Shot In The Dark (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
When you play bass, you’re rarely the focus of attention. The guitar is usually front and center; the drummer gets to smash things, at least by appearances. Not a lot of bass players get much attention, and when they do it’s usually because they sing lead (Rush’s Geddy Lee, the Grass Roots’ Rob Grill, Chicago’s [...]
Shot In The Dark (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
What could possibly beat getting my first Instalanche in three years and change? Getting linked from Backstreets.com, the official home of all things Bruce, that’s what! The Jersey News Turnpike linked to yesterday’s piece on Garry Tallent’s birthday. When I was in my twenties, ekeing out a living as a freelancer, and still trying to make it [...]
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Singer Kelly Osbourne is 25. Actress Nanette Fabray is 89. Actress Ruby Dee is 85. Actor-comedian John Cleese is 70. Country singer Lee Greenwood is 67. Country singer-guitarist Jack Daniels (Highway 101) is 60. Bassist Garry Tallent of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is 60. Author Fran Lebowitz is 59. Guitarist K.K. Downing of [...]
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... Velvet Revolver ; also, musicians Niccoló Paganini (1782-1840), Lee Greenwood (67), Garry Tallent (60), K.K. Downing (58), Simon LeBon (51) and Kelly Osbourne (25)
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Celebrity birthdays on Oct. 27Actress Nanette Fabray is 89. Actress Ruby Dee is 85.Actor-comedian John Cleese is 70. Country singer LeeGreenwood is 67. Bassist Garry Tallent of the E Street Greenwood is 67. Bassist Garry Tallent of the E Street Band is 60. Author Fran Lebowitz is 59. Actor-directorRoberto BenigniLife Is Beautiful) is 57. Singer Simon LeBon of Duran Duran...
