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Proof that the blues are a universal language
The blues are a foundational American art form that speak not only to the U.S. experience but to all of humanity's. Need proof? Just ask a European -- especially a European who's making a sentimental journey to the sacred shrines of the blues, with...
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Maxwell Street
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Red Holloway dies at 84; Versatile L.A. jazz saxophonist
Red Holloway, a tenor and alto saxophonist who was one of Los Angeles' most highly regarded jazz artists for more than four decades, died Saturday in San Luis Obispo. He was 84.
The cause was kidney failure, complicated by several strokes, according to...Tags: Lester Young, Sonny Rollins, Entertainment, U.S. Army, Jazz (genre)
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David 'Honeyboy' Edwards dies at 96; Chicago bluesman
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, the son of a sharecropper, the grandson of a slave and — for an extraordinary 80-plus years — the voice of the Delta blues, died Monday at his home in Chicago, said his longtime manager, Michael Frank. He was 96 and...Tags: Fine Arts, Heart Problems, Blues (genre), Muddy Waters, Slavery
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An Appreciation: Etta James
Pop & HissEtta James appreciation: Simple lyrics took on deeper meaning when sung by Etta James. Her unmatched song styling helped bring West Coast R&B to prominence.... -
10/10/10: Ten great songs about drinking (and five others about sobering up)
Pop & HissItâs a fool's game, trying to pick 10 songs about one of popular musicâs most reliable topics: alcohol, and the joy and pain it begets. Itâs a topic that could fill volumes -â song and the drink -â so to...... -
At the crossroads as Robert Johnson centennial nears
The intersection of DeSoto and State streets here doesn't look like anything special.
On the southeast corner of the roads is H Town Custom Wheels. Across DeSoto to the west is Beer & Bud Mart, which faces a Church's Chicken stand. Immediately to the...Tags: Elvis Presley, Travel, Acoustic (genre), Muddy Waters, Blues (genre)
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Live Review: Mose Allison at Largo at the Coronet [UPDATED]
Pop & HissMose Allison fans couldnât have asked for a more ideal environment for the second performance of his two-night stand at Largo at the Coronet on Sunday night. The first winter storm of 2010 snarled traffic and might have taken a...... -
Cloudy with a chance of punk rock: Overnight Lows live in L.A.
Pop & HissThe fine state of Mississippi has a musical heritage as wide and deep as the indolent muddy river it takes its name from. We can thank the 20th state for giving us legendary artists such as Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf,...... -
PASSINGS: Jesse Fortune
Jesse Fortune Chicago blues singer Jesse Fortune, 79, a veteran Chicago blues singer, died Monday after collapsing on stage while performing at a West Side club. He was pronounced dead at Mt. Sinai Hospital, and an autopsy showed he died of coronary...Tags: Blues (genre), Dining and Drinking, Health, Bars and Clubs, Hospitals and Clinics
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Album review: John Hiatt's 'The Open Road'
Pop & HissJohn Hiatt's music has frequently had issues of family at or near the core. That's true of his latest album, but the perspective reaches beyond primary relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, to take on bigger questions of...... -
Mae Mercer dies at 76; blues singer also had a Hollywood career
Mae Mercer, a deep-voiced blues singer who spent much of the 1960s performing at a blues bar in Paris and touring Europe before launching an acting career back home in films and television, has died. She was 76. Mercer was found dead Oct. 29 at her...Tags: Entertainment, Blues (genre), Dining and Drinking, Bessie Smith, Movies
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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: Elvis Presley, Rock and Roll (genre), George H.W. Bush, Blues (genre), Muddy Waters
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