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[from amaah] Jimmy McGriff, 72; blues organist whose audience crossed musical lines
"Jimmy Smith is the jazz king on the organ, but when it comes to blues, I can do things where he can't touch me," McGriff once said. Amen. The funky bluesologist has passed away. Organs in Philadelphia will be crying for years to come.
[from amaah] A Soul on the Planet' Approaches the Big Questions of Life From a Variety of Directions
Meshell Ndegeocello's music sounds as if it springs directly from a mind that's restlessly curious about ideas, people, interactions and possibilities, and is passionate about all of them.
[from amaah] Bobby Byrd R.I.P.
Bobby Byrd meant a lot more to James Brown than most people realized. It might even be said that without Bobby there would not have been a James Brown. After all, it was the Byrd family's sponsorship that enabled James to qualify for a paroled release fro
[from amaah] Nothing compares 2 Prince
sounds like a rousing start to the man's 3 week engagement at the millennium dome... Maceo is guesting it seems... 6 hours including the aftershow... bootlegs anyone? "He makes his contemporaries look like pusillanimous amateurs."
[from amaah] A funk queen steps out of the shadows
Betty Mabry Davis set the standard with her sassy '70s sound. Finally, she's getting her due. The woman once known mainly for being the former Mrs. Miles Davis is belatedly being acknowledged as one of the most influential artists of the funk era.
