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Classic Clips: Jenna Elfman audition for Dylan’s band, Dharma And Greg, 1999

April 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

You may have forgotten the late Nineties American sitcom ‘Dharma and Greg‘ which was built around a premise that has been revisited endlessly in the new 21st century world of Reality TV (The first rule of […]

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Classic Clips: Rosie Flores and James Intveld, “Let It Be Me,” Art Fein’s Poker Party, circa 1987

April 14, 2023 Kimberly Bright 0

‘Art Fein’s Poker Party’ (aka ‘Lil Art’s Poker Party’), was a beloved public access cable TV show in Los Angeles that began in 1984, touted as the world’s only rock and roll talk show. It was […]

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Classic Clips: David Lindley “Werewolves Of London” Sunday Night Live, 1989

March 24, 2023 Paul Kerr 2

It was sad news to hear that David Lindley has recently departed the planet. A supremely gifted musician, master of many stringed instruments, Lindley is best known for his work with Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon and […]

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Classic Clip: First Aid Kit “Emmylou” – Live at the Polar Music Awards, 2015

March 17, 2023 Jonathan Smith 0

Emmylou Harris was in Stockholm in 2015, as the latest recipient for the Polar Music Prize, instigated by Stig Anderson, manager and collaborator with ABBA. That alone was a high achievement, placing her in a pantheon […]

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Classic Clips: Judee Sill “The Kiss” Old Grey Whistle Test, 1973

March 10, 2023 Graeme Tait 4

For this week’s Classic Clip I’d like to travel some fifty years back in time and briefly turn the spotlight on one of L.A.’s finest and most overlooked songwriters of the era as well as one […]

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Jonathan Peyton hails from Woodstock, Georgia. At the age of 16, he borrowed an Epiphone Les Paul guitar and tried to learn ‘Stairway to Heaven’, playing his first show aged 20. The church played a big […]

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