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Showing posts with label rock and roll music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rock and roll music. Show all posts
Monday, June 2, 2008

Bo Diddley: Outlaw Hero, 1928-2008

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And so Bo Diddley, author of the so-called “Bo Diddley Beat,” one of the foundational figures in rock ‘n’ roll, is dead at age 79. There is ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Rock History And How It's Made

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Several blog entries ago I discussed Art Laboe's first Oldies But Goodies (1959) compilation, a collection of mid-50s doo wop and R...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Cookeville: Follow-up

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Yesterday, the day after I posted my blog entry on Sam Cooke, I received a lengthy comment from Cooke’s nephew, Erik Greene, correcting a fa...
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