The Concert Blog (Free subscription) | 01/23/2010
Nobody wanted it to happen. They all wished there was no need. Yet, they showed up to pay tribute to their fallen comrade Norton Buffalo, who died at age 58 on Oct. 30 after battling lung and brain cancer. “We are going to miss him,” remarked the Doobie Brothers’ John McFee. “But the idea is for [...]
snarkolepsy (Free subscription) | 01/23/2010
This has got to be one of the most creative ways to try to kill yourself......ever. I mean, this guy must have really put some serious thought into this. I've seen some crazy shit in my days, but thinking you could kill yourself by jamming a pen into your brain - is possibly way up there on crazy. The nose, sure. But the eyes? Justin Helzer attempts death row suicide by jamming pens in his eyes Sacramento...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 01/22/2010
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton confirmed Thursday night that San Quentin death-row inmate Justin Helzer, convicted in 2004 of murdering five people, including the daughter of blues guitarist Elvin Bishop, was hospitalized in critical condition. Thornton said the injury was self-inflicted, but the reason Helzer was trying to hurt himself was under...
wordsandmusic (Free subscription) | 12/26/2009
Seasons greetings to all. It's been a while... but I've decided that there might be some life in the mp3 free download and obscure chat formula still - maybe a concentrated look at a track or two could still be interesting in this age of mass album downloads - well, before they shut us all down, or try to... I live in the hope that the Internet can resist the fools and thieves - i.e. politicians -...
Sir Charlie Palmer (Free subscription) | 12/20/2009
http://www.mediafire.com/?dgjmmgmz0zq Fourteen members of the Alligator family present their own bluesy look at the holiday season. Performances by Koko Taylor, Elvin Bishop, Son Seals, Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Saffire, Katie Webster, Charlie Musselwhite, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, William Clarke, Lonnie Brooks, Tinsley Ellis, Kenny Neal, Gatemouth Brown, and Charles Brown...
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 12/16/2009
2010 New Orleans Jazz Festival Some of the interesting artists and headliners at this year’s New Orleans Jazz Festival (April 23 – May 2, 2010) include: Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, B.B. King, My Morning Jacket, Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes, Band of Horses, The Black Crowes, Drake, Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, Elvis [...]
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 12/12/2009
“We're havin' a party Everybody's swingin' Dancin' to the music On the radio...”—“We’re Havin’ a Party,” words and music by Sam Cooke At age 33, following eight years filled with 34 top 40 R&B hits, Sam Cooke came to the end of his party on this date in 1964 when he was shot to death in South Los Angeles by a motel manager during an altercation. The soul...
Zada News (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
–> See Eddie Money Lyrics <! [1] A workhorse singer/songwriter, Eddie Money constantly tours and created many smash hits. [...] He is most well-known for his soulful brand of powerful stadium rock, best exemplified in such songs as “Take Me Home Tonight,” “Walk on Water,” and “Two Tickets To Paradise.” [2] While Money didn’t have a remarkable [...]...
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow Mary MacGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers I had never heard of Mary MacGregor but I love her voice so I decided to look her up: Mary MacGregor (born 6 May 1948 ) is an American singer , best known for singing the 1976 song " Torn Between Two Lovers ", which topped the Billboard charts for two weeks. MacGregor...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Wikipedia : The son of a harmonica player, Norton Buffalo was born in Oakland and raised in Richmond, California. In high school he performed in a series of bands. By the early 1970s he gained renown as a San Francisco Bay Area musician, playing with such Bay Area groups as Clover, The Moonlighters, and Elvin Bishop. In early 1976 Buffalo joined the “farewell” European tour of Commander...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Blues Blast , the online blues magazine with a set of awards that lets the public (you) vote on favorites, has announced its winners from this year's poll. They are all interesting choices. You can see all the nominees in those categories here . Here's the list: Best Contemporary Blues Recording The Insomniacs - At Least I'm Not With You Best Traditional Blues Recording Various Artists - Chicago Blues:...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Filed under: News , R.I.P. Norton Buffalo , a singer-songwriter and the harmonica player for the Steve Miller Band since 1975, died Friday, Oct. 30, at the age of 58. Buffalo first wrote about being diagnosed with lung cancer in September after feeling ill following a concert. After his personal doctor mistakenly told him that his lungs sounded fine, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Adenocarcinoma of...
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Chicago favorites Nick Moss & The Flip Tops named Best Blues Band...
SEWING MEMORY (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
I ain't got no day job I write my poems over 40 years and counting picking up cans off the highway for the deposit with the same hand I shook Bukowski's with Tim Leary's with Buckwheat Zydeco's with Wild Bill Everson's with Kathy Acker's with Art Blakey's with Wild Man Fischer's with Bob Kaufman's with Elvin Bishop's with Mr. Burroughs' with Gary Snyder's with Cedar Walton's with Jim Carroll's with...
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Actress Carrie Fisher is 53. Actress Joyce Randolph (”The Honeymooners”) is 85. Keyboardist Manfred Mann is 69. Guitarist Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG’s is 68. Singer Elvin Bishop is 67. TV judge Judy Sheindlin (”Judge Judy”) is 67. Actor Everett McGill (”Twin Peaks”) is 64. Trumpeter Lee Loughnane of Chicago is 63. [...]
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