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Big Al Downing was a distinctive if unsung figure in the history of well-known music, becoming among the initial African-Americans to take pleasure from success within the white-dominated realms of rockabilly and nation. So mixed and checkered was his lengthy profession that he actually damaged the disco graphs. Given birth …

Rockabilly bombshell Sparkle Moore was created Barbara Morgan in Omaha in 1939. The quintessential poor girl, she dressed up in natural leather (and frequently in men’s clothing), with her brief blonde locks greased back an Elvis Presley-styled pompadour–dubbed “Sparkle” honoring a supporting personality within the “Dick Tracy” comic remove, she …

Caitlin Rose’s inspirations, from Gram Parsons to Bonnie Raitt to Linda Ronstadt, belied her past due-‘80s delivery. The offbeat Nashville, Tennessee-based vocalist/songwriter and guitarist debuted in Feb 2008 on the idea 8 label using the Deceased Blossoms EP, its name track a Moving Stones cover having a pleading touch, laced …