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Doc Watson dies at 89; guitarist and singer
In 1962, Doc Watson and some of his musician neighbors set out from their home in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the journey of a lifetime, to perform at the Ash Grove folk club in Los Angeles.
"I remember the first trip we did," Watson said in a 2008...Tags: Radio Industry, Obituaries, Folk (genre), Entertainment Events, Entertainment
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An appreciation: Doc Watson, flatpicker, song stylist, messenger
Pop & HissDoc Watson, whose guitar style was an influence on generations of folk players, died on Tuesday near his North Carolina home. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts offers an appreciation.... -
Live: Lambchop at McCabe's Guitar Shop
Pop & HissOn a night in which the moon was 14% bigger than usual, in a room the size of a church basement at McCabe's guitar shop in Santa Monica, Kurt Wagner, singer, songwriter, guitarist, visual artist and longtime leader of Nashville...... -
Live: Glen Campbell at Club Nokia
Pop & HissGlen Campbell performed at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday night. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts reviews.... -
Rosie Flores' Kickstarter campaign for new album from '50s rockabilly heroine Janis Martin* [Updated]
Pop & HissRoots rocker Rosie Flores producing new album from 1950s rockabilly heroine Janis Martin.... -
Duane Eddy tops Deke Dickerson's Guitar Geek Festival
Pop & HissThe influential rock guitarist leads a lineup in Anaheim that also includes 'Honeyboy' Edwards. One of the musical highlights in recent years of the National Assn. of Music Merchantsâannual trade show, now under way in Anaheim, has been Deke Dickersonâ... -
Dick Dale: Surf guitar king riding the wave back from cancer
Pop & HissMany concert-goers came away from Dick Daleâs show Saturday night at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano impressed by the 73-year-old surf guitar heroâs performance under adverse conditions, and at least one e-mailed friends afterward worried... -
Les Paul dies at 94; guitarist whose innovations paved the way for rock 'n' roll
Les Paul was often called rock royalty, but for the people who knew the man before his death Thursday at age 94, that term often inspired a gentle chuckle.
Born in Wisconsin in 1915, Paul was a Midwestern jazz man who went on to make high-polish 1950s...Tags: Electronics, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Phil Spector, Invention and Innovation, Levi Strauss & Co.
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Tom Brumley dies at 73; steel guitarist for Buck Owens and Rick Nelson
Tom Brumley, a legendary steel guitarist who contributed to the "Bakersfield sound" of Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in the 1960s before spending 10 years performing with Rick Nelson, has died. He was 73. Brumley died Tuesday at Northeast Baptist Hospital...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Health, Waylon Jennings, Glen Campbell, New Year's Day
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The flip side of Nashville
Chicago Tribune Staff WriterMy college-sophomore son and I make an interesting pair. He'll listen to country music all day long and is teaching himself to pluck a tune or two on the guitar; I'll tolerate the music in limited doses, but if I never heard another country song again,...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Theater, Waylon Jennings, Roy Orbison, Tomatoes
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Eddy Arnold, 89; country music's all-time hit maker
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEddy Arnold, the most successful country hit maker of all time, who played a crucial role in transforming what had long been considered "hillbilly music" from a rural phenomenon into music with broad-based national appeal, died Thursday. He was 89, a week...Tags: Television, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Entertainment, Public Employees
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Tom Petty returns to his roots with Mudcrutch
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE misadventure began, as so many do, in a dingy Florida strip club. This one was called Dub's, and it was cinder-block roadhouse in Gainesville where, in the early 1970s, a dancer named Bubbles shimmied for students, townies and truck drivers while a...Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Television, Roy Orbison, Documentary (genre), Lifestyle and Leisure
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