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By: Deborah Speer cover of Pollstar 12/21/20 issue Ben Bart might have seemed like another unremarkable music fan as a young man from Knoxville, Tenn., in the 1930s, other than a penchant for traveling between Memphis and Nashville to see the orchestras and bands of the day perform live. The main object of his affection was “race music” – the euphemism of the time for what evolved into R&B and soul music, and the (segregated) domain of Black musicians.  He’d gotten a job at the Gale Agency booking the artists he loved and, by 1945, was read...

By: Deborah Speer cover of Pollstar 12/21/20 issue Ben Bart might have seemed like another unremarkable music fan as a young man from Knoxville, Tenn., in the 1930s, other than a penchant for traveling between Memphis and Nashville to see the orchestras and bands of the day perform live. The main object of his affection was “race music” – the euphemism of the time for what evolved into R&B and soul music, and the (segregated) domain of Black musicians.  He’d gotten a job at the Gale Agency booking the artists he loved and, by 1945, was read...

12/17/2020 3:38:59 PM GMT Currencies, led by the euro, on pushing higher The U.S. names Switzerland a currency manipulator? Good Day... And a Tub Thumpin' Thursday to you! What a day yesterday... Congress is closer to a stimulus deal, The dollar weakened, Gold & Silver had good days, and Chuck received a Christmas Card from a longtime friend, Michael Checkin! I was pleasantly surprised upon opening the card to see who it was from... I also got one from Tim and Nicole Smith, with their baby boy! It's that time of year again when we reconnect with long lost friends... I reconnected with one y...