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ST. PETERSBURG — It’s been a while since the sound of the blues washed over the serene waters of Tampa Bay. That lull will soon fade into the past as

Al Green's often-overlooked debut album, 'Back Up Train,' was released on March 21, 1967.

Dolly Parton was once a punchline. Now she's an American inevitable. A national treasure. If she didn't exist we'd have to conflate two or six oversize icons into the place she occupies in our collective imagination. She's Gillian Welch crossed with Minnie Pearl informed by Cher's high-concept production values and the comic voluptuousness of Playboy's Little Annie Fanny, with a little bit of Tammy Faye Bakker thrown in for leavening. Dolly is large; she contains mu...

Al Green's often-overlooked debut album, 'Back Up Train,' was released on March 21, 1967.

We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago..... It was his show now. After the departure of Peter Frampton, the leader of the band Humble ...

We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago..... It was his show now. After the departure of Peter ...

Al Green's often-overlooked debut album, 'Back Up Train,' was released on March 21, 1967.

Al Green's often-overlooked debut album, 'Back Up Train,' was released on March 21, 1967.

Al Green's often-overlooked debut album, 'Back Up Train,' was released on March 21, 1967.

Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley recalled making 1972's 'Smokin'' in March 2022.