New Conversation with Goose, Paul McCartney Documentary to Tell Tale of Stolen Bass
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Relix Daily
September 05, 2025
September 5, 2025
FEATURE
Sometime during set break, Rick Mitarotonda realized the band needed to make a call. The clock was rapidly ticking toward 10 p.m., and the singer/ guitarist, and the rest of the extended Goose organization, had a feeling they weren’t going to make Madison Square Garden’s 11:30 p.m. curfew. “We had a decent amount of time to do two 90-minute sets and an encore,” he says in early July, four days after his group’s headlining debut at the New York arena. “We cut maybe one thing, but we pretty much played what we had landed on. Then, we got off stage after the first set and realized it had been like two hours and the conversation started—‘What’s this gonna look like if we go late?’ And we ended up blowing past curfew.”
NEWS
New Documentary The Beatle and The Bass Pieces Together Disappearance and Return of Paul McCartney’s Höfner 500/1
The tale of Paul McCartney’s vanished bass is being told in a forthcoming documentary. The instrument of interest is a Höfner 500/1 bass guitar, which was taken from the musician in 1972 and was only returned to its rightful owner last year. Before its disappearance, it was used on early Beatles recordings, such as “Twist and Shout,” “Love Me Do,” “All My Loving,” and other classic examples from the group’s bubblegum pop era.
We’ve unearthed a complete Grateful Dead “Puzzle Train” backstage pass set, designed by Anthony Reonegro and printed by Otto. The passes link together into a rolling skeleton circus train, one of the most creative and beloved sets created. These passes are original, authentic, and unused, straight from the archive of Robbie Taylor, the Dead’s longtime stage and production manager who kept the magic running behind the curtain.
The Puzzle Train set is one of 40+ original Grateful Dead backstage pass sets in a larger collection spanning 1983–1991. Each of these rare artifacts of tour history are preserved in original, authentic, and unused condition.
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The July/August 2025 edition of Relix features Goose, whose relentless touring, sold-out club rooms and breakout festival moments have made them one of the defining acts of today’s live-music scene. In our exclusive cover story, we ride along with the band from intimate stages to Madison Square Garden and summer festival fields to capture the chemistry, momentum, and communal energy behind their rise.
NEWS
Today, the Tom Petty Estate has opened the vaults again to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Wildflowers with a new limited edition repress, a wealth of archival materials and the physical media release of Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers. This announcement is the latest landmark in a long series of tributes to the dearly departed troubadour and his legendary 1994 sophomore album.
NEWS
The Cavern Sessions Outlines 14th Season and Episode Guide Featuring Subterranean Performances by The Headhunters, String Cheese Incident and More
The Caverns Sessions will return to PBS for its 14th season on September 10, 2025. Considered one of public television’s longest-running music series, the program continues to delve into subterranean live shows at The Caverns in Grundy County, Tenn. The upcoming series will feature a diverse range of acts representing genres such as Americana, roots, country, and more.
WATCH
The Mockingbird Foundation has released a comprehensive archive featuring a total of 19 videos from the Phish Studies Conference, held from May 16 to 19, 2024, at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Offering in-depth scholarly analysis of Phish’s songs, culture, and the band’s social impact, which spans more than a dozen disciplines, the video series can be found on YouTube or viewed in full below.
NEWS
Alternative country-rock supergroup Golden Smog will put on three live shows before the end of the year. The band, known for its rotating lineup and unmistakable onstage chemistry, currently features Jeff Tweedy, Gary Louris, Kraig Johnson, Dan Murphy, Marc Perlman, and Steve Gorman, who will come together beginning on December 5 at The White Eagle in Jersey City, N.J.