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Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; bassist for Booker T. & the MG's
As the bass player on dozens of the most soulful hits in the history of pop music, Donald "Duck" Dunn often found himself out on the road playing to fans who had assumed he was black like the stars he supported, notably Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Onions, Obituaries, Motown Records, Sam Moore
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For the record
Tax proposals: The headline on a column in the May 16 Section A said that Molly Munger, who is leading a tax initiative campaign, described the $10 billion a year it would generate as a Band-Aid for California's problems. In fact, Munger was describing...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Beef Brisket, Recipes, Dan Aykroyd, Jerry Brown
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Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; soul music bassist
Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as "In the Midnight Hour," "Hold On, I'm Coming" and...
Tags: Blues (genre), Isaac Hayes, Bob Dylan, Al Jackson, Otis Redding
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'Saturday Night Live's' eight greatest stars
Show TrackerWhich performers were the greatest in "Saturday Night Live's" history?... -
Authors in L.A. this week: Matty Simmons, Julie Andrews
Jacket CopyAuthors in L.A. this week: Matty Simmons with an 'Animal House' memoir, Julie Andrews and more... -
Whitney Houston: Cocaine worsened heart problems, officials say
L.A. NOWSinger Whitney Houston's use of cocaine "exacerbated her heart condition" and played a role in her accidental drowning in the bathtub of a Beverly Hills hotel suite, Los Angeles County Chief Coroner Investigator Craig Harvey said. The long-awaited autopsy... -
Whitney Houston: Another Hollywood death linked to drugs
L.A. NOWAn autopsy confirmed what many had speculated since Whitney Houston’s death last month of the eve of the Grammy Awards: another high-profile Hollywood death that was linked to drug use. Houston’s death comes three years after Michael Jackson... -
'Animal House' musical to bring toga party to Broadway
Culture Monster"National Lampoon's Animal House," the 1978 comedy that put toga parties in the mainstream, is coming to Broadway in a new musical stage version, with a score by the band the Barenaked Ladies.... -
Coachella 2012: Paris Hilton gets chummy with security
Pop & HissWho knew that Paris Hilton actually waited in security lines? One would imagine her being whisked in on a bejewelled golf cart through some back entrance, but there she was on Saturday, wearing a flowing rainbow-colored skirt and a halter top and joking... -
Southern California Close-Ups: From West Hollywood to Wilshire
Set an out-of-towner loose to roam the Los Angeles area between West Hollywood and Koreatown and what can you expect? A food-truck overdose, perhaps. Or the bold suggestion that we extend our subway system westward. (Hey, we're working on it.) Or maybe...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Architecture, Fine Arts, Arts, Elton John
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Patt Morrison Asks: Inside guy, Buck Henry
Buck Henry arguably made his showbiz debut at the age of 2, when his mother, the silent film star Ruth Taylor, took him to the Paramount lot to show him off. She denied then that she wanted him to go into movies. Sorry, Mom. Henry has become a polymath of...Tags: Mike Nichols, Dustin Hoffman, Orson Welles, Celebrities, Get Smart (movie)
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Alan Rubin dies at 68; Blues Brothers trumpeter
Trumpet player Alan Rubin was recruited to join the Blues Brothers after backing up John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the "Saturday Night Live" television skits that spawned the band in the late 1970s.
One of many gifted session musicians in the group,...Tags: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Saturday Night Live (tv program)
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