| Music Clubs | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:28:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | Broadway Joe's. 3051 Main St. 836-9555. www.bjoes.com. Mon.: Rockgrrl Mondays, 9 p.m. Tues.: Open mic with Swagger and BWT, 10 p.m. Wed.: The Wakos, 8 p.m. The Buffalo Icon. 391 Ellicott St. 842-0167. www.thebuffaloicon.com. Mon.: Zox with Tally Hall and Ryan Montbleau, 7 p.m. Club 101. Seneca Niagara Casino, 310 Fourth St., Niagara Falls. 299-1100. Fri.: Lance Diamond Show, 3 p.m. Lafayette Tap Room. 391 Washington St. 854-2466. www.lafayettetaproom.com. Fri.: Roy Book Binder, 7:30 p.m.; New Rage, 10 p.m. Sat.: Roosevelt Dean, 9:30 p.m. Thurs.: Blues Hounds, 8 p.m. Next Fri.: The Rod Nickson Project, 9:30 p.m. Mohawk Place. 47 E. Mohawk St. 855-3931. www.mohawkplace.com. Fri.: Dan Harper and the Shakes, 7:30 p.m.; Brian Wheat and Groggy Darlin' with Joey V.... | |
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| | | Coca-Cola Championship Review: Leeds Blunt Blues | | Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 3:05:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | In time-honoured fashion, a team that seemed unable to spark under one manager suddenly found the winning formula under a caretaker. Leeds United's recent downward spiral of results this week prompted chairman Ken Bates and his board to dismiss Kevin Blackwell, whose assistant John Carver was handed the first-team management duties on a temporary basis while a permanent successor is recruited. .... | |
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| | | New season: King's Lynn Corn Exchange | | Posted Saturday, August 12, 2006 5:05:06 AM by Blog57 Team | | Follow that. That's definitely the message after the West Norfolk venue delivered a vibrant spring programme with such headline-grabbing acts as Joan Collins, Jimmy Carr, Paddy McGuinness, Jo Brand and, of course, Morrissey. And follow that it has, with another packed and crowd-pleasing line-up which includes legendary crooner Jack Jones, rhythm'n'blues with legends Bill Wyman and John Mayall, comedy hot properties Dara O'Briain, Jethro, Joe Pasquale and Lee Mack and much more. The season gets under way on September 19 with Antiques Roadshow regulars Hilary Kay and Paul Atterbury with their story of what goes on behind the scenes of this ever-popular programme. Tickets for their show, Have You Had It Long, Madam?, are 14, concs 13. Disco Divas (September 22) stars Jaki Graham - remember her top ten Eighties hits Round and Round and Set Me Free? - with tickets 16.50 (14.50 if booked by September 1) and 9.50.... | |
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| | | rhythm-and-blues singer Floyd Dixon dies at 77 | | Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 3:04:06 AM by Blog57 Team | | LOS ANGELES R-and-B great Floyd Dixon has died. He was 77. Dixon was a master of West Coast rhythm-and-blues. He toured with B-B King and is sometimes credited with inspiring Ray Charles to adopt a grittier gospel sound. His son, Christopher, says Dixon died of cancer July 26th at Chapman Medical Center in Orange. Born in Marshall, Texas, the self-taught pianist was taken under the wing of blues great Charles Brown when his family moved to Los Angeles in the 1940s. He went on to success with hits in a variety of styles, from "jump" blues to sophisticated jazz-influenced works to bawdy songs like "Wine Wine Wine." Calling himself "Mister Magnificent," Dixon reached the height of his success in the 1950s as part of the flourishing black music scene in Los Angeles.... | |
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| | | Long unheeded, singer finally gets some praise | | Posted Monday, July 03, 2006 9:05:23 AM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK - Before Aretha Franklin was crowned the Queen of Soul, before the Supremes had their first hit and before anyone even knew who Stevie Wonder was, Bettye LaVette was the emerging star of Detroit. The husky-voiced soul singer had a top R&B hit with the song My Man -- He's a Lovin' Man in 1962 with Atlantic Records, and her initial success seemed to forecast a future as bright as the rest of her contemporaries. But while many superstar legends came out of Detroit, LaVette wasn't one of them. Instead, she spent the next 40 years struggling to pay her bills, playing tiny clubs and falling deeper into depression as she tried to recapture the fleeting fame of her youth. ``The whole time was bad, period,'' LaVette said during a recent interview.... | |
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