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Results for Mick JaggerWhen the essence of an institution, individual or ideology can be distilled into a single dashed-off image, one has arrived: the American flag, the Elvis sneer, the hammer and sickle, Mick Jagger's lips. Whether first drawn by Andy Warhol, as popularly assumed, or Ruby Mazur, those lips and tongue are Jagger and the Stones then, now and forever and conjure up a contradictory mess of personal qualities and talents that refuse to give up center stage. Educated at the London School of Economics, elegant in the "you can never be too thin or too ric"' vein and energetic in the how-does-he-keep-up-with-himself mode, Jagger has been frontman for the Stones and star on his own for forty plus years and has no intention of fading away. In fact, "fade" does not appear in his vocabulary since each of his live appearances is a sweat-soaking, five senses pushed to the limit [especially hearing] workout for Jagger and the audience. The original Rolling Stones were the perfect foil for the Beatles, and Jagger has proved that the message and perhaps the man are ageless....more
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by Denise Sullivan•April 23, 2008•
"I thought their hair looked great"
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by Matt Gewolb•March 19, 2008•
Enter Chuck Leavell. Leavell, a gracious and mild-mannered Georgian who speaks with a charming Southern drawl, is best known for his work as a keyboard player for the Rolling Stones and the Allman Brothers Band. Often credited as “the sixth Rolling Stone,” Leavell’s playing
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by C! Team•March 19, 2008•
Austin finally released us from its clutches and we're back at our desks assessing everything that went down in Texas last week. We have lots to share. And back in San Francisco, the rock scene is always going strong, so we've got the scoop on the local shows, too.
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by Mick Houghton•January 16, 2008•
Originally published in Let It Rock, December 1975
So what is punk rock? In its heyday the punk tag was more a qualitative one. Punk, pungk, adj.—rotten, worthless. Like bubblegum, it was seen as the dross of its day. It seemed totally ephemeral and not to be taken seriously.
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by Bruce Pilato•December 19, 2007•
On December 10th, 2007 the Mothership finally landed inside London’s O2 arena and 20,000 of us got on it for the reunion ride of a lifetime. The long-awaited “official” reunion of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones (the surviving members of Led Zeppelin) finally took place.
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3/8/2008
GEORGE THOROGOOD gets bad to the bone in Houston on 3/13/08:
George Thorogood has a theory.
"In any field,...
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8/21/2007
Diane M: Good for you, that is, teaching this music history. And, the thing is about this era -- the music is strongly...
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6/21/2006
Good points about hearing them (Pigpen et.al.) warts and all. But, still, Pigpen couldn't carry a tune on any live...
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