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50TH Anniversary of Derek and the Dominos’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

To Be Released November 13TH From Ume/Polydor;  Bobby Whitlock Interview;     Chris Darrow on guitarist Duane Allman   By Harvey Kubernik c 2020  This November sees the release of 50th Anniversary edition of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, available as a 4LP...

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The 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival

The 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival

Celebrates 50th Anniversary with new CD Collection and Criterion Collection Expanded Edition DVD of Monterey Pop; Jimi Hendrix’s Birthday November 27; and The Passing of Otis Redding on December 10, 1967 By Harvey Kubernik c 20017 Record producer, and Ode Records...

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Leonard Cohen: One Year After

Leonard Cohen: One Year After

By Harvey Kubernik © 2017 Leonard Cohen, the Canadian songwriter/ poet/novelist and performer waived a physical goodbye at age 82 on November 7, 2016, just after the release of his 14th album, the uncompromising and urgent You Want It Darker. In December 2016 I was...

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BANG! The Bert Berns Story Out This Fall

BANG! The Bert Berns Story Out This Fall

Harvey Kubernik interview with BANG! co- director and editor Bob Sarles © 2017 Harvey Kubernik “BANG! The Bert Berns Story is the best music doc that I have seen. There is enough stuff for the geeks and for the newcomers to Bert Berns’ music. Seen it 4 times, could...

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Steely Dan and Walter Becker Interviews

By Harvey Kubernik c 2009 c 2011 c 2017 Walter Becker, songwriter, guitarist, bassist and co-founder of Steely Dan with Donald Fagen has died this past Sunday at the age of 67. No cause of death was announced. Fagen wrote a posted tribute to Becker, stressing, “I...

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O-T-I-S!

O-T-I-S!

Otis Redding’s legacy continues and expands as the immortal singer and songwriter enjoys a visibility and retail renaissance. By Harvey Kubernik c 2017 Redding was previously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of...

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