Manhattan venue CBGB is remembered as the prototypical punk-rock hole in the wall, and an incubator for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame talents the Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie. Yet in the bigger picture, one of the most influential dive bars in music history made sense for Alan Jackson s first New York stop since 9/11, in 2002.
CBGB stood for Country, Bluegrass and Blues (the oft-forgotten second half of its name, & OMFUG, was an acronym for and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers ) the genres that founder Hilly Kristal expected to book before punk rock and new wave offered cosmopolitan options to disco and arena rock. In fact, one of the earliest performers at the club after its 1973 opening was country artist Con Fullam.
September 21st, 2005
New York City is a tunnel of thieves and vagabonds; a nauseous tale of debauchery told through the medium of billboard advertising and raucous taverns. The smell of angst signals the desperation of the locals to ransack, purge and rape any hint of cultural improvement. But once the rock star hipsters become easy to spot, the day-to-day challenge of reporting the truth can begin.
I ve been told to head for thebigapple to see if I can get the juicy on the gang of gajin talking Yo La Tengo at a shindig called CMJ.
CMJ is a devilish collection of industry narcs, two-bit bar band bozos and chili hot dog vendors, all hoping to stand close enough to 2005 s collection of great white hopes to trade it in for sexual favours and popularity back home. There is much murmur of myth and manic dashes across the long, cavernous city to attend a variety of trophy shows and dancing queen competitions. The Kentucky Derby, this is not.
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Dec 10, 2020
1965 - 18-year-old David Bowie recorded Can t Help Thinking About Me at Pye Studios, London, England, which was later released as a single under the name David Bowie with The Lower Third. It became the first David Bowie record to be released in the U.S. as well as the first time the name Bowie appeared under the songwriters credit. (Photo credit RALPH GATTI/AFP via Getty Images)
1967 - Otis Redding and several members of his band died when their plane crashed into a lake near Madison, Wisconsin. Redding and his band had made an appearance in Cleveland, Ohio on the local ‘Upbeat’ television show the previous day. His biggest hit, (Sittin on) The Dock of the Bay, had been recorded just three days earlier. Redding was 26.
December 10, 2020 DOLLY PARTON S COAT OF MANY COLORS 2015 Pictured: (l-r) Stella Parton as Mrs. Corla Bass, Mary Lane Haskell as Miss Moody, Gerald McRaney as Preacher Jake, Alyvia Alyn Lind as Dolly, Jennifer Nettles as Avie Lee Parton, Ricky Schroder as Lee Parton. (Jeff Lipsky/NBC)
History Highlight:
Today in 2015, The TV movie Dolly Parton s Coat of Many Colors aired on NBC. The movie is based on a true story about Dolly s upbringing in 1955 as her family struggles to live in Tennessee s Great Smoky Mountains and was written by Pamela K. Long (a writer on the soap opera Guiding Light). In the movie, Dolly s mother is played by Jennifer Nettles, lead vocalist of the country music duo Sugarland, and Dolly Parton plays the narrator.