Tony Martin, 1913-2012. More on Martin at Wikipedia. He had a great voice and led an interesting life. Among other things, he was married to both Alice Faye...
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Columbia Records recording artist Billy Joel. On Oct. 30th, Columbia Records will release two books and a disc in celebration of its 125th anniversary. 360...
This post presented two problems. The first was that as I was putting it together I had a sinking feeling that I have failed in not listening to enough Ry...
Here is a great piece at Huffington Post by Joanna Colangelo about the fate — and a happy one it is — of Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles. Helm...
…Here at The Daily Music Break. Terry Teachout, the drama critic for The Wall Street Journal, published a fabulous biography in late 2010 entitled Pops:...
Guy Stagg, a music blogger at The Telegraph, has a post up that suggests musical taste is more revealing than what a person reads. It is difficult to disagree...
…Just check it out. You’ll see what I mean immediately. I think this is what they mean by the term cognitive dissonance.
Nehemiah Curtis “Skip” James appears to be a very interesting person. Wikipedia describes his playing style: James often played his guitar...
Mick Taylor was the lead guitarist for The Rolling Stones before Ron Wood. One of the commentators suggests that the bass player is John McVie from Fleetwood...
On this day in 1968, Iron Butterfly’s In-a-Gadda-da-Vida entered the U.S. charts, where it sold 4 million copies. It was the band’s second album...
Reading Music
The stories of the great bands and musicians are fascinating. Musicians as a group are brilliant, but often troubled. The combination of creativity and drama makes for great reading.
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Here are some books to check out.
Duke Ellington brought class, sophistication and style to jazz which, until that point, was proudly unpolished and raucous. His story is profound. The author, Terry Teachout, also wrote "Pops," the acclaimed bio of Louis Armstrong. Click here or on the image.
What else is there to say? Here is the story behind every song written by The Beatles. Click here or on the image.
The Grateful Dead don't get enough credit for the profound nature of its lyrics. Many of the band's songs are driven by a deep and literate Americana ("I'm Uncle Sam/That's who I am/Been hidin' out/In a rock and roll band" and "Majordomo Billy Bojangles/Sit down and have a drink with me/What's this about Alabama/Keeps comin' back to me?").
David Dodd's exhaustive study tells the story, song by song. Click here or on the image.
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