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Clem Burke, drummer for Blondie, Pete Townshend, Iggy Pop, and Bob Dylan, dies at the age of 70.

       "It is with profound sadness that we relay news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Clem Burke following a private battle with cancer," the band wrote in a statement.     "Clem was not just a drummer; he was the heartbeat of...

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Love’s Arthur Lee

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Moby Grape 

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LEON RUSSELL

LEON RUSSELL

   I was happy to learn a biography of Leon Russell by Bill Janowitz was going to be published by Hachette during March 2023. Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time’s Journey Through Rock & Roll History.      I first saw...

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Record producer Bob Johnston on Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash

Record producer Bob Johnston on Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash

A conversation with Bob Johnston June 17th 2009, 40th Anniversary of Bob Dylan’s Epochal Nashville Skyline album "With ‘Nashville Skyline’ Dylan continued to box himself into the arena of the Beatles and, in particular, the Rolling Stones and show us all not only how...

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