Formed in 1968 in Los Angeles, California, by the brothers Patrick Vasquez (bass and vocals) and Lolly Vasquez (guitar and vocals), the name Redbone itself is a joking reference to a Cajun term for a mixed-race person, the band's members being of mixed blood ancestry.[1] The band referenced Cajun and New Orleans culture many times in their lyrics and performing style. Pat and Lolly had previously performed and recorded under the stage surname Vegas, in part to downplay the Latin American association of their birth surname, Vasquez.
Redbone played primarily rock music with R&B, Cajun, Jazz, tribal, and Latin roots. Their first commercial success came with the single "Maggie" from their second album, Potlatch, in 1970, and two other hit singles followed - "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" (1971, #21 on the Billboard Hot 100) and "Come and Get Your Love" (1974, #5 on the Billboard Hot 100). "Come and Get Your Love", written by Lolly Vasquez stayed in the Billboard chart for 24 weeks, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. on 22 April 1974.[1]
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Sean Costello (April 16, 1979 – April 15, 2008) was an American blues musician renowned for his fiery guitar playing and soulful singing.[1][2][3]He released five critically-acclaimed albums before his career was cut short by his sudden death at the age of 28. Tinsley Ellis called him ‘the most gifted young blues guitarist on the scene... he was a triple threat on guitar, vocals and as a songwriter’.[4]
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Blues singer Jeff Healey Dead At 41
Canadian blues singer and guitarist Jeff Healey died in a Toronto hospital at the age of 41 on March 2. He had been battling cancer for several years. He leaves behind a wife, Christie and 2 children.
Healey battled cancer at age one - retinoblastoma, a rare form of retinal cancer - which left him blind. But being blind didn't stop Jeff - he taught himself to play guitar by laying the instrument across his lap and his unique style and his rich, soulful voice earned him a successful music career. Much of his commerical success came with being frontman to the Jeff Healey Band.
The Canadian musician made his debut in 1988 with his first album, See the Light. Healey jammed with many greats during his career - B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Harrison.
Although Jeff was known for his bluesy/rock, his true love was jazz, a genre that was heard in his last three albums. His death comes just weeks before the release of his first rock album in eight years.
Mess of Blues is set to drop on April 22 in North America. A great talent has been lost. Rest in peace Jeff.
Bo Diddley, US rhythm and blues singer dies, aged 79
Had Diddley been able to copyright the hypnotic and highly distinctive rhumba-like beat that was his musical trademark he might have been able to retire many years ago as a very wealthy man, rather than having to eke out a living in his old age, playing night-clubs, as his health deteriorated.
The Bo Diddley sound - best remembered in his eponymous hit in 1955 and sometimes summarized as 'shave and a haircut, two bits' - would become a key template for early rock and roll. Buddy Holly's 'Not Fade Away', which was subsequently covered by the Rolling Stones, was a carbon-copy of the Diddley beat, as was 'Magic Bus' by the Who, 'I Want Candy' by The Strangeloves, and many more.
sShinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2001 by Brent Smith, Brad Stewart, Jasin Todd, and Barry Kerch. The band has released three albums on Atlantic Records. They have released popular singles such as "45", "Save Me", "Devour", and "Second Chance." Every single they have released has reached the Top 5 of the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,
To date, Shinedown has sold over six million albums worldwide.[1]
Matt Nathanson doesn't waste any time setting the tone for his transfixing new album, Some Mad Hope.
Diving headlong into a sea of chiming guitars, the San Francisco-based singer-songwriter breathlessly declares "I'm wide awake and so alive" -- the opening lines of "Car Crash" serving as a statement of emotional clarity that permeates the disc's every groove.
Some Mad Hope, Nathanson's sixth studio album (and first for Vanguard), is in many ways his most fully-realized work to date.
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"From the gentle string washes that lap the edges of "Heartbreak World" (a song that balances wistful backward glances with gingerly-held hope of better things to come) to the insistent rhythmic pulse that drives the wind-at-the-back anthem "Detroit Waves," Nathanson demonstrates a mesmerizing attention to detail.
Nathanson lived his life as the very model of the modern independent artist, journeying from town to town, logging literally hundreds of thousands of miles, all the while captivating audiences with his confessional songs and spontaneous, uncensored stage banter.
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