May 22, 2021
Born on this day in 1948, Doug Gray, the American singer best known as the lead vocalist, and a founding member of The Marshall Tucker Band, turns 73. Gray sang lead on most of the band s songs, however, he did not sing lead on the band s hit Can t You See, which featured founder and guitarist Toy Caldwell as the singer. In addition to singing, Gray also sometimes plays tambourine and in the band s early days he played keyboards.
In his honor, check out Doug explaining the story behind Heard It In A Love Song (above) as well as a few classic performances, (below).
Memphis Lightning
Englewoods on Dearborn, a restaurant and venue that regularly hosts national blues acts, is scheduled to include the return of Memphis Lightning in its live music lineup this week. Despite its name, the band hails from Maine, featuring father and son Darren Big Red Thiboutot Sr. and Darren Lightning Thiboutot Jr. The group has also released music including the album Borrowed Time, which features Grammy-winning guitarists Paul Nelson and Brent Mason as special guests. 7 p.m. Thursday; Englewoods on Dearborn, 362 W. Dearborn St., Englewood; $5; 941-475-7501; englewoodsondearborn.com
Mike Zito
Blues guitarist/singer-songwriter Mike Zito is also set to visit Englewoods on Dearborn this week, along with The Event Center in Port Charlotte. The performer is up for two Blues Music Awards this year, Blues Rock Artist and Album, the latter for his special guest-filled record Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry. He followed that up last year with
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Next week is our 2021 Virginia State of Reform Health Policy Conference with more than 60 speakers curated for you. These are some of the most important leaders in Virginia health care and health policy.
This newsletter features things that we think are important to watch. And, our Convening Panel has told us the things that they think are important to watch, and have featured them on the Topical Agenda next week. So, it makes sense that we feature some of the agenda topics next week because they reflect some of the most pressing challenges and opportunities faced in Virginia health care.
Sen. Jennifer McClellan says delay of Virginia health care exchange is disappointing, but will allow rollout to be seamless
Bruce Tinoco is one of the reasons that Virginia decided to create its own marketplace for health insurance instead of relying on the federal government.
Tinoco, 63, knew he would pay the full price for his health insurance when he retired three years ago after a 40-plus year career in television broadcasting â and he was right. The South Richmond resident was paying $1,006 a month for a policy on the federal marketplace, and that was just for himself.
But that changed suddenly last week after Tinoco read a story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch about a sharp reduction in monthly premiums on the marketplace in Virginia because of changes in federal law under President Joe Biden and the American Rescue Plan Act.