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Dog Ears Music: Born in April Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Roy Orbison, Toots Thielemans, Muddy Waters, Alexander ?Skip? Spence, Bernie Worrell, Danielle Evin, Kelly Clarkson, Music, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Barbra Streisand (& Kris Kristofferson), mp3s, Jill Scott (& Lupe Fiasco), Otis Rush, Bessie Smith, Luther Vandross, Dusty Springfield, Jeff Porcaro (Toto), Duke Ellington, Phil Ramone, Ella Fitzgerald, Artur Schnabel, Charles Mingus, Percy Faith, Bobby Vinton, Dog Ears, Entertainment News

This week our playlist includes music by Charles Mingus, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Artur Schnabel, Bessie Smith and more.

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The Return of the Blues Wanderer: A Conversation With Dion, Plus Anthony Green's Beautiful Things Album Streamer

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: The Big Bopper, Jimmy Reed, Buddy Holly, Anthony Green, The Lovin' Spoonful, Paul Simon, Tracy Nelson, Circa Survive, Good Old War, Dion, Dave Marsh, Matthew Nelson, Sam Nelson, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Ritchie Valens, Dion & the Belmonts, Hank Williams, Gunnar Nelson, Lou Reed, Richard Nixon, Bobby Kennedy, Muddy Waters, Nelson, John Hammond Jr., The Deer Hunter, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Mike Bloomfield, John Hammond, Dion DiMucci, John Lee Hooker, Bob Hyde, Ricky Nelson, Richie Havens, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

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Antony Bitar's Holiday Download, Chatting with Gary Clark Jr. and Macedo, Plus a James Mee Anthem

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Andrew Oedel, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Albert King, Billie Holiday, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Esperanza Spalding, Muddy Waters, Fred Kevorkian, The Supremes, Rilo Kiley?S Jenny Lewis, Radiohead, Sia, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Regina Spektor, Diana Ross, Anton Bitar, Stevie Wonder, Melissa Macedo, Feist, Rolling Stone, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Susan Tedeschi, Nils Montan, Michelle Macedo, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Jackson 5, Gary Clark Jr., Video, Zero7, Macedo, Entertainment News

Antony Bitar released his self-titled debut album in September, and his rendition of the Christmas classic "Silent Night" is a special gift that Antony is giving to Huffington Post readers for the holidays.

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Chanos Crash: Timing China's Financial Meltdown

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Michael Pettis, James Chanos, Gordon C. Chang, Muddy Waters, China-Crash, Niall Ferguson, Edward C. Chancellor, James Grant, China Economy, Gmo, Business News

China is becoming a version of the U.S., but it's the version that builds lots of Penn Centrals in record time to connect slapped together empty cities before going bankrupt.

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Nina Simone Said "Mississippi Goddam." I Thought It

Rebecca Sive | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Initiative 27, Nina Simone, Mississippi-Personhood-Law, Mississippi, Initiative 26, Muddy Waters, Politics News

Notwithstanding Mississippi's reputation as an oh-so-backward state, Mississippians -- just like the rest of us -- think carefully as they head to the polls.

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Maroon 5 with Travie McCoy on SNL, Plus Chatting with Vince Gill, Trombone Shorty and Paul Rodgers

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Joe Cocker, Wilson Pickett, Trombone Shorty, Maroon 5, Warren Haynes, Sam Cooke, Garah Gill, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, Bad Company, Stevie Wonder, Gerry Rafferty, Rosanne Cash, Pete Wasner, Ashley Monroe, Maggie Bell, Corrina Gill, Detective, Rick Rubin, Muddy Waters, Vince Gill, The Everly Brothers, Steve Lukather, Jason Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Rebirth Brass Band, Dr. John, Jasmine Rogers, Booker T. And the MGs, Dylan O'brien, U2, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, Jazz Fest, Po' Folks, Solid Gold, Gym Class Heroes, Brad Paisley, Jenny Gill, Pure Prairie League, Tuba Fatts, Eric Clapton, Slash, Elmore James, Pistol Annies, Paul Kossoff, Keith Urban, The Firm, Treme, Queen, Neal Schon, Bob Ezrin, Travie McCoy, Will Owsley, Robert Lucas, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Ian Hatton, Amy Grant, Louis Armstrong, Carly Simon, Alison Krauss, James Brown, Les Paul, Bekka Bramlett, Green Day, Free, Paul Rogers, American Bandstand, Canned Heat, Luther Allison, Mr. Haney, John Lee Hooker, Lenny Kravitz, Green Acres, The Ministry, Jimi Hendrix, Nin, James Taylor, Entertainment News

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Yellowcard's Audio Exclusive, Chatting With Pegi Young, Van Hunt and Tommy Keene, Plus PopMarket and Girl Talk's Halloween Playlist

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Pegi Young, John Hampton, Alan Ginsberg, Prince, Los Lobos, The Ramones, Tommy Keene, Merle Haggard, Occupy Wall Street, Neil Young, Live Nation, Girl Talk, The Heartbreakers, Danny Whitten, Lincvolt, Crazy Horse, The Beatles, The Who, Don Dixon, Robert Pollard, David Bowie, Ben Keith, The Bridge School, Van Hunt, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Elliot Mazer, T-Bone Burnett, The Beats, Muddy Waters, Jack Kerouac, Thelonious Monk, The Stooges, The Keene Brothers, Paul McCartney, Iggy Pop, Roy Thomas Baker, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty, Es Sullivan, Chuck Berry, Rick James, Pearl Jam, Guided by Voices, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Berlin, Gillian Welch, The Sex Pistols, Brian Eno, Sly Stone, American Idol, Mathieu Bitton, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, Popmarket, Grin, Entertainment News

With Yellowcard's release of the acoustic version of their critically-acclaimed album When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes last week, it only proved that Yellowcard is indeed back.

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Neil Young's Bridge School Exclusive: Dave Matthews' "Too Much," Plus Chatting With Johnny Winter, Queen's Roger Taylor and Yes' Steve Howe

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Mike Myers, Johnny Winter, Sonny Terry, Dave Matthews, Flash Gordon, Warren Haynes, Asia, Alan White, Fleet Foxes, James Burton, George Thorogood, Brian May, Yes, Jimmy Vivino, Edgar Winters, B.B. King, The McCoys, John Medeski, Vince Gill, Muddy Waters, The Shadows, Mark Fisher, Ray Fenwick, Jeff Beck, The Highlander, Oliver Wakeman, Stevie Ray Vaughn, AC/DC, Ray Charles, Bill Bruford, Pearl Jam, Rick Wakeman, U2, Scotty Moore, Brownie McGhee, Little Richard, The Hollies, Tom Chaplin, Eric Clapton, Dino De Laurentis, Dylan Howe, Queen, Benoit David, Sonny Landreth, Rick Nelson, Paul Nelson, Billy Gibbons, Geoff Downes, David Bowie, Roger Taylor, Chet Atkins, Graham Nash, Les Paul, Tom Yorke, Paul Sutin, Rick Derringer, Paul Rogers, Jon Anderson, Trevor Horn, John Deacon, Paul McCartney, Steve Howe, Robert Johnson, Ross Stanley, George Michael, Freddie Mercury, Steve Moore, Keane, Susan Tedeschi, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Wayne's World, Chris Squire, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Derek Trucks, Gtr, Entertainment News

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Let Them Talk: Chatting With House's Hugh Laurie, Dar Williams and The Axis of Awesome, Plus Cal Ecker's "Time After Time" Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Jelly Roll Morton, Cruella De Vil, Tom Jones, Scrubs, Christopher Guest, Hugh Laurie, Otis Spann, Family Guy, Two and a Half Men, Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo, Grey's Anatomy, Louis Armstrong, David Hasselhoff, Irma Thomas, Journey, Dar Williams, Benny Davis, David Bowie, Barbara Bush, Elvis Costello, Glee, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Walt Disney, Muddy Waters, Joshua Radin, Axis of Awesome, 101 Dalmations, Nora Jones, Dr. John, Robert Johnson, Sheryl Crow, Spinal Tap, Leadbelly, Joe Henry, Jack Johnson, Randy Newman, George Holland, Allen Toussaint, Entertainment News

Hugh Laurie has a new album, Let Them Talk, which is New Orleans blues based. Here he discusses how he came up with that idea.

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A Pair of Kings: Chatting with Peter Wolf and O.A.R.'s Marc Roberge, Plus Samiam's "Nightly" Audio Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Van Morrison, Little Steven, Mick Jagger, Aerosmith, Bob Wills, Dave Matthews, Thelonius Monk, Bono, Jimmy Rogers, Kyle XY, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, Willy DeVille, DJ Logic, Cam Neely, Jason Beebout, James Cotton, Dave Matthews Caravan, Marc Roberge, David Lynch, Charlie Parker, Boston Celtics, Willie Nelson, Russell Simmons, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Peter Wolf, Muddy Waters, DIc Rivers, Neko Case, Twilight, Magic Dick, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Little Steven's Underground Garage, Shelby Lynne, J. Geils Band, John Lee Hooker, Cam Neely Cancer Foundation, U2, ABC Family, Fenway Park, Joni Mitchell, The Dixie Chicks, Jonathan Demme, Jimi Hendrix, David Ruffin, O.a.R., The Four Seasons, Ozomotli, Samiam, Entertainment News

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Passing Down the Blues in Alabama and Mississippi

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Etta, Blues Harmonica. Delta Blues Museum, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Louisiana, Muddy Waters, Little Jimmy Reed, Montgomery, Alabama, Charlie Musselwhite. Jon Gindick?S Harmonica Jam Camp, Koko Taylor, Son House, Blues, Robert Johnson, Ella, Alabama Blues Project, Southerners, Sugar Blue, Carroline Shines, Bluestown Music, Hill Country Harmonica, Tuscaloosa, Willie King, Sonny Boy, Mississippi, Red?S Juke Joint, Johnnie Shines, Clarksdale, Travel News

Southerners love their blues the way we New Yorkers love our Broadway. And no matter where I go in the south -- Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, I can never get enough of the raw, gritty blues.

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Mississippi Delta Braces For Historic Flooding

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR and SHELIA BYRD | Posted 07.10.2011

TUNICA, Miss. — The bulging Mississippi River rolled into the fertile Mississippi Delta on Tuesday, threatening to wash away stately homes and s...

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Dog Ears Music: Born in April Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Debbie Reynolds, Billie Holiday, John Oates (With Daryl Hall), Muddy Waters, Serge Gainsbourg (With Brigitte Bardot), Mark Volman (the Turtles), Merle Haggard, Elmer Bernstein, Danielle Evin, Music, Glen Campbell, Emmylou Harris (With Mark Knopfler), Larry Ramos (the Association), mp3s, Jimmy Cliff, Miklós Rózsa, Ann-Margret (With Elvis Presley), Vincent Gallo, Phil Ramone, Peter Frampton, Little Brother Montgomery, Loretta Lynn, Dog Ears, Marvin Gaye, Hugh Masekela, Entertainment News

This week, we feature music by Serge Gainsbourg, Marvin Gaye, Billie Holiday, Ann-Margret and more.

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Remembering Pinetop Perkins

Cat Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pinetop Perkins Blues Legend, Obituary, Mississippi, Blues, Muddy Waters, Pinetop Perkins, Entertainment News

Another of the great blues musicians from the Mississippi delta has died. I got to know the Muddy Waters Band 35 years ago and for a couple of years, I went on the road off and on with the band.

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Dancing Backward in High Heels: Conversations with New York Dolls' David Johansen (Plus: Chatting with Ancient Astronauts)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boubacar Traoré, Richard Dreyfuss, Buster Poindexter, Armando Garzon, The Harry Smiths, Maria Callas, Soca, Bukka White, Ancient Astronauts, The Cadets, David Johansen, Brian Delaney, Madame Butterfly, Muddy Waters, Robert Christgau, Vieux Farke Toure, David Sylvain, Blind WIllie Johnson, Scrooged, New York Dolls, Bill Murray, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Jason Hill, Leadbelly, The Batusis, Shakes the Clown, Car 54 Where Are You?, Dogu, Azeem, Kabanjak, Looney, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Entertainment News

The New York Dolls' David Johansen discusses the making of their new album, Dancing Backward In High Heels.

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The Patagonia Music Collective Launches -- Plus a Conversation With John Popper

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jon Cleary, The Zac Brown Band, Bonnie Raitt, Phillip Glass, Elmore James, Goldberg, Brett Dennen, Abigail Washburn, Los Lobos, Maroon 5, Patagonia, Kingpin, Woody Harrelson, Brandi Carlile, Ben Solee, Mary Shelley, Blues Traveler, DJ Logic, Howlin' Wolf, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Snl, Hulk Hogan, The Bad Plus, Nick Cave, The Blues Brothers, Mason Jennings, Taj Mahal, Chris Barron, Charlie Parker, John Popper & the Duskray Troubadours, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Blues Brothers 2000, Jono Manson, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, The Patagonia Music Collective, Switchfoot, Rob BonDurant, Howard Stern, Spin Doctors, String Cheese Incident, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Private Parts, Buddy Miles, Bill Murray, John Lee Hooker, John Popper, Pearl Jam, Umphrey?S McGee, Moe, Jack Johnson, Paul Butterfield, Jimi Hendrix, Ziggy Marley, John Scofield, Yvon Chouinard, Entertainment News

Today, the environmentally conscious clothing company Patagonia Inc. launches "The Patagonia Music Collective" by releasing two 11-track bundles that are part of an ongoing series intended to be a new model for green giving.

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Dog Ears Music: The Gift List

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Diamond Heavies, Liz Caplan Vocal Studios, Neil Young, Esquivel, Music, Electric Light Orchestra, Isaac Hayes, Gary Go, Syl Johnson, The Heavy, Can, Louis Armstrong, Carly Simon, Stevie Wonder, El Chozas, Rokia Traoré, Sammy Davis Jr., Blinky & Edwin Starr, Kaki King, Nick Drake, Muddy Waters, Rodriguez, Harry Nilsson, Daníel Bjarnason, Wanda Jackson, Danielle Evin, Joe Meek, mp3s, Chet Baker, John Cale, Kraftwerk, A.R. & Machines, Richard Swift, Phil Ramone, Nina Simone, Dog Ears, Hank & Cupcakes, Hugh Masekela, Bruce Springsteen, Soundhound, Blakroc, Entertainment News

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I Got Seven Million Dollars, Don't You Mess With Me

Rebecca Sive | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mies Van Der Rohe, Leonard Chess, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Muddy Waters, Rahm Emanuel, Steppenwolf, Chicago News

Rahm: How about gathering together the best South Side minds in town and figuring out with them how to spend that seven million dollars you're about to deposit in your checkbook.

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Magic Blues

Cat Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, Social Change, Muddy Waters, Universal Health Insurance, The Blues, Arts News

I wish that one fine musician sweet soldier of the road, hadn't had to worry about paying his health bills or rent. We can change that story. The magic of the blues is it makes us feel--action is up to us.

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Someone's Mojo Is Working: A Conversation With Tom Petty

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elmore James, Little Walter, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, BB King, Gamble & Huff, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Jeff Beck Group, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, Thomas Jefferson, Blues, Robert Johnson, Tom Petty, Derek and the Dominos, Chuck Berry, Cream, Bo Diddley, Leon Huff, Howlin' Wolf, George Thorogood, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Robert Cray, Randy Newman, Scott Thurston, Mike Campbell, Entertainment News

"I've been trying to get there for over a decade, really. [Blues] is the music we've always played. I guess over the last decade or so, it just became where I went when I wanted to listen to music."

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HuffPost Review: Who Do You Love

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darnell Martin, Bo Diddley, Jon Abrahams, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Alessandro Nivola, Willie Dixon, Leonard Chess, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Jerry Zaks, Chi McBride, Chuck Berry, Who Do You Love Movie Review, Cadillac Records, Entertainment News

Thanks to a juicy performance by Alessandro Nivola,, Who Do You Love feels like a celebration of a seminal musical moment, for all its flaws.

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Q&A: Alessandro Nivola talks about Who Do You Love

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Shepard, Darnell Martin, Howlin Wolf, A Lie of the Mind, Who Do You Love, Alessandro Nivola Interview, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Dixon, Leonard Chess, Blues, Jerry Zaks, Marshall Fine Interview, Cadillac Records, Entertainment News

In Who Do You Love, directed by Jerry Zaks and opening in limited release Friday, actor Alessandro Nivola plays record mogul Leonard Chess. Nivola took time recently to chat about the film.

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Taylor Swift, Bleat Your Heart Out!

Greg Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stevie Nicks, Muddy Waters, The Supremes, Kurt Cobain, Iggy Pop, Grammys, Pere Ubu, Neil Young, Marianne Faithfull, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Taylor Swift, Scott Borchetta, Leonard Cohen, You Belong With Me, Grammy Awards, Fearless, Entertainment News

This week should have been glorious for Taylor Swift, the wispy-voiced pop star who won four Grammy Awards last Sunday. But she just had to go and sing.

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In Honor Of Woodstock, The Best Rock Documentaries and Concert Films By Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roy Orbison, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Emmylou Harris, Muddy Waters, Martin Scorsese, KD Lang, Neil Young, Concert Films, The Who, Best Movies by Farr, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, The Talking Heads, Otis Redding, Elvis-Costello, The Beatles, Monterey Pop Festival, The Grateful Dead, Janis-Joplin, Buddy Guy, Jonathan Demme, Woodstock, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, The Band, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News

I've found that if you're equipped with a decent home theatre and quality speakers, it's hard to go wrong with a rock concert film.

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New Tunes On Monday: Little Walter, Prince, James Taylor, John Wesley Harding, Paul Carrack, and Matthew Barber

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ace, The Drifters, Prince, Dionne Warwick, The Eagles, Squeeze, Scott Dirks, Mike + the Mechanics, Harvard Square, Breaking Dawn, Target, Juno Award, Xtc, Whitesnake, Oklahoma, Folk, Paul Carrack, Tony Glover, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cajun, Philly, Reggae, Traditional, Checker Records, Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach, Stephanie Meyer, Marvin Gayes, Timothy B. Schmit, John Wesley Harding, Sam & Dave, Michael McDonald, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, Ron Sexsmith, Stan Lewis, Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist, High Fidelity, Billy Davis Jr., Singer-Songwriter, Philly International Records, Hip-O Select, Bill Withers, Entertainment News, Al Green, Aaron Neville, Lawrence Stern, Ray Charles, Pop, Americana, Dobie Gray, Jill Barber, Sonny Boy Williamson, Bria Valente, Broadway, Canada, Grammy, The Kinks, Stax, Motown Records, Livingston Taylor, The Beatles, Matthew Barber, Nick Heyward, Harmonica, Don Henley, Phil Collins, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, The Little Walter Story, Hear Music, Arthur Crudup, Stax Records, R&b, Motown, Sam Moore, Chess Records, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Nash, Gospel, Bobby Womack, David Gray, Wesley Stace, Willie Dixon, Bob Dylan, Blues, The 5th Dimension, David Seitz, Tom Waits, Juno, Washington Square Park, Grammy Awards, Don McLean, John Wesley Hardin, A Mighty Wind, Roots, Randy Newman, Ward Gaines, Ben E. King, Jimi Hendrix, James Taylor, Rupert Holmes, Bruce Springsteen, Listerine, Nilsson, Atlantis, Misfortune, Rumpelstiltskins, Josh Ritter, Entertainment News

Blues harmonica player and singer Little Walter died over forty years ago, but his influences still can be heard in many blues-rock recordings that employ the instrument.

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