Yesterday one of original inventors of rock n roll died: Chuck Berry. He was 90 years old. Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Berry refined and … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: RIP Chuck Berry
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Sunday Jazz Brunch Open Thread: RIP Ornette Coleman
Today' open thread is dedicated to a jazz great that we lost earlier this week, Ornette Coleman. Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960's, a term he invented with the name of an album. Coleman's timbre was … [Read more...] about Sunday Jazz Brunch Open Thread: RIP Ornette Coleman
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Thursday Afternoon Thread: The Godfather of Go-Go and the Queen of Disco – RIP
You didn't have to be fans of either genre, but I bet you will shout out along with Chuck "gimme the bridge now!" LOL, and can there be a sexier song than "Love to Love Ya baby"? Yeah, we lost two great ones - that's got to be one cool party in heaven right now. … [Read more...] about Thursday Afternoon Thread: The Godfather of Go-Go and the Queen of Disco – RIP