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When he shows up to rock the brand spanking new Hendricks Live! in Plainfield on Wednesday, April 24, he'll have yet another killer-diller band behind him.

Talking about his age, Matthew Sweet likes to quote his late friend and fellow musician Tommy Keene in saying that he's "pushing 60" -- although he won't hit that mark until October 6.

Talking about his age, Matthew Sweet likes to quote his late friend and fellow musician Tommy Keene in saying that he's "pushing 60" -- although he won't hit that mark until October 6.

Tomorrow we move to the third and final volume of the Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs series of Under the Covers (with '80's faves). I thought it might make sense in Steve Hayward's absence to finish up our sampling of Vol. 2 with Yes's 'I've Seen All Good People,' the opening track of The Yes Album's side 2 (1971). Written by Yes's Jon Anderson and Chris Squire, it's the only prog rock

For a few more days we will continue to kickstart the morning with a shot from the Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs Under the Covers series of recordings. Today we move to the '70's and Vol. 2. They open the set with the Grateful Dead's 'Sugar Magnolia,' which is okay. However, it allegedly earned its inclusion in a unique fashion. Sweet writes in the liner notes that the song is Bob Weir's