R.I.P. Tim Bachman, co-founding guitarist and singer with Bachman-Turner Overdrive. News of his death on Friday (4/28) was shared by his son Ryder, who wrote, “My Dad passed this afternoon. Thank you everyone for the kind words. Grateful I got to spend some time with him at the end. Grab yer loved ones and hug em close, ya never know how long you have.” He later added that Tim’s final words were: “I love you… share the music.”

Dead & Company flash forward to the scene of one of the Grateful Dead's greatest concerts, Cornell university's Barton Hall.  Be there virtually with this live stream via Nugs

Sending out rapid recovery wishes to Carl Palmer, the beat keeper and sole surviving member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The 73 year old drummer had a procedure to reestablish a normal heart rhythm at a UK hospital this week. From the photo and account of the ablation on his Facebook page, it seems all went well.

Neil Young turned loose a couple of more archive releases this week. The Ducks High Flyin' is a double live 1977 recording of Young's casual band featuring Jeff Blackburn (guitar), Bob Mosley (bass) and Johnny Craviotto (drums) that played mostly club dates in SoCal. Somewhere Under the Rainbow includes core Crazy Horse members and Buffalo Springfield's Ben Keith on pedal steel and Nils Lofgren on guitar. This double disc set comes from a concert at London's Rainbow Theatre billed as Neil Young & The Santa Monica Flyers.