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Doug Dillard dies at 75; banjo player, member of the Dillards band
Bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs answered a knock at the door of his Nashville home in 1953 to find an eager-looking banjo enthusiast on the porch asking Scruggs to put a set of his special tuner keys on the young man's instrument.
"He was so...Tags: The Andy Griffith Show (tv program), Rock and Roll (genre), Lungs and Airways, Music Industry, Andy Griffith
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Banjo picker Doug Dillard dies at 75; appeared on 'Andy Griffith'
Pop & HissBluegrass banjo player Doug Dillard has died at 75. With the Dillards, Doug Dillard helped popularize bluegrass music in the 1960s during appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show" and contributed to the birth of country-rock music.... -
Album review: Tom Morello, 'Union Town'
2.5 stars (out of 4)
Besides his not-insignificant role in Rage Against the Machine as one of the most innovative guitarists of the last 20 years, Tom Morello has had a long history as an activist. It’s part of his family’s DNA; his...Tags: Unity (music group), Elections, History, Music Industry, Joe Hill
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Highway 101 to roll into Aberdeen on Friday
The members of Highway 101, who have been around since 1986, are especially proud of an award they got earlier this year. Last November, the band released a DVD and CD called Christmas on Highway 101. A single released from that album, Six Gold...Tags: Television Industry, Des Moines (Polk, Iowa), Television, Road Transportation, Transportation
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Tom Morello lets pro-labor flag fly in new 'Union Town' EP
Pop & HissTom Morello releases pro-union EP 'Union Town'... -
Bob Dylan sings the songs of America
Special to the Los Angeles Times"No one ever seems to go in or out of that building," says Sean Wilentz, pointing out Princeton's Nassau Hall, a campus landmark old enough to have been held by the British during the Revolutionary War. It's appropriate that this eminent American...Tags: Culture, Bob Dylan, Holidays, History, Edgar Allan Poe
May 18, 2012
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Jul 15, 2011
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Jun 16, 2011
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Apr 28, 2011
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Sep 5, 2010
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