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SHARE Bob Dylan’s debut album, a self-titled interpretation of folk classics with two original compositions, was such a big flop when it released in 1962 that record executives considered dropping his contract. But Dylan, then an aspiring 20-year-old singer-songwriter, had the good graces of influential record producer John Hammond, who had signed the budding star to Columbia Records and stood by him. “His guitar playing, let us say charitably, was rudimentary, and his harmonica was barely passable, but he had a good sound and a point of view and an idea," Hammond would later recall of D...

On his 80th, a fireside appraisal; but we still don’t know what it is do we?

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Pervis Staples, a co-founding member of the legendary gospel group the Staple Singers, died May 6th at his home in Dolton, Illinois. He was 85. Staples’ death was announced May 12th, with Adam Ayers, a member of Mavis Staples’ management team, confirming his death. A cause was not given. Funeral services will be held on May 17th in Chicago. Mavis Staples said in a statement, “Pervis was one of a kind — comical and downright fly. He would want to be remembered as an upright man, always willing to help and encourage others. He was one of the goo...

Sunday, May 09, 2021   View Larger + On Wednesday, a federal judge threw out the moratorium on evictions. I am sure that it will be reinstated soon. It has to be. Because when it ends the devastation will be incredible. It is this moratorium, and the one on foreclosures, that have made the current overheated market resulting in the highest prices ever In real estate for both buying and renting. And despite what you read on GoLocal and almost everywhere else. It will not last. It will crash hard and painfully to the whole country. I know of the historical interest rates, but those cannot be m...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today.Donate Today Bob Dylan turns 70 years old, and we air a special program on his life and music. Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota. Raised in Hibbing, Minnesota, he moved to Greenwich Village in January of 1961. Within a couple of years, Dylan would be viewed by many as the voice of a generation as he wrote some of the decade’s most famous songs, including “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “The Times They Are a-Changing,” “Like a Rolling Stone,” “Masters of War,” �...