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Don't Forget Me: The Eddie Cochran Story

In baseball, a five-tool player is recognized as one with superstar potential, able to throw, run, field, hit for average and hit with power. In rock 'n' roll, Eddie Cochran was a five-tool musician, with skills as a guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and producer. Best known for the

John Fahey: 1939 to 2001

John Fahey first died in 1964 shortly after going insane. Thus wrote one Chester Petranick (John Fahey) in the notes to the 1967 version of the eponymous LP of the Fahey-discovered aging bluesman "Blind Joe Death" (John Fahey). Blind Joe was the cat who made his first guitar

Randall Hylton: 1945 to 2001

On March 14, 56-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist Randall Hylton died in Nashville, Tennessee, after suffering an aneurysm. "America's Foremost Bluegrass Songwriter" is how he was described on a 1994 album cover, and it was a plausible billing. His songs were recorded by everyone from Ralph Stanley to Doyle

Jeff Tweedy / Ben Kweller - Lilli's (Somerville, MA)

Jeff Tweedy is cock. "I could fill you in with the cock...stuff", offered the Wilco frontman, after performing a new song, "War On War", and telling the audience it was called "Cock On Cock". "Being around Ben [Kweller, the show's

Dick Solberg & The Sun Mountain Band - Latitude 18 (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands)

The sight of sailboats and power yachts bobbing in the waves. The sound of the ocean lapping at the shoreline a few feet away. The feel of the warm breeze as a short-sleeved crowd enjoys an open-air bar in the middle of winter. You're on a tropical island,

Raisins In The Sun - Self-Titled

At first glance, you might consider these guys the Triple-A Wilburys. It's surprising that Jules Shear, Chuck Prophet, Jim Dickinson, Harvey Brooks, Winston Watson, Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie all know each other, let alone are playing together. Yet these Raisins gathered amid the sun of Tucson

Various Artists - Rollin' Into Memphis: Songs Of John Hiatt

A good tribute album is a tough assignment: to capture the essence of someone else's body of work, to bring something new to the songs, and to do justice to the artist, as well as their fans. When the artist in question is someone such as John Hiatt,