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In the wake of Bob Dylan’s breakthrough success in the first ’60s, countless other similarly styled folk artists followed, including singer/guitarist Mark Spoelstra. Given birth to on June 30, 1940, in Kansas Town, MO, but elevated in California, Spoelstra ultimately relocated to NEW YORK, where he started playing at coffeehouses …

Bebop drummer Jimmy Lovelace was created in Kansas Town on Feb 6, 1940. A normal collaborator of guitarists Wes Montgomery and George Benson, pianist Junior Mance, and clarinetist Tony Scott, he lent his delicate, nuanced accompaniment to information like the George Benson Cookbook but continued to be little-known beyond probably …