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South Bend guitarist remembers Pinetop Perkins
SOUTH BEND -- A local musical legend has died. Famous for his blues piano, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, passed away Monday. He was 97-years-old and still playing. One South Bend guitarist spent half of his life playing with the legend.
Just hours...Tags: Texas, Muddy Waters
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Blues musician Pinetop Perkins, a former LaPorte resident, dies at 97
Chicago TribuneCHICAGO — Pinetop Perkins lived the blues. Born on a cotton plantation near Belzoni, Miss., in 1913, he worked the fields from age 7, drove a truck for a living at 18 and got stabbed in the arm in his late 20s. The barroom attack tore his...Tags: Celebrities and Bad Behavior, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Chicago Tribune, B.B. King, Music Theater
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Jackie Scott, a standout local blues singer, to kick off new live series at Hampton History Museum
Mike McGrann, formerly marketing chief at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, has changed jobs and is now working for the Hampton History Museum. Looks like he's brought his love of live music to his new post. Next month, the Hampton History Museum will...
Tags: Fiction, Aquaculture, Richard Jordan, Bluegrass (genre), C. Thomas Howell
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Deepening the blues on New Year's Eve
It's an axiom in the music business that virtually anyone can get a New Year's Eve gig somewhere. While that's largely true, the better musical aggregations that choose to work that night can make ringing in the New Year quite special. Such is the booking...
Tags: Music, Music Theater, Music Industry, New Year's Day, Entertainment
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New year ringing in Bay View
Bay View may seem rather quiet during winter months, but make no mistake, the neighborhood's winter residents know how to celebrate. "We are excited. We will be having the biggest dinner we have had in a long time," said Terrace Inn co-owner Mo Rave....
Tags: Music, Jazz (genre), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, New Year's Day, Entertainment
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Christopher McBride and Isaiah Spencer light up Andy's
First the disappointing news: Jimmy Ellis, the veteran alto saxophonist who had been listed as guest soloist with drummer Isaiah Spencer's band at Andy's Jazz Club, wasn't there on Friday night. Though Spencer and Andy's management offered different...
Tags: Music, Music Industry, Jazz (genre), Sonny Rollins, Entertainment
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NewsPlus 11/23/12: Orioles Blues Band
Mark caught up with members of the Orioles Blues Band at the Blue Bird Blues Festival at Prince George's Community College
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The UnXpected, young musicians from Williamsburg, to release EP at party in Virginia Beach
A band of talented, young rock and blues musicians from Williamsburg will unveil a new CD at the Jewish Mother in Virginia Beach on Jan. 27. The UnXpected, which features siblings Cole and Logan Layman, plan to make it a giant jam. Ron Fetner will...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, Music, Music Industry, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Actor/musician who did most memorable movie banjo song ever to play Valley
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGThe character actor/musician who played perhaps most memorable banjo song ever in a movie is set to play a Lehigh Valley venue this spring. So are a blues guitarist and singer who has won multiple W.C. Handy Awards, a virtuoso...... -
Blues harmonica player, cover band sweep Lehigh Valley Music Awards
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGA blues harmonica player who won every Lehigh Valley Music Award ever given in his instrument category pushed his achievement even higher Sunday, sweeping five categories in the 14th annual awards ceremony, including the top Best All-Around Performer... -
UPDATE: Chicago guitarist announced to replace ailing headliner at Blast Furnace Blues fest
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGA Chicago blue guitarist who played Pennsylvania Blues Festival last year will replace an ailing headliner who canceled his appearance at this weekend’s Blast Furnace Blues Festival, officials have announced. Magic Slim & the Teardrops, who have won... -
The Moody Blues, about to turn 50, hasn't planned celebration yet: 'We're too busy'
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGIn a year when The Beach Boys celebrated 50 years together with a new album and tour and The Rolling Stones are about to, seminal British prog-rock group The Moody Blues are just a year and a half away from......
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