I’ll Help You Pack
Super BuffetHer: “You must choose between your records and me.” Him: “Just let this song finish and I’ll help you pack.”
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C.S.I. Graceland
The Shrine MasterElvis stayed up all night on the day of August 16, 1977. This was not unusual behavior for the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, for earlier, Elvis had entertained some…
Please Read On ...I Wanna Be A Lifeguard
The ArtistI want an ocean and some sunscreen lotion. Take me to the beach with a thousand pretty girls in reach. Hardly any clothes, sand between my toes and white stuff…
Please Read On ...Jazz
The word jazz has proved to be very difficult to define, since it encompasses such a wide range of music spanning a period of over 100 years. Attempts have been…
Please Read On ...Stop Making Sense And Interview Yourself
Stop Making Sense is a highly praised concert film that features the Talking Heads live on stage in 1983. The film was directed by Jonathan Demme and was shot over…
Please Read On ...Rocksteady With Alton & Hortense Ellis
Alton Ellis, the Godfather of Rocksteady music, was born in 1938 in Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica. Along with his younger sister Hortense, who was born in 1941, the two created singles…
Please Read On ...Big Mama Thornton: Queen Of The Blues
Many women over the years have been called the “Queen of the Blues.” Bessie Smith (1894-1937), Dinah Washington (1924-1963), Memphis Minnie (1897-1973), Mary Ann Fisher (1923-2004) and Koko Taylor (1928-2009)…
Please Read On ...Little Millie Small
Rude BoyMille, a/k/a Millie Small, born in Clarendon, Jamaica, is the 1960s ska, bluebeat, and rocksteady singer who is most famous for her 1964 smash hit “My Boy Lollipop.” Her fourth…
Please Read On ...Dread At The Controls
Michael Campbell, better known as Mikey Dread, is a Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster. He was born in 1954 in Port Antonio, Jamaica, West Indies. Mikey Dread displayed a natural…
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