Some people have a problem with remembering lyrics to simple songs.
Published: Monday, January 3rd, 2022 @ 12:23 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Author Lee Child (“Jack Reacher”) will now seek Irish citizenship over the Brexit fallout.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 @ 10:47 am
By: Daily Wire
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Wayne Cochran was one of those performers that I was aware of as a teen in Georgia. He was born in Thomaston, Georgia.
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 9:58 am
By: Bobby Tony
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As part of The Partridge Family (TV Series 1970–1974) he made a great impact on the TV and Musical landscape for many of the teens of that era.
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 10:13 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Both Stan and I missed the opportunity to post on the passing of Tom Petty. We each thought the other would offer a better commentary.
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2017 @ 10:34 am
By: Bobby Tony
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When I orignially posted the article on the passing of Fats Domino, I had hopes that it would generate some comments from Alex J. Ortolano who was raised in New Orleans. I doubt that anyone not born and raised in New Orleans could capture the musical magic that was that city.
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 @ 11:17 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I can't remember far enough back when Fats Domino's music was not part of my musical landscape. Granted I was only 10 years old when Fats released his first album in 1955.
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 @ 2:17 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Some entertainers storm the stage with a burst of fame and then fade away with the ever-changing taste of musical whim. Others have a long and varied career by adapting to the changing times. Still others just stick it out and keep doing what they do best. He became knows as the "Gentle Giant" of
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2017 @ 10:28 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Glen Campbell passes at 81 after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease
Published: Thursday, August 10th, 2017 @ 2:01 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Even though we Georgians claim the Allman Brothers as our own, they actually did not settle in Georgia until after they were well on their way to stardom. Of course no good story stand on its own, they must be embellished with a bit of folklore.
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2017 @ 12:57 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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If you got this far and think that Willie is dead, he is still alive. (as of April 30, 2017 6:30 AM) This is an album review and not an obituary.
Published: Sunday, May 7th, 2017 @ 8:58 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Sometimes the best advice comes in the way of a simple lyric set to music. There was a time when straightforward simplicity passed as good music, but I guess it was always in the eye of the beholder.
Published: Monday, April 24th, 2017 @ 10:56 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The J. Geils band was formed in 1967. They hung around until 1985 when they broke up like all good rock bands are want to do. The result was a series of lawsuits and bad feelings. Like any bad marriage the breakup was based on a shaky ground of "Creative Differences."
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2017 @ 12:39 am
By: Bobby Tony
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After a long and eventful life, the spark plug of Rock and Roll has passed at 90 years old. Perhaps his greatest contribution was his cross over to Rock and Roll. While most of the south was still in the throes of segregation, Chuck stole the musical heart of a whole generation of white kids.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 @ 7:22 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Music Icons who have passed in 2016 - Musical footnotes of the past
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2017 @ 1:21 am
By: Bobby Tony
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She was one of the founding members of the group Sister Sledge, which was another Philadelphia group founded in 1971. Joni and her sisters came from a musical family. Her father was a tap dancer and he mother was an actress. Her grandmother was an opera singer.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2017 @ 5:24 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Occasionally you hear about the passing of a musician you never heard of. One of the most remarkable things about the music business is that some of the most talented people are never front stage. Many are either session layers or band members who just provide the foundation for the star to shine.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 @ 8:11 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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There are singers and there are musicians. Occasionally you find some of both. Buddy Greco was an accomplished musician as well as a great stylist of the Vegas Style of performing arts.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2017 @ 1:04 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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It has been said that you need to have lived the blues to sing the blues. I am not sure I agree with that but when it comes to Jazz, I do think you have to live it to play and sing it. Al Jarreau did just that.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2017 @ 11:38 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Each year-end brings the usual look back on those that have passed during the year. Here is my incomplete list of Music Icons that have passed in last twelve months. The list was compiled extemporaneously during the year as the news was reported.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 9:18 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Each year-end brings the usual look back on those that have passed during the year.
Published: Monday, October 26th, 2015 @ 7:04 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The happy, ever smiling, lean and lanky, 21 year old singer was almost never out of his element in the presentation of his impression of what good music should sound like.
Published: Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 @ 10:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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