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Joe Cocker

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Clapton, Beck & Page's Reunion at Reunion in Nov. '83

    ​This work-week ender is a double-header -- two nights in November 1983, back-to-back benefits for the great Ronnie Lane, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1976. It was Lane himself who came up with the benefits, held beneath the banner of Action for Research into Multiple Sclerosis -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Guitar Great Cornell Dupree, Who Made Everyone Sound Better, Has Died at 69

    Moments ago, an old Friend of Unfair Park sent along this obituary that appeared on Variety's website last night: Guitar great Cornell Dupree died at his Fort Worth home Sunday at the age of 69. For those unfamiliar with the name, you're certainly well-versed in his estimable body of work -- which e ... More >>

  • Music

    September 9, 2010

    Leon Russell

    Thursday, September 9, at the Granada Theater

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Idol Rich: And the Winner Is...

    ​This is, essentially, a "closure" post. I think we all have to come terms with the fact that Fort Worth/Cool's Casey James was let go in favor of the inferior Lee DeWyze. Whether or not I think CJ should be the American Idol, I've blogged the finale because he and a couple of other North Texans w ... More >>

  • Music

    April 8, 2010

    John Grant with Midlake

    Queen of Denmark (Bella Union)

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Gig Alert: Kevin So and Emily White at Opening Bell Coffee

    So what!?!?!?! Really, these captions write themselves sometimes.​Feeling like a little mellow, acoustic tunage before the assault of NX35 and SXSW? Opening Bell Coffee offers up a nice bill of singer/songwriters this evening with Kevin So and Emily White.Hailing out of Boston, So actually toured ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Last Night: Leon Russell at the Granada Theater

    Leon RussellGranada TheaterAugust 23, 2009Better than: Hearing a medley of classic Leon Russell songs sung in an Asian karaoke bar, but not much better...This Leon was nowhere to be found last night.​During the 1960s and '70s, Leon Russell was the consummate sidekick and bandleader--and he was eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Echoes and Reverberations: Dead Kennedys “Rock Against Politics”

    Leon RussellGranada TheaterAugust 23, 2009Better than: Hearing a medley of classic Leon Russell songs sung in an Asian karaoke bar, but not much better...This Leon was nowhere to be found last night.​During the 1960s and '70s, Leon Russell was the consummate sidekick and bandleader--and he was eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2008

    Giveaway: Tickets To See Steve Miller Band At Starplex

    Leon RussellGranada TheaterAugust 23, 2009Better than: Hearing a medley of classic Leon Russell songs sung in an Asian karaoke bar, but not much better...This Leon was nowhere to be found last night.​During the 1960s and '70s, Leon Russell was the consummate sidekick and bandleader--and he was eve ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2008

    Lift Us Up Space Cowboy

    Leon RussellGranada TheaterAugust 23, 2009Better than: Hearing a medley of classic Leon Russell songs sung in an Asian karaoke bar, but not much better...This Leon was nowhere to be found last night.​During the 1960s and '70s, Leon Russell was the consummate sidekick and bandleader--and he was eve ... More >>

  • Film

    September 20, 2007

    Help!

    Run for your life if you can, little girl: Julie Taymor's '60s-set musical is a bust

  • Music

    October 5, 2006

    Bolton Lives!

    Being an ass-clown ain't so bad

  • Music

    December 22, 2005

    A Pack of Mutts

    Need a little alt in your country? These ten don't.

  • Music

    December 25, 2003

    Parental Guidance

    Listening to the years hit singles with Mom and Dadyears hit singles with Mom and Dad

  • Culture

    November 6, 2003

    Free Will

    Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

  • Film

    September 14, 2000

    For the Love of Mic

    Duets explores the world of karaoke singing, and rather sweetly at that

  • Music

    May 14, 1998

    Small apologies

    Eddie Van Halen doesn't really care if you like the "new" Van Halen

  • Music

    March 19, 1998

    Tangled web

    From Mexico to L.A. via Alaska and El Paso, Tito Larriva has seen it all and more

  • Music

    July 24, 1997

    Cream of the crop

    Jack Bruce follows his own path

  • Music

    February 27, 1997

    The quiet man

    Cornell Dupree is the ultimate un-showoff

  • Music

    November 28, 1996

    Glory and injustice

    Is bass legend Chuck Rainey falling through the cracks?

  • Music

    January 4, 1996

    Lone Star State of disgrace

    Tributes to Buddy Holly and Willie Nelson are anything but

  • Music

    November 10, 1994

    Reviews

    Tributes to Buddy Holly and Willie Nelson are anything but

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