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Results for Elton JohnAs the great inheritor of Philadelphia pop-rock and one of rock's greatest pianists, Elton John was the preeminent rock and roller of the 1970s. Born Reginald Dwight in England, he took the name Elton John from the first names of his first band mates, Elton Dean and John Baldry. He won a piano scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music at age eleven and six years later left the school for show business. Joining lyricist Bernie Taupin in 1969, the two became a formidable songwriting team for the next eight years. His notable songs include "Honky Cat," "Rocket Man," and "Bennie and the Jets," among a list of others. John's concerts were well known for his wildly unusual apparel, a repertoire of piano songs, and high-energy performances....more
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by Andy Vietze•June 11, 2008•
"delivered in a voice that should have found the limelight long ago, a sensual croon"
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by Geoffrey Himes•June 11, 2008•
It may be true that Adams has more talent. He is able to mimic almost any rock star of the past 40 years—not only as a singer and guitarist but also as a songwriter—and he is astonishingly prolific. He certainly has more charisma. With his tousled hair, leather clothes, legendary drinking bouts, grainy voice, and heavy-lidded insouciance, Adams has impressed
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by Denise Sullivan•May 7, 2008•
And yet rock would hardly be rock as we know it without the big daddy of the roll: "Rollin' Stone" by Muddy Waters, the song that launched at least one rock band
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by Denise Sullivan•April 16, 2008•
"I didn't pick up a guitar when I was younger for silly reasons... because all my friends had already started, and I didn't want to be a Johnny Come Lately," says Will Hodgkinson, author of Guitar Man and, more recently, Song Man, his "six-string odyssey" of learning to play and write songs at the advanced age of 34.
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by Paul Williams•April 9, 2008•
What kind of a fan am I today? In some ways I’m unchanged, and I still look for and sometimes find in the music exactly whatever it was I hungered after when I was 16 (proof that the world is a passionate place; a friend in the lonely night; release for my anger, confusion, idealism, desire fear and love).
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5/22/2008
Thanks for The Babys - Cleveland show,very cool. Just wondering if you had the entire Elton John - Central Park '80...
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4/5/2008
I attended an Elton John performance that Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks was the opening act. It was around Thanksgiving...
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1/29/2008
This website has the coolest concerts. These are artists that shaped rock music, and the blues too. The Rolling Stones,...
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10/23/2007
[quote user="Aka O Miru"]In the last couple of days I've had a lot of random interruptions to streams - sudden bursts...
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10/23/2007
In the last couple of days I've had a lot of random interruptions to streams - sudden bursts of other songs in the...
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