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...DIED. NOEL REDDING, 57, bass guitarist for the Jimi Hendrix Experience from 1966 to 1969, of natural causes; in Clonakilty, Ireland. Redding, along with drummer Mitch Mitchell, accompanied Jimi Hendrix on some of the most radical songs of the 1960s, including Purple Haze and Foxey Lady. In 1974, Redding signed away future royalties for a one-off payment, losing out as Hendrix records continued to sell well over the next quarter-century. At the time of his death, Redding's lawyers were working on an action against the company that oversees the Hendrix estate to recover $5 million in lost...
...Tuscan countryside. Sixty guests stayed in the castle for a week, during which friends and family joined the couple in reciting poetry and enacting scenes from The Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century collection of fables, in the castle's theater. On the wedding day, Quirk's brother, a drummer, led the processional through the grounds while guests banged along on pots and pans. When they reached a hilltop olive grove, the guests formed a circle around the couple as one friend sang Ave Maria and another acted as "officiant." Afterward, everyone danced into the night to CDs the couple...
Portastatic’s new album is a pleasant ballad collection for the seasonal warmth, with upbeat rhythms and alternately rousing and wistful lyrics by vocalist and drummer Mac McCaughan. Portastatic are a relaxed and unpretentious change from McCaughan’s well known indie band Superchunk...
DIED. BABATUNDE OLATUNJI, 76, influential Nigerian drummer whose 1959 album, Drums of Passion, the first African drumming collection recorded in stereo in a U.S. studio, set off a wave of African-jazz fusion in the 1960s; of diabetes; in Salinas, Calif. Carlos Santana's first single, Jingo, was a remake of the Olatunji number...
Blanks., the popular Freshman Arts Project (FAP)-born band recently selected to play Harvard’s Springfest and the Holyoke Stage at Arts First, features drummer John T. Drake ’06. The multi-talented musician has previously played for Chess, Ex-Rated, and is a member of the innovative interdisciplinary art group, “Thirteen.” Drake is also music director for Richard III, which opens next weekend on the Loeb Mainstage...