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Rattle Them Bones: A Conversation With Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's Scotty Morris

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.04.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Royal Crown Revue, Maynard Fergson, Dorothy Fields, Meaghan Smith, Marty Nelson, The Manhattan Transfer, Brian Setzer, Jon Hendricks, Scotty Morris, Mad Men, Lambert Hendricks & Ross, Jimmy McHugh, Dan Draper, Swingers, Randy Newman, Cab Calloway, Stevie Ray Swingers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Entertainment News
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"For me, I picked up the guitar because of Brian Setzer and Stevie Ray Vaughan when I was a kid. So to even be in the same breath as Brian Setzer? I was blown away. But to have an ambassador of badassness like Brian Setzer being attached to swing only validated the whole thing. Way better for me."

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Joyful Noise: A Conversation With Mervyn Warren, Plus Chatting With Mark Wayne Glasmire and Julian Velard

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.14.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: James and the Giant Peach, Phylicia Rash?D, Henry Mancini, Jeanette Norman, Sky Masterson, Bell-Jarboe Films, Dreamgirls, Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, Jimmy Buffett, Johnny Mandel, David Foster, Fame, Chaka Khan, A Raisin in the Sun, Elton John, David Bowie, The Preacher's Wife, Quincy Jones, Humphrey Bogart, Queen Latifah, The Today Show, Neil Diamond, Nelson Riddle, Mr. Saturday Night, Nickelback, The Manhattan Transfer, Take 6, Kris Kristofferson, Mervyn Warren, Glenn Ballard, Harold Jarboe, Arif Mardin, Tom Waits, Julian Velard, Mark Wayne Glasmire, Michael Buble, Siedah Garrett, SIster Act 2, Todd Graff, Randy Newman, Guys & Dolls, Joyful Noise, Do the Right Thing, Marlon Brando, Weird Al Yankovic, The Wedding Planner, Steve McQueen, Nilsson, David Letterman, Video, Entertainment News
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From Jim Croce to MTM: A Conversation With Producer, Singer & Songwriter Tommy West

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.16.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Wes Farrell, Mary Tyler Moore, Nik Venet, Al Brown, The Beach Boys, The Girls Next Door, The Imperials, Al Martino, Holly Dunn, Bob Hillman, Eddie Arnold, Hometown Frolics, Judy Rodman, The Mills Brothers, The Almost Brothers, Marty Kups, Kodak, John Stockfish, The Mike Douglas Show, Terry Cashman, Cashman Pistilli & West, Cass Elliot, The Troubadours Three, Ingrid Croce, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Lifesong Records, The Lettermen, The Buchanan Brothers, Dion DiMucci, Rolling Stone, Tommy West, Luther Dixon, Jim Ruff, Spanky & Our Gang, Percy Faith, Pookie Hudson, The Crests, Trevor Churchill, Ace Records, Tony Romeo, Maury Muehleisen, Paul Simon, Shirley Jones, Gail Davies, Ed Bruce, Twiggy, The Criterions, Gordon Lightfoot, Tim Hauser, Total Cereal, Motown, Gene Pistilli, The Partridge Family, Bobby Russell, Jerry Naylor, Bruce Tergesen, Jim Croce, Mike Douglas, Carole King, The Manhattan Transfer, Kenny Karen, Jerry Ross, Norman Rockwell, Walter Cronkite, Remington, Frankie Lymon, John Denver, Cashman & West, Mtm, Art Garfunkel, The Left Banke, Waat, Entertainment News
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Country's Cousins: Conversations with Diane Schuur and America's Got Talent Winner Michael Grimm

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.12.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Michael Grimm, Sarah Vaughn, Kevin Hunter, Stan Getz, Bill Harrah, Otis Redding, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bobby McFerrin, Stevie Wonder, Hurricane Katrina, Diane Schuur, Pat Benatar, Dinah Washington, B.B. King, Jackie Evancho, Simon Cowell, Stevie Nicks, Vince Gill, Rod Stewart, Bill Medley, The Faces, Ian McLagan, Wire Train, Patti Page, Nancy Wilson, Green Valley Ranch, America's Got Talent, Greg Leisz, Supernatural, Buddy Rich, Ray Charles, American Idol, Kenny Aronoff, Ann Wilson, Larry Carlton, Don Was, Energy Force, Count Basie, Grammy, Joey Reynolds, Monterey Jazz Festival, Concord Records, Alsion Krauss, Doris Day, Jeannie Seely, Heart, Bob Clearmountain, Edie Gorme, Willie Nelson, Kay Starr, George Shearing, The Manhattan Transfer, Steve Buckingham, Barbra Streisand, Travis Tritt, Floyd Cramer, Mark Knopfler, Judy Alberti, Ed Shaughnessy, Waddy Wachtel, True Blood, Barry Manilow, Smokey Robinson, Grp, Entertainment News
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For her new album, Diane Schurr says: "The one thing that I did purposefully on this was, number one, not to do it with a twang, and number two, I wanted it to please both people that are into country and people that are into jazz."

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