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RIP Alex Chilton, American Music Man
Pop & HissI was supposed to go out and hear some music tonight. I didn't know if it would be some clanging revelation, a sound I'd never heard before, or a blast from the past given new oomph by some young punks...... -
Bo Diddley dead at 79
Tribune music criticBo Diddley, who died Monday at age 79 in Florida, was as essential to the creation of rock 'n' roll as Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Little Richard, though he seldom got the credit or the accolades that were showered on his better-known peers. The...Tags: The Who (music group), Heart Attack, Guns N' Roses (music group), Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs
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Album Review: Bob Dylan's 'Together Through Life'
![In "Together Through Life," the latest missive issued from his woodshed out in Malibu, the bard of America calls up some obvious influences. Bob Dylan has said this album was inspired by midcentury Chess and Sun label recordings, and indeed, the hearty ghosts of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf stomp through most tracks, with Doug Sahm and Edith Piaf stopping in for a dance or two. But John Bunyan? Leave it to Dylan to pull up some really old roots.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-05/46867395-12102909.jpg "In "Together Through Life,\" the latest missive issued from his woodshed out in Malibu, the bard of America calls up some obvious influences. Bob Dylan has said this album was inspired by midcentury Chess and Sun label recordings, and indeed, the hearty ghosts of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf stomp through most tracks, with Doug Sahm and Edith Piaf stopping in for a dance or two. But John Bunyan? Leave it to Dylan to pull up some really old roots.")
LA TimesIn "Together Through Life," the latest missive issued from his woodshed out in Malibu, the bard of America calls up some obvious influences. Bob Dylan has said this album was inspired by midcentury Chess and Sun label recordings, and indeed, the hearty...Tags: Edith Piaf, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, Los Angeles Times, Tom Petty
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Muddy Waters Junior
![Mud Morganfield, or Muddy Waters Jr., is the eldest son of Muddy Waters, a Chicago blues icon during the 1940s. Waters Junior has always been involved with music in one form or another, and after the passing of his dad, he's stepped out to introduce his own "flavor of blues."](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-06/46131442-09124634-14092.jpg "Mud Morganfield, or Muddy Waters Jr., is the eldest son of Muddy Waters, a Chicago blues icon during the 1940s. Waters Junior has always been involved with music in one form or another, and after the passing of his dad, he's stepped out to introduce his own "flavor of blues.\"")
Mud Morganfield, or Muddy Waters Jr., is the eldest son of Muddy Waters, a Chicago blues icon during the 1940s. Waters Junior has always been involved with music in one form or another, and after the passing of his dad, he's stepped out to introduce his...Tags: WGN, YouTube
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The Blues
Tribune staff reporterAfter this day, Chicago blues--and by extension the popular music of the last half of the 20th Century--would never be the same. McKinley Morganfield, a.k.a. Muddy Waters, already was famous as the singer and guitarist most responsible for bringing the...Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Blues (genre), Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy
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Ronnie Hawkins: Rock legend on both sides of border
Special to The TimesIf you are a fan of Bob Dylan and the Band, you might have heard the name Ronnie Hawkins quite a bit over the years, though you probably haven't heard much of his actual music -- the Canadian-based rocker has had little sales chart presence in this...Tags: Arkansas, Music Industry, Robbie Robertson, Death, Elvis Presley
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'Love, Janis'
![Watching footage of Janis Joplin at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, you can see why Mama Cass, sitting in the crowd, keeps shaking her head. There's Janis, decked out in full gold lamé and tiny mules, shaking and snarling her way through "Ball and Chain" as if she's tearing apart a small animal.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-05/39433098-30150141.jpg "Watching footage of Janis Joplin at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, you can see why Mama Cass, sitting in the crowd, keeps shaking her head. There's Janis, decked out in full gold lamé and tiny mules, shaking and snarling her way through "Ball and Chain\" as if she's tearing apart a small animal.")
Special to The TimesWatching footage of Janis Joplin at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, you can see why Mama Cass, sitting in the crowd, keeps shaking her head. There's Janis, decked out in full gold lamé and tiny mules, shaking and snarling her way through...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Trips and Vacations, Cher, Cass Elliot, Texas
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Blues Musician Bo Diddley Dies
Primal rock and blues musician Bo Diddley, who helped cast the sonic template of rock more than 50 years ago with a signature syncopated rhythm that became universally recognized as "the Bo Diddley beat," died Monday. He was 79. Diddley died of heart...Tags: Willie Dixon, Heart Attack, Eric Clapton, Music Industry, Mick Jagger
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'Cadillac Records'
Brilliantly cast and ambitious to beat the band, "Cadillac Records" is a little movie that aims big. It tries to capture nothing less than the moment when white culture embraced black music and rock 'n' roll was born. But even if the iPod Nation craves...Tags: Willie Dixon, Roger Moore, Finance, Adrien Brody, Beyonce
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Old-school bluesman Bernie Pearl honors the masters
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterI be's troubled I be all worried mind I can't feel satisfied And I just can't keep from cryin' Bernie Pearl bent over his vintage Martin guitar at a Westside recording studio, listening to the playback of his interpretation of the Muddy Waters classic...Tags: Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Dining and Drinking, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Comedy (genre), Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Movie review: Cadillac Records -- 3 out of 5 stars
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticBrilliantly cast and ambitious to beat the band, Cadillac Records is a little movie that aims big. It tries to capture nothing less than the moment when white culture embraced black music and rock 'n' roll was born. But even if the iPod Nation craves...Tags: Willie Dixon, Roger Moore, Finance, Adrien Brody, Beyonce
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Madonna, Mellencamp newest to Rock Hall
The Material Girl is about to become a Hall of Famer. The ever-evolving Madonna was announced as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee on Thursday along with John Mellencamp, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen and The Dave Clark Five.
A panel of 600 industry...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Madonna, Hawaii, John Mellencamp, Indiana
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