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The Blues Ain't No Second Job (The Signal)
Pub. Date - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:51:09 GMT
By day, he's mild-mannered Ernie Jackson, former school principal and current administrator with the Newhall School District. By night, he's Rocky Jackson, lead singer and lead guitar player for the stinging blues band The Ignitors. In Tomorrow's Paper (EdmontonSun.com)
Pub. Date - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:53:08 GMT
This is not an unfamiliar story. It goes something like this: kid from middle of nowhere picks up guitar. He takes lessons in the traditional ways, but eventually hears a man playing the blues. Jammin' for java-server Jan Watson (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Pub. Date - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:35:24 GMT
Folks who have stopped in the early morning hours for an eye-opening cup of coffee at Round The Clock in Schererville likely have crossed paths with the popular longtime server, Jan Watson, a graduate of Lake Central High School and Lowell resident. Buell's off-road life of rock 'n' roll thunder (Los Angeles Times)
Pub. Date - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:24:20 GMT
In the '70s, Erik Buell was an AMA superbike racer. In the '80s, he added Harley-Davidson engineer and Buell Motorcycles founder to his r�sum�. Now, the Buell chairman and chief technical officer is fronting the Thunderbolts rock band and designing a line of guitars. In both fields, he says, it's all about making people feel good. What to do (Arizona Daily Star)
Pub. Date - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:36:05 GMT
Call to artists � Wingspan, 425 E. Seventh St. Anyone who sings, dances or plays instruments. Free. 624-1779. Top blues guitarist returns to Wick (John O'Groat Journal)
Pub. Date - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:55:32 GMT
A TOP American blues guitarist will be making a return visit to Caithness next weekend to play at a venue in Wick. Kent DuChaine, who will be appearing at Mackay's Hotel on Saturday, January 20, at 9pm, made a big impression when he played there last year. Singular sensation: They popped onto the airwaves in a big way, and then they pooped out (KING 5 Seattle)
Pub. Date - Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:44:20 GMT
The popular music landscape is littered with one-hit wonders, artists who scored big with a single song and then � poof! � disappeared like the eight-track tape. Celebrity birthdays (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Pub. Date - Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:28:39 GMT
Musician Earl Scruggs is 83. Author E.L. Doctorow is 76. Actress Bonnie Franklin is 63. Musician Joey, the CowPolka King (Riders in the Sky) is 58. Musician Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds) is 56. Singer Jett Williams is 54. Musician Malcolm Young (AC-DC) is 54. Director Anthony Minghella is 53. Actor Rowan Atkinson is 52. Golfer Nancy Lopez is 50. Chef Nigella Lawson is 47. Director John ... Celebrity birthdays (Asbury Park Press)
Pub. Date - Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:13:56 GMT
Pollster Louis Harris is 86. Bluegrass performer Earl Scruggs is 83. Author E.L. Doctorow is 76. Actress Bonnie Franklin is 63. Musician Joey, the CowPolka King (Riders in the Sky) is 58. Rock singer-musician Kim Wilson (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) is 56. Singer Jett Williams is 54. Rock musician Malcolm Young (AC-DC) is 54. Movie director Anthony Minghella is 53. Actor-comedian Rowan Atkinson is ... Hummel's all-star harmonica group blows minds at Yoshi's (Inside Bay Area)
Pub. Date - Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:44:47 GMT
ALL THOSE Sunday school teachers are right � harps are played in heaven. It's just that the harps in this particular slice of heaven weren't the ones we normally associate with little cherubs.
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