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...George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan formed The Travelling Wilburys, a popular but unremarkable super-group with no cultural legacy to speak of. Likewise, Monsters of Folk—a super-group comprised of My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and M. Ward—are stacked with talent, but even after several years of live collaboration and half a year’s worth of hype, their self-titled debut lacks coherence and originality.“Monsters of Folk” oscillates between Oberst?...
...roll is almost unmatched. Holly was barely out of high school when he opened for Elvis Presley in 1955. He popularized the two guitar, one bass, one drum lineup that so many acts (the Beatles, the Kinks, Talking Heads, Weezer) would later adopt. When a self-conscious Roy Orbison saw Holly's black rimmed glasses and slim jim ties, he decided not to let his homely, face-for-radio looks hinder his singing career. (For a while, John Lennon even adopted the style). Holly wrote his own material and used his signature pitch-changing hiccup to move seamlessly between country...
John McCain was born in 1936. And so were: Singer Buddy Holly Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Activist Abbie Hoffman Ballplayer Don Drysdale Singer Roy Orbison...
...group began as a five-piece ensemble during Wallach and Drummey’s freshman year and had a different musical focus than it does today, said Wallach. “We were really influenced by [psychedelic pop group] the Zombies and were listening to a lot of Roy Orbison and British soul music. It was more retro,” Wallach said. The band also used to focus more on live shows. However, Wallach described the Harvard and Boston gigging scene as stymying for musicians. “It’s really hard to build a live following...
...founder, with Steve Winwood, of the '60s band Traffic, whose hits included Paper Sun and Hole in My Shoe; of stomach cancer; in London. After the band split up in 1974, Capaldi went on to a successful solo career, hitting the charts with a '70s cover of Roy Orbison's Love Hurts...