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Slash leaps at chance to honor Les Paul — no strings attached
Not wanting to miss a chance to pay tribute to Les Paul, his guitar hero, former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash signed up to play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's tribute concert Nov. 15 without even hearing who he'd be playing with on stage. "I'm just...Tags: Richie Sambora, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Les Paul
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MUSIC
WHAT Lucy Kaplansky performs songs blending alternative country, rock and roll, and folk music. WHEN|WHERE 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore INFO $35; 631-969-1101 WHAT The Canta Libre...Tags: Shelter Island, Folk Music
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Birthdays
*Playwright Harold Pinter is 78. *Actor Peter Coyote is 67. *Entertainer Ben Vereen is 62. *Singer John Prine is 62. *Actress Jessica Harper is 59. *Rock singer David Lee Roth is 54. *Country singer Tanya Tucker is 50. *Actress Julia Sweeney is 49....Tags: David Lee Roth, Mario Lopez, Celebrity, Peter Coyote, Tanya Tucker
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Today's Celebrity Birthdays
Playwright Harold Pinter is 78. Actor Peter Coyote is 67. Entertainer Ben Vereen is 62. Singer John Prine is 62. Actor Charles Dance is 62. Rock singer-musician Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers) is 60. Actress Jessica Harper is 59. Singer-musician...Tags: David Lee Roth, Mario Lopez, Celebrity, Peter Coyote, Tanya Tucker
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Slash to play at Rock Hall's tribute to Les Paul
South Florida Sun-SentinelSlash will play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's tribute concert for his guitar hero Les Paul. The former Guns N' Roses guitarist says he's committed to doing anything he can for the 93-year-old Paul, known as the "Father of the Electric Guitar."...Tags: Richie Sambora, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Les Paul
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Slash to play at Rock Hall tribute to electric guitar pioneer Les Paul
Associated Press WriterCLEVELAND (AP) _ Slash couldn't miss a chance to pay tribute to his own guitar hero, Les Paul. The former Guns N' Roses guitarist signed up to play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's tribute concert Nov. 15 without even hearing who he'd be playing...Tags: Firearms, Richie Sambora, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Les Paul, Defense
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Call him mellow, gray: Donovan releases autobiographical DVD, plans album, tour
Associated Press WriterWOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) _ Standing in the rain wasn't going to dampen Donovan's spirits. He had come to a field in this Catskills arts colony to be photographed, looking every bit the '60s troubadour of "Mellow Yellow" fame with a calf-length, black...Tags: General Electric Company, Jimmy Page, Superman, Festive Event, Film Festivals
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Cracker to play the Suffolk Peanut Festival
247-4732Johnny Hickman, guitarist for the rock band Cracker, said his group is digging back toward its punk-rock roots. "The new record we're working on is hearkening back to the punk rock we were listening to when we first became friends in the late 1970s and...Tags: Festive Event, Murder, Folk Music, Counting Crows, Demographics
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Humor saves 'M. Butterfly' from geopolitical changes
It's been two decades since David Henry Hwang's Tony-winning "M. Butterfly" first hit Broadway. Hwang based his drama on the true-life case in which a French diplomat passed state secrets to his Chinese lover, actually a man in drag, a fact that escaped...Tags: Philosophy, Max Williams, SeaWorld, Assault, Classical Music
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Newman still feeling pessimistic, thank God
On the evidence of his first album of new songs in nine years, "Harps and Angels" (Nonesuch), Randy Newman is not living out the artistic decline spelled out in his 1999 song "I'm Dead (But Don't Know It)." Even though that song's narrator embodies...Tags: John Mayer, Randy Newman, James Taylor, Music Industry, Popular Music
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Top 10 singles and albums
Singles Billboard, SoundScan and Broadcast Data Systems nationwide compilation. Pop 1. Whatever You Like … T.I. 2. So What … Pink 3. Love Lockdown … Kanye West 4. Disturbia … Rihanna 5. Paper Planes … MIA 6. Hot n Cold...Tags: Kanye West, Carrie Underwood, Jessica Simpson, Wars and Interventions, George Strait
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Oasis' sound gets thicker
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Oasis [Epic] ***](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2008-10/42780123-07084251.jpg)
Dig Out Your Soul
Oasis [Epic] ***
After more than a decade of worldwide fame and multiplatinum album sales, Oasis seems to still be in love with rock's celebrated past.
The British pop-rock group has gotten better at refurbishing familiar melodic hooks...Tags: Liam Gallagher, John Lennon
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