Tag Archives: 1960s – 1980s

Katsuya Yokoyama is among the foremost Japan Shakuhachi experts. He was created in a family group of traditional music artists. When he was still extremely young, he researched the Shakuhachi along with his grandfather and his dad. Down the road, he researched with Watazumi-Do from the Fuke College, who was …

b. Angus McKenzie, 16 Dec 1931, Glasgow, Scotland, d. 21 Dec 1998. Denver grew up in Glasgow, but remaining college at 15 to become listed on the Norwegian vendor navy. He enlisted within the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1951, and fought within the Korean battle. Rejoining the navy after …

Perhaps one of the most commercially successful funk sets of the ’70s, the multi-racial Rufus are today best remembered for starting the profession of spirit diva Chaka Khan, whose fiery business lead vocals were easily the band’s center point. Driven by Khan — who was simply eventually billed as well …

Possibly the least conventional group to emerge in South Africa in the 1970s was Juluka. The brainchild of English-born Light anthropologist Johnny Clegg and traditional Zulu musician Sipho Mchunu, Juluka provided an electrifying dance music that mixed the very best of African and Traditional western designs. Clegg scandalized the Light …

Among the finest light folk/blues performers of the first to mid-’60s, Judy Roderick developed a loyal following, fostered by her concert and membership appearances on the best-known locations for the East Coastline — the next Fret (Philly), Membership 47 (Cambridge), and Cafe Au Move Go (NEW YORK). Her record produces …

A bebopping guitarist with a good enough rhythmic advantage for R&B, Jimmy Gourley originated from a family group background that a lot more than simply leaned toward conservatory teaching. Gourley’s father in fact founded the Monarch Conservatory of Music itself, situated in Hammond, IN. Gourley was still popping acne when …

Certainly, 1969 may be the most significant year within the job of drummer, producer, and songwriter Roger Hawkins, without whom the pop music from the ’70s could have sounded quite different. Contending just in importance may be the day when Hawkins 1st kept drum sticks in his hands — the …

Jud Strunk was a socially and environmentally conscious singer/songwriter and comedian. A indigenous of NY, Strunk transferred to Farmington, Maine in 1960 and began singing at an area hotel. Then began a single action on the U.S. MILITARY circuit, appeared within the Broadway musical Beautiful Dreamer, and through the early …

A long time before Ry Cooder, Leo Kottke, Richard Thompson, among others were impressing listeners making use of their capability to hop from genre to genre, Sandy Bull glided from classical and jazz to cultural music and rock and roll & move with grace and verve. Accompanied on his initial …

b. 21 Apr 1941, Robards, Kentucky, USA. When he was eight yrs . old, Owen noticed Hank Williams sing and from that point he became totally fascinated with the star and his music. After completing his education, he proved helpful variously being a journalist so when a golf trainer until …