert Pollard, but with the Campbell touch foremost in mind.

"We'd compare notes and talk about what he wanted to say and what he didn't want to say," Raymond said. "And then he'd do this classic Glen Campbell stuff where he wants the tempo sped up a bit and to find the right keys. It was a collaborative affair as far as that goes. He's always been very, very good in the studio, and that didn't change in the last few years of doing this."

What emerges is an ultimately optimistic album, full of love and a sense of peace. Campbell is learning to play the songs for his live shows, actively battling Alzheimer's by making and retaining new memories, forcing his brain not only to remember but also to help him excel.

It is a dramatic change for Campbell. He was ready to give up life on the road a few years ago, said Bill Maclay, Campbell's tour manager for 33 years.

"Glen was not a happy camper out on the road," Maclay said. "He told everybody, `I'm going to quit. I don't want to do this.' I asked Kim to come out on the road and that really helped. And once we brought his family out, the road is his home now. He sees his family here more than at home."

There is something of a circus atmosphere around Campbell's entourage, constant jokes and banter, the sounds of lives being lived. Fans invited to a meet and greet find Campbell in 100-watt mode, cracking jokes and showing few signs he's anything but the Glen of old. But there are little reminders that occasionally catch up with everyone.

"We were watching one of his videos from `The Goodtime Hour' and some live shows in the `70s and he was so on top of things," said Ashley, 24. "And it's sad to know that he could still be that good if he didn't have Alzheimer's. It's stealing his powers away."

But those sad moments are quickly chased away, said her 26-year-old brother Shannon. Everyone chooses to follow The Zen of Glen.

"There are a lot of new treatments he's trying out," he said. "Nobody's ever been cured before, but people are pretty hopeful about these treatments he's been trying. We're just keeping our fingers crossed."

Alan Jackson To Play Washington D.C. On 9/11
By Wendy Geller

Even if Alan Jackson happened to not be one of country music's most successful artists overall, he'd still have a place in history solely as the composer of the song that moved a nation after the events of 9/11/2001. "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" defined the moment of the national tragedy, captured the emotions Americans were experiencing, and stands up to this day as a classic that will endure for decades to come.

Jackson first performed the song live at the 2001 Country Music Association Awards (which fell two months after the attacks). And now, 10 years later, he will likely perform it again--this time at our nation's capitol.

Jackson will be appearing at the Washington National Cathedral on the evening of September 11, along with R&B superstar Patti LaBelle and mezzo soprano Denyce Graves, for a special event called "A Concert For Hope." The event is part of a three-day commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 dubbed "A Call To Compassion."

The National Cathedral was used as a sacred national gathering place for mourning, reflection and prayer following 9/11, and is opening its doors for that weekend to honor those who died in the tragedy--as well as those left behind who still feel the need to heal.

It's not been announced for certain that Jackson will be performing "Where Were You," but it's a natural expectation he will choose to play this definitive anthem for the occasion. "A Concert For Hope" will air live on ABC affiliates nationwide at 8-9 p.m. ET Sunday, September 11. Check your local listings for more information.

In other Jackson news, the singer is currently offering his fans a unique opportunity to win a free hometown concert--all you need to do is go to this page, and cast a vote for your city (or whatever town you'd like to see Jackson play in). The city that gets the most "demands" will host the free show!

Pretty cool, right? As of this week, it looks like Charleston, West Virginia is the frontrunner. However, you can vote all the way up to October 10, so get going!

Jackson's prepping this special competition in advance of his new album coming out this fall, his first for new label EMI.

Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson To Join Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame
October Ceremony Will Also Bring Inductions For Three Other Hit Writers
By Phyllis Stark

Two country superstars, Alan Jackson (left) and Garth Brooks (below), have been elected into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, along with three other writers responsible for many country hits: John Bettis, Thom Schuyler (also a former artist and record label executive) and Allen Shamblin.

Jackson has written or co-written 24 of his 35 No. 1 hit singles, including “Chattahoochee” and “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning),” an achievement that places him second only to Merle Haggard in country music history among artists who have written No. 1 songs they have also recorded. Jackson is also in the elite company of Paul McCartney and John Lennon among songwriters who’ve written more than 20 songs that they’ve recorded and taken to the top of the charts.

Brooks, who is the top selling solo artist in U.S. history, popularized many of his own compositions such as “The Thunder Rolls” and “The River.” He has sold more than 128 million albums in his career. As a songwriter, his credits also include “If Tomorrow Never Comes,” “Unanswered Prayers” and “We Shall Be Free.”

Bettis’ songwriting credits include such pop/country crossover hits such as “Top Of The World” (The Carpenters, Lynn Anderson) and “Slow Hand” (The Pointer Sisters, Conway Twitty). Schuyler is known for hits such as “Love Will Turn You Around” (Kenny Rogers) and “A Long Line Of Love” (Michael Martin Murphey). Schuyler’s recording career included both stints as a solo artist for Capitol Records and as a member of the trios S-K-O (Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet) and S-K-B (Schuyler, Knobloch & Bickhardt) on MTM Records. Shamblin is the writer behind “I Can’t Make You Love Me” (Bonnie Raitt) and “The House That Built Me” (Miranda Lambert).

The inductions will take place Oct. 16 in Nashville. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame currently has 179 members, including Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Don & Phil Everly, Vince Gill, Roger Miller, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Carl Perkins, Hank Williams, and Hank Williams, Jr.

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Tunes Up
Oscar winner flexes musical muscle on new album and tour
By Melinda Newman

Jeff Bridges carries a part of Bad Blake, the world-weary character the Oscar winner portrayed in "Crazy Heart," with him to this day. Whenever he performs, he slings the character's guitar strap, emblazoned with "BAD," over his shoulder and signals he is ready to play.

But the real man and the celluloid creation share other similarities: Bridges' self-titled album, out on Blue Note Records on Aug. 16, features the same swampy, alternative country music favored by Blake. That makes sense, since Bridges crafted the set with many of the musicians and writers who played on the "Crazy Heart" soundtrack, including his friend of 30 years, Grammy-winning producer T Bone Burnett. (Bridge-ophiles please note: The record comes out the same day as the Blu-ray release of "The Big Lebowski.")

The Dude's schedule doesn't allow for a full concert tour, but Bridges and his band, named (but, of course) the Abiders, will perform on a number of talk shows around the album's release and will tape an episode of "Austin City Limits" set to air in November.

Calling from his car while driving from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles, Bridges talked about making the album with "Bone," as Bridges calls him; his deep desire to "make it a groovier world that [we] live in" through his philanthropic work; and why he's not as laid-back as he seems.

MSN Music: Your first solo album, "Be Here Soon," came out 11 years ago. What took you so long to record your second one?

Jeff Bridges: Well, making movies. I very specifically took this year off from making movies to make this album and to be the national spokesperson for [Share Our Strength's] No Kid Hungry campaign, so that's what I've been putting all my energy in this year.

What was it like in the studio? You're surrounded by these great players Dennis Crouch, Jay Bellerose, Marc Ribot that are part of T Bone Burnett's A-Team. It's a modern-day Wrecking Crew.

We record[ed] live. I would do scratch vocals, but I'm singing with the guys and they're so good. You sit down with them and show them the chords, play it a couple of times, and boom, they're playing it within 10 minutes. [They're] not just going through the chord changes, but interpreting the song, making it feel so alive. It's really something to behold how everybody inspires each other and you never know what's going to come out of it. It's like a real magic trick, but real magic, you know.

Were you ever intimidated by their talent?

Not really. They're all very humble guys, and I often feel with artists that you're in kind of an art fraternity or something with creative people. It's not just fraternal; it's a sorority, too. Girls are allowed [laughs], but there's just a kind of camaraderie. Speaking of girls, we had Rosanne Cash and Sam Phillips singing back-up on this

The opening track is the rollicking "What a Little Bit of Love Can Do," written by your late friend Stephen Bruton. Did you intentionally give him that place of honor, or am I reading too much into it?

I think you're probably reading a little too much into it. That's a nice thought; it does kind of honor him by kicking it off with that. I think it's probably going to be the single, or, you know, something put it out there to lead it. It's just a good song, a great song. It was a song we were considering for "Crazy Heart" that we all liked, as a matter of fact, that just didn't quite fit Bad Blake.

Do you feel more vulnerable when you're making a record, since there is no character to hide behind?

Acting and singing and being a musician, there's more similarities than differences. I think as an actor there is a vulnerability as well. I remember as a young actor, I thought, 'Oh, you know, I'll get the hang of this and I won't be so anxious,' but that never happened. Yeah, I've talked to actors who are in their 90s, and my father ... they would still be afraid of not pulling it off and all that stuff, and that goes with acting as well as being a musician.

What do you think when you listen back to this album?

I'm digging it pretty much. There's times just like when I'm watching my movie or something where I'll say, 'Oh, I could have done that better,' but just generally, I'm thinking it's pretty good.

The deeply reflective song that closes the album, "The Quest," is about restlessness and knowing that there's something more to learn. What about that song struck a chord with you when you heard it?

Lyrically, I guess it speaks to a restlessness. You're kind of through resting and now you want to get back to the quest, whatever it might be, whether it's ending childhood hunger or making a record album or whatever. I notice that I go back and forth between this active and resting state. I notice more as I get older, this kind of mortality thing is closer at hand. It's like, if you want to do some stuff, now's the time to do it because pretty soon you're not going to be around to do anything, you know [laughs]. ... And then on the other hand, I find I have an impulse to rest, to just say, 'Will you please relax? Do you want to make the rest of your life a giant homework assignment? Take it easy.' It's kind of going back and forth between those two poles.

There is kind of a quest to give back, too. I find I'm so fortunate in my life, the cards I've been dealt. What do you do with fortune? You try to make it a groovier world that you live in. When you start to move up in the game of life, you figure out that it's not all about yourself ... and [if] you really want to be able to be free and powerful, it means widening your scope and looking at how you might benefit all those around you.

Tony Bennett, MTV to pay tribute to Amy Winehouse

Tony Bennett will pay tribute to late singer Amy Winehouse during a special segment of the "2011 MTV Video Music Awards" on August 28, the network announced Tuesday.

Bennett and Winehouse recorded the track "Body and Soul" together a few months before her death, and the song will appear on Bennett's album "Duets II," out September 20.

Their team-up has the distinction of being Winehouse's final recording. Video footage taken during their session at London's Abbey Road Studios will accompany the tribute.

"It was a thrill to record with Amy Winehouse and when you listen to the recording of 'Body and Soul,' it is a testament to her artistic genius and her brilliance as one of the most honest musicians I have ever known," said Bennett in a statement.

Mitch Winehouse, the singer's father, added, "Our family is honored that the VMAs are giving Amy this wonderful tribute. We know that Amy's performance of 'Rehab' at the MTV Movie Awards played an important part in Amy's worldwide success."

"Body and Soul" will be released as a single on September 14 -- which would have been Winehouse's 28th birthday.

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Nick Ashford'Solid as a Rock' Singer Dead at 70

Motown legend Nickolas Ashford -- part of the singer-songwriter duo Ashford and Simpson -- who penned several iconic hits, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" -- died yesterday after a battle with throat cancer.

In addition to "Ain't No Mountain", Ashford co-wrote several songs with his wife Valerie Simpson -- including, "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", "Solid (As a Rock)," "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" and "I'm Every Woman."

The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted Ashford and Simpson in 2002 -- calling them "one of the most prolific and versatile musical couples in recording history."

Ashford was 70.

Croker, Lead Vocalist for Hackberry Ramblers, Dies

A lead singer for the Grammy Award-nominated Cajun band, the Hackberry Ramblers, died Tuesday. He was 77.

Drummer and last surviving band member Ben Sandmel said James "Glen" Croker, a lifelong resident of Lake Charles, had been in declining health for several years and that his family thought he had a heart attack.

Sandmel said Croker began playing with the band in 1959. The band's website said Croker's electric guitar helped evolve the band's string-band sound, by adding a "swaggering honky-tonk tinge" that included elements of the blues, R&B and rockabilly.

The band was founded in 1933 by fiddler Luderin Darbone and accordionist Edwin Duhon.

The group last performed in 2005 at LSU's Manship Theatre.

Their 1997 release "Deep Water" garnered a Grammy nomination in the best traditional/folk album category.

Cha Cha from 'Grease' Dead at 63

Annette Charles -- who played Cha Cha in the 1978 movie "Grease" -- died last night in her Los Angeles home ... her rep tells TMZ.

Her rep tells us, she passed away due to complications from cancer.

The family is planning to release a full statement within the next 24 hours. Annette was 63.

A family member tells us, "Annette had recently started having difficulty breathing ... and when she went to the doctor she learned that she had a cancerous tumor in one of her lungs."

We're told doctors only learned about her condition a few months ago.

Tom Waits' Private Music Party

By Mark C. Brown

"Bad As Me" released today online, album coming Oct. 25

Hard as it is to believe, it has been seven years since Tom Waits put out an album of new music. The wait is over; "Bad As Me" is in stores on Oct. 25, and the title cut is available for digital download now at all the usual places.

Waits made a hilarious video to preview snippets of the songs, which sound like some of his most accessible, fan-friendly music since the brilliant "Mule Variations" album.

Full track listing:

01. Chicago
02. Raised Right Men
03. Talking At The Same Time
04. Get Lost
05. Face To The Highway
06. Pay Me
07. Back In The Crowd
08. Bad As Me
09. Kiss Me
10. Satisfied
11. Last Leaf
12. Hell Broke Luce
13. New Year's Eve

Buck Owens' Earliest Recordings Compiled on New CD

Buck Owens' mid-1950s recordings made prior to signing with Capitol Records will be released on CD on Sept. 27 on Rockbeat Records. Owens recorded for Pep, Chesterfield and La Brea Records prior to finding national success on Capitol in 1959. The 24-track compilation includes alternate takes of numerous songs, including "Down on the Corner of Love," "It Don't Show on Me," "The House Down the Block," "Right After the Dance," "Hot Dog" and "Sweethearts in Heaven." The compilation was compiled by label executive James Austin and Jim Shaw of Buck Owens' Buckaroos. Owens was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996. He died in 2006.

Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson Concerts Coming to DVD

Live performances by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson from a 1983 music festival will be featured on a pair of new DVDs later this year. Willie Nelson Live at the US Festival and Waylon Jennings Live at the US Festival will be released on Nov. 15 by Shout Factory. Jennings appears on Nelson's DVD on "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys." The US Festival (pronounced as "us") took place over two weekends in 1982 and 1983 in San Bernardino, Calif. Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak funded the festival that was held in conjunction with a technology exposition.