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True North Records announces a June 25th release date for A Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato, which features a lengthy list of friends and fans of the NRBQ founding member/bassist saluting him with 14 versions of their own previously unreleased takes of Spampinato-penned songs.
A Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato is an inspired album recorded by an astounding group of musicians who are all generously donating their proceeds from these recordings to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to support Joey with his current health issues. The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability or age-related problems.
Article Contributed by Eric Alper | Published on Tuesday, May 4, 2021
True North Records announces a June 25th release date for A Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato, which features a lengthy list of friends and fans of the NRBQ founding member/bassist saluting him with 14 versions of their own previously unreleased takes of Spampinato-penned songs.
A Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato is an inspired album recorded by an astounding group of musicians who are all generously donating their proceeds from these recordings to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to support Joey with his current health issues. The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability or age-related problems.
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In 1979, Chuck E s In Love by Rickie Lee Jones was nominated by the Recording Academy for song of the year. That was just one of four Grammy nominations Jones picked up after releasing her debut album earlier that year.
In this session, you ll hear Jones perform some of the music from that debut album, and she talks about her life and career with World Cafe New Orleans correspondent Gwen Thompkins.
Jones has just released a memoir called Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour. In it, she tells stories about growing up in a family that seemed to be constantly on the move, her relationship with Tom Waits, and the music that was the soundtrack to her youth, like Paul Simon s song America.
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