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Slash leaps at chance to honor Les Paul — no strings attached
Not wanting to miss a chance to pay tribute to Les Paul, his guitar hero, former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash signed up to play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's tribute concert Nov. 15 without even hearing who he'd be playing with on stage. "I'm just...Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Music, Richie Sambora, Les Paul
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Call him mellow, gray: Donovan releases autobiographical DVD, plans album, tour
Associated Press WriterWOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) _ Standing in the rain wasn't going to dampen Donovan's spirits. He had come to a field in this Catskills arts colony to be photographed, looking every bit the '60s troubadour of "Mellow Yellow" fame with a calf-length, black...Tags: Folk Music, Johnny Cash, George Harrison, Film Festivals, Paul McCartney
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MUSIC
WHAT Lucy Kaplansky performs songs blending alternative country, rock and roll, and folk music. WHEN|WHERE 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore INFO $35; 631-969-1101 WHAT The Canta Libre...Tags: Folk Music, Shelter Island
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Birthdays
*Playwright Harold Pinter is 78. *Actor Peter Coyote is 67. *Entertainer Ben Vereen is 62. *Singer John Prine is 62. *Actress Jessica Harper is 59. *Rock singer David Lee Roth is 54. *Country singer Tanya Tucker is 50. *Actress Julia Sweeney is 49....Tags: Celebrity, Music, Peter Coyote, Music Industry, Harold Pinter
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Slash to play at Rock Hall's tribute to Les Paul
South Florida Sun-SentinelSlash will play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's tribute concert for his guitar hero Les Paul. The former Guns N' Roses guitarist says he's committed to doing anything he can for the 93-year-old Paul, known as the "Father of the Electric Guitar."...Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Music, Richie Sambora, Les Paul
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Today's Celebrity Birthdays
Playwright Harold Pinter is 78. Actor Peter Coyote is 67. Entertainer Ben Vereen is 62. Singer John Prine is 62. Actor Charles Dance is 62. Rock singer-musician Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers) is 60. Actress Jessica Harper is 59. Singer-musician...Tags: Celebrity, Music, Peter Coyote, Music Industry, Harold Pinter
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Slash to play at Rock Hall tribute to electric guitar pioneer Les Paul
Associated Press WriterCLEVELAND (AP) _ Slash couldn't miss a chance to pay tribute to his own guitar hero, Les Paul. The former Guns N' Roses guitarist signed up to play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's tribute concert Nov. 15 without even hearing who he'd be playing...Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Music, Richie Sambora, Les Paul, Firearms
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Cracker to play the Suffolk Peanut Festival
247-4732Johnny Hickman, guitarist for the rock band Cracker, said his group is digging back toward its punk-rock roots. "The new record we're working on is hearkening back to the punk rock we were listening to when we first became friends in the late 1970s and...Tags: Texas, Folk Music, Crimes, Counting Crows, Colorado
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Humor saves 'M. Butterfly' from geopolitical changes
It's been two decades since David Henry Hwang's Tony-winning "M. Butterfly" first hit Broadway. Hwang based his drama on the true-life case in which a French diplomat passed state secrets to his Chinese lover, actually a man in drag, a fact that escaped...Tags: Academic Progress, Texas, Assault, Crimes, Music
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Go Guide Calendar: October 9, 2008
THURSDAY OCT. 9 ART All About MartiniĀ : Martini glasses designed by Dawn DeLong. Complimentary snacks and drinks. 7 p.m. Amber Connection, 3136 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown. 610-351-6200. BOOKS & AUTHORS Author Discussion and Book Signing: Pulitzer...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Banana Factory, History, Vehicles, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Newman still feeling pessimistic, thank God
On the evidence of his first album of new songs in nine years, "Harps and Angels" (Nonesuch), Randy Newman is not living out the artistic decline spelled out in his 1999 song "I'm Dead (But Don't Know It)." Even though that song's narrator embodies...Tags: John Mayer, Music, James Taylor, Pixar, Louisiana
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Top 10 singles and albums
Singles Billboard, SoundScan and Broadcast Data Systems nationwide compilation. Pop 1. Whatever You Like … T.I. 2. So What … Pink 3. Love Lockdown … Kanye West 4. Disturbia … Rihanna 5. Paper Planes … MIA 6. Hot n Cold...Tags: Foo Fighters, Weezer, Wars and Interventions, Jonas Brothers, Vicente Fernandez
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