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Short pieces: band updates, club happenings, festivals, scandals, updates, fun links and so on.
Hank Williams and Chet Baker Biopics, Equal but Separate
“I Saw the Light” (Hank Williams) and “Born to Be Blue” (Chet Baker) are two equally mediocre biopics with radically different responses from critics. Both pictures portray musicians on the lost highway: Williams on
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NEWS OF BANDS, BARS & THE HINTERLANDS
McGrath’s in Alameda, the leading supporter of live Bay Area roots music, is losing its lease in May 2011 and ending ten years at it’s current location. Owner Peter Barnato plans to relocate his
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Yard Sale, Misisipi Rider, Country Casanovas and Saddle Cats CDs on their way. Johnny Dilks update. Random rules for band and CD naming
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