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The best solo track that Bernie Worrell left us with was entitled Don’t Piss Me Off.
The best solo track that Bernie Worrell left us with was entitled Don’t Piss Me Off.
Before I knew what a process was I knew about Percy Sledge. Staring at the photos of his improbably straightened and waved hair I had no idea it was the
Much is made of Sun Ra & Funkadelic and their weird avant-funk.
I guess it was because of 50 Shades of Grey that so many obituaries for Steve Strange led on Fade To Grey taglines.
Maybe we should look at why we only focus on musical greats when they pass away. It seems a shame.
Kim Fowley was at least as much of a musical agent provocateur as the more feted Lee Hazelwood.
Rock In Peace Joe Cocker.
Thanks for blessing us all with those ridiculous pipes of yours and serving up one of the greatest hip hop breaks of all-time.
We missed that the legendary Bobby Keys had passed away in early December, and we shouldn’t have.
The legendary saxman, and Keith Richards’ sidekick, was famous for being the only guy who could party as hard as Sir Keith (oddly they were born on the same day).
Sad news in this morning as we learnt that Henry Jackson aka Big Bank Hank of the pioneering rap group Sugarhill Gang has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 57.
Not only did their jam Rapper’s Delight serve as THE track that introduced the world to rap music it also gave us Big Bank Hank’s ridiculously good verse where he threw shade at Superman and talked about his sexual prowess with the ladies, which will go down as one of our all-time faves.
Let’s just take a moment to appreciate it in full -
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