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Clapton and Winwood reunion thrills boomers
2/27/2008, Reuters
It took nearly 40 years, but the supergroup Blind Faith returned to Madison Square Garden on Monday night for the first of a three-night stand. Well, OK, it was really just...
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Clapton invited to play North Korea
2/26/2008, AP
LONDON (AP) — North Korean officials have invited rock guitarist Eric Clapton to play a concert in the communist state, a diplomat at the country's embassy in London...
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North Korea invites Eric Clapton to play Pyongyang
2/26/2008, Reuters
North Korea invited guitar legend Eric Clapton to play in its capital, the communist country's embassy in London said on Tuesday as the New York Philharmonic gave a...
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Eric Clapton: Cultural Diplomat
2/26/2008, E! Online
Eric Clapton may be going where no rocker has gone before: North Korea. The government of North Korean dictator Kim Jung Il has extended a special invitation...
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Clapton, Winwood keep Faith for New York shows
11/13/2007, Reuters
After a rare on-stage reunion at the
Crossroads Guitar Festival in July, former Blind Faith members
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood will team for three shows early
next year...
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Eric Clapton writes about rock survival
10/15/2007, AP
Back in the 1960s, when London graffiti proclaimed "Clapton is God," the brilliant British guitarist was descending into a personal hell. Eric Clapton traded a heroin...
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Pattie Boyd recalls life with rock stars
10/13/2007, AP
Pattie Boyd is the A-list musicians' muse. A convent schoolgirl turned swinging London fashion model, Boyd was married to Beatle George Harrison, then to guitar god Eric...
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Weather Channel tunes into music business
6/22/2007, Reuters
It's almost as familiar as the
Weather Channel's man-on-the-beach, Jim Cantore: the music that
plays in the background six times per hour during the...
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Cream bassist says reunion in the works
5/24/2007, AP
Jack Bruce says Cream is once again rising to the top. The bassist for the legendary rock group told The Associated Press on Thursday that he agreed recently to play an...
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Clapton, Jagger to attend Ertegun memorial in NY
4/16/2007, Reuters
Some of the biggest names in rock
music, including Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and
the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, will attend a private
memorial in New...
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Eric Clapton to hold Crossroads benefit
3/29/2007, AP
Eric Clapton is having a jam session with more than a dozen of his favorite guitar-playing pals, and everyone is invited. Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, scheduled...
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Surprises promised at Allmans' New York stand
3/23/2007, Reuters
The Allman Brothers Band is back at
New York's Beacon Theater this week for its annual residency, a
stand which guitarist/vocalist Warren Haynes promises will be
full of...
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Guitars for girls a growing trend
3/12/2007, AP
"I want it!" squealed 13-year-old Hiiaka Kaneao, pointing to a sparkly, hot pink, star-shaped bass guitar hanging inside a pink fur-lined booth.
Her high-pitched voice is...
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Anastasio Pleads Innocent
2/28/2007, E! Online
Trey Anastasio is down with disease. And he's doing everything in his power to get better.
The ex-Phish guitarist pleaded not guilty Tuesday in upstate New York to a...
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Eric Clapton to play Shanghai this month
1/5/2007, AP
Eric Clapton will perform in Shanghai later this month, the latest rock legend to take the stage in China's business and entertainment hub.
Clapton, 61, will appear Jan....
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Rod Stewart, Hugh Laurie Get the Royal Touch
1/3/2007, E! Online
If you were to line them up according to their new royal assignations, Rod Stewart would outrank Hugh Laurie, but the good doctor has one up on the Beatles.
Stewart...
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Urban, Paisley, Waters set to hit road in 2007
12/31/2006, Reuters
We know that the Rolling Stones,
Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw/Faith Hill and Dave Matthews Band
will sell the heck out of tickets in 2007.
But there is always a dark horse...
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What a job - finding memorabilia for Hard Rock Cafes
12/10/2006, Reuters
Don Bernstine travels the world
visiting rock stars in their homes and backstage and spends
tens of thousands of dollars of his employer's money buying
guitars, concert...
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What a job - finding memorabilia for Hard Rock Cafes
12/8/2006, Reuters
Don Bernstine travels the world
visiting rock stars in their homes and backstage and spends
tens of thousands of dollars of his employer's money buying
guitars, concert...
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Artists appeal to extend music copyright
12/7/2006, AP
Paul McCartney, U2 and Eric Clapton joined thousands of other musicians Thursday in an appeal to the government to extend the British copyright protection on their...
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Nominations for 49th Annual Grammy Awards
12/7/2006, E! Online
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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Seminole Tribe of Florida buys Hard Rock
12/7/2006, AP
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is buying the Hard Rock business, including its massive collection of rock 'n' roll memorabilia, in a $965 million deal with British casino and...
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Publicist and manager Ronnie Lippin dies
12/4/2006, AP
Ronnie Lippin, a veteran publicist and manager who worked with rock icons such as Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson and Prince, died Monday.
Lippin died of a rare form of breast...
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Lane documentary, album help to remember the Face
11/15/2006, Reuters
Keyboardist Ian McLagan
says of Ronnie Lane, his late friend and bandmate in the Small
Faces and the Faces, "It's time people woke up to him,
absolutely, but it's way...
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Dylan Broadway show to close after poor reviews
11/8/2006, Reuters
A musical set to the songs of Bob Dylan will close less than a month after it opened on Broadway,
the show's public relations firm said in a statement on
Wednesday.
"The...
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French exhibition highlights guitar heroes
10/12/2006, Reuters
On display in a Paris
exhibition tracing the development of the guitar, it is almost
a surprise to see Pete Townshend's Les Paul Deluxe intact and
undamaged.
The fiery...
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Clapton on fame, age and lost friends
10/3/2006, AP
In his 40-year-plus career, Eric Clapton has rolled up plenty of honors: He's had numerous hits, 18 Grammys and is the first musician inducted three times into the Rock and...
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Clapton sore throat scuttles Mich. show
9/23/2006, AP
Eric Clapton's concert scheduled for Saturday night at The Palace of Auburn Hills was postponed because the three-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has a sore...
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With radio not helping, music vets try trickery
9/13/2006, Reuters
When his "Modern Times"
debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, 65-year-old
Bob Dylan became the oldest artist to top the album chart.
Dylan benefited from...
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Rock stars lend tunes to covers album
9/3/2006, Reuters
Tori Amos' radical reworking of
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" and the camp rendering of "Dancing in
the Street" by David Bowie and Mick Jagger are among the tracks
collected for...
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Billboard album reviews: Bob Dylan, Sam Moore
8/28/2006, Reuters
You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Clapton Won't Be Seeing Red (Square)
7/31/2006, E! Online
Layla brought Eric Clapton to his knees. She's got nothing on the
Russian bureaucracy.
The aging guitar god was scheduled to
put on a concert for approximately 20,000...
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Clapton cancels concert on Red Square
7/31/2006, Reuters
Rock guitar legend Eric Clapton has
canceled a concert in Moscow after officials withdrew his
permit to perform on the city's landmark Red Square, he said on
his Web...
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Clapton's Red Square concert canceled
7/29/2006, AP
Eric Clapton's scheduled concert on Red Square next week has been canceled after Russian authorities abruptly withdrew their permission, the guitarist's publicist said.
A...
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Robert Cray releasing first live album
7/26/2006, Reuters
The Robert Cray Band will release
the first live album of its career, a project that also marks
the debut release on the bluesman's own Nozzle Records label.
"Live From...
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Chuck Berry documentary shows dark side of rock legend
6/14/2006, Reuters
Twenty years ago, a camera crew and
some of the world's biggest rock stars ventured to St. Louis to
help Chuck Berry celebrate his 60th birthday.
They were lucky to...
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Jerry Lee Lewis boxed set boasts rare tracks
5/12/2006, Reuters
Jerry Lee Lewis will inaugurate Time
Life's "Legends of American Music" with the three-disc boxed
set "Jerry Lee Lewis: A Half Century of Hits."
The June 13 release was...
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Eric Clapton gets a new Derek in slide guitarist
4/21/2006, Reuters
In 1970, Eric Clapton joined Duane
Allman and three other musicians as Derek and the Dominos to
record one of rock-and-roll's masterwork albums, "Layla and
other Assorted...
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Jack or no Jack, Greenhornes rock during L.A. gig
4/16/2006, Reuters
Even without a surprise
appearance from high-profile fan Jack White of the White
Stripes, Cincinnati-based power trio the Greenhornes held their
own Friday with an hour-plus...
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Q&A: Chart-topping Rascal Flatts overcomes "boy band" tag
4/12/2006, Reuters
Rascal Flatts, a group some
initially branded as a country "boy band," has achieved in six
short years what many acts can only hope for in the length of a
career.
In...
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Jimi, Stevie, B.B. Preserved
4/11/2006, E! Online
Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and B.B. King are officially immortal.
The late rock god, Motown superstar and blues icon are joining
a handful of artists whose masterworks...
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Songwriters Picked for Hall of Fame
4/6/2006, AP
Thom Bell, Mac Davis, Will Jennings, Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby have been tapped as inductees by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The prolific songwriters will accept their...
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End of the Road for Collins and Wife
3/15/2006, E! Online
It looks like there won't be another day in paradise for Phil Collins and his wife of six years, Orianne.
The
couple announced they were splitting in a joint statement...
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Blind Faith's live debut heads to DVD
3/14/2006, Reuters
Short-lived supergroup Blind Faith's
live debut will be chronicled on the DVD "London Hyde Park
1969," due April 10 in Europe and the following month in North
America via...
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British rock group Cream to play more reunion shows
2/7/2006, Reuters
Legendary rock trio Cream, which
reunited last year for a handful of concerts in London and New
York after a bitter break-up in 1968, has scheduled more shows,
bassist and...
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Blind Malian couple teach harmony in life and song
1/26/2006, Reuters
Thirty years after they met and fell in
love through music, blind Malian singing duo Amadou and Mariam
have swept onto the international stage with their soothing
message of...
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Keyboardist Preston Battles Infection
1/12/2006, AP
Singer-songwriter and keyboardist Billy Preston is recovering from a recent bout with a serious infection of sack encasing his heart.
"Billy had a very catastrophic...
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Grammys Get Around to Honoring Bowie, Cream
1/10/2006, E! Online
It's official: David Bowie has entered his golden years.
The British rock legend, along with late comic genius Richard Pryor,
power rock trio Cream, country singer Merle...
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Bowie, Johnson to Receive Grammy Honors
1/10/2006, AP
David Bowie, blues pioneer Robert Johnson and the late comedian Richard Pryor are among the recording artists slated to receive lifetime achievement honors during next...
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Nickel Creek gives classics a bluegrass tinge
12/22/2005, Reuters
One measure of an
artist's merit is the ability to take a song originated
elsewhere and give it a unique and identifiable stamp. It's
been a hallmark of such artists as Ray...
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Iran's President Bans Western Music
12/19/2005, AP
Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned Western music from Iran's radio and TV stations, reviving one of the harshest cultural decrees from the early days of 1979...
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Artie Shaw, Luther Vandross among music's losses
12/16/2005, Reuters
Here is a look at some of the
notable artists who died in the past year.
Swing-era clarinetist/bandleader ARTIE SHAW, 94, died
December 30, 2004, in Thousand Oaks, Calif....
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Minus Run, DMC Prepares Solo Album
12/2/2005, AP
Once again, DMC is in the place to be.
The 41-year-old rapper and former Run-DMC member is preparing to release his first solo album, "Checks, Thugs & Rock and Roll,"...
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Dylan Poetry Sells for $78K at Christie's
11/21/2005, AP
A collection of poems written by Minnesota college student Robert Zimmerman — later to become the "voice of a generation" as Bob Dylan — sold for $78,000 at an...
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West to Get Artist Achievement Award
11/18/2005, AP
Kanye West will receive the Artist Achievement Award at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards, which will be presented Dec. 6 in Las Vegas.
Past recipients of the award, which...
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Santana No Match for "Now"
11/9/2005, E! Online
Without a shaman or some supernatural help, Carlos Santana's
All That I Am didn't have enough to beat back the latest Now
That's What I Call Music! for chart supremacy this...
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Beatle Harrison's concert still aiding Bangladesh
11/2/2005, Reuters
Long before Katrina and tsunami
relief, Live 8 and Live AID, former Beatle George Harrison
assembled an all-star concert that cast the mold for celebrity
charity, and with a...
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Jackson charity recording underway in L.A
10/27/2005, Reuters
Work has taken place at a Los
Angeles recording studio in the past few days for a Michael Jackson-penned single to benefit victims of the recent
hurricanes, Billboard.com...
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Keys Plugs In at No. 1
10/19/2005, E! Online
Nothing like a stripped-down Alicia Keys to get music fans in a
tizzy.
The nine-time Grammy-winning R&B songstress--known
for such hits as "If I Ain't Got You," "You...
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Music Biz Sings for Hurricane Victims
10/18/2005, E! Online
How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on
Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help
out hurricane victims.
Like the...
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Doubleday to Publish Clapton Memoirs
10/12/2005, AP
The memoirs of Eric Clapton, a tell-all story that has been one of the most sought manuscripts in publishing, will be released by Doubleday in 2007.
Financial terms were...
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Les Paul Keeps Rocking at Age 90
10/12/2005, AP
Take it from Peter Frampton. Or from Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Peter Townsend or Jimmy Page — they all owe a debt to Les Paul, father of the electric guitar.
"They all...
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Chuck Leavell Lauded As a Conservationist
10/4/2005, AP
The Rolling Stones' keyboardist has carved out a new role as the Bush administration's idea of the model conservationist.
Chuck Leavell took time from the Stones' "A...
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L.I. Stations Launch New Radio Format
9/15/2005, AP
Think of it as satellite radio without the satellite. Or the disc jockeys. Or the monthly fees.
The owners of three Long Island radio stations unveiled a new format...
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B.B. King looks back at 80 years of blues
9/15/2005, Reuters
Now that he's a beloved
musical icon, turning 80 and embraced by both blacks and
whites, it's difficult to understand that B.B. King comes from
a time when there were two...
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Versatile Musician Gatemouth Brown Dies
9/10/2005, AP
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, the singer and guitarist who built a 50-year career playing blues, country, jazz and Cajun music, died Saturday in his hometown of Orange, Texas,...
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Rapper West debuts at No. 1 on US charts
9/7/2005, Reuters
Kanye West was top of the class
on Wednesday as his second release "Late Registration" opened
at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts.
After a few weeks of relatively low-key...
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Crow, Armstrong Ready for Marriage
9/6/2005, E! Online
All Sheryl Crow and Lance Armstrong wanna do is have some
fun--oh, and get hitched, too.
The two announced their
pending nuptials on Monday, after Armstrong popped the...
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Les Paul instrumental to Gibson's success
9/5/2005, Reuters
With 90 years of life experience
under his belt, Les Paul can and does draw from a deep well of
stories whenever the mood is right.
He is, in fact, as accomplished at...
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INTERVIEW: Les Paul more than just a guitar brand
9/5/2005, Reuters
Had Les Paul "only" invented the
solid-body electric guitar, he would be hailed as one of the
great pioneers of the music industry -- the guy who built the
engine that drove...
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Cream brewing up reunion DVD
8/16/2005, Reuters
A DVD chronicling power-rock trio
Cream's May reunion run at London's Royal Albert Hall will be
released October 4 via archival label Rhino Records.
The shows found...
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Iron Maiden to Gain Spot on Rockwalk
8/10/2005, AP
Members of Iron Maiden will put their handprints and signatures alongside the likes of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Aerosmith on Aug. 19 as the band gets inducted into the...
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Thompson Turns Genteel on New Album
8/4/2005, AP
For this year at least, Richard Thompson looks like the hardest-working man in the folk-rock business.
First came the spring CD and DVD release of a performance for Austin...
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Celebs Join B.B. King for Museum Benefit
8/1/2005, AP
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Bruce Willis, Dr. John and Kenny Wayne Shepherd were among the artists on stage with blues legend B.B. King during a special birthday benefit to...
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Book: Hendrix Used Gay Ruse to Avoid 'Nam
8/1/2005, AP
Jimi Hendrix might have stayed in the Army. He might have been sent to Vietnam. Instead, he pretended he was gay. And with that, he was discharged from the 101st Airborne in...
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Concert review: Buddy Guy, Etta James
7/28/2005, Reuters
Buddy Guy made blues
history with harmonica man Junior Wells, but always reached out
to younger partners like Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck.
His choice for Wednesday's...
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Summer releases keep rock on a roll
7/25/2005, Reuters
It's an odd cast of characters: an
Armenian-American thrash-rock quartet; a cartoon band that
exists mainly in cyberspace; a pair of supposed siblings (or
exes) with a...
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Zucchero sweetens flagging Rome Live 8 concert
6/30/2005, Reuters
Many of Italy's biggest pop stars have
shaken off their initial skepticism about Live 8 and agreed to
perform on the Rome stage of the international anti-poverty
rock...
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B.B. King Keeps Busy As Blues Ambassador
6/24/2005, AP
Through his agile fingers, still soft despite decades of making love to the taut strings of his guitar, B.B. King becomes immersed in his music.
The high-pitched wail of...
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Les Paul marks 90th with new album
6/7/2005, Reuters
Guitar legend Les Paul will
celebrate his 90th birthday with his first new studio album
since 1978's "Guitar Monsters," a collaboration with the late
Chet Atkins. Les Paul &...
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Leavell to Mark PERC Anniversary in Mont.
5/30/2005, AP
Keyboard player Chuck Leavell of the Rolling Stones plans to be here this week for the 25th anniversary of an organization outspoken on environmental issues.
Leavell, set...
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Starbucks, Concord brew two more albums
5/25/2005, Reuters
Starbucks Hear Music,
the record arm of the coffee retailer, is launching two
projects with Concord Records, its partner in the wildly
successful 2004 Ray Charles album...
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Concord Records on a roll with Grammys, Fantasy buy
5/6/2005, Reuters
As told by the label's late founder,
Carl Jefferson, the Concord Records story began "accidentally."
Jefferson was a Lincoln Mercury dealer in the small
California town of...
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Cream Plays Reunion Concert in London
5/3/2005, AP
After waiting more than 35 years for the sunshine of their love, Cream fans were treated to the reunion of Eric Clapton's rock supergroup at a concert at Royal Albert...
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Whitney's Rehab: Mommy's Orders?
4/28/2005, E! Online
That Whitney Houston's out of a court-imposed drug rehab program
less than a month after checking in is news in itself. That it was her
mother, Cissy Houston, who allegedly...
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Chuck Berry Remembers Johnnie Johnson
4/14/2005, AP
Rock 'n roll legend Chuck Berry had just returned from a European tour when he learned at Chicago's O'Hare Airport that his longtime friend and collaborator Johnnie Johnson...
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Johnnie B. Gone
4/13/2005, E! Online
To paraphrase the old Chuck Berry tune, bye-bye, Johnnie.
Johnnie Johnson, the rhythm-and-blues piano wizard whose
pioneering partnership with Berry produced such...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Johnson Dies
4/13/2005, AP
Johnnie Johnson, a rock 'n' roll pioneer who teamed with Chuck Berry for hits like "Roll Over Beethoven" and "No Particular Place to Go," died Wednesday. He was...
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Sanctuary for Elton
4/4/2005, E! Online
Elton John has found Sanctuary.
The British pop icon
has agree to sell Twenty-First Artists Ltd., the management company he
co-owns, to Sanctuary Group, a British based...
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Fountain Remembers Blind Boy Bandmate Scott
3/20/2005, Reuters
This column began as a
celebratory piece spotlighting the Blind Boys of Alabama's new
album, "Atom Bomb." But just after it was written, there came
news that founding member...
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U2, O'Jays, the Pretenders Inducted Into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
3/15/2005, USRN
On Monday (March 14) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame held its twentieth annual induction ceremony. The Class Of 2005 featured...
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U2 Elevated into Rock Hall
3/15/2005, E! Online
U2 may have found what they're looking for...immortality.
After a quarter-century of pushing musical boundaries in an everlasting
bid to lay claim to the title of...
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U2, Pretenders Join Rock's Hall of Fame at NY Gala
3/14/2005, Reuters
Irish rockers U2 were inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, led by their charismatic singer
Bono, whose work on behalf of Africa's poor have also earned
him status...
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Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart & Neil Young Set As Rock Hall Inductors
2/25/2005, USRN
Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, and Neil Young have signed on as inductors for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony on March 14 in New York City. According...
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Scots Musicians Play Tsunami Benefit in Glasgow
2/19/2005, Reuters
Scotland's musical elite
joined forces on Saturday for a benefit concert in aid of Asian
tsunami victims.
Franz Ferdinand, Belle and Sebastian, Deacon Blue and
Travis...
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Sharon Stone Stumps for Tsunami
2/14/2005, E! Online
Sharon Stone's new basic instinct: helping victims of the tsunami
disaster.
The actress is ready to her best "We Are the World"
rendition, joining forces with socialite...
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Stone, Rich Creating Tsunami Benefit Song
2/12/2005, AP
Sharon Stone and Denise Rich are producing a song to benefit victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster in Asia.
The "Basic Instinct" actress and the socialite-songwriter are...
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No Doubt, Linkin Lead Tsunami Show
2/10/2005, E! Online
Musicians want tsunami victims to know that the tragedy has not
been forgotten.
With news coverage fading fast six weeks
after the earthquake-generated waves killed...
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Clapton's Wife Gives Birth to Daughter
2/4/2005, AP
Eric Clapton 's wife has given birth to the couple's third child, a spokesman for the rock guitarist said Friday.
The Sun newspaper reported that Clapton's American wife,...
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No Kidding: Clapton a Dad at 59
2/3/2005, E! Online
Apparently hands are about the only slow thing on Eric Clapton .
The aging guitar god, whose rock peers are busy becoming
grandfathers, is a father again at the age of...
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Clapton Rocks Tsunami Benefit Concert
1/22/2005, AP
Headline acts including rocker Eric Clapton , pianist Jools Holland and The Manic Street Preachers drew more than 60,000 people to a charity concert raising money for Asian...
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NBC's Tsunami Aid Raises More Than $18M
1/21/2005, AP
NBC raised more than $18 million for the American Red Cross to send to tsunami victims with its benefit broadcast last weekend, the network said Friday.
Individual...
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Virgin Recruits Ozomotli, Others for Tsunami
1/21/2005, E! Online
Virgin Megastore pulled off a mega fundraiser Thursday.
The chain hosted concerts in every one of its U.S. stores in an effort
to raise money for the unprecedented...
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Elton, Ozzy Shed "Tears"
1/20/2005, E! Online
Elton John , Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Collins and Rod Stewart are piping
up for tsunami relief.
The quartet is among several music
stars who have begun recording a new...
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John Recording Single for Tsunami Aid
1/20/2005, AP
Elton John and Andrea Bocelli are joining several other major recording artists to produce a single to aid victims of the Asian tsunami.
John was to record his...
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Stars Record Clapton Track for Tsunami Victims
1/20/2005, Reuters
Rock stars are combining forces around
the world to record Eric Clapton 's "Tears in Heaven" and raise
money for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.
First up to...
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NBC Hastily Gathers Stars for Tsunami Aid
1/15/2005, AP
Madonna , Elton John , Nelly, Kenny Chesney and other musicians converged on an NBC Universal studio Saturday for a hastily arranged TV benefit concert for tsunami...
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Dupri's "Future" Postponed
1/11/2005, E! Online
The future is temporarily on hold for Jermaine Dupri.
The
star rapper-producer had been planning to record the charity single "We
Are the Future," a 20th-anniversary...
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Cowell, Clapton Join Tsunami Aid
1/8/2005, E! Online
Who knew Simon Cowell had a cuddly side?
Okay,
"cuddly" might be pushing it, but the notoriously nasty American
Idol judge showed off his softer side Friday, revealing...
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Cowell Hopes for Single for Tsunami Relief
1/8/2005, AP
"American Idol" judge Simon Cowell said Friday he is working with Sharon Osbourne on producing a single to raise money for tsunami relief.
Cowell said he and Osbourne...
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Prince: King of the Road
12/27/2004, E! Online
First Old Navy brings back leg warmers and now this.
Proving the '80s are gone but definitely not forgotten, several of that
decade's top musical acts were among the top...
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Clapton Whips Up Cream Reunion
12/23/2004, E! Online
Eric Clapton 's ready for some fresh Cream.
Old Slow Hand
revealed to BBC Radio 2 last week that he and his former mates in rock's
first supergroup, singer-bassist Jack...
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On the Go with Mario
12/18/2004, Reuters
The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Snoop Posts Third 'Hot' Week Atop Singles Chart
12/16/2004, Reuters
Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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Holmes Bros. Top Nominees for Blues Awards
12/16/2004, Reuters
The soulful New
York-bred trio the Holmes Brothers lead the nominees for the
2005 W.C. Handy Blues Awards, presented annually by the
nonprofit Memphis-based Blues...
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Ludacris 'Lights' Up U.S. Albums Chart
12/15/2004, Reuters
A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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Top 20 Concert Tours
12/15/2004, AP
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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AP Reviews Xzibit's New Disc
12/15/2004, AP
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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U2, Pretenders Get Hall Pass
12/13/2004, E! Online
The Rock and Roll Hall of fame has found what it's looking
for...and then some.
U2 leads the list of rock royalty
set for enshrinement next spring. Joining the Irish...
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Miss. Court Reopens Bluesman Litigation
12/10/2004, AP
The Mississippi Supreme Court has reopened litigation over who owns photographs and writings of bluesman Robert Johnson, nearly 14 months after declaring his son sole heir...
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Jagger, Richards Sizzling in Paris Studio
12/9/2004, Reuters
The Rolling Stones recently
concluded recording sessions for a new album in Paris with
producer Don Was, who worked with them on their two previous
studio releases.
The...
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Rapper Kanye West Leads Grammy Nominees
12/7/2004, Reuters
Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
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List of Grammy Award Nominations, Take 3
12/7/2004, AP
61. Salsa/Merengue Album: "Valio La Pena," Marc Anthony; "Travesia," Victor Manuelle; "Autentico," Gilberto Santa Rosa; "Creciendo," Son de Cali; "Across 110th Street,"...
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Grammy Nominations Go West
12/7/2004, E! Online
Kanye West was "robbed" at the American Music Awards. On
Tuesday, he found his reward, nominated for a field-best 10 Grammy
Awards.
The rapper's The College...
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Brian Wilson to Be Honored at Grammy Charity Bash
12/1/2004, Reuters
Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson will
be the honoree at music charity group MusiCares' annual
pre-Grammys bash in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, organizers said
Wednesday.
The...
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Cream Stirring Up 2005 Reunion
11/9/2004, Reuters
Vintage rock trio Cream will reunite
for a string of shows next year at London's Royal Albert Hall,
sources tell Billboard.
The group -- guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton ,...
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1985 Live Aid Concert Out on DVD
11/8/2004, AP
After almost two decades of refusing to rebroadcast the Live Aid famine-relief concert, organizer Bob Geldof said he changed his mind because of the large number of bootleg...
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Live Aid Concert Out on DVD in Britain
11/7/2004, AP
After almost two decades of refusing to rebroadcast the Live Aid famine-relief concert, organizer Bob Geldof said Sunday he had, reluctantly, changed his...
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Clapton Gets Honor From Buckingham Palace
11/3/2004, AP
Rock guitarist Eric Clapton set aside his "rebellious streak" to become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE.
The 59-year-old singer-songwriter...
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Clapton 'Sessions' Pay Tribute to Johnson
10/28/2004, Reuters
Broadening the scope of Eric
Clapton 's recent album of Robert Johnson interpretations, "Me
and Mr. Johnson," the guitarist will unveil the CD/DVD package
"Sessions for...
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Tribute Album Launched for Myanmar's Suu Kyi
10/25/2004, Reuters
A string of top musicians, including
Paul McCartney , Sting and Eric Clapton will launch an album on
Tuesday dedicated to Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Aung San
Suu Kyi,...
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Rod Stewart on Track to Top U.S. Pop Charts
10/24/2004, Reuters
When Rod Stewart and Clive Davis
decided to inaugurate the singer's J Records deal with a
collection of gems from the Great American Songbook, did you
ever imagine that...
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Walkin' Blues: Clapton Loses License
10/14/2004, E! Online
Turns out Slow Hand has a lead foot.
Eric Clapton has been banned from driving in France after police busted the
rocker for whizzing down a highway at 134 mph.
...
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Experience Hendrix Preps Tribute CD
9/25/2004, Reuters
Thirty-four years after his death,
Jimi Hendrix continues to enthrall his fans and attract new
ones.
In a control room at Electric Lady Studios, the facility
Hendrix was...
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Clapton, McCartney Join for Benefit Album
9/23/2004, AP
Paul McCartney , Eric Clapton , Sting and U2 are joining forces on a benefit album for Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.
R.E.M ., Avril Lavigne , Coldplay and...
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Harrison DVD to Be Released Nov. 2
9/21/2004, Reuters
Capitol Records on Tuesday said it
will soon release a new DVD with performances by George
Harrison as well as archival footage featuring the ex-Beatle
talking about his...
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Top Music Acts Rally for Imprisoned Activist
9/21/2004, Reuters
Live tracks from Pearl Jam, R.E.M .,
Ben Harper , Paul McCartney , Bonnie Raitt and Indigo Girls
highlight the track list for "For the Lady," a benefit album
for imprisoned...
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Guitar String Legend Ernie Ball Dies in California
9/11/2004, Reuters
Guitar string maker Ernie Ball,
famed for strings that almost single-handedly allowed rock
groups in the 1960s to play wailing riffs and belt out endless
vibratos, has died...
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'Dying' Will Arrive Alive and Kicking
8/29/2004, Reuters
A career-best week for Tim McGraw
should net the country king his third No. 1 on the Billboard
200 for the week ending Aug. 29.
McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying" (Curb)...
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Bruce Hornsby Returns With New Album
8/18/2004, AP
Back in the 1980s, when Bruce Hornsby couldn't flip on the radio without hearing one of his tunes, the singer-songwriter failed to impress one listener: himself.
"It was...
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Babyface Urges Voters to "Wake Up"
8/11/2004, E! Online
Add Babyface and Missy Elliot to the growing list of artists
looking to get out the vote in the months before the Nov. 2 presidential
election.
The R&B star and hip-hop...
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Randolph Restores Clapton's Musical Faith
8/5/2004, AP
There appears to be two types of people when it comes to Robert Randolph: those who haven't heard his music and those like, for example, Eric Clapton , who swear he's the...
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Industry Awaits 'Bloodbath' at Sony BMG
7/25/2004, Reuters
The heavy lifting is about to begin
for BMG and Sony Music.
With the European Commission 's July 19 clearance of the
proposed merger of the two music giants, approval by...
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Fender's Iconic Strat Guitar Turns 50
7/17/2004, Reuters
"It's the sound of the instrument
and the way the neck feels. It's unlike any other instrument."
So says Bryan Adams of the Fender Stratocaster. "My pride
and joy is a...
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Live Aid DVD Due in November
7/15/2004, Reuters
The historic 1985 Live Aid concert
will finally be released on DVD in the fall.
Earlier this year, the Band Aid Trust agreed to auction the
global rights for the concerts...
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Clapton's Guitar Sells for Nearly $1M
6/26/2004, AP
One of Eric Clapton 's prize guitars sold for a record $959,500 at an auction that raised more than $7.4 million for a drug treatment center, auction house officials...
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Will the Boss Get Drafted?
6/23/2004, E! Online
Is the Boss born to run the GOP out of town?
That's the question being put to Bruce Springsteen by an ambitious
concert promoter who has launched an online petition to...
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Ray Charles Remembered As an Innovator
6/11/2004, AP
Ray Charles is being remembered as a musical innovator who blended genres of music to create a new style. Charles died on Thursday of acute liver disease at age 73.
Ray...
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Eric Clapton to Host Guitar Festival
6/3/2004, AP
Eric Clapton will host a three-day festival this weekend featuring 60 guitarists, including B.B. King, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck , Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Joe Walsh , J.J....
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Facts on Eric Clapton's Tour
6/1/2004, AP
WHO: Eric Clapton . After several unfulfilled "retirement" promises, the legendary guitarist and ethereal rock star will hit the stage yet again, performing tracks from his...
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Glen Campbell Shares His 'Love'
5/31/2004, Reuters
Glen Campbell has signed a one-off
deal with Universal South Records for a two-CD set due June 8.
"Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love" contains
one disc...
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New Label Sheds Light on the Misunderstood
5/31/2004, Reuters
Obsessives often make excellent
indie-label operators, so Mike Stax probably has a good shot at
success.
Stax has been editing and publishing his San Diego-based
magazine...
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Guitarists Perform Clapton Benefit Show
5/30/2004, AP
The last time Eric Clapton hosted an all-star benefit concert for his addiction recovery center in the Caribbean it was 1999 at Madison Square Garden with about six...
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Industry, Artists Coming to Grips with Addiction
5/22/2004, Reuters
Courtney Love , Wilco's Jeff Tweedy,
Whitney Houston , Kelly Osbourne , Jo Dee Messina , Scott Weiland .
The list goes on.
All are creative rock or pop stars and veterans...
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DVD Captures Producer Dowd's Life and Music
5/7/2004, Reuters
To see and hear the documentary film
"Tom Dowd and the Language of Music" is to experience the
history of American music.
Perhaps more than anyone else, Dowd, who died...
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Veteran Acts Wilson, Cure, Bonds Prep New Albums
4/23/2004, Reuters
A number of veteran artists have
inked new label deals and have their first releases in many
years forthcoming.
Brian Wilson 's album "Gettin' in Over My Head" will be...
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John Mayer Hits Groove on the Road
4/23/2004, Reuters
John Mayer will head out soon on
his fourth headlining tour in a year. But he says he's just
getting warmed up.
"I'm the first person to throw up my hat and hang out...
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ZZ Top Celebrating 35th on the Road
4/19/2004, Reuters
ZZ Top will celebrate its 35th
anniversary with a North American summer tour.
The shows begin June 25 at Kay Yaeger Coliseum in Wichita
Falls, Texas, and will include...
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Gill to Join Clapton and Friends at Fest
4/15/2004, AP
It's a good thing Eric Clapton invited Vince Gill to perform at his Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas this June, because Gill would have a hard time staying away if he...
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Janet Can't Strip Usher of Number One
4/7/2004, E! Online
Janet
Jackson might say there's been a "sales malfunction" on the charts.
Despite all of her publicity, good and bad, Janet Jackson 's
string of chart-topping studio...
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Eric Clapton Declined Offer To Induct George Harrison Into Rock Hall
3/15/2004, USRN
Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne will be at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony Monday (March 15) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City to honor George Harrison....
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Jan. 23 in Entertainment History
1/23/2004, AP
On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released "Maybe Baby" backed with "Tell Me How" by The Crickets.
In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her...
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15 Years Later, Owen Still Cares
1/18/2004, Reuters
This month marks the 15th
anniversary of Country Cares for St. Jude Kids, a national
fundraising program for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
in Memphis.
The country...
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Kinks' Ray Davies Shot in Robbery Attempt
1/5/2004, AP
Singer-songwriter Ray Davies of the celebrated British rock band the Kinks was shot in the leg while chasing thieves who snatched a purse from a woman he was with, police...
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Clapton, Davies Get Royal Honors in U.K.
12/30/2003, AP
Could Queen Elizabeth II be a rock 'n roll fan?
Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton and Kinks founder Ray Davies received royal honors Wednesday, becoming Commanders of...
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Alicia Keys Keeps Fame in Perspective
12/3/2003, AP
The pressure of following up a multiplatinum, Grammy-winning album is enough to give even veteran artists nervous fits.
So 22-year-old Alicia Keys — whose debut...
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Travel-Weary Glen Campbell Ponders End to Touring
12/3/2003, Reuters
The Rhinestone Cowboy wants to ride
off into the sunset.
Not long before his recent arrest on charges of drunk
driving and leaving the scene of a car accident,...
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N.Ireland Man Strikes Chord with Rock Connoisseurs
11/24/2003, Reuters
When Belfast's
George Lowden built a rudimentary guitar at the age of 10,
little did he know that one day some of the world's biggest
rock stars would be lining up to pay...
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Harrison, Prince on Rock's Honor Roll
11/20/2003, E! Online
The quiet Beatle's voice hasn't been forgotten.
Two years after his death,
George
Harrison will become the third Beatle enshrined in the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame as a...
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Grammy-Winning Composer Kamen Dies
11/19/2003, AP
Michael Kamen, the Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated composer who fused hard-rock riffs with classical styling in albums for Pink Floyd and provided music for the "Lethal...
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Sting, Clapton Team to 'Save the Children'
11/4/2003, Reuters
Sting, Sarah McLachlan , Eric Clapton
and Barbra Streisand are among the artists who have donated
songs to a new compilation aimed at raising funds for Save...
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Lennon, Harrison Subjects of DVD Tributes
10/24/2003, Reuters
Two Beatles-oriented DVD
projects that are being released Nov. 18 pay tribute to the
departed members of the Fab Four.
George Harrison and John Lennon are remembered in...
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Brian McKnight, Marc Anthony & More On Stevie Wonder Tribute Collection
2/7/2003, Yahoo! Music
Brian McKnight, Marc Anthony, Eric Clapton, and Mary J. Blige are among the artists featured on the new Universal/Motown Records tribute compilation, Conception: An...
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Tom Dowd Dies--Produced Aretha Franklin, Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton
10/29/2002, USRN
Legendary record producer Tom Dowd--who worked with such artists as Eric Clapton, Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers, and Aretha Franklin, among others--died Sunday (October...
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Clapton Plays With Brian Wilson At Carl Wilson Foundation Benefit
10/7/2002, USRN
Eric Clapton joined Brian Wilson and his band onstage during a benefit for the Carl Wilson Foundation on Sunday (October 6) at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA in Los...
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Eric Clapton, Sugar Ray, Matthew Sweet & Van Dyke Parks Added To Carl Wilson Benefit
8/13/2002, USRN
Eric Clapton, Sugar Ray, Matthew Sweet, Van Dyke Parks, and In Bloom have been added to the bill for the upcoming Carl Wilson Benefit Concert. The show, set for October 6 at...
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Kelly Price Gets Eric Clapton To Guest On New Album
4/22/2002, USRN
Rock legend Eric Clapton collaborates with platinum R&B singer Kelly Price on the song "Again" from Price's third album, Priceless, which is due out on June 25 on Def Soul...
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Eric Clapton Holds Surprise Wedding On New Year's Day
1/3/2002, USRN
Never one to court a high public profile, Eric Clapton quietly married 25-year-old American Melia McEnery on New Year's Day at St. Mary Magdalen Church in the town of Ripley...
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Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton & Others Added To McCartney-Led 'Concert For New York'
10/4/2001, USRN
Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, and Billy Joel are among the latest additions to the Concert For New York, the Paul McCartney-led benefit show set for October 20 at Madison...
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Eric Clapton Not Retiring, Only Scaling Back, Publicist Says
6/13/2001, USRN
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