Otis Taylor discusses the state of the blues, career intersections with Tommy Bolin and Gary Moore, and the banjo’s forgotten African-American legacy.

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As ‘Days of Our Lives’ makes clear, Queen knew – and from the very beginning – that they were on to something.

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