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/Randall Franks/ -- If there were one group from whom many performers in Southern Gospel, Bluegrass and Country Gospel music learned about singing and the way to excite an audience it would be from The Marksmen Quartet. The dean of that group is the talented Dr. Earle Wheeler. ...
Early '60s Tacoma rock 'n' roll band The Sonics, whose songs included "Strychnine," "Psycho" and a raunchy, revved-up "The Witch," will perform its biggest Seattle concert in many years Oct. 31 at the Paramount Theatre.
If you've never heard the song "Louie, Louie" then you must live under a rock. It is one of the most popular songs ever. Originally written by Richard Berry in 1955, it has become a standard in pop and rock, with hundreds of versions recorded by different artists. Berry was inspired to write the song in 1955 after listening to and performing the song "El Loco Cha Cha" with Ricky Martin Sr. father of...
My ten-year college reunion is this weekend, and while fraternities didn't exist at Harvey Mudd College, I did spend two years living in our campus’ closest approximation. North Dorm was a mostly male dormitory (to be fair, HMC was a mostly male college) that featured initiation rituals, fairly intense camaraderie, and relied on freshmen [...]
1. The New York Dolls, "Personality Crisis." I'll run out of superlatives if I talk too long about the Dolls. One of the best bands ever ... one of the greatest debut albums ever ... one of the great first...
You can't make this stuff up. Today is International 'Louie Louie' Day. It's actually the birthday of the song's composer, Richard Berry, but lovers of the all-time great party song have decided to take that occasion and make a real...
I received an interesting E-mail message from Charles Lewis this morning. A native Eastern Kentuckian, Lewis is the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of America’s Bluegrass, Inc. He has produced and hosted such Bluegrass and Gospel groups as The IIIrd. Tyme Out, Doyle Lawson, Ralph Stanley, The Lonesome River Band, Rhonda Vincent, Cherryholmes, Larry Sparks, [...]
Mike Huckabee has rocker feeling 'ripped off, dude' In a letter to the Republican presidential hopeful, Tom Scholz complains that Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song "More Than a Feeling" without his permission. A former member of the band, Barry Goudreau, has appeared with Huckabee at campaign events, and they have played the song with Huckabee's band, Capitol Offense. [...] "Boston has never...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he’s being ripped off by Mike Huckabee. In a letter to the Republican presidential hopeful, Tom Scholz complains that Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song "More Than a Feeling" without his permission. A former member [...]
The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he's being ripped off by Mike Huckabee. In a letter to the Republican presidential hopeful, Tom Scholz complains that Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song "More Than a Feeling" without his permission.
The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he's being ripped off by Mike Huckabee. Tom Scholz complains that Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song "More Than a Feeling" without his permission.
The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he's being ripped off by Mike Huckabee. In a letter to the Republican presidential hopeful, Tom Scholz complains that Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song "More Than a Feeling" without his permission.
The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he's being ripped off by Mike Huckabee. In a letter to the Republican presidential hopeful, Tom Scholz complains that Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song "More Than a Feeling" without his permission.