1/25/2011
Bon Jovi's appeal reaches far beyond the epic coif and sign-my-yearbook smile of leading man Jon Bon Jovi: let's hear it for former Miles Davis session drummer Tico Torres, and axeman Richie Sambora. I …
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1/25/2011
Blessed with a talent that knew virtually no bounds, Michael Jackson lived nearly his entire lifetime in the spotlight, first as a member of the Jackson 5, and later as the creator of the best-selling …
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1/25/2011
Because so much of Michael Jackson's music is, well, Michael Jackson's music, it's easy to overlook that he was masterful at interpreting - and reinterpreting - others' musical visions. Take Bil …
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1/25/2011
Tom Waits doesn't burn his candle at both ends - he flips down his welder's mask and takes a blowtorch to the middle, burning down every preconception in his path and constantly reinventing himself alo …
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1/25/2011
Tom Waits' successful sideline in acting surely owes a lot to the wild cast of characters he inhabits in his songs. Amid the murky, marimba-marinated film-noir feel of "Shore Leave," he becomes an Amer …
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1/25/2011
What kind of impact has Louis Armstrong's music had? Let's put it this way - the guy's got his own postage stamp. And as we well know, your face doesn't grace the U.S. mail just for scoring a few hit s …
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1/25/2011
Great musicians sometimes travel in packs, and plenty of amazing artists sidled up to Satchmo to lay down some tracks. Bing Crosby, who began as a jazzman in the '20s, too, teamed up with Armstrong to …
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1/18/2011
Most of the world discovered Ryan Bingham when they caught the hit movie Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges as a hard-living country singer, and heard the film's Bingham-penned theme song, the weathere …
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1/18/2011
The Steve Miller Band spent the '70s soaring to the top of rock radio playlists, and that's where they've been ever since, right at the core of the classic-rock canon. All you need is an instant of "Ta …
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