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Burglary at Seger Home
A family friend of Bob Seger has been arrested in connection with the theft last August of a Gibson guitar, Rolex watch and other items from the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s home. Police allege 20-year old Andrew W. Thompson snuck back into the...
Tags: Theft, Bob Seger
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Music City Walk of Fame Honors
Alan Jackson and Kix Brooks are two of the latest celebrities who will have stars in their name added to Nashville's Music City Walk of Fame on Nov. 6.
The singers, who each both boast more than 20 years in country music, join several other famous...Tags: Barbara Mandrell, Alan Jackson, Wynonna Judd, Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison
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Our Picks: Sunday jazz in Fairfield County
You don't have to train it to the big city to hear some great jazz on a Sunday evening. Here are a couple of world class performers that are bringing their talents to the quiet reaches of inland Fairfield County. Bucky Pizzarelli & Ed Laub: Sarah's...
Tags: Ridgefield, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Benny Goodman
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Doc Watson dies at 89; guitarist and singer
In 1962, Doc Watson and some of his musician neighbors set out from their home in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the journey of a lifetime, to perform at the Ash Grove folk club in Los Angeles.
"I remember the first trip we did," Watson said in a 2008...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Obituaries, Barbara Lee, Awards and Prizes, Music Industry
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Gov't Mule frontman Warren Haynes is used to playing many roles
Gov’t Mule and moe. June 24, 7 p.m., $38.50, Toyota Presents Oakdale, 95 South Turnpike Road, Wallingford, (203) 269-8721, oakdale.com If jam bands were NFL teams, guitarist and singer Warren Haynes would be a first-round draft pick, maybe even...
Tags: National Football League, ABB Ltd., Music Industry, Grateful Dead (music group), Gregg Allman
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Guitar History To Hit Auction Block
FOX 17 MeteorologistMost musicians, and many non musicians have some idea of who Les Paul is and what he played. Born in Waukesha, Wisconsin back in 1915, he was known as the father of the electric guitar. He truly revolutionized the sound of the electric guitar, and...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Music Industry, Auction Service
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The Google doodle: A highly creative home page homage
Special to the Los Angeles TimesPhotographer Robert Doisneau is known for Parisian street scenes that reflected his fascination with what he called "the marvels of daily life." Four of his images — including his famous (if posed) 1950 picture of a kissing couple — graced...Tags: Sergey Brin, Music, Jules Verne, Entertainment, Charlie Chaplin
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2012: The Year the Music Died (So Far)
It’s not even June. But already this calendar year we’ve lost a gut-wrenching list of people who’ve impacted the music world: impresarios Don Cornelius and Dick Clark, R&B legends Johnny Otis and Etta James, the incomparable Band...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Solomon Burke, Media Industry, Joe Gibbs, George Shearing
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Zerg Rush Easter egg and other great time wasters from Google
Google's Zerg Rush is a gift to all of us who believe that not every minute spent at work should be used in productive pursuits. If you have a few minutes to spare, try typing the words "zerg rush" into Google from the search engine's homepage. Then...
Tags: Online Media Industry, Gaming, Easter, Entertainment, Google Inc.
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A member of Gene Vincent's band describes joining Rock Hall of Fame
"I’m coming down off the cloud. It'll take me a few days, but I expect I’ll get there," said 71-year-old drummer Dickie Harrell, who, as part of Gene Vincent's original band, was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame on Saturday. A number of...
Tags: Chet Atkins, Smokey Robinson, Kid Rock, Jeff Beck, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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Mandolin master David Grisman plays Infinity Music Hall
If you Google “Top Mandolin Players,” pretty much every result you get will have David “Dawg” Grisman in the top five. The man is a living legend. Go ahead and try it. I’ll wait…
Over the course of his 50-year career,...Tags: Acoustic (genre), Contemporary Music (genre), Music Industry, Pizzas, Lifestyle and Leisure
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