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Nashville music scene fractured by culture wars, lineups changed after political disputes: ‘Doors are shut’ | Fox News

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Of course the ‘stars’ are well trained, shall we say groomed. The weaker brained one will let the grooming go deep. Others will have a clear understanding of what is being done to them and how they are being used. They will rebel. Good.

Romeo Entertainment Group President R.J. Romeo agreed that the industry is “not immune” from the concerns of the larger country.”There’s more divisiveness in the country now than ever before. That’s going to show up in opinions on music and everything,” he said.Most notable entertainers go through extensive media and public relations training. Often, their responses are controlled and measured, but the temptations of social media and heated discourse have led artists to show more of their true selves, or “less polished” selves, as Romero described it.

Source: Nashville music scene fractured by culture wars, lineups changed after political disputes: ‘Doors are shut’ | Fox News

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Tommy Shannon on his wild ride with Stevie Ray Vaughan

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He played with Johnny Winter, battled addiction, then joined a band with his childhood friend, Stevie Ray Vaughan. In this candid interview, the Double Trouble bassist recalls the highs and lows of life with one of the all-time guitar greats, playing Woodstock on acid, and why he still thinks he’d be the best bass player for the Rolling Stones

Source: “That final show was one of our best gigs. I can still hear that first note Stevie played… that one note will remain with me forever”: Tommy Shannon on his wild ride with Stevie Ray Vaughan – and the “total chaos” that followed his tragic death | Guitar World

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David Byrne and Broadway Musicians’ Union Reach Hiring Agreement for Here Lies Love

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I have a Talking Heads in 78 story I will tell… one day. That’s one pissed David Byrne

Responding to criticism in The New York Times, a spokesperson for the production claimed that the decision to use pre-recorded music was “part of the karaoke genre inherent to the musical and the production concept.” Byrne issued a statement of his own defending the production choices, explaining the “dance club track-act immersion” as part of the show’s nontraditional staging. “The performance of the live vocals to pre-recorded, artificial tracks is paramount to its artistic concept. Production has ripped out the seats in the theater and built a dance floor. There is no longer a proscenium stage,” he wrote in part.

Source: David Byrne and Broadway Musicians’ Union Reach Hiring Agreement for Here Lies Love | Pitchfork

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How Glenn Frey & Don Henley Became the Eagles, As Told by Linda Ronstadt | Billboard – Billboard

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The Eagles are the best dated band in History.

Glenn Frey and Don Henley knew each other before they joined Linda Ronstadt’s band in 1971. But it was that time together that led to the formation of the Eagles later that year. Upon the pub…

Source: How Glenn Frey & Don Henley Became the Eagles, As Told by Linda Ronstadt | Billboard – Billboard

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John Bonham’s final TV interview was a famous fiasco… but it’s not quite what it seems

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The clip has since passed into broadcasting legend. In 2006 the archive service ITN Source selected it as one of the 10 most notorious rock interviews of all time, car crash television at its best. And, for the most part, Connolly has been blamed for the so-called fiasco, as if his line of questioning was responsible for Bonham’s reluctance to play along.

It turns out things were a little more complicated than that. In 2002, Connolly’s wife, the writer and performer Pamela Stephenson, published a biography of her husband entitled Billy, and wrote that the interview had gone exactly as planned. And 20 years later Connolly confirmed it in an interview with Mojo, revealing that Bonham showed up for the recording rather worse for wear, and that the two had conspired to keep the drummer’s input to a minimum to spare his blushes.

“I said to him, look, why don’t I just ask you really lengthy, confusing questions and you can just shrug as if you don’t know the answer, or just say yes?” Connolly explained. “That way we still do the interview but you don’t actually have to do it. He said, ‘Would you do that?’ and I said, ‘Of course, it’ll just seem like you’re mercilessly taking the piss.’ I didn’t give a fuck so we did it – and it was funny.

Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham’s TV interview with comedian Billy Connolly is one of rock’s most notorious

Source: John Bonham’s final TV interview was a famous fiasco… but it’s not quite what it seems | Louder

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How Creedence Clearwater Revival fell to pieces

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I always knew John Fogerty was a problem. He was so different from his brother Tom. This is a well done piece with many quotes and stories from the bass player.

In 1995 Clifford and Cook set up Creedence Clearwater Revisited, initially with The Cars’ Elliot Easton on guitar. But Fogerty issued an injunction over the name, and for a while they went out as Stu Cook and Doug ‘Cosmo’ Clifford Present Cosmo’s Factory – An Evening With Creedence.”You could scarcely fit it on a ticket,” says Cook.”John maintained that the trademark could only be controlled by unanimous decision. We said it was a majority, and the court saw it that way. In the end we settled for money, which didn’t seem to be about saving the name or preserving the honour of his creations.”They could in fact use the name Creedcence Clearwater Revival if they wished, but “we chose not to out of respect for the original band and to avoid unnecessary confusion with our fans,” Cook says. Fogerty has preserved the honour of his creations mainly by not playing them. He claimed he was prevented from doing so, although that didn’t seem to prevent anyone else from playing them. When he finally played a bunch of Creedence songs at a benefit show for Vietnam veterans in 1987 it was a newsworthy event.

Source: How Creedence Clearwater Revival fell to pieces | Louder

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The tantalising story of Baby Face, the supergroup that almost was

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I always loved both bands and II once did a cover of The Rocker, which is a great Thin Lizzy song. Deep Purple got me with Machine Head and Made in Japan was a well-done piece of rehash. I’m not sure this supergroup would have ever taken off. Too much attitude and ego for one band IMO. I’m more into Supper Groups.

“It was meant to be a free-flowing kind of thing,” recalls Paice, who says the reason nothing came of Baby Face was purely musical. “It never got off the ground mainly because Phil wasn’t really a good enough bassist yet.“Phil’s voice was staggering, wonderful. But he couldn’t play, at least not to the standard that we needed if it was just Ritchie, myself and a bass. When there’s only three of you, everybody’s got to be really good on everything they do. “Really, the bass playing had to be on a par with someone like Jack Bruce. And, God bless him, Phil wasn’t there yet. He was pretty simple, and quite often out of tune and out of time. And although he became really, really good at everything he did, at that point he wasn’t.“Ritchie and I looked at each other and went: ‘It’s not working. It’s a nice attempt to try and do this three-piece thing, but let’s go and rethink it.’ But we never did rethink it. We got back on the road with Purple and it just sort of disappeared into the mist.

Source: The tantalising story of Baby Face, the supergroup that almost was | Louder

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