And then there was BB King
Cameron K's Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Marvellous rendition of Wilson Picket's Midnight Hour by BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Etta James. Pure delight.
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Rolling Stones in Baltimore -- 40 years later
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday
| | November 27, 2009Rolling Stones in Baltimore -- 40 years laterThis week in 1969, the Rolling Stones performed a sold-out show at the Baltimore Civic Center (now called the 1st Mariner Arena). Now, 40 years later, here is The Baltimore Sun's recount of the show. There were fistfights and at least one karate chop to the throat, but somehow, no one was arrested. Oh, and the Stones played.Rolling Stones...
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Music Review: The Rolling Stones - Get Yer' Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones In Concert (40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set)
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Stones Get Their Ya-Ya's Out again on a classic that just got better.
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The Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out – Giveaway
RetroBlog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Time’s almost up for fans to register to win the brand new Rolling Stones Deluxe Box Set Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!. To celebrate the 40th anniversary, ABKCO records put together an expanded reissue of the original 1969 album. The deluxe set contains 3 CDs, 1 DVD and a 56-page book. Rarities include [...]
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Dinosaur Jr, Doveman, Boys Noize, Major Lazer, Here We Go Magic, Pixies and other tickets
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Dinosaur Jr. shows coming up at Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the "Doveman and Friends" show coming up at Mercury Lounge. Tickets are...
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd- Blues guitarist, General Lee fan and muscle car collector
Hemmings Auto Blogs (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is a pretty good Blues musician and songwriter, in fact, Guitar World placed him number three on the list of their top blues guitarists, behind BB King and Eric Clapton. Not bad for a thirty-something kid who picked up his first guitar at eight, taught himself to play and released his first platinum album Ledbetter [...]
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B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland Mother in Law Blues
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Mother mother-in-law blues by B.B. King and Bobby Blue Bland. B.B. King @SqueezeMyLemon Bobby Blue Bland @SqueezeMyLemon B.B. King @Amazon.com Bobby Blue Bland @Amazon.com
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Daily Digest for November 25th
Jakob Montrasio's Net. (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Listened to I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston. Listened to Riding With The King (With B.B. King) - Eric Clapton. Listened to Summertime, Part 1 - Sam Cooke. Listened [...]
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Give My Poor Heart Ease
UNC Press Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues, by Bill Ferris, was published earlier this month, and we could not be happier with the attention it has garnered the few short weeks it has been on the shelves! The book is more than just pages of words connected at the spine, it is [...]
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Jerry Lee Lewis - a NYC show & some videos
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Jerry Lee Lewis, who opened both nights of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at Madison Square Garden (with "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" and "Great Balls of Fire," respectively), is performing at B.B. King's on Saturday, February 27th....
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John Waters, Ronnie Spector & Darlene Love - holiday albums, videos & 2009 shows in NY, NJ, other places (dates)
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
John Waters as the other creepy old Santa... A John Waters Christmas is hitting the road this December. Six dates are scheduled with a New York City stop at BB King's on December 22nd. The show takes the form of...
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Stephen Stills Thinks Rock Lists Are 'Purposeless'
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
With songs like 'For What It's Worth,' 'Suite Judy Blue Eyes,' 'Teach Your Children' and 'Love the One You're With,' Stephen Stills is a fixture on lists naming the greatest rock songs. Despite that praise, he isn't a fan of the countdowns. "I don't pay any attention to those lists," he tells Spinner. "I think those lists are purposeless." Case in point -- Stills says he couldn't...
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Michaela Rae: Blues with a Backbone
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
There are many who believe the blues is dying, a feeling reinforced by the fact that many of the major icons in this genre are over 80, like {{B.B. King = 8365}}, Pinetop Perkins and David "Honeyboy" Edwards. However, there is youth in the blues, like Homemade Jamz and now, Michaela Rae Knox. This 14-year-old Colorado guitarist has been playing for 10 years. During her development, she has...
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Music Review: Eric Clapton - Reptile
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Eric Clapton: Chapter 26.
Explore : Blues, DC Comics, Entertainment, Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale, Jazz, Joe Sample, Music, Publishers, Rock and Pop, Superman
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Chris Matthews says Obama is dithering
Don Surber (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Chris Matthews of MSNBC chastised Barack Obama for dithering on Afghanistan. Dick Cheney has succeeded in labeling Obama as a ditherer. As for Matthews, well, B.B. King said it best…
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Summer Festivals in France 2009
ifp | 17/06/2009
We have made a selection of the best music and cultural festivals in France this summer. SOUTH: * Vence, Côte d'Azur, Les Nuits du Sud, 10th July to 8th August - The 12th edition of this "Music of the World" festival with exhibitions, activities and free concerts on the 16th and 23rd of July and 5th of August. Artists include Gilberto Gil, Grand Corps Malade, Pascale Picard, Amadou et Mariam, Khaled,
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Earl Palmer: Drummed his way into history
kellya | 03/10/2008
He attributed his skill to his early experience as a dancer which, he said, gave him ‘an understanding of rhythmic time’ As the drummer on early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, Earl Palmer helped to invent the backbeat that came to define the sound of rock ’n’ roll. Yet the propulsive rhythm he provided on such seminal 1950s recordings as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally was merely