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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,...
Charles Bukowski 100 Years On
By Harvey Kubernik Copyright 2020 August 16, 2020 Marks the 100th birthday of short story writer,...
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FRANK ZAPPA HOLOGRAM SPRING
UNITED STATES AND EUROPE TOUR TO WORLD PREMIERE NEW MUSIC WITH FORMER BANDMATES ON THE BIZARRE WORLD OF FRANK ZAPPA FRANK ZAPPA’S BELOVED LIVE DOUBLE ALBUM ZAPPA IN NEW YORK CELEBRATED WITH SUITE OF 40TH ANNIVERSARY RELEASES INCLUDING DELUXE BOX SET, EXPANDED 3LP...
Music Business in 10 Easy Lessons
Ben McLane's New Book By Harvey Kubernik Attorney Ben McLane is the author of the just published Music Business in 10 Easy Lessons. It is available for purchase on Amazon at the following link....
Tribute To Gary Stewart, Veteran Music And Recording Exec
The late Gary Stewart who passed away in mid-April was a fan and supporter of the music I made with my brother Dan in the late seventies. He loved our recording of “Baby, Hold On” and our production work with the Ventures, Blondie, Harvey Kubernik, the Go-Gos, Rodney...
David Bowie and Space Oddity: 50 Years On
By Harvey Kubernik c 2019 On February 20, 1969, singer/songwriter David Bowie recorded an early studio version of “Space Oddity” for his 1969 promotional film, Love You Till Tuesday. After departing Deram Records, Bowie then signed to Mercury/Phillips Records in...
Weird Old Man by Charlie Christmas Now Out
By Harvey Kubernik Charlie Christmas aka Chuck Crisafulli is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and author of eight books who in December 2018 made available his debut collection of recordings Weird Old Man. The album was recorded in his Glendale, Ca. home...
Legendary drummer Hal Blaine passed away at age 90 on March 11th
I (David Kessel) had the pleasure of growing up in the recording studio along with my brother Dan. We worked with Hal Blaine on many, many Phil Spector sessions, as 2nd generation Wrecking Crew musicians. My Dad, Barney Kessel and Stepmother, B.J. Baker (one of the...
Goodbye, Andre Previn (1929-2019)
Composer. Arranger. Orchestrator. Conductor. Lecturer. Jazz pianist. We've lost the greatest American musical polymath since Leonard Bernstein. JazzTimes.com eulogizes Previn's career as jazz pianist: “Remembering Andre Previn (1929-2019)” by Kirk Silsbee Upon his...
50TH Anniversary of Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is No Where
By Harvey Kubernik © 2019 In January of 1969 Neil Young began recording his second solo album Everybody Knows This is Nowhere with Danny Whitten on guitar; Billy Talbot, bass; and Ralph Molina, drums at Wally Heider’s recording studio on Cahuenga Boulevard in...
MUSIC’S BIGGEST STARS HONOR “THE KING OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” IN ‘ELVIS ALL-STAR TRIBUTE’
AIRING SUNDAY, FEB. 17 ON NBC; Elvis Presley '68 NBC-TV Comeback Special Celebrated with Definitive 50th Anniversary Box Set Release Deluxe 5CD, 2 Blu-ray Disc Set By Harvey Kubernik © 2019 Elvis Presley’s landmark ’68 Comeback Special, initially aired on NBC-TV in...