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Don Van Vliet dies at 69; avant-garde rock musician known as Captain Beefheart
Don Van Vliet, a maverick musician who emerged from the Southern California desert with the name Captain Beefheart and a singular and influential form of avant-garde rock in the 1960s, died Friday. He was 69.
Van Vliet, who retreated to a reclusive...Tags: Homes, Frank Zappa, Cults and Sects, Human Interest, Ornette Coleman
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'Cadillac Records'
Fans of musical dramas may experience some deja vu while watching "Cadillac Records"; the story is remarkably similar to one told in the middle of 2006's "Dreamgirls," in a montage sequence set to "Steppin' to the Bad Side."
There's the plucky upstart...Tags: Bo Diddley, Quantum of Solace (movie), Chess Playing, Central Intelligence Agency, Muddy Waters
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Koko Taylor dies at 80; singer was Chicago blues icon
Koko Taylor, a Chicago musical icon who became one of the most revered female blues vocalists of her time with signature hits such as "Wang Dang Doodle," "I'm a Woman" and "Hey Bartender," died Wednesday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago of...Tags: Death, Chess Playing, Blues (genre), Awards and Prizes, Muddy Waters
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Bo Diddley, 79; singer-songwriter's beat marked rock 'n' roll
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPrimal 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: Eric Clapton, Democratic National Conventions, Heart Failure, Duke Robillard, Ron Wood
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A sound check along the Memphis-to-Nashville 'Music Highway'
Special to The Los Angeles TimesMemphis, Tenn. Knowing how obsessed Elvis fans can be, I wasn't surprised when my wife and I drove up to the Heartbreak Hotel and found, true to the song's lyrics, that it was actually "down at the end of Lonely Street" and that the desk clerk was...Tags: Otis Redding, Homes, Civil Rights, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis
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Juke Joints That Really Jump
Special to The TimesMany of them have gone digital and few will give you two tunes for two bits anymore, but I still love jukeboxes. If a joint has a jukebox, I can program my social excursion. I can eat chicken vindaloo with Tom Waits as background or suck down a Cuba Libre...Tags: Andy Warhol, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Nick Drake, Dr. Dre (music artist)
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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: Dining and Drinking, World War II (1939-1945), Wells Fargo & Co., University of California, Los Angeles, Judaism
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Big George Brock Performs On FOX2 9 A.M.
Big George Brock is a blues musician who does vocals and harmonica. He was born in Mississippi and was a delta sharecropper. He’s been a blues club owner here in St. Louis, playing the likes of Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf, Jimmy Reed and Albert...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Soups
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Slow Burn Burlesque Does America
Slow Burn Burlesque is back with another wild tribute. This time they're lampooning the country we love with "Slow Burn Does America" with irreverent tributes to the culture of the good ole' U.S. of A. The show will feature a beauty pageant, has-been... -
Slow Burn Burlesque presents Show Ghouls
Just when we thought Slow Burn Burlesque couldn't get any more demented and disturbing, it's time for "Show Ghouls," the Halloween horror extravaganza! Join us at the Howlin' Wolf for a night of blood and babes. The show will feature all our favorite Slow...Tags: Horror (genre), Halloween, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities)
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Steaks and stories served medium-rare
The Mahogany Club, the world's most exclusive/easy-to-enter steakhouse social circle, is accepting new members. Qualifications: Can you buy a round of whiskey? Can you trade stories from the trenches with Whitey, Vince, Saviano and the like? Can you...Tags: Anchovies, Republican Party, Dining and Drinking, River North, Restaurants
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