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Rock n Roll Graffiti: Hastings St. spawned blues scene
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, April 06, 2011. Hastings St. spawned blues scene. Bluesman John Lee Hooker was photographed. On Detroit's Hastings St. for this album cover. Unless you're from Detroit, you might not know that Hastings St. gave birth to a thriving blues scene in the 1940s and 1950s. In fact, the Hastings St. neighborhood gave rise to iconic bluesman John Lee Hooker and lesser luminaries like Johnnie Bassett and Alberta Adams. The singer and guitarist was right at home performing in the cl...
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: 03/01/2011 - 04/01/2011
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Bomp logged state's rock scene. Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Avey Bros. on road to success. Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Fab Four recreate Beatles show. Wednesday, March 09, 2011. Del Shannon had fateful career. Wednesday, March 02, 2011. Did Zombies play in the U. P? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). If you have a column idea,. Suggestions, comments, photos. Or would like to share. I BUY U.P. RECORDS! Subscribe to weekly updates to Rock n Roll Graffiti. AM, Then FM.
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: Gladstone starts festival season
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Gladstone starts festival season. Minnesota-based blues artist Paul Mayasich. Will perform at the Rockin' The Bay Music Festival. In Gladstone on Friday, June 18. A dozen music festivals will take place around the Upper Peninsula this summer, with Gladstone's Rockin' The Bay launching the season. Now in its third year, Rockin' The Bay Music Festival is scheduled for June 17 and 18 at the Gladstone Yacht Club. Other regional festivals you may want to attend:.
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: Omo the Hobo published book
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, May 04, 2011. Omo the Hobo published book. Delta County's Omo the Hobo spent his life as a. Traveling troubadour and wrote about his adventures. Delta County's Omo the Hobo spent his life as a traveling troubadour and wrote a book to tell about it. Not long ago retired Escanaba Public Safety Officer Walter Deneau told me about Omo's tome and let me borrow his copy. Omo autographed the book and gave it to Deneau in 1994, along with a long-playing record album. Farm life di...
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: Motown unites Excels, Coffey
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Motown unites Excels, Coffey. Berry Gordy housed his Motown Record Corp. In this building at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in. You might know Motown Record Corp. from gigantic hits by the Miracles, the Temptations or the Supremes, but the venerable Detroit label also has some small Upper Peninsula ties. Music entrepreneur Berry Gordy incorporated the firm on April 14, 1960 combining Motown with the Tamla label he had founded in early 1959. With successful acts...
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: 06/01/2011 - 07/01/2011
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, June 08, 2011. Final column brings series to end. Wednesday, June 01, 2011. Fogerty ranks as concert favorite. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). If you have a column idea,. Suggestions, comments, photos. Or would like to share. I BUY U.P. RECORDS! Subscribe to weekly updates to Rock n Roll Graffiti. Enter your email address:. About the music on this blog. So, give a listen and decide for yourself which tunes could have been hits, if only. Blog Table of Contents. AM, Then FM.
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: 11/01/2010 - 12/01/2010
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, November 24, 2010. Bands Unlimited loomed large. Wednesday, November 17, 2010. Scouting, music are intertwined. Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Rev Raven throws blues bash. Wednesday, November 03, 2010. Cheap Trick satisfies U. P. fans. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). If you have a column idea,. Suggestions, comments, photos. Or would like to share. I BUY U.P. RECORDS! Subscribe to weekly updates to Rock n Roll Graffiti. Enter your email address:. About the music on this blog.
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: Interest in MC5 spans decades
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Interest in MC5 spans decades. Formed in Lincoln Park, the MC5 had a. Brief career, but long-lasting influence. The first article I wrote about the MC5 appeared on the front page of the May 18, 1971 edition of the Bay Beacon student newspaper. The five young men who were the subject of the article comprised not only an incendiary rock band, but were at the center of a political movement as well. The band was "guided" by Detroit poet John Sinclair, who dislik...
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: Fogerty ranks as concert favorite
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, June 01, 2011. Fogerty ranks as concert favorite. John Fogerty, left, and John Mellencamp. Performed together for a number of shows. The four times I've seen John Fogerty stand out from the dozens of great concerts I've witnessed over the years. I'd first heard his recordings of "Suzie Q." and "I Put A Spell On You" on the radio in the fall of 1968 when he fronted Creedence Clearwater Revival. Fogerty went solo that year, issuing his "Blue Ridge Rangers" album. A self...
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: Marilyn Monroe paid for trip
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Marilyn Monroe paid for trip. Although she was best known as an. Actress, Marilyn Monroe also recorded at. Least three dozen songs. Although she had been dead for years, iconic Hollywood movie star Marilyn Monroe paid for my wife Sue and me to vacation in New Orleans. If that sounds hard to believe, let me explain. Back in the late 1980s, Sue and I began collecting autographed photos of music celebrities to display in our record store. A bit doubtful about...
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