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10. The Grease Ball – This is the guy who shows up with any of the following: 

a)     Silver or gold chains either above the clothing or on top of his open and hairy chest. Chances are this guy also has a “wife beater” shirt underneath so run for your life ladies!

b)    Hair slicked back in a pon [ … ]

I'm afraid I'm a little bit at a loss for words on this one... What do you say about a man who is the beginning and end of all things Jazz? I'm sure that even the most musically illiterate kids know who "Satchmo" is. But as much as I kno [ … ]

Music has the power to spur performers on to superhuman feats of skill that from the audience just don't look humanly possible. Here is just such a performance...

Russian virtuoso Sviatoslav Richter (on DGG and EMI) was one of the towering figures of [ … ]

This clip comes from another "must have" DVD... Bluegrass Country Soul. Back in the sixties, there was an explosion of bluegrass festivals- gatherings of fans and musicians in an open air venue to relax and enjoy music together. They were informal affairs. [ … ]

I mentioned before how upset I was to find out that "The Jimmy Dean Show" DVDs were out of print. It was a really important show- the first country-western music show in prime time. But it was also the first nationwide TV series to feature Ji [ … ]

One of the things about "bad" music that drives me up the wall is unimaginative rhythm... boom, boom, boom... everything on the same beat... sequencers repeating the same simple patterns over and over again with no variation. It's downri [ … ]