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Artist: The Gremlins
Like many New Zealand and Australian bands of the mid- to late '60s, the Gremlins were heavily influenced by both British and American rock, pop, and soul music, to the point where they seemed more like versatile all-around talents than musicians who had developed a style of their own. Merseybeat, mod, light psychedelia, soul, surf, pop, and... [+] Read More
Artist: Bouncing Gremlins
Artist: Dewey Bassett
Dewey Bassett and his wife Gassie made a series of old-time or mountain music recordings for Bluebird from 1939-1940, during a time when record companies had largely stopped taping this genre. Like many artists of the time, Bassett extensively re-wrote or arranged many of the traditional pieces, part of the ongoing trend toward utilizing... [+] Read More
Artist: Danny Johnson
Danny Johnson was born and raised in Louisiana, where he was discovered by another one of rock & roll's guitar greats, Rick Derringer. A young Danny Johnson can be heard on four of Derringer's CBS projects, where Johnson's talents are exhibited not only as a budding guitar master, but also as a songwriter and vocalist. Johnson's evolution from... [+] Read More
Artist: Arthur Morton
Film and TV composer/orchestrator Arthur Morton orchestrated scores for the movies The Sand Pebbles, From Here to Eternity, Patton, Chinatown, Superman: The Movie (1978), Planet of the Apes, Escape From the Planet of the Apes, Ocean's Eleven, Our Man Flint, In Like Flint, and the movie series based on the Star Trek TV series. His other TV... [+] Read More
Artist: Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan was the most famous "professional" wrestler during the rejuvenation of the "sport" in the 1980s. He first went by the name Terry "the Hulk" Bollea and later dropped his real name altogether. Originally, Hulk Hogan was supposed to be a red-haired Irish wrestler, but in a rare act of good taste and restraint, he became the golden god of... [+] Read More
Artist: Sneaky Pete Kleinow
One of the unsung heroes of the country-rock movement, steel guitarist and songwriter Sneaky Pete Kleinow was born August 20, 1934, in South Bend, IN. Influenced by the music of Jerry Byrd, he took up the steel guitar at the age of 17 and, after graduating high school, spent over a decade as a road maintenance worker for the Michigan State... [+] Read More
Artist: Hoyt Axton
First rising to prominence as a songwriter, Hoyt Axton carved out successful careers as a singer and actor as well; rooted equally in country, folk and pop, his gravelly baritone and wry, earthy songs projected an uncommon wit, warmth, and optimism, yielding a consistently engaging body of work extending across four decades. Axton was born March... [+] Read More
