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5/12/2010
It's almost impossible to overestimate - or overstate - George Jones' asteroid-like impact on country music; pretty much every serious singer who's stepped behind a mic owes the man a debt, one freely …
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5/12/2010
His reign stretches so far back, his roots run so deep, it's hard to imagine country music before its king. Well, allow us to turn back time. Roy Acuff howls like a hillbilly hound dog over his lifeles …
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5/12/2010
George could put lightning in a bottle like nobody's business, but that doesn't mean that his rockabilly and country kin weren't kickin' out some musical moonshine of their own. In the anxiety-filled a …
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5/11/2010
Vibrant voices have been serving up sizzling takes on Cole Porter's tunes since the 1920s, but a new generation takes up the torch to interpret his evergreens for the 21st century. British boy wonder J …
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5/11/2010
Anytime the roll call of the great American songwriters rings out, right in there among Gershwin, Berlin & co., you'll inevitably find Peru, Indiana's favorite son, Cole Porter. Like a lot of his conte …
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5/11/2010
When Otis Redding first set foot in Memphis' Stax Records, he was a driver for blues guitarist Johnny Jenkins. Sure enough, when Jenkins' session went south, Otis stepped up to the mic, let loose with …
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5/11/2010
Foreigner was first known for steaming slabs of arena rock like "Hot Blooded." But as time went on, they found their forte in yearning power ballads. They reached their apex with tunes like "Waiting Fo …
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5/11/2010
He couldn't read music and two fingers on his left (fret-board) hand were gnarled by a caravan fire - but that didn't stop Belgian gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt from becoming one of the most influen …
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5/11/2010
A late-'80s Stone Roses concert was supposedly the inspiration for Liam Gallagher to form Oasis. And it's easy to see why. Listen to two of the Manchester band's most beloved songs, "I Wanna Be Adored" …
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