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May.03.2013
Evan Harrar studied with reclusive Flamenco guitar master Diego Del Gastor in the early 1970s in Morón de la Frontera, a Spanish town in Seville province, Andalusia. I studied some of the basic's of Diego’s style of playing with Evan.
He told me many stories about his 3 years in Spain. Some of them...
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Apr.17.2013
BEATLE RHETT
The Beatles On Another Timeline
by Walter Rimler
Until the following interview, in a much abridged form, was published in You magazine last spring, Rhett Law was known for two moments in his life. The first occurred in the winter of 1964 when Ringo Starr replaced...
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Feb.11.2013
If it were the 1960's, the foster children I help might sing me this song...
"Help me if you can I'm feeling downand I do appreciate you coming round.Help me get my feet back on the ground.Won't you please, please help me, help me, help me..."
Glass Sponges can live for 17,000 years but the...
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Jan.30.2013
Patty Andrews, the lead singer of the Andrews Sisters, has passed away. The Andrews Sisters were the most popular singing group of the Swing Era, surpassed in record sales by only Bing Crosby in the 1940s.
THE ANDREWS SISTERS (Patty in center)
As I noted on my Forgotten Hollywood...
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Sep.03.2012
Most people have probably heard of an English band that once existed that were called 'The Beatles'. The Beatles ended up as a band of four. Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison. Some of them are now passed away. Way back in 1963, these young guys were trying to make it. They...
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Jun.28.2012
For the three years I lived in San Francisco’s notorious Tenderloin district, my local bar was The Edinburgh Castle pub, a “Scottish” pub owned by a Korean family and managed by Glaswegian writer, Alan Black. The night I learned that Manchester United legend George Best had celebrated his 21st...
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Feb.17.2012
In the beginning there was Elvis, and Colonel Tom said: “Let there be Hollywood. And let Elvis go to Hollywood and make mediocre musicals each three of which will make enough money to bankroll decent films like Beckett with Peter O’Toole and Richard Burton. And Elvis was temporarily enslaved...
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Oct.27.2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011The Friday Fiver: Music to My Ears
1. How often do you listen to music?
Everyday. I think my Mama must have put music to her belly when she was carrying me because all my memories are soundtracked. My first serious car accident - I don't remember where I was going...
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Oct.27.2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011The Friday Fiver: Music to My Ears 1. How often do you listen to music?
Everyday. I think my Mama must have put music to her belly when she was carrying me because all my memories are soundtracked. My first serious car accident - I don't remember where I was going...
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