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Died. Johnnie Johnson, 80, thumping boogie-woogie blues and early rock-'n'-roll pianist who on New Year's Eve 1952 gave Chuck Berry his first break, in Johnson's popular trio, and later, as Berry's bandmate and co-writer, shaped the rock legend's inventive sound; in St. Louis, Mo. Johnson, for whom Berry wrote Johnny B. Goode, slammed the keys on such tunes as Maybellene, Rock & Roll Music and Roll Over Beethoven. Johnson later backed John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, and in 2001 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
...teammates. The Sox are cartoon characters and superheroes. Ortiz, Ramirez, Schilling: larger than life in personality and, in Curt's case, with an ego to match. Damon's everyone's darling. Varitek is like a Cooperstown statue of "Catcher" and, now, "Captain" too. Arroyo, who starred as a hard-rock singer at Peter Gammons' annual charity fundraiser in Boston in January-Arroyo and his cornrows, and now he's got a CD of Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots covers coming out in July. Theo himself was on guitar that night: a Yalie GM rock star...
...Mayer here (I think you’ll remember that I hate him as you do), but I’m trying to point out that it’s not always possible to be a revolutionary in the music world. To those that are: more power to you. Rock the boat, screw the labels, and change the industry...
...epic difference, as can be seen in the prominent diversity on Jay-Z’s “Black Album,” where a slate of different studio gurus give each song a distinct match-up to the H.O.V.A.’s rhymes. Studio musicians in rock and pop don’t enjoy the same opportunity for fame that rap producers do, and it’s a shame: the musicians behind a huge percentage of certain radio stations go completely unnoticed for their efforts...
...philosophy of music, the summary of aesthetic: the artists who get remembered, those who leave the greatest mark upon their craft are, at least in Aristotelian terms, those who further the mission of pop and rock music to its ultimate state. Some maintain that this “telos” was “Revolver,” others will swear to you that it was “Dark Side of the Moon.” We know better. Our critical scopes are so broad as to encompass more music than we could listen to if we were...