Rosanne Cash – The Rules of Returning
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Rosanne Cash – The Rules of Returning

Rosanne Cash The Rules of Returning by Jay S. Jacobs It’s sometimes funny the changes life puts you through. In 1990, Rosanne Cash was on top of the world. Her album, Interiors, was a crowning achievement in a career that had been on the fast track for over a decade.  Cash had to overcome the blessing … Continue reading

Ron Dante – The Voice Behind the Archies Talks About a Long Career Singing and Producing Great Pop Music
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Ron Dante – The Voice Behind the Archies Talks About a Long Career Singing and Producing Great Pop Music

Ron Dante The Voice Behind the Archies Talks About a Long Career Singing and Producing Great Pop Music. by Jay S. Jacobs Ron Dante has always been one of those pop‑music Zeligs – the guy whose voice you’ve heard a thousand times without ever quite realizing it. From novelty hits and Brill Building demos to … Continue reading

Tony Burrows – The Greatest Singer Whose Name You’ve Never Heard
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Tony Burrows – The Greatest Singer Whose Name You’ve Never Heard

Tony Burrows The Greatest Singer Whose Name You’ve Never Heard by Jay S. Jacobs Tony Burrows. You may not know the name, but you know the voice. Burrows is quite probably the greatest voice of seventies pop. He’s definitely the only singer in history to have four top forty singles with four groups in the … Continue reading

Elwood Reid – He Didn’t Six
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Elwood Reid – He Didn’t Six

Elwood Reid He Didn’t Six By Ronald Sklar Elwood Reid and I have formed the I-Love-Richard-Price Club. You already may (and should) know that Richard Price (The Wanderers, Ladies’ Man, Blood Brothers and Clockers) is the most brilliant working-class writer who ever lived. Elwood and I worship and adore him. So, kids: now you know the yin-yang of … Continue reading

Tori Amos – Living Well is the Best Revenge
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Tori Amos – Living Well is the Best Revenge

Tori Amos Living Well is the Best Revenge by Jay S. Jacobs Tori Amos is living out the ultimate revenge of the nerd. The self-described childhood social outcast has in the last five years become a well-known and very respected artist. From a youth of religious confusion brought about by her conflicting feelings about her … Continue reading