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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Déjà Vu  50 Years On  By Harvey Kubernik Copyright 2020  50 years ago this past spring Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released their debut LP Déjà Vu.  Although perceived as a group effort, nine out of Déjà Vu’s 10 songs (the exception being “Woodstock”) were...

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Mary Wilson of the Supremes

Mary Wilson of the Supremes

By Harvey Kubernik c 2016 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the release of the Supremes’ first number-one hit single, “Where Did Our Love Go,” the first of five such consecutive hit singles. In 2016, and always carrying the legacy for the Supremes, after the...

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Harvey Kubernik On Sir George Martin

Harvey Kubernik On Sir George Martin

George Martin  a grand soul. He will be missed. He knew how  to make the music come alive  and touch the soul  he gave breath  and depth  to notes and words. He helped create  musical masterworks. He made a huge impact on so many lives. I met him a few times  and he...

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Paul Kantner Tribute and Interview

Paul Kantner Tribute and Interview

By Harvey Kubernik c 2016 Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, died on Thursday, January 28th in San Francisco. He was age 74. The cause of his physical passing was multiple organ failure brought on by septic shock. Kantner had been plagued with some...

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D.A. Pennebaker on David Bowie

D.A. Pennebaker on David Bowie

With the passing of David Bowie, Cave Hollywood thought it was appropriate to display a 2003 interview Harvey Kubernik conducted with Oscar-winning filmmaker and documentarian, D.A. Pennebaker, who directed 1973’s Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. The...

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Ice Cube

Ice Cube

By Harvey Kubernik (C)) 2004 and (C) 2015 Growing up in Los Angeles, Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson) treasured the music of Parliament/ Funkadelic, Rick James and James Brown.  In 1983, at fourteen, he was writing his own raps, and later, after catching an Ice-T show for...

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Marty Balin

Marty Balin

By Harvey Kubernik c 2015 Singer and songwriter Marty Balin the founder of Jefferson Airplane, hit maker of the Jefferson Starship group, and a well-received solo career, is readying a new album, The Greatest Love for February 2016. The collection, produced by Balin...

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