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Back in 2012, we brought electric guitar pioneer Duane Eddy and visionary British legend Bill Nelson together for an epic interview. Topics covered include everything from meeting Elvis, swapping tips

As Epiphone commemorates a century-and-a-half in business, we enlist the help of vintage guitar experts and Gibson’s own archivists to tell its remarkable history

If you are of a certain age and grew up anywhere across the Tri-State Area, it’s a pretty safe bet that you spent the end of a lot of Saturdays and the start

During more than 40 years at RCA, she created the Living Strings and was the label’s first female record producer.

In 1959, the luxury liner SS Mariposa steamed from the harbor in Sydney, Australia, bound for San Francisco. Onboard with his family was six-year-old Anthony J. Leonard. After visiting ports in New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, and Hawaii, the ship arrived in California. Next came a transcontinental plane trip to the East Coast. A.J.’s father was about to begin his new job at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C. After four years of working at the embassy, the Leonard family returned to their ho...

How A Battle Creek Dad Became a Music Legend Charles Westover was just a young dad working in a carpet store in Battle Creek in 1961.  The job put food on the table for his wife, Shirley, and their three young kids.  “Chuck” had finished his service in the Air Force, which had brought the family to Fort Custer in Battle Creek.  Shirley even worked as a ticket agent for North Central Airlines at Kellogg Airport for a time.  The family lived at Brown’s Trailer Park on Avenue A, just wes...

Various Artists Roller Coaster - Busch, Lou The Pink Panther Theme - Mancini, Henry Like Young - Previn, Andre Call Me - Hatch, Tony Honorable Hong Kong Rock - May, Billy Odd Job Man/I Wanna Be a James Bond Girl - Holmes, Leroy Heap Big Chief - Strahl, Bob Blue Danube Rock - Harding, Buster Pussy Cat - Coleman, Cy Lolita Ya-Ya - Harris, B. Release Date: 7/9/1996 (5 out of 5 stars) "Everyone has their favorites in the Ultra-Lounge series; this is one of mine. Unlike most of the volumes, this on...