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Deke Richards 1944 – 2013
ElmoreMagazine.com reports the passing of Deke Richards, who was a member of The Corporation, which was the in-house team of songwriters and producers at Motown Records. Richards was instrumental in the success of a number of Motown artists, most notably The Jackson Five with their hit “I Want You Back” and Diana Ross & The Supremes “Love [...]
Motown Records original 1877 Grand Piano gets restored by Steinway & Sons with Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney entered into a partnership with Steinway & Sons to restore an 1877 Steinway grand piano, the original instrument played by Earl Van Dyke, Joe Hunter and Johnny Griffith of The Funk Brothers, on most of Motown’s hit records. The instrument, which is heard on most of the Motown records we’ve listened to for over the past fifty years, will [...]
Sin City Social Club – Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue
This is gonna make you feel so good you’ll want to get up and dance. You can’t listen to this kind of music without moving with the beat. It’s Mike Farris and The Roseland Rhythm Revue performing “Sit Down Servant,” live from Antone’s in Austin, Texas. I just love that sweet southern soul and gospel [...]
BandMix.com Musicians Classified
BandMix.com is a musicians classified site where you can search for local musicians and bands using custom search filters. Like music genre or type of instrument. Or geographic area. The interface is easy to use, it only took a few minutes to sign up and create a profile. One thing I really like, you can [...]
Fender’s Jazz bass guitar hits 50
Fender.com has a great article celebrating the 50th anniversary of their Jazz Bass Guitar. It’s a great read, taking us back to the birth of rock n’ roll in the fifties. I’ve summarized some of it here, with my own comments. The Precision Bass first appeared in 1951. The world’s first commercially successful solid-body electric [...]
