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Artist: Ernie Farrow
Ernie Farrow, the brother of Alice Coltrane, seems to have as many talents as his native West Virginia has river valleys. He was capable of playing all three of the main instruments in a jazz rhythm section -- piano, bass, and drums -- and additionally was more than up to the multi-instrumentalist tasks demanded by bandleader Yusef Lateef. The... [+] Read More
Artist: Cee Farrow
Artist: Pete Farrow
Artist: Dan Farrow
Artist: Mia Farrow
Artist: Alice Coltrane
Music obviously ran in Alice Coltrane's family; her older brother was bassist Ernie Farrow, who in the '50s and '60s played in the bands of Barry Harris, Stan Getz, Terry Gibbs and especially, Yusef Lateef. Alice McLeod began studying classical music at the age of seven. She attended Detroit's Cass Technical High School with pianist Hugh Lawson... [+] Read More
Artist: Dino Valente
A fascinating enigma of the San Francisco psychedelic scene, Valente is most famed as the author of "Get Together." This definitive '60s love-and-peace anthem was recorded on the Jefferson Airplane's first album, and taken into the Top Ten by the Youngbloods. Valente was also an original member of Quicksilver Messenger Service, although drug... [+] Read More
Artist: Diane Keaton
After rising to fame in a series of hit Woody Allen comedies, Diane Keaton went on to enjoy a successful film career both as an actress and as a director. Born Diane Hall on January 5, 1946 in Los Angeles, she studied acting at Manhattan's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater, and in 1968 understudied in Hair; on Broadway she met... [+] Read More
Artist: Dory Previn
Dory Previn was a successful lyricist for motion picture theme songs during the 1960s and early 1970s, earning three Academy Award nominations for best song; in the mid-1970s and early 1980s, she published books of memoirs and wrote and performed in musical theater works. But she remains best known for the six albums of original songs and one... [+] Read More
Artist: Steve Gillette
If there's an unfortunate aspect to Steve Gillette's career, it's that he was born just a little too late to become a star on the folk circuit during the boom days of the early-'60s folk revival. With his unabashedly romantic voice and the right ballad, he might've easily soared into the Top Ten in an era in which songs like "Michael" and "Green... [+] Read More
