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Les Paul, RIP

Posted by Brendan on August 13th, 2009 filed in Rock-n-roll, life, obituary, old school, r&b, youtube

who says only the good die young? Les made it to 94.

The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
Here he is at 91:

I never got a chance to see Les (almost did in the 1990s, but the cover was wicked steep).

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Get on the Good Foot: James Brown, 1933-2006

Posted by Brendan on December 25th, 2006 filed in Rock-n-roll, funk, old school, pop culture, r&b, soul, super rock, youtube

Godfather of Soul, Hardest Working Man in Show Business, is Dead.
No PCP jokes, please. I only saw James once, and the man was a force of nature. Watching him perform on the steps of the Art Museum about two years ago, I was stunned to realize he was 70. The [...]

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