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R&B Guitarist Mickey Baker RIP
Mickey Baker, (real name McHouston Baker) died on November 27th, aged 87 in Montastruc-la-Conseillère, near Toulouse in southwestern France. He was one of the great rhythm and blues guitarists – with a career spanning over five decades. Baker was … Continue reading
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Sound It Out! The Story of The Last Indie Record Store In Stockton
This film was recently shown on BBC4 – I missed it first time around! Certainly worth watching in full. The story of the last indie record store in Stockton (Teesside UK). Long may they stay in business. As somebody who … Continue reading
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The Story of Dust-to-Digital and Art Rosenbaum
A couple of times a year, Lance Ledbetter and his wife, April, gather friends at their Atlanta home to assemble a few thousand small wooden boxes and stuff them with raw Georgia cotton, a 200-page book of liner notes, and … Continue reading
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BBC Four showing Muddy Waters & The Stones….
On 22nd November 1981, in the middle of their mammoth American tour, the Rolling Stones arrived in Chicago prior to playing three nights at the Rosemont Horizon. Long influenced by the Chicago blues, the band paid a visit to Buddy … Continue reading
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Cleve Duncan of The Penguins – obituary from The Guardian
An excellent obituary of the great Cleve Duncan, lead vocalist of The Penguins. The dogged piano triplets, rudimentary four-chord harmonic structure, goofy woh-woh backing vocals and the muffled quality of a garage recording were typical of early doo-wop music when The Penguins’ … Continue reading
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Robert Johnson 78rpm Turns Up In Pile Of LPs
A copy of Robert Johnson’s ‘I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom’ on Vocalion turned up in a pile of vinyl albums bought by a Pittsburgh record store owner Jerry Weber last week. Weber gave the seller gave – a man he … Continue reading
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Led Zeppelin ‘Celebration Day’ US TV Advert
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New Zappa Series ‘Road Tapes’ Ready To Roll
With Zappa Records’ and Universal Music’s campaign to reissue all of FZ’s official album and CDs ending in December, The Zappa Family Trust who control FZ’s massive back catalogue and tape archives are to begin a reissue series of live … Continue reading
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Dweezil Zappa test driving FZ tribute guitar
Frank Zappa fans and guitar freaks will soon be able to get their hands on a long awaited tribute guitar. Dweezil Zappa has been working closely with Gibson to produce a prototype model, which replicates one of his dad’s (Frank’s) … Continue reading
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Live Dylan gigs and radio broadcasts from 1960 – 1961
Retailing at around ÂŁ7, a new four CD set of  live Bob Dylan performances and radio broadcasts recorded in 1960 and 1961 is due out this month. Included are the 1961 gigs at Minneapolis, Bonnie Beecher’s Apartment and New York’s … Continue reading
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