Fred Milano, tenor with Dion and the Belmonts, dead at 72

Fred Milano, a city street-corner singer who became part of rock 'n' roll history as second tenor with Dion and the Belmonts, died Sunday. He was 72. Read more: Fred Milano, tenor with Dion and the Belmonts, dead at 72 - NY Daily News

Music Machine's Sean Bonniwell of 'Talk Talk' Fame, Dies at 71

Woody Guthrie Gets a Belated Honor in Oklahoma

TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma has always had a troubled relationship with her native son Woody Guthrie. The communist sympathies of America’s balladeer infuriated local detractors. In 1999 a wealthy donor’s objections forced the Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City to cancel a planned exhibition on Guthrie organized by the Smithsonian Institution. It wasn’t until 2006, nearly four decades after his death, that the Oklahoma Hall of Fame got around to adding him to its ranks. Woody Guthrie Gets a Belated Honor in Oklahoma - NYTimes.com

Keith Richards, Mick Jagger pay for bluesman’s Homewood burial

The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are paying for private burial Tuesday of blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin at Washington Memorial Gardens in south suburban Homewood, the late musician’s partner said.

The lead guitarist for Howlin’ Wolf and sonar trailblazer died Sunday at the age of 80 in a New Jersey hospital.

In an online posting, the late musician’s partner, Tori Ann Mamary, said the Glimmer Twins “insisted on picking up the full expenses for Hubert’s funeral. God bless the Rolling Stones.”

Richards played on Sumlin’s 2004 solo release “About Them Shoes.” In a statement, Richard expressed his sorrow for Sumlin’s death and said he “put up a long hard fight. To me, he was an uncle and a teacher, and all the guitar players must feel the same as myself.”

Jagger added, “Hubert was an incisive yet delicate blues player. He had a really distinctive and original tone and was a wonderful foil for Howlin’ Wolf’s growling vocal style. On a song like ‘Goin’ Down Slow’ he could produce heart-rending emotion, and on a piece like “Wang Dang Doodle” an almost playful femininity. He was an inspiration to us all.”

At Washington Memorial Gardens, Sumlin will be laid to rest next to his longtime wife Bea, whom he often referenced on stage.

After the burial, a celebration of Sumlin’s life will begin at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Fitzgerald’s, 6615 W. Roosevelt Rd.. in Berwyn.

Former Sumlin sideman and Muddy Waters guitarist Bob Margolin and harmonica player Bob Corritore will lead a jam of musicians who shared the stage with Sumlin over the years. Donations will be collected at the door to cover some expenses for the funeral party, and the rest will be donated to the Blues Foundation HART Fund, which provides assistance towards musicians’ hospital costs.

Sumlin’s last Chicago area appearance was on July 3, 2010 with the Nighthawks at FitzGerald’s.

His funeral will take place Monday in Totowa, N.J.



Keith Richards, Mick Jagger pay for bluesman’s Homewood burial - Chicago Sun-Times

Korn on Obama: ‘You Built This House of Shame’

Jonathan Davis: “At the time I’d been really getting into the Illuminati and the whole conspiracy theory, New World Order. It’s entertaining to me. If it’s true, it’s true. If it’s not, it’s not. I don’t care, but it’s been like a little pet project of mine. It was a song that I wrote pretty much about, like, I feel like Obama’s an Illuminati puppet and how it’s basically dragging this country down into the worst it’s ever been, and, um, I mean, I think one of ‘em is like ‘you’ve built this house of shame.’ The White House used to be like, everybody looked up at the White House and America and everything, and now I think it’s like a house of shame. It’s like, just hang your head down, just like, I miss the old days when people were proud to be American. For me, you know, studying the Illuminati and what they’re trying to do, if there is an Illuminati, it’s pretty much breaking the people down, breaking the people down, breaking the people down until we just give up and create the North American Union, just like they did in Europe with the European Union. And the Russians and the Asians will have the Asian Union. It’s all coming down to a One World Government. I can see and I read about it and the stuff’s actually starting to happen, and it kind of freaks me out. So I wrote the song about that.” Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Korn on Obama: ‘You Built This House of Shame’

Cockroach Stomp by Blanchard & Morgan

Black Sabbath to reunite for new album, tour | The Raw Story

Black Sabbath to reunite for new album, tour | The Raw Story

Pipkins: The First Rap Song 1970

The Pipkins were a short-lived novelty duo, best known for their hit single "Gimme Dat Ding" (Albert Hammond / Mike Hazlewood), which reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Charts and #9 on the U.S. charts in 1970. They were Roger Greenaway, best known as a member of several songwriting teams as evidenced by the track listing, and Tony Burrows, a singer who had fronted several groups (often simultaneously) such as Edison Lighthouse, The Flower Pot Men, White Plains, The First Class and Brotherhood of Man. The Pipkins also released two follow-ups as singles, "Yakety Yak" and "Are You Cooking, Goose?", but without success. "My Baby Loves Lovin'" had been a hit for White Plains, whilst "Sunny Honey Girl" was a Top 20 hit for Cliff Richard in 1971. According to the CD booklet for "The Sweet And The Pipkins", "Gimme Dat Ding" is considered "the first rap record". In the U.S., The Pipkins put out their own album in 1970. Called "Gimme Dat Ding!", it was on Capitol ST-483 and peaked at #132 on the Billboard album chart. It is a "concept album" in that the first song on it introduces the Pipkins and the last song on it has them falling through the "little hole" on the album. The album consisted of ten songs: 1. Here Comes The Kins 2. Sunny Honey Girl 3. Busy Line 4. Yakety Yak 5. Gimme Dat Ding 6. The People That You Wanna Phone You 7. My Baby Loves Loving 8. Are You Cooking Goose 9. You Can't Go Wrong 10. All You'll Ever Get From Me In addition, the Pipkins recorded 2 non-LP songs, "To Love You" and "Sugar And Spice", both of which are B-side singles. In all, the Pipkins recorded a total of 12 songs.

"We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they don't have to, if they can control how many people hear it. And that's how they do it" --Jackson Browne

"I know that some of the great painters and some of the great artists didn't even start to 'peak', as you say, till they were in their fifties and sixties. And God knows, history is full of artistic people that weren't even recognized till they were dead and gone."

--Joe Perry (Aerosmith)

"When that second airplane hit the building, we all changed. We need to get back to some serious thinking." --Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)

Songwriter Jerry Leiber Dies at 78

Jerry Leiber, one of the most important songwriters in the history of rock & roll – whose 60-year partnership with Mike Stoller produced "Stand By Me," "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock," "Young Blood," "On Broadway," "Yakety-Yak" and countless other classics – has died of cardiopulmonary failure. He was 78.

Songwriter Jerry Leiber Dies at 78 | Rolling Stone Music

U2: Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Like much of The Joshua Tree, the song was inspired by the group's interest in American music. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" exhibits influences from gospel music and its lyrics describe spiritual yearning. Lead vocalist Bono's vocals are in high register and guitarist The Edge plays a chiming arpeggio. The song originated from a demo the group used to develop a unique drum pattern played by drummer Larry Mullen, Jr.

Larry Norman on John Lennon

Pomplamoose: Angry Birds Theme

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