Amy Winehouse Cancels Remaining Tour Dates, Cites "Health Issues"

Amy Winehouse has canceled all her tour dates and promotional appearances for the remainder of the year. Touring while her husband Blake Fielder-Civil is incarcerated has taken its toll on Winehouse physically and emotionally, so much so that her doctor has instructed that she cease showing up for her already-erratic performances. According to US Weekly, Winehouse says, "I can't give it my all onstage without my Blake. I'm so sorry but I don't want to do the shows half-heartedly; I love singing. My husband is everything to me and without him it's just not the same." The cancelations come as a shock to fans eager to see Winehouse forget lyrics, weep uncontrollably and leave the stage prematurely. It also forces Winehouse to find new, less-public venues for her to indulge in her vices. Winehouse has been ordered, presumably by her doctor, to take "complete rest" while she deals with her health issues (something she did earlier this year, as well). Her family has requested privacy, and there will be no further comments from the Winehouse camp.

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Song Stories

“All Along the Watchtower”

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

Jimi Hendrix got hold of Bob Dylan's early John Wesley Harding tapes and in late 1967 recorded a version of "All Along the Watchtower" with the Experience in London. Dissatisfied with that first development, Hendrix brought those tapes with him to New York in early 1968 when he began work on Electric Ladyland. Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's engineer at the time, told Rolling Stone that Hendrix "was still looked upon by his basically white audience as the mammoth black guitar hero. There was a constant fight within him to expand himself." Hendrix's successful take on Dylan's work has long been recognized by the songwriter. "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way," Dylan wrote in the liner notes to his Biograph box set. "Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."

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