This is the grave of Alan Freed, visited in the aftermath of a ridiculous amount of snow not allowing me to get a better photo. Born in 1921 in Windber, Pennsylvania, Freed grew up in an ethnically mixed family. His father was a Jewish immigrant...
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This is the grave of Felix Pappalardi. Born in The Bronx in 1939, Pappalardi went to The High School of Music & Art in New York and then on to.
This is the grave of Sleepy LaBeef. Born in 1935 in the ridiculously named Smackover, Arkansas, Thomas LaBeff grew up on a farm growing cotton and watermelons. His nickname Sleepy.
The leader of the great band Gang of Four is dead, only 64 years old. It's hard to overstate the importance of this band. Not only were they critical to the punk scene, but their politics and the way they integrated those beliefs into the...
This is the grave of Paul Revere. No, not that one. Paul Revere Dick was born in Harvard, Nebraska in 1938. At some point, his family moved to Idaho. In.
Gregg Allman is dead at the age of 69. I don't think anyone is surprised that he did not live into his 90s.
Glenn Frey is dead. It's a hard January for fans of aging rockers. The Eagles are about as polarizing as any band in rock history. Yet I am oddly indifferent. I find The Eagles pretty listenable but don't own any of their albums. If a...
Oh, OK: When Mr. Bowie moved to Berlin, Mr. Pop occupied a room in Mr. Bowie’s apartment there “over the auto parts store,” he said. The title song for Mr..
The great documentarian has died.
I was going to try and write a proper review of Greil Marcus' new book The History of Rock N' Roll in Ten Songs for the blog. But I found myself having not a lot to say about it. Mostly, I thought Marcus' over the...