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Al Kooper: Rock’n’Roll’s Unlikely Session Star
- With younger fans discovering rock, Verve Records felt the need to branch out. Enter the Blues Project, a band that included Brooklyn native Al Kooper.
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Otis Rush, Chicago Blues Guitarist, Dies at 84
Otis Rush, a legendary Chicago blues guitarist and singer whose work influenced the likes of ed Zeppelin, Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton, has died. He was 84. Rush’s manager Rick Bates confirmed his death to the Associated Press. He said it was as a result of complications from a 2003 stroke. Although not as well-known […]
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Paul Butterfield Documentary ‘Horn From the Heart’ Bought by Abramorama (EXCLUSIVE)
Abramorama has bought global rights for John Anderson’s documentary “Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story,” Variety has learned exclusively. The film uses Butterfield’s music and words, along with first-hand accounts of his family, his band mates and those closest to him. Butterfield, who died in 1987, is regarded by some as the greatest […]
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New Music Books Feature John Lennon, Michael Bloomfield and DMC
Read our roundup of new music books, including a memoir by Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and a biography of doomed Sixties guitar hero Mike Bloomfield.
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$600 for a Bob Dylan Box Set? How Long Will the Boom Last?
To the surprise of virtually everyone, box sets by artists like Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen and others are selling as well or better than they have in years.
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FOOTBALL: Dad names his newborn 'Bermondsey Millwall Den' without telling his wife
Millwall fans are famous for their chant of “No-one likes us, we don’t care” but one supporter has tested the love of his wife to the limit by naming their child after the club without her knowledge.
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‘Soundstage’ Blues Summit, Unseen for 37 Years, Returns to PBS
Forty years after it first aired, the premiere of “Soundstage” has found a new life. The tribute to Muddy Waters, featuring Willie Dixon, Mike Bloomfield, Johnny Winter, Dr. John, Waters himself and more classic blues artists, first aired in Nov. 1974 and had not aired since PBS’s rights to the show expired in 1977. When... Read more »
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Mike Bloomfield Jams on 'Glamour Girl' in New York - Song Premiere
Influential electric guitarist Mike Bloomfield receives a career-spanning box set, From His Head to His Heart to His Hands, on February 4th. In advance of the release, you can listen here to the premi[...]
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Pot Users' 'Slacker' Reputation Backed By Science
The stereotype of pot smokers as lackadaisical loafers is supported by new research: People who smoke marijuana regularly over long periods of time tend to produce less of a chemical in the brain that is linked to motivation, a new study finds. Researchers in the United Kingdom scanned the brains of 19 regular marijuana users, and 19 nonusers of the same sex and age, using positron emission tomography (PET), which helps measure the distribution of chemicals throughout the brain. Study particip
