Jac Gruenwald
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." https://t.co/QFwLJrFY6C
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Happy B'Day Oct 11 to jazz dum legend Art Blakey (1919-1990)! Moanin’ https://t.co/gYMujKmIOt Mosaic https://t.co/QKiWA7n3aX Complete Blue Note Recordings https://t.co/ksGELgX3R9
#Jazz #jazzmusic #Drums #jazzmessengers
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Happy B'Day Oct 12 to New Orleans legend Sugarboy Crawford (1934-2012)! Sugar Boy & The Cane Cutters Jock-A-Mo https://t.co/OoT0Lkw6Rv Sugar Boy Crawford I Bowed On My Knees https://t.co/k1u4ayxV4b
#Blues #rhythmandblues #bluesmusic #NewOrleans
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He had the 1st recorded version of R&B standard, "I Hear You Knocking", later recorded by the likes of Fats Domino, Canned Heat & Dave Edmunds. He died largely in obscurity outside his hometown, reissues in subsequent decades have rectified this injustice https://t.co/NdF51mr4cv
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"The unluckiest man in New Orleans. He hit on a formula for slow-rocking, small-band numbers like 'I Hear You Knocking' only to have Fats come up behind him w/similar music w/a more ingratiating delivery. Lewis was practically drowned in Domino's backwash" https://t.co/pTyRC0Z1La
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Overton Amos Lemons (July 5, 1913-Oct 7, 1966), known as Smiley Lewis, was a New Orleans R&B singer & guitarist. Left us on this day (Oct. 7) in 1966: he 1st came to local prominence in the late-'30s playing clubs throughout the city's French Quarter https://t.co/vd55ousvJ6
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Burke was referred to honorifically as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", "Bishop of Soul", and the "Muhammad Ali of soul" https://t.co/ZtuNEc9Hqe None Of Us Are Free
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Solomon Burke (born James Solomon McDonald, March 21, 1940-Oct 10, 2010) singer who shaped the sound of rhythm & blues as 1 of the founding fathers of soul music in the 60s. He has been called "a key transitional figure bridging R&B & soul" & was known for his "prodigious output"
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Happy birthday to Art Blakey, born on this day in 1919! A jazz drumming legend whose love for music, sparked in Pittsburgh’s steel-town clubs, fueled his thunderous, polyrhythmic style. Leading the Jazz Messengers for decades, he mentored giants like Wayne Shorter and Wynton
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CAUSTIC COMMENTARY: Robert Finley, Guitar, Black Eyes, Madi Diaz, Princess Nokia & More - Glide Magazine https://t.co/Nw5wPFpySN
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On the day Tragic Kingdom turns 30, Gwen Stefani is set to become the 1st woman to headline the iconic Las Vegas venue as the on-again, off-again influential California rock band is coming to Sin City. They've played just 3 shows in the last decade.
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<<I probably wouldn't be standing here if it wasn't for The Replacements>>> Jeff Tweedy, 2025
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Richard Jobson, who came to prominence in music circles as the lead vocalist (from 1977-81) for Scottish art-punk band, Skids (also featuring guitarist Stuart Adamson, later of Big Country); they scored many significant UK alternative rock singles & albums https://t.co/uhDamm0nZ0
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Happy Birthday (Oct. 6) to Scottish singer, songwriter, TV presenter, film director, producer & screenwriter Richard Jobson, who came to prominence in music circles as the lead vocalist for Scottish art-punk band, Skids (featuring guitarist Stuart Adamson, later of Big Country)
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Love and Rockets debut ‘Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven’ to be reissued on vinyl – Slicing Up Eyeballs https://t.co/GUpyfsn2hx
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Joan Jett has confirmed the death of her former drummer, Thommy Price, aged 68.😔 🎶 🥁 R.I.P 🌹
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