Odyssey covered by Dream Theater (Dixie Dregs)

This is cover #3 release by Dream Theater under the Roadrunner Records label in an effort to promote their latest album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings. As usual, you can buy it from iTunes or Amazon.com
Here is another short promotional video by Mike Portnoy talking (yapping!) about the latest cover song.

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Remaining Dream Theater Complete Cover Songs List

This is just a quick & dirty, but I found a list of people discussing the BC&SL release -apparently they must’ve gotten their hands on a pre-release or some illegal download- and stumbled upon this list:

Stargazer – RAINBOW (5/19/2009)
Tenement Funster/ Flick Of The Wrist/ Lily Of The Valley – QUEEN (5/26/2009)
Odyssey – DIXIE DREGS (6/2/2009)

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Pre-order Black Clouds & Silver Linings from Amazon.com

As it turns out, there are some pretty good deals on Amazon.com to pre-order Black Clouds & Silver Linings -even the box set is a relative good deal IMO.
Here the scoop on each one:
Black Clouds & Silver Linings (3 Disc Special Edition) – U$S 15.49 as of 05/14/2009
Black Clouds & Silver Linings  – U$S 14.99 [...]

Mike Portnoy promo video talking about Deluxe Edition of Black Clouds & Silver Linings

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A Rite Of Passage mini-review and spoiler

So, I’ve just finished listening to the freshly released track from Dream Theater’s 10th studio album, A Rite Of Passage, for the 5th time in a row. My first reaction was a little knee-jerk dissappointment. Let me explain myself before I get obliterated. This is not the Dream Theater that I knew, and have followed [...]