Buddy Miller visiting Jimi Hendrix’s grave in Renton, WA.
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Buddy Miller visiting Jimi Hendrix’s grave in Renton, WA.
Most music book publishers release their best books in the fall — roughly August to January, depending on the publishing house — and I had the opportunity just a few months ago to plod, trudge, or breeze through door-stopping memoirs […]
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The local library was holding their annual used book sale, and although I’m trying to thin my own herd of paper and ink, it seemed like it might be a good way to kill a little time. My hope was […]
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With The Rascals’ reputation of creating some of the most wondrous blue-eyed soul classics in rock history, it may not be too surprising which concert was Felix Cavaliere’s all-time favorite. “Just forget about it,” The Rascals’ keyboard player and singer […]
Before he was Jimi, he was Jimmy; and before his name was above the title, he was a sideman, playing guitar for the Isley Brothers, Don Covay, Little Richard and others. In late 1965 and early 1966 (and again for […]
Chip Taylor remains best known—to the extent that he’s known at all—for writing a string of classic old pop hits, among them “Wild Thing” (the Troggs, Jimi Hendrix), “Angel of the Morning” (Merrilee Rush, Juice Newton) and “I Can’t Let […]
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