Friday, March 5th, 2010
CORPUS CHRISTI —When the Executive Surf Club opened its doors as a live music venue and restaurant in downtown Corpus Christi 20 years ago, celebrated party band Aloha Dave and the Tourists were on hand to provide the night’s soundtrack. On Thursday, Aloha Dave and the Tourists return to help the club celebrate its two-decade milestone as the opening act for surf guitar legend Dick Dale. The ...
Continue here: Hang 20: Executive Surf Club celebrates two decades (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Joe Rebeuazzo tunes a guitar after tuning it. He and his brothers run the store his father started in the 1940s and still works in, Connecticut Music on Newfield Ave in Stamford.
Continue here: GE Money, Fender create credit card (The News-Times)
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Noy, center, will get veteran support from James Genus, left, and Dave Weckl.
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Jazz with a backbeat (The Prague Post)
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
A Hollywood actor’s performance lives or dies at the hands of the film editor. In music, a producer can have the same impact on a band’s album.Garret McArthur, a 2004 graduate of Centerville High School, knows that scenario all too well. His Los Angeles-based band, Needmore, released its self-titled debut through Del-Fi/Universal on Sept. 29. The album reveals a super-polished stadium rock act ...
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L.A. band with local ties planning show at W.O. Wright's this spring (Dayton Daily News)
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
"I think I go down, To old Kansas stew I'm gonna bring back my second cousin, That little Johnny Cocheroo" -- "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters I would interview Terri Tarquinee just for her name. But when she e-mailed me about interviewing "Little Chris" Pabon, a red flag went up. Chris is Terri's grandson. Moms and grandmas can be biased. I mean, when a reporter questioned Mama Capone about the ...
Continue here: Chesterton freshman blues prodigy (Post-Tribune)
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
'Texas Tornado': Doug Sahm and his groove
Continue here: 'Texas Tornado': Doug Sahm and his groove (Austin American-Statesman)
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
More than $1 million had been raised as of 4 p.m. Friday at Dick Purtan's annual radiothon benefiting the Salvation Army.
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Celebs, fans support Purtan at his final radiothon for Salvation Army (Detroit Free Press)
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
After 10 years and the passing of two original members, the irrepressible Texas Tornados are back with a new studio album, "Esta Bueno."
More here: Texas Tornados back on horizon with new album (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
It's just a little bit after 10 a.m. and more than $580,000 has been raised at Dick Purtan's annual radiothon to benefit the Salvation Army.
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
By: Cameron Kittle Ten years removed from a lonely undergraduate life at the Berklee College of Music, John Mayer stormed back into Boston for a sold-out show in front of 20,000 screaming fans at the TD Garden on Wednesday night. His custom set, adorned with white-netted cu...
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John Mayer dazzles with varied set at TD Garden (The New Hampshire)
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