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DON’T HIDE THE MADNESS—William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg

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Those lucky enough to have socialized with William Burroughs report the best situations had the smallest number of people, and the very best were often when Allen Ginsberg was present. As Steven Taylor, editor of this book, observes in his introduction, this is because of Burroughs’ “great shyness hiding behind a stern exterior and formal…

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Doug Seegers went from homeless to top of the music charts — at age 66

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Doug SeegersZuma Press Five years ago, Queens native Doug Seegers was a homeless country musician busking on the streets of Nashville. That’s when a Swedish documentary crew filmed him singing his rueful song “Going Down to the River” and booked him a recording session at Johnny Cash’s old studio. Now Seegers, 66, is one of…

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Joan Jett on the New Doc ‘Bad Reputation,’ #MeToo in Music – Rolling Stone

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Well, there’s the whole sequence where he got your singer, Cherie Currie, to pose in lingerie. The thing is, these girls could’ve walked away any time if they were uncomfortable. Nobody was forced to do anything. Everybody wanted to be there. Including Cherie. And then with Cherie trying to blame that on Kim … well,…

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The Story Behind The Music: The Recording of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks | Route Blog

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A brief overview of 4 days in a New York recording studio in 1974 when Bob Dylan commenced work on his masterpiece album, Blood on the Tracks. The full story of these sessions, take by take, is told in leading Dylan historian ClintonHeylin’s monograph No One Else Could Play That Tune: The Making Unmaking of…

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Roy Orbison’s son on his father, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bono, John Cleese

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Growing up in the Midlands, and Birmingham hologram gig Roy Orbison’s voice is among the most distinctive of all time and the Texan icon is not only regarded among the Greatest Artists Of All Time by Rolling Stone, but is also included in five different halls of fame. Top left, Roy Orbison, bottom left, Roy…

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White Album Box Set: Exclusive Preview of Unheard Beatles Archives – Rolling Stone

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The Beatles in London, July 28th, 1968. © Apple Corps Ltd. Everything we know about the White Album is about to change. The Beatles’ 1968 masterpiece has always been been the deepest mystery in their story—their wildest, strangest, most experimental, most brilliant music. But as it turns out, the White Album is even weirder than…

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Inside Abbey Road’s User-Friendly Makeover – Rolling Stone

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Inside Abbey Road’s User-Friendly Makeover With the addition of newer, more affordable studios and the appointment of Chief Creative Advisor Nile Rodgers, the Fab Four’s former playground has been reborn By KORY GROW   Noel Gallagher at Abbey Road. With more affordable studios and the appointment of Creative Advisor Nile Rodgers, the legendary studio has…

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How John Lennon Ended Up in an Ad for a Guitar He Only | Reverb News

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It was Beatlemania gone mad around Christmas 1964. The Beatles played a residency of seasonal shows at a theatre in West London from Christmas Eve right through the first few weeks of the new year. Paul played his Hofner bass, Ringo thrashed a Ludwig set, George switched between his Rickenbacker 12-string, a Gretsch Country Gent,…

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