After John Mellencamp and Bob Dylan offered their thoughts on the the state of the music business recently, we asked for your thoughts on whether online album and concert ticket sales should be jettisoned in favor of a return to vinyl albums and box office ticket sales.

The results of our poll suggest that the answer lies in compromise. A third of you (34%) feel we should go back to "the way we were" entirely. Just 10% envision an all-digital future. The majority - 55% - believe there's some combination of the old and the new that can address the concerns on both sides of the issue.

Dylan's experiment last week with one-to-a-customer, cash-only, box-office-only ticket sales wasn't a financial success, but may well have accomplished its purpose. Dylan's "surprise" concert (announced just a week in advance) at the The Warfield in San Francisco was far from a sellout but the idea was well received by fans and the concert promoter.

Your comments (and votes) are still welcome.

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Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton - "Jingo" - Live, 2004

Pick any list you can find of the top rock guitarists of all time, and near the top you'll invariably find the names of Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton. Even with vastly different cultural and geographic roots, the two share many characteristics. Both have been actively performing since the '60s and are still touring and recording today. Each has his own distinctive style, but both have had equal impact on rock.

What would it be like if you put them both on the same stage at the same time? That happened in 2004 at Clapton's first Crossroads Guitar Festival. Fasten your seat belts, secure your tray tables, and prepare yourself for some full tilt boogie, as Clapton and Santana cut loose on "Jingo".

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With 12 studio albums, various solo and side projects, and considerable sales success, it seems like it would be easy for a band like Heart to just sit back and coast to retirement. That, however, is not their style. In the last couple of years, they've been touring like a hungry new band, and are about to release (on 8/31) another new studio album. Any doubt about whether the Wilson sisters can still generate the same kind of sparks they did with their debut album in 1976 disappear within the first few bars. Here's my review of Heart's Red Velvet Car.

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Were you one of the hundreds of thousands who attended (or tried to) the Woodstock festival in August of 1969? (We know some of you were because you have shared your Woodstock experiences with us.)

It is that shared experience that is behind the effort by the Museum at Bethel Woods, located on the site of the historic festival. The Woodstock Alumni Registry will make those who attended, tried to attend, or participated in the event a part of the Woodstock historical record.

Says museum director Wade Lawrence, "We invite Woodstockers from around the globe to join the database and tell their story about their festival experience. These unique and touching narratives help preserve history for generations to come."

The museum is observing Woodstock's 41st anniversary with an exhibit of photos, artifacts and memorabilia, many of which are being publicly displayed for the first time. Collecting Woodstock: Recent Museum Acquisitions will be on display through January 2.

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