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Monday, 23 June 2014 18:13
Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) (1941 – 2010) Remembered
Written by Cameron K
Born Don Vliet was born in 1941 in Glendale, California. He was a gifted child and began painting and sculpting at the age of three. Aged nine, he was declared a child prodigy by the Portuguese sculptor, Augustinio Rodriguez. Despite his obvious talent his parents did not encourage him and moved to Lancaster in the Mojave Desert, outside Los Angles, Don was 13. According to the artist he was offered an art scholarship to study in
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Monday, 26 May 2014 14:53
Graham Dee -The Thirteenth Man & Don Ellis The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground/Don Ellis At Fillmore Reviewed on ZANI
Written by Nick Churchill
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Graham Dee -The Thirteenth Man
I flatter myself that anyone should notice, but before we go any further I must declare an interest here – I have a songwriting credit on this album, generously bestowed on me for providing the title of track three, Emily Nuthin.
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Charles Hardin Holley was born in 1936 in Lubbock, Texas. The youngest of four children, Buddy grew up in a modest environment. The Holleys were a musical family and Buddy started the piano when he was 11 years of age. After nine months of lessons he went onto the guitar and violin. Buddy met Bob Montgomery when he was thirteen. at Hutchinson Junior High School and they teamed up as the duo, "Buddy and Bob".
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© Words Matteo Sedazzari
Ordinary Noise are two common words which are likely to be said on numerous occasions throughout a life time. Yet when these words are combined there is a surreal context to them, simple words yet complex, which in turn makes a great name for a band.
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Tuesday, 08 April 2014 16:03
“The Lies, The Truth and The Pain” Nick Drake’s home tapes
Written by Simon Wells
© Words - Simon Wells - 2014
Turn the clock back forty years, and one would probably find 26-year-old singer-songwriter Nick Drake alone in his bedroom in the leafy, chocolate-box environs of Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire. Deflated, defeated, dented and depressed – Nick’s energy for life had evaporated in a fog of sadness and unfulfilled ambition – the prevailing morbidity dulled only by strong tranquillisers.
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