‘Play with one Beatle, and it really f*cks up your jazz career’: Denny Seiwell on Wings, and everything else
Denny Seiwell had played with Zoot Sims and J.J. Johnson before joining Paul McCartney and Wings.
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Denny Seiwell had played with Zoot Sims and J.J. Johnson before joining Paul McCartney and Wings.
Read MoreThe old adage about music offering a route out of poverty was never truer than for Aaron Neville.
Read MoreThe great Mickey "Guitar" Baker has left this mortal coil.
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Iconic soul and R&B vocalist and multiple Grammy Award-winning artist Aaron Neville is set to perform a special concert on Wednesday, November 28 at the Brooklyn Bowl, which will be taped by PBS for broadcast in March 2013.
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If you weren't around for the Twist craze of the early '60s it might be hard to understand just what a phenomena it was.
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On that date, the-then 21-year-old left his home state of Louisiana for Chicago.
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Mostly instrumental R&B Lp on the Contact Record label from Denmark - a compilation of tracks from the 50's.
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When the Doors went on American Bandstand in the late Sixties, Dick Clark wanted Jim Morrison, the Lizard King in leather, to wear a tie.
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Man it was one lousy week for fans of soul, rhythm & blues, and funk, and the world of music in general last week.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Johnny Otis -- best known for writing the 1958 hit 'Willie and the Hand Jive' -- died Jan. 17 in Los Angeles.
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A music pioneer who combined the groove of R&B with the grit of rockabilly — and helped create rock and roll — Hank Ballard and the Midnighters were true Founding Fathers of rock and roll.
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Doug was an original, no two ways about that.
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Created to cash in on the dance craze of 1961, the dorky cover of King Curtis ' Arthur Murray-sponsored record of "twist" music belied what was actually a pretty funky record.
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Doug was a comet that blazed his trail across the musical heavens.
Read MoreAll that screaming on Ma must have been quite revolutionary at the time.
Read MoreThe recent extended Bank Holiday Weekend (God I love Bank Holidays!!) was a blast!
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