Mar 29, 2020: Alan Merrill, ‘I Love Rock ‘N Roll’ Writer, Dies

He recorded the song with his UK-based band, the Arrows, in 1975. Joan Jett first saw them perform it on TV while visiting England with the Runaways

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Feb 10, 2020: Lyle Mays of Pat Metheny Group Dies

The jazz pianist and composer earned 11 Grammy Awards. Metheny called his collaborator of 30 years “one of the greatest musicians I have ever known”

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Jan. 26, 2020: Stars Offer Tributes For Kobe Bryant

Fellow sports, entertainment and music legends paid tribute to the basketball star who perished at 41 in a helicopter crash

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Jan. 21, 2020: Monty Python Members Mourn Terry Jones

Among his credits, Jones co-starred in, and directed, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, the 1979 film voted the funniest of all time in British polls.

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Dylan in Nashville: ‘Travelin Thru’ Box Set Reviewed

Most amazing of all is Dylan’s voice, now a silky baritone. “When I stopped smoking,” he said, “my voice changed…I couldn’t believe it myself.”

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Oct 26, 2019: Paul Barrere of Little Feat Dies

The guitarist and singer had been diagnosed with liver cancer in 2015. He co-wrote several of the band’s favorites including “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now”

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Ramones’ ‘It’s Alive’ Deluxe Reviewed: Back to Basics

Nobody took rock back to basics more than the Ramones, whose concise, beat-driven tunes hit you over the head with elemental bursts of sound.

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July 3, 2019: Arte Johnson, ‘Laugh-In’ Comic, Dies at 90

The actor was a prominent member of the late ’60s TV sketch comedy series which rose to #1 in the ratings in its 2nd season. “Verrry interesting”

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Grateful Dead’s ‘Aoxomoxoa’ @50: Review

Like its predecessors, the 1969 psychedelic classic didn’t sell all that well—it took nearly two decades to go gold—but it has aged nicely.

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Dave Bartholomew, New Orleans Giant, Dies at 100

In addition to writing, producing and arranging many of Fats Domino’s hits, he also wrote such songs as “My Ding-a-Ling” and “I Hear You Knocking”

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