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Gimme Five: Celebrating Levon Helm, co-founder and voice of the Band
News came on Tuesday that Levon Helm’s cancer has returned, leading us to marvel all over again on his towering achievements in music.
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Gimme Five: Robert Fripp’s King Crimson-related archives at DGMLive
For the fan, there is an embarrassment of riches to be discovered at King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp’s Discipline Global Mobile Web site, DGMLive.com.
Gimme Five: My ‘Important Records,’ from Tanya Tucker to Weather Report to ELP
Every collector has a few records that are ‘important’: bought during life-altering circumstances or maybe during a difficult time in life. Or heck, maybe some nutty karma-tidbit tossed the record into your hands.
Gimme Five: Songs where the Eagles, well, sucked
The Eagles have been rightly praised for their canny combining of Glenn Frey’s city-slicker R&B with Don Henley’s country-fried rockabilly. Fans responded by sending every one of their albums to platinum status
Gimme Five: Disco songs that don’t, you know, suck
In looking back to disco and the 1970s, nobody is arguing that there weren’t excesses. “Disco Duck,” that song about CB radios, Barry Gibb’s chest hair. But don’t let one or two — OK, a teetering truckload — of bad apples spoil the whole batch.
Gimme Five: Ringo Starr singing songs by the other Beatles
As with the decades-old hit solo album for which it’s named, Ringo Starr’s forthcoming Ringo 2012 includes an array of name guest stars. Unfortunately, unlike 1973′s Ringo, none of those friendly assists come from his fellow ex-Beatles.
Gimme Five: Overlooked jazz guitar recordings by Pat Martino, John McLaughlin, others
Here’s my look at jazz guitar records that didn’t get their due.
Gimme Five: Jazz’s greatest final recordings from John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, others
“Thank you very much, you make me feel so wonderful. It’s been a pleasure being here but I really must go now, it’s so hot.” — Clifford Brown at the end of his final performance, June 25, 1956
Gimme Five: Underrated examples of when jazz guys got funky
A look at five jazz albums with grooves in the pocket — even if they weren’t much in the press.
Gimme Five: Songs where Pink Floyd, well, sucked
Everybody went through a Pink Floyd phase, right? But, the child is grown; the dream is gone. Let’s face it, some of this stuff, well, sucked.
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