George Benson's Nat King Cole Tribute Album (Repost)
Pittsburgh native George Benson has been doing an onstage tribute to Nat "King" Cole onstage for some time now, accompanied onstage by a full orchestra. He's taking the concept into the recording...
View ArticleJimmy O'Neill, ex-'Burgh DJ & ABC "Shindig!" Host: 1940-2013...
Jimmy O'Neill, the onetime disc jockey who hosted ABC's rock show "Shindig!" for its entire run, from 1964 to 1966, and got his professional start at Pittsburgh's WCAE in 1958, died in Los Angeles last...
View ArticlePizzarelli In Concert: Tales of Bucky
Funny what you learn at a John Pizzarelli concert. Yes, he's great with self-deprecating one-liners and patter, but he also has stories about himself but also about his dad, Bucky Pizzarelli, who at 87...
View ArticleThe Other Lost Highways: Red Foley & Tennessee Ernie Ford
60 years ago this month, Hank Williams Sr., daddy of Hank Jr.. grandfather of Hank III, died in the back seat of a Cadillac sometime between New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Enroute to a show in...
View ArticleHowlin' Wolf, Muddy & the Stones: 1965, 1981 (For BlueNotes)
Even today, many longtime fans of The Greatest Rock And Roll Band in the World, be they young or those there from the start, don't realize how much the Stones owed, and still owe, the blues, and they'd...
View ArticleConn, Negri, Dolphin, Humphries At Foster's (Corrected)
Except for a video of a 1965 WQED program, hosted by Bill Hillgrove, that we've posted here before, there aren't many easily available examples of Joe Negri with his longtime performing partner, the...
View ArticleThe Other Lost Highways: Red Foley
2013 marks the 60th anniversary of the New Year's morning Hank Williams was found dead in the back seat of a chauffeured pink Cadillac in Oak Hill, West Virginia after too much booze and drugs. Days...
View ArticleThe Last Andrews Sister: RIP Patty Andrews 1918-2013
Patty (later spelled "Patti") Andrews, the last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters, one of the top acts of the 1940's, died yesterday at age 94 in California. The trio, Maxene, LaVerne and...
View ArticleHappy 95th, Porky Chedwick!
Porky Chedwick--you know all the nicknames--celebrated his 95th Birthday Monday, cause for celebrating for anyone who cares about music in this region. I realize there are generations who know of him...
View ArticleThe Troggs' Reg Presley of "Wild Thing" fame: 1941-2013
You know, I hate having to run so many obit postings here, especially after happily noting Porky Chedwick's 95th. But this is a major one, for those who go back long enough and for younger people...
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