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The Goshorn Brothers Band By Larry Nager The Cincinnati Enquirer Brothers Larry and Tim Goshorn have been at the forefront of the local music scene for more than 30 years. They date back to the psychedelic blues band the Sacred Mushroom in the late '60s, and spent much of the '70s as part of country-rock icon Pure Prairie League. Today, both as an acoustic duo and a full-blown electric band, the Goshorns are synonymous with soulful, downhome music.

Gregg Allman

IGGY POP Fan Site: www.iggypop.net Hey... If anyone out there sees Iggy... tell him The Rev! is one of only 3 people who really know what happened that night at The Goose Lake International Music Festival!!! I was working stage security that night. I'd love to talk to him and Eric. If you can put me in touch with them personally... W.A. Williams may just have something very special for you. The Rev!

Jackie Wilson No "Official" Jackie Wilson Web Site. www.rollingstone.com/artist/_/id/2811/jackiewilson?rnd=1116977496720&has player=true&version=6.0.12.872 www.popmatters.com/mus ic/features/020628-blues10.shtml www.history-of-rock.com/jackie_wilson.htm www.billyprice.com/village_voice.html

Jackson Browne

James Brown - Godfather of Soul http://www.godfatherofsoul.com/

Jimi Hendrix

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Lonnie Mack - WHAM!!! It's That Memphis Man

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Tom Petty

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Vince Payne's SRV Rocks! Absolutely THE BEST Stevie Ray Vaughan Fan site on the web!!!

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Wilson Pickett - He's STILL Wicked There is apparently no "Official" Web Site as such. www.soulwalking.co.uk/Wilson%20Pickett.html www.history-of-rock.com/wilson_pickett.htm www.classicbands.com/pickett.html www.fame2.com/fame/pickett.htm www.tsimon.com/pickett.htm

Willie Nelson

ZZ Top

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Dickey Betts

Jonny Lang

Brian Setzer - The One, The Only True... Stray Cat

Little Milton

Otis Rush

Buddy Guy www.buddyguy.com

Junior Wells www.island.net/~blues/junior.html

Ben E. King www.soulwalking.co.uk/Ben%20E%20King.html

Chuck Jackson www.chuckjackson.com

Freddie King There is no "Official" Freddie King Web Site www.there1.com/browse_articles.php?action=view_record&idnum=51 www.blues.about.com/cs/halloffame/p/blproFredKing.htm www.telecaster.demon.co.uk/docs/freddie.htm

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Wayne Jackson - The Memphis Horns Growing up in the sleepy, cotton town of West Memphis, Arkansas, I dreamed of going to far off places only my science fiction books could take me and mingling with strange, exotic beings. But no dream could compare to where real life would lead - across the river to Memphis and into the pages of music history! From my first hit record in 1961 at the age of seventeen on The Mar-Keys right on through today, I have performed with a who's who of artists from around the world on over 300 gold and platnuim records. The trumpet my mother bought me as a boy has taken me into the studio and onto the stage with Aretha Franklin, Sting, Tanya Tucker, Elvis Presley, U2, Peter Gabriel, Willie Nelson, Billy Joel, Otis Redding, Stephen Stills, Rod Stewart, The Doobie Brothers, Marty Robbins, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Buffett, Robert Cray, just to name a few. He recorded a hit song his first day in the studio. He's played on over three hundred gold and platinum records. He's toured the world and shared the stage with many of the most influential artists in modern music. If there's such a thing as destiny, then it's safe to say Wayne Jackson has a purpose on this earth. From the time he was six telling his grandmother he would one day be on the radio to missing rides on Otis Redding's airplane crash and Stevie Ray's helicopter crash, life's been dealing him a deck of cards that just won't stop. Born in Memphis and raised across the river in the sleepy, cotton town of West Memphis, Arkansas, Wayne's love of music began with a guitar. Then one night his mother came home with a trumpet for her eleven-year-old son. "I opened up the case, and it smelled like oil and brass. I loved that, so I put it together, blew, and out came a pretty noise. My first taste of Sweet Medicine." The rest is music history. Wayne played in the junior high and senior high bands taking all honors at the local and state level. Soon he was sneaking out the back window to go play at the Jungle Inn on Highway Seventy. And then it happened. In the 12th grade, he found himself playing with a group called The Mar-Keys. They had a number one instrumental smash called, "Last Night." It was 1961. What followed was a magical ride making music history with Otis, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Eddie Floyd, Albert King and the rest of the Stax Records roster. "Back then, we had to do those songs from front to back with no mistakes and with good feelings. That's what made musicians out of us. That's what trained us. Now musicians all around the world judge their performances against those records with us on them, and that's why we're heroes." In 1969, Wayne and sax man, Andrew Love,, incorporated as The Memphis Horns and began offering their signature sound to artists around the world. Wayne found himself in the studio with a host of stars such as Elvis, Neil Diamond, B.J. Thomas, James Taylor, Al Green, Aretha Franklin and out on the road touring with Stephen Stills, Rod Stewart and The Doobie Brothers. After moving to Nashville in the late Seventies, Wayne decided to trade in life on rock and roll jetliners for life on a billybus. He spent three years traveling the roads with country music legend, Marty Robbins, during which time he became the only horn player ever to perform on the Grand Ole Opry. Then in the mid-Eighties Peter Gabriel called, and Wayne's work on "Sledgehammer" catapulted him back on top of rock and roll. From that day through this day, Wayne has been in the studio with U2, Billy Joel, Steve Winwood, Bonnie Raitt, Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Collective Soul, just to name a few, and on the road with Joe Cocker, Jimmy Buffett, Robert Cray, Luther Allison. To sum it all up, Wayne says, "My life, so far, has been filled with Sweet Medicine and is a bridge spanning four generations of American music and starting the fifth." Wayne just completed his first of four books about his life and adventures entitled, "In My Wildest Dreams - A Collection of Rock & Roll Tales Volume One." He also writes songs for Sweet Medicine Music, the publishing company he formed with his wife, Amy. His song, "Christmas Can't Be Very Far Away," was featured on Amy Grant's 1999 album, "A Christmas To Remember." Wayne and Amy make their home in Nashville with their pup, Jazz. Time Line 1999-2000 Formed new publishing company, Sweet Medicine Music, with wife, Amy. Scored a holiday hit in December with Amy Grant's version of "Christmas Can't Be Very Far Away." 1996-1999 Toured with The Robert Cray Band. Recorded with a variety of artists including Lenny Kravitz, You Am I, and Primal Scream. 1990-1996 Recorded and toured with The Robert Cray Band and Luther Allison. Recorded with a wide range of artists from veteran performers such as Sting and Bonnie Raitt to Generation Xers such as Primal Scream and Collective Soul. 1986-1989 Recorded and toured with Jimmy Buffett and Joe Cocker. 1978-1981 Recorded and toured with Marty Robbins. 1975-1977 Recorded and toured with The Doobie Brothers. 1973-1975 Recorded and toured with Rod Stewart. 1971 Recorded and toured with Stephen Stills. 1969 Wayne and Andrew Love incorporated as The Memphis Horns. 1967 Toured with Otis Redding on the Stax/Volt Review in Europe and at The Monterey Pop Festival. 1961-1967 Joined The Mar-Keys and began career as a teenager at Stax Records with the number one hit, "Last Night." The Mar-Keys along with Booker T. & the MG's comprised the Stax house band. Both groups continued to record their own albums while working with such artists as Otis Redding, Eddie Floyd, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas. Also visit: The Memphis Horns - www.memphishorns.com

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Muddy Waters

Howlin' Wolf

Willie Dixon

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Dick Clark - American Bandstand

Big Joe Duskin - Boogie Woogie Piano King

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Black Stone Cherry Presently Under Construction: www.blackstonecherry.com MySpace URL: www.myspace.com/blackstonecherrymusic General Info: Band Website www.blackstonecherry.com Band Members: Chris Robertson-Guitar/Vocal Ben Wells-Guitar/Vocals Jon Lawhon-Bass/Vocals John Fred Young-Drums/Vocals Influences Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Mountain, Elvis Presley, the list goes on with plenty of rock-classic and southern, delta blues and blues rock as well as folk and roots country...all music is good! Sounds Like Black Stone Cherry Record Label Roadrunner Records Type of Label Major

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Jimmy Hall Jimmy Hall, former lead vocalist and harmonica player for Wet Willie, has a long and varied background as a performer, working with Capricorn Records from its early days in the 1970s. Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Hall co-founded Wet Willie in 1970; over the next ten years, Hall and the group toured with Aerosmith, the Allman Brothers Band, Grand Funk Railroad and the Grateful Dead. Hall was later nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocalist for Jeff Beck's 1985 Flash album. After Wet Willie's breakup, Hall moved to Nashville to work on a solo project for Epic Records, and he's been based there ever since, finding a healthy blues scene in a city known for country music. On his 1996 effort Rendezvous with the Blues , Hall is backed by people like Clayton Ivey on piano, former Capricorn session drummer Bill Stewart, and Dr. Dan Matrazzo on Hammond B-3 organ; the record also features Johnny Sandlin, the same producer who sat behind the console on Wet Willie's 1973 live album Drippin' Wet. Richard Skelly, All Music Guide www.jimmyhall.groovy-music.net http://www.paradigmshiftproductions.com/ http://www.buymusichere.net/rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=11&upc=5969607982L

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Janis Joplin

Bonnie Bramlett

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Janny and Bill Grein - Stronger Than Before After God's Own Heart... Janny Grein didn’t grow up in a Christian home. She didn’t attend church every Sunday. She thought the story of Jesus was simply a nice fairytale someone had invented. Janny didn’t know Jesus. But Jesus knew Janny. He had a call on her life. She just hadn’t discovered it yet. To escape the pain of her youth, Janny turned to drugs and alcohol. They left her empty inside, so she threw herself into her work. Janny’s talent as a musician and songwriter began to attract national attention. She found acceptance in her field and set up shop in Nashville, Tenn. She was already flowing in the gifts God had given her, she was just working for the wrong boss. God wanted to use her musical talent for His Kingdom. And soon He would. One April night in 1975, Janny and her husband Bill turned on the television to find a Hollywood film called, King Of Kings,’ just beginning. Janny watched with great interest as the story of Jesus unfolded. Her heart pounded as if it would come through her chest. She turned to her husband and asked, Is this for real? Did this man Jesus really die for our sins? Bill, who had grown up knowing the Lord, said, Yes. It’s all true. She knew in her heart that if someone would die for her, she needed to know more about Him. That night she found new life in Jesus Christ. It forever changed her destiny.

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Lenny LeBlanc These days a lot of Christian artists are trying to crossover into the pop market; and some are even succeeding. For Lenny LeBlanc "crossover" has an entirely different meaning: crossing over in the other direction, from pop success to Christian music. The man whose voice and instrumental talent graced the recordings of stars like Roy Orbison,The Supremes Hank Williams Jr., Crystal Gayle and Joan Baez also had a pop career of his own as part of a duo and as a solo artist. In what many consider to be the "golden age" of tasteful pop music, the late 1970s, Lenny LeBlanc rode the crest of success as half of the popular duo LeBlanc & Carr. To this day their smash hit "Falling" remains in the record books as one of the most popular singles ever, lasting 27 weeks during 1978 and 1979. In fact, "Falling," a dreamy, romantic ballad co-written by LeBlanc, attained the rare feat of being named a BMI Millionaire song, indicating one million radio plays, and was named one of Billboard's all time favorite Top 40 hits. So how did this reverse crossover happen? Well, after achieving many of the goals LeBlanc dreamed about as a teenager, things were looking good. "My career was my god and I began to worship the gift God had given me even to the point of leaving my family behind. I was not at a low point in life nor looking or searching for God until a good friend of mine who was a drug smuggler called me late one night. He said 'Lenny I got saved and I'm going to heaven.' Then he said, 'Lenny I want you to be there with me. Are you saved?' Without even thinking I said 'Yes,' not knowing what being saved even meant. My friend sent me a Bible and for the next few weeks God began to reveal His love to me. I began to realize how shallow and selfish my life was and there in my house I cried out to Jesus for mercy and forgiveness." After that life changing experience, Lenny's desires changed radically. Before long he began to write songs that reflected his new found faith in Christ. "I could have gone on in the field of pop music as a Christian but I sensed that God had something different for me. I didn't know anything or anyone in Christian music except for Amy Grant. I had sung on her first record "My Fathers Eyes." She was only 18 years old at the time." Soon LeBlanc began making many new friends in the Contemporary Christian music industry and his first release entitled "Say a Prayer" was warmly received. He has had seven solo releases with more than a dozen top 10 radio singles. His involvement with the Maranatha Praise Band and serving as worship leader on Integrity Hosanna's "Pure Heart" has brought him in front of even more Christian audiences. As a songwriter he primarily writes Christian music like the Dove Award winning "Above All," but occasionally pens solid relational songs like the #1 country hit "Treat Her Right" for Sawyer Brown and "Father Knows Best" for Ricky Skaggs. Lenny lives in Muscle Shoals, Alabama with his wife Sherrie and daughter Hanna where he continues to travel, performing 70 to 80 concerts a year as well as producing various releases like Integrity Hosanna's "Revival at Brownsville". His latest release entitled "One Desire" is part of Integrity's live worship series recorded at The Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, GA. "I would hope that my music causes people to seek to know God," says Lenny. "Not seek to become a better Christian, but to know Him more. That's what I want in my own life".

Robert Ward - Author-Educator A native of Baltimore, Robert Ward has worked as a novelist, professor, screenwriter, producer and actor. After a stint as an English Professor at Towson State University in Baltimore, Ward decided to try his hand at writing. His first effort was the critically acclaimed novel Shedding Skin, which won the National Endowment of the Arts award for first novel of exceptional merit. He has since written six more novels, including Red Baker, which won the PEN West prize for Best Novel of 1985. Ward's other books include Grace (adapted as a TV movie starring Carol Burnett), Cattle Annie and Little Britches (adapted for film starring Burt Lancaster, Rod Steiger and Diane Lane), The Sandman, The King of Cards and The Cactus Garden. After the publication of Red Baker, Ward was asked by David Milch to write a script for crime drama Hill Street Blues, then in its sixth season. Soon after that he joined the staff of that series. In 1988 he became a co-executive producer and writer of Miami Vice. He later wrote for such shows as New York Undercover and The Division. He has also worked on several television movies and pilots. Currently, Ward lives in Los Angles with his wife Celeste and their teenaged son.

Wolfman Jack A short synapses about Wolfman Jack, his accomplishments, and his life : For millions, Wolfman Jack--indisputably the world's most famous DJ--was the master of ceremonies for the rock 'n' roll generation of the '60s on radio, and later on television during the '70s. In the early 1960s, when much of the airwaves were segregated, Bob Smith created his shadowy wild man alter ego so that he could DJ on the radio the "rhythm and blues" race records n he loved so much. As the enigmatic Wolfman Jack, the young white man from one of Brooklyn, one of New York's toughest neighborhoods, could easily hide behind a voice that masked his true ethnic roots. Many teens first discovered The Wolfman while scanning the AM radio band as they cruised Main Street U.S.A. Out of the night came a howling, guttural, ethereal voice amid a collection of rock 'n' roll, inner-city ethnic rhythm, and deep south blues records that wouldn't be found on any "legal" radio station. Indeed, Wolfman Jack held Court over his young audience from XERF-AM, just south of Cuidad Acuna, Mexico, where the 250,000 watt signal -- five times more powerful than any U.S. radio station -- blanketed most of North America. Without the benefit of traditional advertising, it was word of mouth that spread the news about the provocative Wolfman and his nonconformist style -- the kind of style that horrified parents, making it all the more appealing to a growing legion of young followers. But the Wolfman Jack story began much earlier, in 1949, when radio reached through to a troubled youngster. As the Fifties arrived and rock 'n' roll music found its way into suburban America, Bob Smith imagined himself behind the mix spinning the turntables, and taming that jive DJ talk. His over-the-air heroes, black and black-influenced DJs like Dr. Jive, Jocky Jack, Professor Bob, Sugar Daddy, and others spoke to him, taking him to a secret place -- away from the pain of still growing up -- off into a world of music unlike anything his family could understand. cer At age 16, Bob found himself struggling to survive on the streets and stay out of the gangs. Once again, his refuge was the radio. DJ Alan Freed, the legendary king of New York rock and roll radio, was the first to promote big shows at venues like the Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn and while many of his friends were hanging out on the neighborhood streets, Bob was waiting at the stage door of the Paramount, hoping to meet Freed, or one of the many popular recording stars appearing on his show. His persistence paid off when he was allowed to work the backstage area as a "gofer". It was there he met the great talents of the day, like Jackie Wilson and other great revue stars of the time. Across the river, in New Jersey, Bob hung out at WNJR-AM, a black-programmed radio station, and it was here his primary education in radio began. Still, the road to becoming the world's most famous DJ was a very long one with many stops in between. Not yet 21 years old, Bob loaded up his car, determined to reach Hollywood and find his fortune, but he got only as far as Alexandria, Virginia, making a stop that lasted two years. Living with his sister and brother-in-law in Alexandria, Bob worked at various jobs while studying for his FCC license at the National Academy of Broadcasting. Supporting himself by selling door-to-door everything from encyclopedias to Fuller brushes, he spent his nights studying complicated mathematics needed to obtain his radio engineering license. It seems he had found his calling, as the high-school dropout easily rose to the head of his class with a straight -A average. His first professional radio job was at WYOUAM, Newport News, Virigina where Bob took his first air name -- Daddy Jules -- paying homage to the strong influence black DJs had on his early years. His natural style and energy led to a large following of listeners and soon, Daddy Jules was a popular attraction at local teen dances. Remembering the success of Alan Freed's shows in New York, Bob thought he could create a venue for rhythm & blues in the Newport News area, so he opened a dance club. The integrated club -- not especially popular in 1961 -- got the attention of the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan and threats were made, ending in a crossburning on the lawn of his house. But even Virginia was just a stop on the road to fame. In 1962, Bob moved on to Shreveport. Louisiana where he quickly became a ratings success on KCIJ-AM as "Big Smith with the Records." Still, the potential of a local radio station couldn't begin to fulfill his dream of becoming a nationally known DJ. Yet, it was here that The Wolfrnan Jack character actually first came to mind while Bob was playing records on KCIJ. Just a hop, ionosphere skip, and a jump from Shreveport was the home base of XERF-AM, a superpowerful radio station in Mexico, just over the border at Del Rio, Texas. Filling its air time with U.S.based preachers selling all sorts of religion, XERF was reaching millions of listeners across North America, and by all accounts was making millions for the preachers who bought time on the station. The true odyssey from Louisiana, to fame and fortune as Wolfman Jack on XERF in 1964, equals any hollywood fabricated mini series you might see on TV, complete with bags stuffed with hundred-dollar bills in the trunk of a Cadillac convertible, and a shoot-out at the desert compound where the XERF transmitter was located. The entire story, to be recounted in his biography, Have Mercy! Wolfman Jack, The Original Rock 'n' Roll Animal, will be published next year by Warner Books. It was the beginning of an incredible journey to stardom that has lasted three decades -- reaching around the world. By 1965 Wolfman Jack had moved to a new base of operations, XERB-AM, another power-pumping clear channel radio station located across the border on Mexico's Baja peninsula, at Rosarita Beach, near Tijuana. Beaming his now-trademark mix of rowdy rock, raw rhythm and blues, and verbal antics, Wolfman quickly found a new legion of fans from Southern California, up through the Great Northwest, into the remote regions of Alaska and Canada. At the same time, the national press was beginning to take notice, and stories began to surface in Time, Newsweek, Life and major newspapers around the world. Leading recording artists like Todd Rundgren, Leon Russell, Freddie King and the Guess Who wrote chart-making songs about The Wolfman, and his popularity spiralled upward. StiR questions persisted: Who is Wolfman Jack? Where does he come from? What does he look like? Only Bob Smith knew allthe answers, and he was keeping them closely guarded. One of the teens touched by Wolfman's radio programs was budding fammaker, George Lucas, who remembered The Wolfman when he wrote a simple screenplay, a tale of four friends in a small northern California town -- graduates of the Class of '62 -- preparing to go their separate ways. Whenitwas releasedin 1973, Lucas' "American Graffiti" earned four Academy Award nominations and $55 million at the box office, making it one of the most successful films of the year. The movie also, once and for all, removed the mystery behind Bob Smith's character, and Wolfman Jack was about to make a transition from a cult figure to a full-fledged media megastar. her Over the next few years Wolfman entered the media rnainstream, yet never losing his appeal as a spokesman for rock 'n' roll. During a 8 1/2 year run as host of NBC-TV's "The Midnight Special," and through his more than 80 network television appearances on other networks and in syndication, and more than 2,800 personal appearances, The Wolfman is part of rock history. Wolfman Jack continued to find new fans in a career that lasted over three decades as an entertainer. In the mid 1980s, the Wolfman became host of "Rock 'n' Roll Palace" on The Nashville Network, featuring performers such as the Shirelles, the Coasters, Del Shannon, Martha Reeves and the Crickets. By the 1990s, the Wolfman was doing a weekly syndicated radio show for Liberty broadcasting from a Planet Hollywood restaurant in Washington, D.C. On July 1st, 1995, he had just completed a 20-day trip to promote his new book "Have Mercy, The Confession of the Original Party Animal," about his early career and parties with celebrities. "He walked up the driveway, went in to hug his wife and then just fell over," said Lonnie Napier, vice president of Wolfman Jack Entertainment. Wolfman Jack, one of the nation's most recognizable personalities, died of a heart attack. He is survived by his wife, Lou Smith; a daughter Joy Rene Smith (who as well passed away shortly after him), and a son, Tod Weston Smith. Wolfman was only 57. A short biography written in 1972, Provided by The Estate of Wolfman Jack : Way back in the fifties, man, you could drive all the way across this rockin' n' rollin' country, all the way from New York to L.A. and never lose the Wolfman. For eight years from 1958 to 1966, Wolfman Jack howled nightly on XERF, a 250,000 watt Mexican station just north of Del Rio, Texas. That was back in the days when the kids wore d.a. haircut, peg pants and cruised around the Boulevard in customized cars with the radio blasting, drinking beer and looking for chicks. Wolfman Jack is the personification of that era, of the very special kind of radio that grew up in that era, personality radio, one person rapping and joking and howling along with one person, or one million, the kind of radio people listened to in the Fifties. America's seen a lot if changes since then-- the Rockin' n' Rollin' Fifties turned into the Acid Sixties, and now the Seventies, the Nostalgic Seventies. Sure there were always people around in the Sixties who wanted to be entertained, to rock n' roll and cruise about like in the old days, all those Wolfman Jack fans who listened to the man every night faithfully on XERB from 1966 to 1971. But the music had changed-- like the Wolfman says, "The music from 1956 to 1962 was a much happier music. They sang about love. They sang about having fun. They sang about rocking and rolling and dancing. They sang: "Short Fat Fanny she's my heart's desire / Short Fat Fanny set my soul on fire / Short Fat Fanny yes I love her so / Never let Short Fanny go.' They were stupid songs but they were fun. Now every album has a theme; either they're really down on the war, or they're down on the political thing, or they're hyping drugs. Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper." And now the wheel's turning, The folks who were teenagers in the Fifties are settled enough in their middle-class niches to start looking back without embarrassment and the younger ones want to know what there was in the Fifties to be embarrassed about. Wolfman Jack in their contact -- our contact to the Lost Decade, someone to help you remember the way it was, or the way you think it might have been. her You see Wolfman Jack isn't just a DJ. He's done his bit behind the mike -- but his total involvement is with entertainment, not just the medium of radio, but all media. He completed a film for Russ Meyer. ("Seven Minutes") and will shortly begin work on another, this time for Francis Copola (known for the famous hit production of "The Godfather") entitled "American Graffitti," and now Wolfman Jack is about to embark on a serious recording enterprise. Signed to Wooden Nickel Records, distributed by RCA records, Wolfman Jack has released his first album, produced by Don Sciarotta, of Quantum Productions. The album's concept was basicly the culmination of Wolfman's personal development as an entertainer, and its realization is the result of the current nostalgia for the less complex fifties. Wolfman Jack started out in 1956 experiencing the Fifties as a teenager while, at the same time, becoming one of the radio legends of that decade. With the musical transitions of the Sixties-- the Jimi Hendrix's and Led Zeppelin's-- the Wolfman found himself less and less able to really relate to the music he was spinning on his nightly broadcasts. Now, as the music of the Seventies emerges from its infancy, one trend becomes apparent; there is a growing nostalgia for the feeling that Wolfman Jack grew up with, the rockin' n' rollin' joy of 1956. Wolfman has always been as concerned with the music, the records he played as with the slightly maniacal continuity with which he fills the time between them. And now that rock music has begun to come full circle, Wolfman Jack sees an opportunity to make a personal contribution to the music available to his listeners. Wolfman's tried singing before-- at his personal appearances with Carla Thomas, the Checkmates and Canned Heat-- but somehow the right combination of label, producer and material never came along. The timing just wasn't right. But Jim Golden of Wooden Nickel Records and Don Sciarotta, his producer, changed all that. Wolfman Jack's gravelbed throat may limit his vocal range, but his sensitivity to music and lyrics-- his sensitivity to people should provide more than background enough to prove Wolfman Jack a unique and versatile recording artist.

Lord Buckley 1. When and where was Lord Buckley born? Lord Buckley was born April 5, 1906 in a little mining and lumber town called Tuolumne, California. His parents were William (Bill) and Annie Laurie Buckley. Bill Buckley was proportedly from Manchester, England. Annie Laurie's parents were born in Cornwall, England. 2. Where can I find Lord Buckley recordings? LordBuckley.com has a section called "A Little Good Wax". This section lists a number of possibilties for finding Lord Buckley recordings. ebay is a good place to start. Also, typing the names of the various Lord Buckley albums into Google and Yahoo search engines can yield results. 3. Was Lord Buckley part Native American? The short answer is no. His mother, however, did marry a man named Al Harlan after Lord Buckley's father Bill Buckley died. Al Harlan was part Native American. 4. Did Lord Buckley really have six wives? Here is a quote from intrepid researcher and author Oliver Trager's biography of Lord Buckley "Dig Infinity". "Buckley was allegedly married six times., and there is indication that as early as 1928 he was betrothed to a wealthy Seattle, Washington, woman several years his senior by the name of Emerald Botting. Presumably, the rigors and temptations of show business contributed to the marriages early demise, as they would to at least several others. Along with Anita O'Day's recollections of Peaches and Angel Rice, a Jewell Lange, Joanna Daum, and an unnamed woman of Russian heritage are remembered by Buckley's friends as at least temporary legal mates." And according to Lord Buckley himself he did marry six times. Here is a partial transcript of a "You Bet Your Life Show" from 1956 in which Groucho and His Lordship have some fun. Groucho Now, is there a Lady Buckley stashed away in a castle someplace – Lord Buckley Ah, yes, sir, my Lady Buckley – Groucho - behind a moat? Lord Buckley Yes, no, no, she’s in a castle. She’s tucked very beautifully in a castle. Lady Buckley is a very exquisite, charming, gracious, talented lady. Groucho I’m, I’m sure she’s a lady, Mr. Buckley. And I respect you for speaking so well of her. How did you acquire this smooth way with women? Lord Buckley I’ve been married six times. [strong laughter from audience] Groucho Well, if you had learned anything you wouldn’t have gotten married the second time. Six times you’ve been married? Lord Buckley Yes, sir. Groucho Well, are you planning on fighting any more preliminaries or is this, is this current one the main bout? Lord Buckley No, no, I’ve been married for ten years, sir. I have a divine young boy four years old and a little girl five. Groucho I see. The other five [referring to the five marriages] went rather rapidly didn’t they? Lord Buckley Quite, sir, yes. Groucho Over the damn in no time. Lord Buckley High rhythm. 5. How many children did Lord Buckley have? Lord Buckley had three children: Fred, Laurie and Richard Jr. Fred Buckley was a love child, the sweet result of a dalliance Lord Buckley had with a woman named Paula Banks. Laurie and Richard Jr.'s mother was Elizabeth Buckley. 6. Is any there any video of Lord Buckley available? Video on Lord Buckley is, sadly, very rare. There is a VHS video titled "Classic TV for the 50's & 60's" featuring a 1949 Toast of the Town (the early version of The Ed Sullivan Show) with Lord Buckley doing his 4 Chairs Vaudeville routine. This video is probably out of print. There is also a box set of Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life" show currently available on DVD featuring one episode with Lord Buckley. And there is a DVD issue of the Beanie and Cecil show in which Lord Buckley provides the voice of intrepid beaknik Go Man Van Gogh. 7. How did Lord Buckley die? What we know for sure is that Lord Buckley died at 7:30 PM on November 12, 1960 at Columbus Hospital in New York City. His death certificate lists "Natural Causes" as the cause of death. But, like most mythic characters, there are many theories about the real cause of his death. Some have claimed that he was harrassed night and day by the police after he lost his Cabaret Card and the stress of this caused him to have a stroke. Others have suggested that he was mysteriously poisoned. And still others assert that he was just so heavy that he fell off the planet. So, like many aspects of Lord Buckley's life, reality is a hall of mirrors and the truth depends on which reflection you decide is the right one. 8. Where is Lord Buckley buried? Lord Buckley's funeral was on November 16, 1960 at the Frank E. Campbell Chapel on 88th Street in New York City. Lord Buckley was cremated at the Ferndale Cemetary in Hartsdale, New York and eventually, according to Fred Buckley, his ashes were scattered in Red Rock Canyon about 15 miles from Las Vegas.

Kaki King Kaki King is a feisty, five-foot, funny, outspoken Atlanta transplant who now lives in New York, a city whose energy is almost equal to her own. She also happens to be the most exciting solo guitarist/composer to have come along in decades. On her upcoming album, Legs to Make Us Longer (Epic), she blazes through a set of original works with an intensity that reflects her world -- the subway platform gigs, the late shifts at the Mercury Lounge, the surreptitious intermission entrances into Lincoln Center to catch some Stravinsky -- more than the new age stupor that most solo guitar music seems to induce. Her music is as contradictory as the city itself. On the first track, "Frame," her guitar tolls like bells beneath an iron sky. Right after that, "Playing With Pink Noise" dashes in and out of traffic, with pistons pumping. On "Ingots" a steady, four-beat thump keeps time, a pulse beating as she runs through vistas of sound. For King, the guitar isn't just a reverie machine; it's a percussion instrument, just like the drums she played with her high school band. Sure, there were guitars around the house -- her father, a lawyer, was a music lover who spotted his daughter's talent early on. "When I was about four years old my parents wanted me to take music lessons, and I chose the guitar," she says. "But I didn't enjoy it, so when I was five I put it aside. Then I started playing drums when I was nine or 10. I still play them. That was how I got into playing pop music, and that feel was a big influence when I did go back to guitar." For the next several years, drums were her passion, but around age 11, King began experimenting with the guitars that her father had collected. She spent a month or so working through a Beatles songbook. A new Fleetwood Mac album would come out; she would read the tablature and figure out its songs. Then she moved on to edgier bands and their guitarists: Johnny Marr with the Smiths, Graham Coxon with Blur. She was around 16 when she became aware of the fingerstyle giants -- Preston Reed, Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke and Alex DeGrassi - but younger, somewhat darker players seemed more intriguing: among them Nick Drake, Elliot Smith and Mark Kozelek of the Red House Painters. Yet when she left for New York to begin studies at NYU, King still thought of herself mainly as a drummer. She played around the Village with various bands. "I thought that if I ever was going to get a break, it would be as a drummer," she insists. That break never came, but opportunities to play guitar began to materialize in New York. "The first time I ever played solo guitar in public was at the end of my freshman year," she remembers. "I got up onstage at this student forum thing and played three songs. I was incredibly nervous. Then there were a few little joints, like the Sidewalk Cafe, or Cinema Classics in the East Village. Or a party would happen in Brooklyn and someone would say, 'Do you want to play some songs?' And I'd be like, 'Sure.' It all happened step by step." Her commitment to the instrument took a sudden turn a few months after graduation; King had been wondering what to do with her life, but on September 11, 2001, circumstances pushed her to take faster action. Looking for a way to support herself in the wake of disaster, she took her guitar into the subway and began playing for tips. She worked mainly at night at stations along the L or F lines in the Village. More than anything she had done up to that point, these performances transformed her into an artist of fierce and fiery originality. "The subways gave me stamina," she says. "It's a workout in every way -- mentally, physically. To play for two hours in an ugly environment is very challenging. But soon people were coming up to me and saying, 'Do you have a record?' And I realized that if I could sell a CD for 10 bucks every time someone asks me for one, I could actually do all right for myself." Soon King was hawking a compilation of demos. She picked up a job as a waitress at the Mercury Lounge, long established as a venue for breaking bands. She learned there too as she witnessed some of the earliest shows of the then-burgeoning New York rock scene. King says, "Watching all these bands gave me a greater understanding of what it takes to command a stage and captivate an audience. Since the Mercury is a popular venue for showcases, it also gave me my first glimpse into the machinations of the music industry." By this time she was out almost every night: at the Mercury, in the subways, in the clubs, or in New York's most elegant concert halls. All of it fed her creativity, which was now evolving with almost alarming speed. "I started writing things with a lot of dissonance or with dangerous chords that don't really resolve," she says. "I'd be floating around, not in any key, which is what composers like Stravinsky, Debussy and Prokofiev did. Some of my inspiration comes from 20th-century classical music, which I'd never even heard before I'd gotten to New York." King continues, "However, you're just as likely to catch me listening to Bjork's Vespertine or PJ Harvey's Rid of Me as you are The Rite of Spring. In April 2002, The Mercury Lounge hosted a release party for her subway CD. A copy somehow made it from there to the Knitting Factory, which contacted King with an offer to perform at their Tap Bar one night a week for a month or so. "They actually pay you, so I accepted," she laughs. "But it was really difficult. I cut my teeth on that gig. It's a bar filled with televisions and people talking while you play." One night somebody did listen. Jeff Krasno, head of Velour Records, who had come to check out a band in the main room, happened to wander into the Tap Bar in the middle of King's set. This fateful meeting eventually led to the April 2003 release of King's debut, Everybody Loves You, on Velour. The record inspired the LA Weekly to write: "King is the most striking young musician to emerge in decades." It was during this time that King also became a part-time band member of the New York production of the off-Broadway smash Blue Man Group. Since then she's toured incessantly, opened for an array of headliners (Marianne Faithful, David Byrne, Robert Randolph, Keb Mo, Soulive, Mike Gordon and Charlie Hunter to name a few), played a set at Bonnaroo, performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, hurried to engagements all over the world, and pretty much single-handedly -- actually, double-handedly -- dragged the art of solo acoustic guitar back to prominence, with an edginess that matches the temperament of her own generation. Now with the release of Legs to Make Us Longer, King's main focus is one thing: "Touring, touring, touring. It's what I love to do -- the stage is where I'm most creative." While audiences have come to expect her guitar prowess, King nowadays also incorporates lap steel, singing and other surprises to match the broadened palette of the new record.

Joe Cocker Excerpts from Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends - The Authorized Biography by J.P. Bean, published by Omnibus Press, London and Hannibal Verlag, Vienna Joe Cocker - one of the truly great rock voices of all time - was born in Sheffield, England on May 20, 1944, the youngest son of a civil servant. In 1961 Joe by day, worked as an apprentice gas fitter and by night, in dark suit and bow tie, became Vance Arnold singing with The Avengers in rough Sheffield pubs. The set included songs by mentor Ray Charles "What'd I Say" and "Georgia On My Mind." Vance Arnold and the Avengers biggest moment came in 1963 when they supported The Rolling Stones at Sheffield City Hall, and brought the house down. The following year Joe left the Gas Board and released his first single, a cover of The Beatles "I'll Cry Instead." His band, Joe Cocker Big Blues, built up a large following in the north of England and ventured to France for a two month stint, playing on American airbases. The servicemen, many from America's deep south, loved Joe. The French called him "Le Petit Ray Charles". Unfortunately when he returned home to England the bottom had fallen out of the local scene. Joe Cocker Big Blues folded. For an entire year Joe never did a gig. Then along came the man Joe has called the greatest musician in the world, Chris Stainton. With Chris The Grease Band was formed. Songs were written. Soon a demo found its way to Denny Cordell, the producer of The Moody Blues, Georgie Fame, and Procul Harum. Cordell liked what he heard of Joe, and soon set him up in London with a residency at The Marquee. The following year Joe left the Gas Board and released his first single, a cover of The Beatles "I'll Cry Instead." His band, Joe Cocker Big Blues, built up a large following in the north of England and ventured to France for a two month stint, playing on American airbases. America loved Joe Cocker from his first television appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1969. The Press seized upon him. Life Magazine called Joe "The voice of all those blind criers and crazy beggars and maimed men who summon up a strength we'll never know to bawl out their souls in the streets." However, Joe wasn't singing in the streets. He was singing at all the major rock festivals of that summer, culminating in the filmed triumph of Woodstock before half a million people (a phenomenal rip-roaring testimony to Joe Cocker in his absolute prime). Of the ensuing "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," Joe has said: "my thoughts were off to Venus, heading for outer space." Along with Leon Russell and a menagerie of musicians, managers, roadies, wives, girlfriends, hangers on, children, a spotted dog plus a film crew, Joe played forty-eight cities in fifty-six days, to rapturous receptions everywhere. The tour left Joe battered, exhausted, and far from Venus. He ended up, per his own words, "in a heap in Los Angeles, very disillusioned with the rock business." In 1970, Joe sold $3 million worth of records in America alone. His first three albums went platinum and Playboy voted him number one vocalist in their annual jazz and rock poll. Joe continued making albums and songs like "Guilty," "The Moons A Harsh Mistress" and "You Are So Beautiful." Songs that have become Cocker classics, all dating from the darkest days, back in the mid 1970's. As the 80's dawned Joe was invited by The Crusaders to join them on a song they had written exclusively for him - "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today." The lyrics said it all and Joe received a standing ovation when he sang the song at the Grammy Awards in February of 1982. His duet with Jennifer Warnes on "Up Where We Belong", the theme from "An Officer And A Gentleman," brought an appearance at the Oscars ceremony in February 1983 and a hit worldwide, including Joe's first American number one. From that point on, Joe has gone from strength to strength, aided undoubtedly by the love and support of his wife, Pam, who he married in 1987. His Capitol albums from "Civilized Man" onwards have been tremendously successful. "Cocker," "Unchain My Heart" and "One Night Of Sin" all turned platinum, (the latter also delivering Joe's most recent US top ten song "When The Night Comes," written by Bryan Adams). Joe's album "Night Calls," the title single penned by Jeff Lynne, turned gold and headed towards platinum all across Europe within weeks of its release in autumn '91. Joe Cocker has sung theme songs for movies "9 1/2 Weeks," "Harry and The Hendersons," "Bull Durham," and "An Innocent Man." In 1991 Joe recorded "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" on the Elton John/Bernie Taupin tribute "Two Rooms," which has sold over 3 Million copies worldwide. Joe has toured extensively and to great acclaim, not the least in Europe where he enjoys a massive following. There have been awards and accolades galore.Among many prestigious shows, he has played for British royalty at a "Princes Trust Gala," "Nelson Mandela's Birthday Concert," the "Konzert for Berlin" that celebrated the breaching of the Wall and, in his adopted homeland of America, the inauguration ceremony for President George Bush. Joe Cocker is a survivor, a star and a rock legend. He has had hit records in the 1960's, 70s, 80, and 90s. Success has brought with it a grueling schedule of recording and touring but, after more than twenty-five years on the road he has no plans to take it easy. The future? "As long as being on stage is fun," says Joe, "as long as I enjoy that part and still get a buzz out of performing. Then I'll keep going out there."

Link Wray Welcome to the only authorized Link Wray Website. Link Wray Native-American Rock Guitar Instrumentalist has died, 76 years of age. It is with the deepest sorrow that we have to inform Links dear fans that our beloved husband and father Link Wray has deceased November 5. 2005 In respect of Links wishes, he was buried in silence and privacy from the historic protestant Church: Christians Church in Copenhagen Denmark, Friday 18th of November 2005. with attendance of his family Olive and Oliver Wray. Link passed away in their arms, safely in his home in Copenhagen, not ever aware that his heart was getting tired. This was the way he had told us, he wanted it. Born May 2nd, 1929 in Dunn, North Carolina, Link is three quarters Shawnee Indian. At the age of eight, he learned to play the guitar from Hambone, an african-american man who was travelling with Barnum and Bailey’s circus. He noticed Link on the porch banging his Maybelle-guitar. At the age of fifteen, Link paid twenty dollars a night to sit in with the country and western musician Tex Ritter (High Noon) in order to further his musical knowledge. He also played with Wild Bill Elliot. Link played with his brother Doug and first cousin Shorty Horton in his band: Link Wray and the Wraymen. He played at the Hank Williams memorial in 1953. Link is known for his instrumental hit single Rumble. And to quote Uncut magazine, who voted Link #33 of the 100 best guitarist list in the World as the composer of the worlds most threatening instrumental: “The violent intimations of Rumble so struck sensitive late 50s sensibilities that it was banned by many radio stations. Not bad for an instrumental. Rumble will outlive us all”. Link Wray is known for being the first musician to experiment with the sounds that pioneered rock and roll and punk styles. Link virtually invented fuzz tone by deliberately punching holes in his amplifier speakers. He was also a true pioneer of the use of distortion on instrumental rock recordings. In the spring of ’58, Rumble was released and quickly rocketed to the top 20. Voted the #1 Rock Instrumental of all time by the Book Of Rock Lists (Dell/Rolling Stone Press) It was a 4 million seller. Again in 1959 his single hit Rawhide sold 1 million. Link himself was influenced by, and admired guitarists like: Tal Farlow, Chet Atkins, Django Reinhard, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Frank Zappa and artists like Elvis Presley & Hank Williams. Off today’s musicians he admired: Neil Young, Bob Dylan, David Gilmour, David Bowie, and Bruce Springsteen among others. Link was a musician’s musician: Elvis Presley invited him home in the 50s. Bowie, Dylan, Van Zandt and Springsteen attended Links concerts since their early youth. John Lennon carried Links music on his travel jukebox. Jerry Garcia played on Links record in the 70s. Pete Townsend wrote liner notes. In the mid 70s Link was recording in England with Richard Branson at his Virgin Records. 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry’s college band album featuring the senator as bassist was re-released to the public featuring a version of Rawhide. Link’s original sound is timeless, as evidenced by the inclusion of many of his guitar instrumentals in some of the best motion pictures of the last decade. Some of these releases include: Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino) Desperado, (Robert Rodriguez) as well as in Road Racers (Robert Rodriguez) Independence Day, Confessions of A Dangerous Mind, Breathless, 12 Monkey’s & Blow. The legendary film composer/writer/arranger Jack Nitzsche released a big band recording of Rumble complete with a full horn section. Sadly Link was cheated out of his 50s music-rights, although he never signed them over to anyone. Link was always laughing about it though, because he knew and always told us that anyone could hear it was his sound. Link fell in love with Olive Julie Povlsen, a Danish student of Native American culture, in 1979 and has been living privately in Denmark since 1980 with her, and their son Oliver Christian Wray, born in 1983. Link appointed Olive manager in 1981. Until that day he had been managing himself. From the late 90s she has also played percussion with him on tour. Link’s impact has been felt throughout almost every genre of music for the last five decades. His original sound influenced future styles like: Country, Instrumental music, Rockabilly, Rock and Roll, Surf, Heavy Metal, Punk, Grunge, Garage, Lounge etc. Since the mid nineties, Link and Olive has toured all over the US, playing for audiences aged 18 and up. Although some of the youngest fans weren’t completely familiar with many of his earliest hits, they remained strongly drawn to his devotion, love of music and true original sound. Link toured to the very last. This year he toured America playing 40 concerts. The two last festivals of his tour were in California in July: Hootenanny & Glendale Cruise Night, Link headlined both. Link Wray has to this day respected and had nothing but devotion towards his fans. While playing his guitar he often told the audience: “..God is playing my guitar, I am with God when I play”. We saw you go with God, you were smiling. You will forever be in our hearts. Olive & Oliver Christian Wray Bio Follows: Link Wray American Rock Guitar Instrumentalist Official Link Wray Biography 2005 Born May 2nd, 1929 in Dunn, North Carolina, Link is three quarters Shawnee Indian. At the age of eight, he learned to play the guitar from Hambone, an African-American man who was travelling with Barnum and Bailey’s circus. He noticed Link on the porch banging his Maybelle-guitar. At the age of fifteen, Link paid twenty dollars a night to sit in with the country and western musician Tex Ritter (High Noon) in order to further his musical knowledge. He also played with Wild Bill Elliot. 1945-47 Link played western swing with Sheriff Tex Davis, who wrote Be Bop A Lula, for Gene Vincent. Link played with his brother Doug and first cousin Shorty Horton. 1953 While playing with Jimmy Dean, Link received advance guitar instruction from Chick Webb. Link also played at the Hank Williams memorial that year. (Link knew Hank’s mother.) 1955 Link is invited home by Elvis Presley on a couple of occasions. 1956 In Fredricksburg, Virginia a fight broke out in the audience and while onstage, like a bolt of lightening, Link got the idea for the instrumental Rumble. 1958 On St. Patrick’s day Link recorded Rumble on a one track Grundig with brother Doug on drums and Shorty on stand up bass. Link Wray is known for being the first musician to experiment with the sounds that pioneered rock and roll and punk styles. Link virtually invented fuzz tone by deliberately punching holes in his amplifier speakers. He was also a true pioneer of the use of distortion on instrumental rock recordings. In the spring of ’58, Rumble was released and quickly rocketed to the top 20. Voted the #1 Rock Instrumental of all time by the Book Of Rock Lists (Dell/Rolling Stone Press) 1959 Top 40 hit Rawhide released 1961 World renowned instrumental group The Ventures released their version of Rawhide on the album Another Smash !!! 1963 The legendary film composer/writer/arranger Jack Nitzsche released a big band recording of Rumble complete with a full horn section. 1963 Jack The Ripper released 1964 British Invasion giants The Dave Clark Five released their version of Rumble on their top selling album The Dave Clark Five Return 1965 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Duane Eddy released his version of Rumble on the album Twangin’ the Golden Hits 1966 Batman Theme released 1966-1969 Various other Link Wray hit singles released on Swan records including Ace Of Spades and Hidden Charms 1971-1973 Link Wray albums Link Wray, Link Wray Rumble, and Be What You Want To released to great critical acclaim with guests Jerry Garcia, Commander Cody and Peter Kaukonen 1973 Album Beans and Fatback released 1975 Link recalls Recording with Richard Branson (Virgin Records) in a monestary in England. 1976 Album Stuck In Gear released 1979- 1980 Albums Bullshot and Live at the Paradiso released 1980 Link marries a student of native American cultures from Denmark, Olive Julie Povlsen. In 81 she was appointed manager by Link, (till that day he had managed himself). 1983 May 10th, Link and Olive’s son, Oliver Christian Wray is born. 1985 Link appears live in a historic MTV event “Guitar Greats” at the Capitol theater, New Jersey. Link is honored with many other famous guitarists such as David Gilmore of Pink Floyd, Steve Cropper, Brian Setzer and Dave Edmunds, just to name a few. 1986 Album Live In ’85 released 1987 Album Born To be Wild released 1993 Album Indian Child released 1997 Album Shadowman released 97-2002 Link tours extensively in America and Canada Link appears on Late Night with Conan O’Brian 2002 Guitar World magazine votes Link Wray one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. 2003 British Music Magazine NME Originals John Lennon The Beatles and Beyond issue details a story of John Lennon’s small traveling record collection which included a Link Wray LP. 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry’s college band album featuring the senator as bassist is re-released to the public and features a version of Rawhide. Link’s impact has been felt throughout almost every genre of music for the last five decades. In order to consider Link’s vast influence and thorough coverage of the spectrum of popular music, one only has only to consider how many of his releases have had a great crossover effect that ranges from Punk to Grunge ,Heavy Metal , Rock and Roll, Rockabilly, Country, Surf, Garage, Lounge and Instrumental music. The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has been quoted as stating: “He is the King. If it hadn’t been for Link Wray and ‘Rumble’, I would have never picked up a guitar.” From the early days, fellow musicians like David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Steve Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen have mentioned being inspired by him.. Rumble became a multi million selling hit in spite of its title which caused it to be banned from the radio at that time for being too suggestive. Link’s original sound is timeless as evidenced by the inclusion of many of his guitar instrumentals in some of the best motion pictures of the last decade. Some of these releases include: Pulp Fiction (recently re-released on a special edition soundtrack), Desperado, Independence Day, Confessions of A Dangerous Mind, as well as in Road Racers (Robert Rodriguez) Breathless, 12 Monkey’s and Blow. ----------------------------------------------------------- “Link Wray is the all time legend” Conan O’Brian 1999 Since the mid nineties, Link has toured all over the US, playing for audiences aged 18 and up. Although some of the youngest fans aren’t completely familiar with many of his earliest hits, they remain strongly drawn to his devotion, love of music and true original sound. Link has been living privately in Scandinavia since 1980 with his Danish born wife Olive July Wray (Still his manager), and their 22 year old son and co-producer Oliver Christian Wray.

Jeff Pitchell Jeff Pitchell has been playing the Guitar for 20 years. At age 15 he won a contest sponsored by Ovation Guitars, as the "Best Guitarist" in the state. At age 28, he was voted Best Blues Player in the June/July Issue of Metro Magazine in addition to being voted the "#1 Blues Band" by the Advocate’s Readers Poll. Furthermore, Jeff has made frequent live appearances on WHCN and WPLR with disc jockeys Chaz Chandler, Kat Sinclair and Picozzi and the Horn and on Sunday Night Blues with Beef Stew on Connecticut's #1 Rock station, 106.9 WCCC and has also appeared on Blues On Sunday WBOS Boston 92.9FM with Holly Harris, Blue Monday WICN 90.5FM with Norm Rosen. And his music can be heard on Wide World Of Blues 95.9FM with Peter Black and Paul Wanner . To hear the latest music from The Jeff Pitchell Band, Call your local Rockin Blues radio station and request The Jeff Pitchell Band or visit any record store and pickup your Jeff Pitchell CD today!. Jeff Pitchell has performed and recorded with many prominent musicians such as, Clarence Clemons of the East Street Band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jaimoe, Leslie West, J. Geils, Ted Nugent, Rick Derringer, Jeff Healey, James Cotton, Roomful of Blues, John Cafferty Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Mr. Cesar Diaz, IRON BUTTERFLY, Mr. Bo Diddley, etc. The Jeff Pitchell Band has headlined at the following establishments: - House of Blues (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Chicago Blues (New York City) - Toad’s Place (Connecticut) - Rocky Point Amusement Park (Rhode Island) - Riverside Amusement Park (Massachusetts) - The Sting (Connecticut) - Mohegan Sun (Groton, CT) - BB Kings Blues Club, FOXWOODS (Ledyard CT) and many more Jeff has appeared on the same bill with greats such as: - B.B. King (War Memorial Theater, Lowell, Massachusetts) - Tower of Power (The Sting, Connecticut) - Fabulous Thunderbirds (Toad’s Place, Connecticut) - NRBQ (The Sting, Connecticut) - Ted Nugent (Hampton Beach Casino, New Hampshire) - Johnny Winter (Pearl Street, New England) and many more This recording is their best effort to date, featuring 12 original cuts,encompassing a variety of influences.The album, produced by veteran Joe Cocker keyboardist, Jeff Levine, who is currently on tour w/ Hall and Oats, co-wrote 5 of the 13 cuts w/Pitchell.Recorded at the power Station, New England, and City Lights in New Jersey. Pre-production at Loveland Studios RealSound Boston. The band has delivered an energetic array of colorful songs about love gained and lost and people loved and lost. A very special guest appearance on "My Love and Whiskey River" is made by legendary bluesman, James Cotton who excites the album with riveting, soulful riffs between guitar and harmonica. Bandmates, Jonathan Chatfield, Keyboard, Tyson Ellert, drums, Billy Bileca, Bass, encompass a tight unit that delivers a walloping punch reflecting the roadwork they've accomplished. The Jeff Pitchell Band are helping to put Connecticut on the national blues music map. Pitchell, a native of Wethersfield, formed the group just two years ago. Since that time they have released a successful CD and made appearances at major blues clubs and events around the country. Pitchell's love of guitar playing is a lifelong affair. He has been playing for more than two decades, first making a name for himself in the state in 1981 at age fifteen when he won a contest sponsored by Ovation Guitars, earning the title "Best Guitarist in Connecticut." Since organizing The Jeff Pitchell Band in 1996, his career has skyrocketed. Pitchell was voted "Best Blues Player" in Connecticut in Metro magazine and the band was voted "#1 Blues Band" in the Hartford Advocate Reader's Poll. Within Connecticut, Pitchell has made frequent live appearances on WHCN and WPLR with disc jockeys Chaz, Kat Sinclair and Picozzi and the Horn. The Jeff Pitchell Band appeared at the prestigious Memphis Bluestock Festival in December 1997. Shortly thereafter, they released Fat Cigars, their first CD. The group has headlined at a number of major clubs and venues, including House of Blues (Cambridge, MA), Chicago Blues (New York City), Toad's Place (New Haven, CT), The Sting (New Britain, CT), Rocky Point Amusement Park (Warwick, RI) and Riverside Amusement Park (Agawam, MA). Jeff Pitchell and J.Geils Pitchell's story is a classic example of the age old wisdom that "you've got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues". He has built his career on his love for music and his desire to play for audiences, from 10 to 10,000+. Jeff has performed and recorded with such prominent musicians as Clarence Clemons, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joe Cocker, Jamoie, Leslie West, J. Geils, Rick Derringer, Jeff Healy, James Cotton and Roomful of Blues. He has appeared on the same bill with such greats as B.B. King, Tower of Power, the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Ted Nugent. Admist a busy summer touring schedule, the group is now hard at work on their second CD, to be released later this year. The group will be appearing at The Hot Tin Roof (Martha's Vineyard, MA), the Harley Rendezvous, on Block Island with Marshall Tucker and the Shaboo Festival (Willimantic, CT), and Toad's Place. ___________________________________________________________ "Kenny Wayne Shepherd joined the band for a few jams. Shepherd…was so impressed with Pitchell's material, he couldn't resist." -- Hartford Advocate "The Jeff Pitchell Band…were written up as one of the top 50 blues bands in the country. Their CD Fat Cigars has received high critical acclaim" -- The Original House of Blues "Fat Cigars highlights some good guitar playing and music. Pitchell's voice comes through just as clear as his guitar" -- New Britain Herald

The Mighty Jeremiahs The Mighty Jeremiahs make soul-stirring music: The band plays lean and tight, Jimmy Hall sings with unflinching passion, and Greg Martin breaks your heart with every sweet, squawky, stuttering note from his guitar. —Andy Ellis, senior editor, Guitar Player magazine "Rock N' Roll To Feed The Soul: ear X-tacy® records/paradigm shift productions sampler vol. 1," featuring tracks from Greg's newly released solo project, The Mighty Jeremiahs & Taildragger (featuring Greg's step son Jon McGee, co-produced by David Barrick and Greg). This compilation CD is a limited edition, specially priced at $3.99 (plus shipping & handling), will include four bonus tracks from both groups. What a great stocking stuffer! The Mighty Jeremiahs feature Wet Willie/Jeff Beck vocalist Jimmy Hall, Kentucky HeadHunter Greg Martin, Jon McGee & Mark Hendricks of Taildragger, with cameos from members of The Kentucky HeadHunters, Bonnie Bramlett, Phil Keaggy, Ricky Lee Phelps, Darrell Mansfield, Kevin McKendree of The Delbert McClinton Band, New Grass Revival member Curtis Burch, Canadian soul shouter Danny Brooks, Trans-Siberian Orchestra vocalist James Lewis and others. You can purchase direct from: ear X-tacy Records 1534 Bardstown Rd Louisville, KY 40205 Phone: (502) 452-1799 Fax: (502) 459-8130 manager@www.earx-tacy.com http://www.earx-tacy.com For additional info: http://paradigmshiftproductions.com

Rolling Stones The Cosmos' longest running Rock'n'Roll Adventure!!! They are as good as it gets and there will never be any better than Mick, Keith, Charlie and Woody... Ladies and Gentlemen... The Rolling Stones!!!

David Rhodes Brown David Rhodes Brown began singing in 1964 as front man for The Weejuns, a high school band doing popular covers of the time. While in the Navy in 1969 he bought a guitar and started writing his own tunes, beginning the career that has become legendary in Cincinnati OH. Starting out as a solo act, he was later joined by Victor Harrison to form the duo Woebegone. In 1974 the original acoustic act expanded into a kind of bohemian rock band called Forty Fingers with the addition of Mark Rasmussen and Thomas Schneider. In 1979 he formed a punk rock band called The Attitude and toured regionally. About a year later it was re-named the Wet Spots, doing all original punk and alternative rock. In 1982 David formed the locally legendary Warsaw Falcons to play Rock-a-Billy and Alternative Country Blues. The Falcons were often used as a back-up band for artists such as Bo Diddley and The Drifters as well as sitting in with the legendary Big Joe Duskin. In 1990 David moved to Nashville and joined one of the most popular area bands, Supe and the Sandwiches. This band (led by Michael (Supe) Granda of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils) was highly acclaimed for the next ten years, often referred to as the Anti-Garth, a total blues-rockin comedy show, aspects of which are currently ongoing. Meanwhile, the Warsaw Falcons lived on, lasting 20 plus years going through many changes and players, finally playing a form of early jump blues rock, with the nick-name Big Bill Pickle and the Legendary Jerkin' Gherkins. Bobby Keys (the saxophonist for the Rolling Stones) joined the band both on tour and on the album. David's songwriting is seeped in all aspects of American Roots music. With influences as diverse as Little Richard and Hank Williams Sr. to Keith Richards and Kurt Cobain, his output results in a rich roots stew that has been embraced by original music lovers for the past 30 years. Current projects include performing, recording and writing for The Catalog Cowboys (with members Brian Ewing of Messerly & Ewing, Scot Risner of Bluegrass Comet Allstars, John Schmidt, former Warsaw Falcon & current member of the Flammables and Greg Schramm of the StarDevils)and The StarDevils (with members Lance Kaufmann, Frank Turner & Greg Schramm). David lends his lap steel prowess to the 2005 CEA award winning country punk rockers 500 Miles to Memphis (with members Ryan Malott & Noah Sugar), and loves every minute of all 3 endeavors. Throughout David's career he has been touted as a local rock icon. He has used his extensive talents to write, arrange and record his music; lead, book and perform with his bands and arrange showcases and benefits for other groups and artists. And though he has proven himself time and again in the past, his favorite saying is, I'll rest when I'm dead!

Philly Blues I L-O-V-E Philadelphia!!! My forst trip there took me all over town and it was all GREAT!!! The most exciting place I stumbled onto was, you ready for this, this will take you oldsters back... SOUTH STREET!!! "It's where all the hippies meet. South Street, South Street." Dick Clark, American Bandstand... Philadelphia, PA. Check out The Rev!'s "Philadelphia Shuffle".

The Donnas These little chickies R-O-C-K!!!

Coastland Church Tampa The Story Steve & Janie Sjogren have been planting churches throughout the US and Europe for the past 25 years. In that time they have planted successful churches in Los Angeles, Oslo, Norway (yes, they speak fluent Norwegian – that comes in pretty handy on a regular basis in Tampa!), Baltimore, and Cincinnati. Interestingly, when they first came to plant the Cincinnati church over 20 years ago, they began to cast the vision for taking a team to somewhere in Florida to plant a new kind of church. During the time that they were in Cincinnati, they began to experiment with new ways of doing church – namely with what has become know as what Steve calls the “Outward Focused Church” approach to living. This is a unique approach where the average person has an important role to play in the total picture of the church’s definition toward the city. The local church, instead of being seen as being primarily a place for people come to for spiritual life, it becomes a place where people are strongly encouraged each week, trained in practical, biblical matters so they can live more effectively in the day to day issues of life and then go out of to make a distinct impact upon the city. Over the past 20 years Steve and Janie have been experimenting and learning a lot along the lines of this kind of church and have been perfecting this approach to doing church. Now, 12 books later and after the combined efforts of many have touched between 6 and 7 million people with acts of generosity and kindness later, much has been learned. They bring these vital lessons with them to Tampa. Why Tampa? About three years ago, they got the specific invitation to come to the east side of Tampa. They have a principle of guidance that is simple – they wait for an invitation from God before they make a major move. That invitation came when a significant church leader in the Tampa area came to them with an explosive idea: Move to the Brandon area, that has experienced so much growth in recent years, and architect a similar kind of church they have planted in the past in numerous cities. Steve and Janie spent an entire year just praying about this idea before they went public with anyone about the idea they felt God was calling them to –change a city’s spiritual climate…Tampa! For the past year they have been prayerfully raising a team to go with them to the Tampa area. They have also been raising funds for the task. Currently, there are people / families from all over the US who are planning on making the move south with them. When Tampa? As they have listened to the unique plan from God, the goal has become apparent that at least 100 will be needed who will relocate to the Tampa area from “the north”. There are several dozen excited people in the Tampa area who are excitedly waiting for Coastland to start up. The projected date for “going public”: Valentine’s Day of ’08. In the meantime, groups are meeting now in various places around Tampa, with more groups expanding all the time. People on the Coastland team are moving to the Tampa area on a regular basis. These groups have the Coastland values and practices built into their DNA.

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Steve Sjogren... Servant Evangelism The message of servant evangelism is creating a wave of excitement across North America as churches are grasping its simple but powerful evangelistic effects. Emphasis is placed on showing the love of God in helpful ways, which in turn, opens avenues to people’s hearts. Steve Sjogren addresses both the practical and spiritual benefits to this type of outreach and how it can become “doable” in any church. Steve’s talks are enriching, humorous, and filled with creative incentives to “…love thy neighbor.…” Steve Sjogren launched the Vineyard Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1985 with 37 people. The dynamic congregation has grown to more than 6000 in average attendance. From the onset VCC has had a strong emphasis on servant evangelism, small groups, church planting, caring for the needy. Their church planting internship program has produced ten additional Vineyards in the Cincinnati area with plans for more. Steve is currently serving the Vineyard Community Church in Cincinnati as Launching Pastor, and is writing, speaking and mentoring church planters. Steve's passion for evangelism, church planting and leadership development is reflected in his writing. Steve's first book, Conspiracy of Kindness (Vine Books, 1993), has gained attention across a broad base of church leaders as an effective and creative approach to sharing the love of Christ. 101 Ways to Reach Your Community is a "cookbook" of projects and practical guide to getting started with Servant Evangelism. Other books include: Irresistible Evangelism: Natural Ways to Open Others to Jesus, (Group Publishing Inc., 2004), Community of Kindness, A Refreshing New Approach to Planting and Growing a Church (with Rob Lewin, Regal Books, 2003), Perfectly Imperfect Church: Redefining the "Ideal" Church, (Group Publishing Inc., 2002), 101 Ways to Reach People in Need (NavPress, 2002), and Seeing Beyond Church Walls: Action Plans For Touching Your Community (Editor, Group Publishing Inc, 2001). His articles on evangelism, church planting and leadership have appeared in a variety of magazines including Outreach Magazine, REV, Charisma, Decision, Ministries Today, New Man, Christian Reader, Leadership Journal, Discipleship Journal, and Current Thoughts and Trends. Visit www.servantevangelism.com for tons of outreach ideas and resources, as well as the “small things done with great love” logo. Servant Evangelism-A New Approach to an Old Idea! Opens doors into the hearts of your communit Develops a doable ministry in your church Creates an opportunity for the church to “get involved” Allows a few to touch many Gives practical tips for public considerations Simple, non-aggressive and inexpensive Doesn’t require extensive training Offers evangelism and outreach strategies Nurtures team efforts and team-centeredness And it is a lot of fun!

The OFFICIAL home of Earl Pitts... Uhmerikan Earl Pitts with Gary Burbank Mon-Fri 5:25pm mailto:bbc@700wlw.com www.700wlw.com/pages/earlpitts.html Hitting the Wall Earl Pitts first inhale was his momma's horse breath. That came as the country doctor held baby Earl by his hair and wacked his groin with a 3 foot long piece of angle iron. From that time forward Earl has gone from aggressive aggravation, to degradation and finally, a man for the nation. Born to Weisel and Claddy Pitts, Earl spent most of his youth as a normal kid, playing ball, and attending bush hog school in Rooster Ear, Mississippi. Earl became so acquainted with the workings of a bush hog that he graduated in armor with his tractor pointed north. Later in elementary and high school, he studied without the aid of books and was recognized by the school principal as he left for the real world. Leaving Mississippi, was like Earl's life starting point that has brought him acclaim as a clay figure and professional brain wrestler. The Earl you hear on the radio today, has a background knee-deep in sports with all the spoils of decaying cuisine. Earl’s Middle years. Just making middle-meat was more than what Earl had bargained for while haggling with an Indian statue. Living half way around the world, he quickly learned how to cook for uninterested people by studying knife spitting. Before long, he could stare down a chef and catch flies with one ear. People were so impressed he could do this and (simultaneously) not speak a word. In fact, Earl was nick named "nickname" for being an excellent skier. "Moving forward" without moving became Earl's motto As her was being trained as a world renown time giver, he was honored by the WSOH (World Society of Hair) as a "clipper extreme" guy. Once, while thinking about Don King, where he could use his bush hogging skills, called on people to lined up 10 miles. Earl only wanted them to ask him questions. And his pole didn't have stripes. But he wouldn't talk and they all left mad. Earl Swings into Big Time Fame Known for tricking blue birds by painting a hole on a board, Earl returned to his homeland to start a school. It was the family he didn't yet have that recognized his vocal skills. The teachers he hired were so impressed with his six word songs, they honored him with a diploma-plank two years early. Earl was the only one to attend his school and graduated happy. Once during a final exam, his expressions were captured on tape. Those six little words finally were getting big attention. World leader after world leader summoned him to state dinners and to state funerals just to hear him say…"you know what makes me sick?" With the exception of one leader, all of them honored Earl's request to be wheel barrowed around estate grounds. Settling into Success Today, the world population wonders how Earl survived his only ignor fight with an ignoramus. But, never mind that, it is his voice that carries the message that rings from sea to sea. Earl prepares for his vocal presentations, not through intellect, but by bending his back forward. Each day, his trainer determines fitness qualifications so that Earl can get the word out loud and strong. His performance is so stout and emotion filled that it literally sucks him of bulk and size. However, he is good and you are a better person for listening to Earl Pitts. Thinking ahead Earl's one wall home is littered with certificates of honor, combs, bronze finger trophies, beer cans, gasoline receipts and splatters of food. He takes huge gratification stretching before these momentos while leering for other souvenirs that hang as thoughts. To this day, Earl still believes his accomplishments well ahead of reality. He still believes he has accomplished these feats: -fished for girdles -crossed the north pole with white out on his head -fiddled with fiddle wrap -squealed -played the part of a rug in a play Family in tears Ole Earl found his wife, Pearl, just in time to have Earl, jr. They just love their red pants and rarely get sick. They await visitors to arrive on their front. Some people shun them, others wave and some just simply stop and stare For years, their skinny friend has asked the Pitts to sign up for a phone. But you already know that story. The author. Privacy Commands -|- ©Copyright 2005

Steve Sjogren... Servant Evangelism The message of servant evangelism is creating a wave of excitement across North America as churches are grasping its simple but powerful evangelistic effects. Emphasis is placed on showing the love of God in helpful ways, which in turn, opens avenues to people’s hearts. Steve Sjogren addresses both the practical and spiritual benefits to this type of outreach and how it can become “doable” in any church. Steve’s talks are enriching, humorous, and filled with creative incentives to “…love thy neighbor.…” Steve Sjogren launched the Vineyard Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1985 with 37 people. The dynamic congregation has grown to more than 6000 in average attendance. From the onset VCC has had a strong emphasis on servant evangelism, small groups, church planting, caring for the needy. Their church planting internship program has produced ten additional Vineyards in the Cincinnati area with plans for more. Steve is currently serving the Vineyard Community Church in Cincinnati as Launching Pastor, and is writing, speaking and mentoring church planters. Steve's passion for evangelism, church planting and leadership development is reflected in his writing. Steve's first book, Conspiracy of Kindness (Vine Books, 1993), has gained attention across a broad base of church leaders as an effective and creative approach to sharing the love of Christ. 101 Ways to Reach Your Community is a "cookbook" of projects and practical guide to getting started with Servant Evangelism. Other books include: Irresistible Evangelism: Natural Ways to Open Others to Jesus, (Group Publishing Inc., 2004), Community of Kindness, A Refreshing New Approach to Planting and Growing a Church (with Rob Lewin, Regal Books, 2003), Perfectly Imperfect Church: Redefining the "Ideal" Church, (Group Publishing Inc., 2002), 101 Ways to Reach People in Need (NavPress, 2002), and Seeing Beyond Church Walls: Action Plans For Touching Your Community (Editor, Group Publishing Inc, 2001). His articles on evangelism, church planting and leadership have appeared in a variety of magazines including Outreach Magazine, REV, Charisma, Decision, Ministries Today, New Man, Christian Reader, Leadership Journal, Discipleship Journal, and Current Thoughts and Trends. Visit www.servantevangelism.com for tons of outreach ideas and resources, as well as the “small things done with great love” logo. Servant Evangelism-A New Approach to an Old Idea! Opens doors into the hearts of your communit Develops a doable ministry in your church Creates an opportunity for the church to “get involved” Allows a few to touch many Gives practical tips for public considerations Simple, non-aggressive and inexpensive Doesn’t require extensive training Offers evangelism and outreach strategies Nurtures team efforts and team-centeredness And it is a lot of fun!

W.A. and The Rev!... CityBeat article... This is the full unedited version of the CityBeat story about W.A. Williams and his alter ego... The Reverend Billy Rose!

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Rory Block Heralded as “a living landmark” (Berkeley Express), “a national treasure” (Guitar Extra), and “one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists” (Blues Revue), Rory Block has committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world. A traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, she wields a fiery and haunting guitar and vocal style that redefines the boundaries of acoustic blues and folk. The New York Times declared: “Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly as she wrestles with ghosts, shadows and legends.” Born in Princeton, NJ, Aurora “Rory” Block grew up in Manhattan a family with Bohemian leanings. Her father owned a Greenwich Village sandal shop, where musicians like Bob Dylan, Maria Muldaur and John Sebastian all made occasional appearances. The rich and diverse Village scene was a constant influence on her cultural sensibilities. She was playing guitar by age ten, and by her early teens she was sitting in on the Sunday jam sessions in Washington Square Park. During these years, her life was touched – and profoundly changed – by personal encounters with some of the earliest and most influential Delta blues masters of the 20th century. She made frequent visits to the Bronx, where she learned her first lessons in blues and gospel music from the Reverend Gary Davis. She swapped stories and guitar licks with seminal bluesman Son House, Robert Johnson’s mentor (“He kept asking, ‘Where did she learn to play like this?’”). She visited Skip James in the hospital after his cancer surgery. She traveled to Washington, DC, to visit with Mississippi John Hurt and absorb first-hand his technique and his creativity. “This period seemed to last forever,” Block Recalls nearly forty years later.” I now realize how lucky I was to be there, in the right place at the right time. I thought everyone knew these incredible men, these blues geniuses who wrote the book. I later realized how fleeting it was, and how even more precious.” By the time she was in high school, her family had splintered in different directions. With nothing holding her down, she left home at 15 with her guitar and a few friends – heading for California on a trip marked by numerous detours and stops in small towns. Along he way, she picked her way through a vast catalog of country blues songs and took her first steps in developing a fingerpicking and slide guitar style that would eventually be her trademark. She recorded an instructional record called How To Play Blues Guitar in the mid-60s (she was billed as Sunshine Kate on the original recording), but then took a decade off from music to start a family. In the mid- and late ‘70s, she made a few records that ran counter to her inherent blues instincts, and the result was frustration. “Eventually disgusted with trying to accommodate a business which never seemed to accept me or be satisfied with my efforts,” she says, “I gave up totally and went back to the blues.” The result was a record deal with the Boston-based Rounder label, which released her High Heeled Blues in 1981. Rolling Stone referred to the album as “some of the most singular and affecting country blues anyone – man or woman, black or white, old or young – has cut in recent years.” Back in a groove that felt comfortable and fulfilling, Block threw herself headlong into an ambitious touring schedule that helped hone her technical and vocal skills to a razor’s edge, and at the same time nurture a distinctive voice as a songwriter. She stayed with Rounder for the next two decades, making records that simultaneously indulged her affinity for traditional country blues and served as a platform for her own formidable songwriting talents. The world finally started taking notice in the early 1990s, and Block scored numerous awards throughout the decade. She brought home W.C. Handy Awards four years in a row – two for Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year, and two for Best Acoustic Blues Album of the Year. Her visibility overseas increased dramatically when Best Blues and Originals, fueled by the single “Lovin' Whiskey,” went gold in parts of Europe. Block is at the absolute height of her creative powers, bringing a world full of life lessons to bear on what she calls “a total celebration of my beloved instrument and best friend, the guitar.”

Chainsaw Dupont Chicago Reader: "Dupont's solos seem to rise fully formed from their harmonic contexts: he'll play a chord, spin a note or two out of it, extend these notes in promising directions, return to the same chord, pick another idea, and repeat the same pattern...his determination to favor craft over pyrotechnics is an encouraging sign."

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2-artists: The Photography and Art of Randy and J. Austin Jennings Randy Jennings and I have been friends for nearly twenty years. Not only is Randy an amazinly accomplished photographer, he is genuine in both his work and in his life. Randy and J.Austin Jennings, Randy's wife and partner, offer work of such a quality as to have to be seen first hand. Bios: Often, it is said that Art is an expression of one’s self. Indeed, expression is a function of the soul and a private journey of self. Artist, Jennifer Austin Jennings has been on that journey since early childhood. Drawing horses with felt-tipped markers is one of her earliest memories. Then, it was the expression of her love for the animals. Today Jennings’ paintings mirror reflections of an individual’s experience, and of that same self-journey, extended through time. Jennings offers a wide range of imagery within the extensive body of her work. Well executed land and waterscapes give way to less detailed, simplifications of light and form. Vivid compositions of shapes and value, representational of those found in the natural world evoke strong emotions in the viewer. Each piece is an indication of an emotional connection she has made; small experiences of herself within the universe. Jennings’ floral abstractions are reminiscent of O’Keeffe, and the formative period of modernism in American art. At the beginning of the journey, Jennifer Austin Jennings studied under the astute, watchful eye of noted Dayton Artist, Abner Cope, within the esteemed walls of the Dayton Art Institute. Cope’s talent and guidance provided inspiration, and the first notion for Jennings, that the way one perceives light, form, and line is all important in the conception of art. Jennings later studied under the celebrated, late artist, Annamary Bierley whose keen perception of form relationships greatly influenced Jennings’ later choices. Since those early years, Jennings has crafted a life around the creation of her art. She believes that atmospheric experiences can be translated into visual images. She brings her unique perspective to bear within her ever-evolving expressions on canvas. “Creating art is putting down a personal experience of the object or scene,” she insists. It is a philosophy she shares with students during weekly classes offered in her home studio. “It is truthfully recording the inner being’s experience that makes the most extraordinary art, capable of transcending the realms of normalcy.” Jennings derives much inspiration for her work from nature. She feels most at home in the Tennessee mountains, where lush green surroundings are speckled by ancient rock formations and the cool mist of mountain streams cradles the spirit, reviving, renewing and, for Jennings, inspiring. She makes several treks into the mountains every year. Jennifer Austin Jennings shares her life with husband, photographer, Randy Jennings, who mirrors her own enthusiasm for art. The couple enjoys outdoor activities with two teenage sons and three zany dogs! J. Austin Jennings original paintings can be purchased privately by contacting her. Her artwork is also currently available at Alley Frame and Art in West Carrollton, Ohio. Captured Live is a diversified photographic service supplying images to an array of media. Whether it be, contributing photos to books like Keri Leigh's "Stevie Ray - Soul to Soul" or on assignment shooting for AV Video & Multimedia Producer Magazine, Captured Live can meet your needs. Randy Jennings, founding photographer of Captured Live, notes Album Network, Alligator Records, Columbia House, Dayton Daily News, Fender Musical Instruments, Genesis, Goldmine, Guitar, Guitar One, Guitar Legends, Guitar Player, Guitar Shop, Hal Leonard Publications, Hot Licks Productions, KVUE-TV (Austin, TX), Rolling Stone, Taylor Publishing, VH-1 Music Television and WTUE-FM (Dayton, OH) as a partial listing of his publication credits. Since 1975, an extensive selection of stock photos of musicians including The Allman Brothers Band, Eric Clapton, Albert Collins, Led Zeppelin, SRV, the Who and a host of others from A-Z has been built. Randy has also worked with many regional and nationally acclaimed bands shooting CD covers and promotional materials. Star File a New York based photo agency represents Jennings. In addition to the music industry, Jennings has utilized his photojournalism skill as a free-lance photographer for feature, sports and spot news for area newspapers. Along with the music and news photography, Randy works with models shooting composites and assisting with the building of their portfolios. Among the other subjects, he also uses his journalistic approach to create alternative style portraits. Jennings original photographs can be purchased privately by contacting him directly (see "Contact"). Additionally, selected works are currently available at Alley Frame and Art in West Carrollton, Ohio. Fashion, music, news or stock photography, see what Captured Live can do for you!!!