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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June 21, 2019: Elliot Roberts, Legendary Artist Manager, Mourned
The hugely influential, behind-the-scenes force in the growth of the rock music business co-founded Asylum Records and managed Neil Young for decades
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Glen Campbell ‘The Legacy’ Box Set Review
He scored no fewer than 20 pop hits in a 10-year period that began in 1967, and, in 1969, he actually outsold the Beatles.
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May 2, 2019: Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Awarded CBE at Palace
At the ceremony the band’s co-founder and drummer said he was – no surprise here – “honoured and delighted.” He has performed on every Floyd album
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Apr. 26, 2019: Molly Hatchet Lead Singer Phil McCormack Dies
He was the group’s vocalist for more than two decades. The band had suffered significant losses in three successive years
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