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Little Feat, Roy Jay Band

Tuesday, June 21, at the Granada Theater

By Lee Zimmerman
Jun 16, 2011

Over its multi-decade history, Little Feat has undergone a tangled trajectory. Founded by guitarist Lowell George, a former member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, Little Feat evolved from two earlier outfits, the Fraternity of Man and the Factory. Fusing rock, blues, country, boogie and R&B, songs like "Willin'," "Dixie...
Lady Antebellum Isn't Country's First Pop Sensation.

By Lee Zimmerman
Nov 4, 2010

Lady Antebellum's collision of country with pop and rock 'n' roll is one of the most exciting examples of country music's continued strive toward the mainstream. Sample the crowds swarming to see Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Emmylou Harris and the Dixie Chicks and try to discern any narrow...
Leon Russell

Thursday, September 9, at the Granada Theater

By Lee Zimmerman
Sep 9, 2010

Leon Russell and the Abominable Snowman appear to have a lot in common. Both are legendary. Then too, there's that physical similarity—Russell's flowing white hair and massive beard find him a dead ringer for that reclusive creature. More important, sightings of each are relatively rare. Russell's low profile contrasts with...
David Allan Coe, The O's

Thursday, July 23, at House of Blues

By Lee Zimmerman
Jul 23, 2009

Stifle yourself, Steve Earle. Lower that middle finger, Hank III. Take another hit from that spliff, Willie Nelson. And then all of you step aside. When it comes to insurgency, you guys pale compared to that cantankerous country crooner David Allan Coe. Banished to reform school at age 9, he...
The Summer After

The Summer of Love got all sorts of coverage on its 40th Anniversary. So where’s the love for 1968?

By Lee Zimmerman
Aug 7, 2008

Considering the fact that 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of a year that produced countless musical milestones, it's surprising how little has been made of it so far. While pundits were quick to offer retrospectives of 1967, the year that ushered in Sgt. Pepper, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Cream—plus...

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