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blueberry hill
from chuck berry posted in music by tacopolis
Chuck Berry, American rock and roll legend, is still alive. Born on October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, MO, the 85-year-old still plays at his bar (Blueberry Hill) in St. Louis one Wednesday a month. Go see him while you still can.
view full location details...wake forest baptist medical center
from doc watson posted in music by pete_nice
Doc (Arthel Lane) Watson, bluegrass legend and master of the flatpicking guitar technique, died at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center on May 29, 2012. Doc had fallen earlier in the week, and was undergoing treatment; he was 89 years old.
Doc Watson had lost his vision due to an eye infection before the first grade. He lived in the Deep Gap, North Carolina region, and bought his first guitar from Sears Roebuck with money he made from cutting down chestnut trees (and selling them to a tannery). He lived through the folk revival of the 1960s, and received the National Medal of Arts from U.S. president Bill Clinton in 1987. So in other words, the guy is pretty much a legend.
His refined technique helped usher in the era of guitar as a lead instrument, for better or worse. Doc Watson's Gallagher guitar is on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN.
view full location details...belmont plateau
from dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince, summertime posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
"Back in Philly we be out in the park
A place called the plateau is where everybody goes"
view full location details...garland beauty products, inc.
from beastie boys posted in music by crabapple
Back when the Beastie Boys had their G-Sons Studio in Silver Lake, CA, Spike Jonze came over to check things out. Mike D, MCA, and Jonze went out to some thrift stores, a K-Mart, and this wig and beauty supply store. They bought a bunch of wigs and started to play around. By the next day they knew they were on to something...
They used the wigs (and the clothes) in the Spike Jonze-directed "Sabotage" video. For the video, they were all supposed to grow mustaches, but only Ad-Rock (the actor) ended up growing a real po-po 'stache.
At the 1994 MTV Video Awards, "Sabotage" was nominated for five different categories and lost in all of them.
view full location details...hammerstein ballroom
from beastie boys, the strokes posted in music by crabapple
Soul singer Patti LaBelle, rock group Korn, and pop-punk band and All Time Low had live performances that were released as DVDs recorded at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
The jam band O.A.R. recorded their live album, 34th and 8th, at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
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