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PLEASE MR. POSTMAN
Sep 26, 2008; Anonymous ... Try the Songwriters Hall of Fame Year after year, readers mention the names of "worthy" performers and groups that they feel should be inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, and it happens with some, but with others it never seems to happen. Why? Because The Rock And Roll ...
LOOKING BACK...
Sep 26, 2008; Anonymous ... 55 YEARS AGO: Happy Birthday to Rush's Alex Lifeson, born Aug. 27, 1953. 50 YEARS AGO: George Harrison made his first public appearance as one of The Quarrymen at the tender age of 15. 45 YEARS AGO: The Ronettes ruled the U.S. singles chart with "Be My Baby." 35 YEARS ...
IN THE NEWS
Sep 26, 2008; Anonymous ... The cult classic "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains" will make its long-awaited DVD debut on Sept. 16. It is the first title from Rhino's Rock 'n' Roll Cinema series. Directed by Lou Adler, the 1981 film stars Diane Lane and Laura Dern as members of The Stains, alongside punk rockers ...
POP QUIZ
Sep 26, 2008; Neely, Tim ... In every Goldmine, we pose 10 music trivia questions. The "bonus" question is about the current cover subject, and you'll know the answer to at least one question if you read the prior issue of Goldmine. Any references to chart positions, unless otherwise noted, are from Billboard, as compiled ...
Discover the roots of the immortal 12-bar blues
Sep 26, 2008; Davis, Hank ... Recently, I talked to a woman in her 20s who played bass in a rock band when she was in high school. As we chatted, I mentioned something about 12-bar blues, and she stopped to ask me what I meant. This struck me about as odd as a NASCAR driver asking what a carburetor was. She was ...
Chubby Checker is still twisting
Sep 26, 2008; Orchard, Steve ... He considers himself to be the equivalent of Elvis and The Beatles. And while that may merit some debate in mixed circles, not even "The King" or "The Fab Four" were able to hit #1 twice with the same song. Chubby Checker did exactly that with his dance-floor classic "The Twist" in 1960 ...
OBITUARIES: Buddy Harman
Sep 26, 2008; Anonymous ... Buddy Harman, one of the most-recorded drummers on the Nashville, Tenn., music scene, died Aug. 19, 2008. He was 79. Harmon played drums on more than 18,000 recordings, including Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman," Patsy Cline's ...
OBITUARIES: Pervis Jackson
Sep 26, 2008; Anonymous ... Pervis Jackson, the man behind the deep, rolling bass voice in a string of 1970s R&B hits by The Spinners, died Aug. 18, 2008, in Detroit. He was 70. Jackson had been diagnosed with brain and liver cancer, his wife, Claudreen Jackson, said. A New Orleans native, he was one of ...
OBITUARIES: LeRoi Moore
Sep 26, 2008; Anonymous ... Dave Matthews Band founding member and saxophone player LeRoi Moore died Aug. 19, 2008, at a Los Angeles hospital from complications stemming from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident in June. He was 46. Moore initially was hospitalized after the accident in late June ...
OBITUARIES: Abie Nathan
Sep 26, 2008; Anonymous ... Abie Nathan, a peace activist who made a dramatic solo flight to Egypt in a rattletrap single-engine plane and later founded the groundbreaking "Voice of Peace" radio station, died Aug. 27, 2008, at a Tel Aviv, Israel, hospital. He was 81. Nathan ran for parliament in 1965 on a promise ...
OBITUARIES: Ralph Young
Sep 26, 2008; Anonymous ... Ralph Young, 90, half of the Sandier and Young singing duo and a legend of the big band era, died Aug. 23, 2008, at his home in Palm Springs, Calif., after a brief illness. Young sang with Les Brown's Band of Reknown and formed his own band when he served stateside in ...
OBITUARIES: Dorival Caymmi
Sep 26, 2008; Anonymous ... Composer and singer Dorival Caymmi, 94, who catapulted to fame when Carmen Miranda performed one of his songs in 1938, died of kidney cancer Aug. 16, 2008, at his ...
"The Guitar Player Book: 40 Years of Interviews, Gear and Lessons from The World's Most Celebrated Guitar Magazine"
Sep 26, 2008; Sliwicki, Susan ... "The Guitar Player Book: 40 Years of Interviews, Gear and Lessons from The World's Most Celebrated Guitar Magazine": If Les Paul writes the foreword for a guitar book, chances are pretty good that musicians and fans alike will want to sit up and take notice. Such is the case for "The ...
"When I Grow Up - A Memoir:"
Sep 26, 2008; Horan, Mark ... "When I Grow Up - A Memoir:" Juliana Hatfield came to fame during the Alternative Rock boom of the early 1990s after leaving Boston's Blake Babies for a solo career. While she struck gold early with songs such as "My Sister" and "Spin The Bottle" (both from 1993's Become What You Are), ...
"Goldmine Records & Prices:"
Sep 26, 2008; Sliwicki, Susan ... "Goldmine Records & Prices:" If you've ever lugged a hefty price guide around for more than an hour or two at a record show, you appreciate the value of getting information in a compact size. That's a key advantage to Goldmine's brand-new, fourth-edition Records & Prices ...
"Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of 'Take Me Out to The Ball Game'"
Sep 26, 2008; Sliwicki, Susan ... "Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of 'Take Me Out to The Ball Game'": It may seem that dedicating a book to the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is overkill. But when you realize that the unofficial theme song for the seventh-inning stretch is the thirdmost frequently sung song in ...
Whatever he brings, they sing
Sep 26, 2008; Zimmerman, Lee ... Following an extended absence, former Soft Machine member Kevin Ayers has fans flocking to 'The Unfairground' Along with the late Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers is revered as one of Britain's most admired eccentrics, a singular artist whose maverick persona has set him apart from his ...
Making the case for 'Undercover'
Sep 26, 2008; Thompson, Dave ... Was this Rolling Stones release, now 25 years old, the group's last great record or an exercise in mediocrity? On the occasion of its 25th birthday, Goldmine revisits and reappraises what might well be the Stones' last truly great new LP. A lot of people, probably including a lot ...
proVISIONS
Sep 26, 2008; Zimmerman, Lee ... Giant Sand proVISIONS Yep Roc (2188) Grade: *** The ever-enigmatic Howe Gelb returns with the latest installment of his meandering musical saga, a restless trek that originated with Giant Sand more than 20 years ago and morphed over time to include its various ...
An old friend pays tribute to Neil Young
Sep 26, 2008; Lindblad, Peter ... Neil Young was asking a lot of Nils Lofgren, being that it was Lofgren's first real session work. It wasn't enough that Lofgren, only a teenager at the time, had been invited to help Young - already an established star - realize his vision for After The Gold Rush. Young also wanted ...