AvatarDonkingdonutsThe Story Of Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five'verified_publisherNPR - Tony SarabiaIn 1961, Dave Brubeck told Ralph Gleason on the TV program Jazz Casual that jazz had lost some of its adventurous qualities. He said it wasn't challenging the public rhythmically the way it had in its early days. "It's time that the jazz musicians take up their original role of leading the public …
AvatarDonkingdonutsCary Grant and Randolph Scott’s Hollywood Story: “Our Souls Did Touch”verified_publisherVanity Fair - David CanfieldHedda Hopper once asked of Grant, “Whom does he think he is fooling?” The star’s bond with Scott has been the subject of nearly a century of speculation, but the truth about their impact on each other’s lives has been hiding in plain sight. In the spring of 1933, Cary Grant told a fan magazine about …
AvatarDonkingdonuts“I didn’t expect some of the backlash. But then you get the Neil fans, who were rabidly protective”: the story of America, the 70s soft rockers behind the greatest Neil Young song Neil Young never wroteloudersound.com - By Rob HughesThey won’t leave him alone. It’s the summer of 1971 and Martin Wyatt, head of A&R at the new London arm of Warner Bros, is being plagued by phone …
AvatarDonkingdonutsDenny Laine of Wings and Moody Blues dies at 79NBC News - By Marlene Lenthang and Courtney BrogleThe acclaimed singer and guitarist died Tuesday morning after health setbacks from interstitial lung disease, his wife wrote on social media. Denny Laine, the British star musician who co-founded the iconic rock bands The Moody Blues and Paul McCartney's Wings, has died. He was 79. Laine died …
AvatarDonkingdonutsThe song R.E.M. called their “tribute to The Beach Boys”faroutmagazine.co.uk - Joe TaysomThe influence of The Beach Boys on the musical landscape knows no bounds. Although they had a relatively short peak, the art created during those …
