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Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Actress Jenny McCarthy is 37. Country singer Bill Anderson is 72. Actress Barbara Bosson (”Murder One,” “Hill Street Blues”) is 70. Actor Robert Foxworth (”Falcon Crest”) is 68. “Hustler” publisher Larry Flynt is 67. Actress Marcia Wallace is 67. Country singer Kinky Friedman is 65. Music producer David Foster is 60. Singer-guitarist Dan Peek (America)...
Peach Fuzz Forest (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
The debut issue of "Fantastic Expedition" is just out. As well as an in-depth feature on Dillard & Clark it features some previously unseen pictures from the Dillard & Clark Expedition show at the Troubadour in '68. Also includes a new interview with Dan Peek of America and plenty of other West Coast goodies. Contact Jason Smith for details - helen.jason@btinternet.com
Absolute Powerpop (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
If George Martin, Billy Preston, Murray the K et al. have been known as the "Fifth Beatle", then Jeff Larson could be called the Third American, as in America the band. Larson has closely worked with America's Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell over the years, but he takes it to a new level here with Heart of the Valley, which features eight original tunes penned by Beckley, two co-written with...
westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
After the refreshing "Left of a Dream", Jeff Larson comes back with a new album "Heart of the Valley". This time, Jeff worked in collaboration with Gerry Beckley (America) to write 11 new songs which will please all lovers of...
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson (”American Idol,” “Dreamgirls”) is 28. Actor Dickie Moore (”Our Gang” films) is 84. Actor Ian Holm (”Lord of the Rings,” “Chariots of Fire”) is 78. Country singer George Jones is 78. Actress Linda Gray is 69. Singer Maria Muldaur is 66. Actor Joe Pantoliano is 58. Singer-guitarist Gerry Beckley of America is...
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Download for $9.98. Listen to America performed at Blossom Music Center on September 5, 1982
westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 07/24/2009
The new album by Jeff Larson, Heart Of The Valley, will be released mid-September 2009 on Human Nature. The release will consist of 11 new songs produced (and largely written) by Gerry Beckley (America) with a couple GB / JL...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Last week, TMZ unearthed an excerpt of an unreleased Michael Jackson song titled “A Place With No Name,” which borrowed heavily from America’s 1971 hit “A Horse With No Name.” America members Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley addressed the song in a statement this weekend, saying they were “honored” that Jackson opted to reinterpret their [...]
http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
B Smith Jackson used folk-rock band’s ‘A Horse With No Name’ in unreleased track.By James Montgomery America’s Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley Photo: Paul Kane/ Getty Images The men behind “A Horse With No Name” — the song Michael Jackson sampled in an unreleased track that surfaced after his death — say they’re “honored” that the late...
Vedasri (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
'America the Beautiful' — here's the song's storyDeseret News... was titled, "America the Beautiful." The original version included only four verses. Later, Bates added more verses and revised the lyrics a bit, ...and more » http://vedasri.com/?q=america+the+beautiful+lyrics
country love songs lyrics (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
This group has chosen a unique name for their band; AMERICA. However in early 70s they had several Top Ten hits, including the number “A Horse with No Name” and “Sister Golden Hair.” Their personnel Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley are the vocalists/guitarists of the band. On 1970, the group was recording their [...]
Advertising & marketing made easy (Free subscription) | 04/27/2009
Ventura Highway" is a popular 1972 song by the rock group America from their album, Homecoming. Vocalist Dewey Bunnell has said that the "alligator lizards in the air" in the song are references to cloud shapes. He also explained in their box set booklet Highway Highlight that the song is "about leaving," Dewey adds. "It reminds me of the time I lived in Omaha as a kid...
Manchester Online (Free subscription) | 03/13/2009
AMERICA were one of the legendary country rock bands to emerge from the '70s and for a decade were the best-selling band for Warner Brothers Records – beating the likes of Rod Stewart and James Taylor in record sales.
westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 02/22/2009
WWL (What We Like production) is pleased to announce the venue of an American Music Legend in Paris. Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell will perform AMERICA greatest hits at Theatre Marigny on April 5th, 2009.Don't miss that event!!
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 02/12/2009
Is it a comeback if you've never gone away? That's the question about '70s' hitmakers America, who will play a sold-out Saturday night stop at Grand Victoria Casino in Rising Sun.
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