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Southern California Close-up: Westside of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFirst published on Sept. 25, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. You're an outsider heading to the Westside of Los Angeles -- not the beach cities, but Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Westwood and the nearby well-heeled neighborhoods south of the Santa...Tags: Barney's New York Incorporated, Photography Supplies and Services, Esther Williams, Roxbury, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Kitty Wells, the 'undisputed queen of country music,' dies at 92
Kitty Wells, the long-reigning “Queen of Country Music” and the first woman to reach No. 1 on the country chart with her attitude-changing hit “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” died Monday at age 92 of complications...Tags: Andy Griffith, Country and Western (genre), Tammy Wynette, Obituaries, Music
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Guitarist Doc Watson dead at 89: A 1-2-3 video primer
Pop & HissGuitarist Doc Watson, who died Tuesday at age 89, leaves an extensive legacy that documents his wide-reaching influence in the world of guitar playing and folk music. Here are three video examples of his artistry in different settings.... -
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.... -
Doug Dillard dies at 75; banjo player, member of the Dillards band
Bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs answered a knock at the door of his Nashville home in 1953 to find an eager-looking banjo enthusiast on the porch asking Scruggs to put a set of his special tuner keys on the young man's instrument.
"He was so...Tags: Human Body, The Andy Griffith Show (tv program), Andy Griffith, Lungs and Airways, Arts and Culture
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An appreciation: Doug Dillard was 'my mentor,' John McEuen says
Pop & HissNitty Gritty Dirt Band's John McEuen praises banjo player Doug Dillard as "my mentor." Doug Dillard helped inspire many young fans, including McEuen and Steve Martin, to take up the banjo.... -
Banjo picker Doug Dillard dies at 75; appeared on 'Andy Griffith'
Pop & HissBluegrass banjo player Doug Dillard has died at 75. With the Dillards, Doug Dillard helped popularize bluegrass music in the 1960s during appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show" and contributed to the birth of country-rock music.... -
Earl Scruggs dies at 88; banjo legend was half of Flatt & Scruggs
Bill Monroe, the man widely acknowledged as the father of bluegrass music, was in search of a new banjo player for his famed Blue Grass Boys when a young musician turned up backstage at Nashville's celebrated Ryman Auditorium during a 1945 Grand Ole...Tags: Country and Western (genre), Arts and Culture, Music, Joan Baez, John Fogerty
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Earl Scruggs, bluegrass legend, dies at age 88
Pop & HissEarl Scruggs: Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs has died at 88.... -
The Morning Fix: Couric's back, sort of. Our cost for Dodgers deal?
Company TownWhat the Dodgers deal will cost fans. Katie Couric to return to morning TV for a week.... -
Earl Scruggs: Remembering a bluegrass and American music legend
Pop & HissRemembering bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs, who died on Wednesday at age 88. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts explores the legendary American musician's influence.... -
Earl Scruggs laid a foundation for others to build on, Marty Stuart says
Pop & HissEarl Scruggs created a foundation for progressive musicians to build on. Bela Fleck is an example of one who took the banjo to new heights because of what Earl Scruggs created before him....
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