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Comeback stories don’t come any longer heartwarming (or improbable) than Robert Ward’s. Totally from the picture and believed by many aficionados to become dead, Ward’s opportunity encounter with acoustic guitar store owner Dave Hussong in Dayton, Ohio, tripped a rapid string of occasions that culminated in Ward’s 1990 debut recording …

The former lead singer of La Barberia del Sur and Sabicas, Enrique Morente set the pace for modern flamenco experimentalism like a soloist, with an affinity for lyrics compiled by modern and classic poets. Morente’s record Cantando a Federico García Lorca con Leonard Cohen, documented with Lagartija Nick, used the …

The grandson of Leon René (songwriter of early R&B songs “Once the Swallows Get back to Capistrano,” “Rockin’ Robin,” and “I Sold My Heart towards the Junkman,” amongst others) and son of Googie Rene (a recording artist who assisted Leon using the operation from the Course label), Chris Rene spent …

Contemporary nation singer Alecia Elliott was created in Muscle Shoals, AL about Christmas Day, 1982. She was simply nine yrs . old when nation celebrity Lorrie Morgan — impressed by Elliott’s demonstration recordings — asked her onstage for any duet; she performed frequently throughout Nashville within the years to check …

Howard Crockett was created Howard Elton Hausey about Christmas Day time of 1925 in north Louisiana. As a kid, Howard showed guarantee like a football participant and was actually scouted by professional groups, but an arm damage cut his profession short. Carrying out a spell within the Navy, Crockett started …

As home bandleader at B.B. King’s LA blues golf club, Arthur Adams cranks out searing blues for the well-heeled visitors who trod along Common Studios’ glitzy Town Walk. However the great most his transient customers can’t commence to think about the depth and selection of the guitarist’s profession. The shaven-headed …

b. 25 Dec 1932, Merseburg, Germany. Playing soprano and primarily tenor saxophone, Sauer is becoming perhaps one of the most observed German free of charge jazz players. Located in Frankfurt, he provides used the Frankfurter Trio in 1959. As his popularity spread he was presented with a huge increase due …

Following disbandment of Eurythmics in 1991, vocalist Annie Lennox started a solo job that rivaled Eurythmics’ with regards to crossover popularity. Delivered and elevated in Aberdeen, Scotland, Lennox started playing music as kid, learning how exactly to play both piano and flute. In her past due teens, she gained a …

George Michael was the largest British pop celebrity from the 1980s, content spinning some infectiously catchy pop singles into global stardom that found him sell more than 100 mil albums worldwide. Blessed with visual appearance, a fine tone of voice, along with a knack for composing interesting melodies that worked …

Among the great entertainers, Cab Calloway was children name by 1932, rather than really declined in popularity. A talented jazz vocalist and an excellent scatter, Calloway’s gyrations and showmanship on-stage in the Natural cotton Club occasionally overshadowed the grade of his usually excellent bands. Younger brother of vocalist Blanche Calloway …