Music is the most cannibalistic creative endeavor, with musicians not only drawing inspiration from predecessors and contemporaries, but often imitating specific techniques, stealing catchy riffs or ...
Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...
Sam Phillips opened the Memphis Recording Service. His early clients in 1950 included blues legends Howlin’ Wolf and B. B. King. They were among the first to record at what later became Sun Studio, ...
Elvis Presley‘s “A Little Less Conversation” was written by a country star. The star revealed what the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll wanted from the song. While “A Little Less Conversation ...
Ferrari with a paltry 300 miles on the clock is to go on auction for a whopping sum. The eye-catching 1984 512 BB was the ...
Judging by Priscilla Presley’s recollections, Elvis Presley was more interested ... Other spiritual texts that piqued the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll‘s interest included the Bible, Siddhartha ...
The new members are folklorist William “Bill” Ferris, historian and novelist Shelby Foote, poet Natasha Trethewey, and singer ...
When we came, it was shortly after Kennedy had been assassinated. Maybe America needed something like the Beatles to be ...
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It was exactly what she needed right now, with all that she’s going through,” Lois Blair’s son says of a visit from Elvis ...