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1/7/2011
If there was ever any question about Haggard's songwriting skills, these cover classics provide 25 answers. Linda Ronstadt joins bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs in an uncredited appearance on the leavin' …
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1/7/2011
The Bakersfield Sound may have achieved its first blush of fame during Merle's career, but it by no means stopped there; self-proclaimed Haggard disciple Dwight Yoakam topped the Country charts with th …
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1/7/2011
For a sound as red-white-and-blue as Merle's, you'd have to dig down deep to the roots of American music . . . and that's exactly what he did. Bakersfield Sound godfather Tommy Collins not only inspire …
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1/7/2011
Merle's golden years were also the golden years of country music; he played on a big stage, and he played alongside some of the very best. Buck Owens provided Merle with his first big gig and his secon …
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1/7/2011
You know you're a bad man when people aren't merely stepping up to cover songs by you, but are actually writing songs about you. Alt-country darling Rosie Flores weaves a pickup truck full of Merle son …
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Artist Essentials
1/4/2011
Dennis Brown was 16 when he slow-toasted the organ melodies of "Money In My Pocket." The hit led him to the studio of Niney Holness, where he recorded some of his (and reggae's) best work, including th …
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Genres & History
1/4/2011
All you jazz cadets out there: your fast-track to the hippest of the hip starts here. Top of the heap is the great Wynton Marsalis, the trumpet sensation who initiated the "young lions" movement in the …
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1/4/2011
We begin, of course, with the smoky strains of "Chan Chan" and the languid guitar of producer Ry Cooder. This is the one song that started the Buena Vista craze. The collective's bona fide diva, Omara …
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1/4/2011
In 1997, the possibilities of pop seemed suddenly open to interpretation from artists all over the globe. OMC's Beck-like, postmodern cut-and-paste approach to dance-pop on "How Bizarre" marked the fir …
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