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During the course of their years as a couple, Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett recorded several strong albums and made a lot of big-name friends, as you can see by checking the credits of any of those LPs, but how much do you know about the other aspects of their lives and careers? Not only was Bonnie a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, she was the first white Ikette. “Tina overwhelmed me,” Bonnie recalled in a 2000 interview with GRITZ. “My relationship was at first with Ike. He was grooming guitar players at that time. He was grooming Herbie L. Summer in east St. Louis, a white dude, and gro

You know the face of the Faces – his name is Rod Stewart – and you may even know some of the other guys in the band, but as Americans, how much do you really know about the band themselves? Here’s a list of things that might prove educational. The first time the Faces got together, even before they were known as the Small Faces, they were called Quiet Melon. The band featured Rod Stewart on vocals, Ian McLagan on keyboards, Ronnie Lane on bass, Kenny Jones on drums, Ronnie Wood on guitar, and Ronnie’s brother Art on guitar and vocals. Quiet Melon recorded four songs for Fontana – “Diamond Joe,

The late Donny Hathaway wrote many a classic tune and sang more than a few himself, too, but how much do you really know about the soulful songwriter? Well, now’s your chance to find out five things that – if we’ve done our job – you might not know! He met his future duet partner Roberta Flack while they were both attending Howard University in Washington, DC. “When I met Donny, I mean, please,” Flack told NPR in 1996. “I thought I had heard some talented kids at Howard University when I walked in – and there were talented kids there – but Donny Hathaway just surpassed and just climbed over al

Two things that just about everyone knows about Tim Buckley are that he was Jeff Buckley’s father and that both he and his son died at tragically-young ages, but if you’d looking to further your education about this legendary cult singer-songwriter, here are five more things to add to your memory banks. His debut single, “Wings,” featured harpsichord work by Van Dyke Parks. While in high school, Buckley forged friendships with two fellow musically-inclined kids at his high school – Larry Beckett and Jim Fielder – and the three of them became the core musicians in the house band of a Hollywood

Given how profoundly Twin Peaks fever is in the air at the moment, the name “Angelo Badalamenti” should be one that rings a bell, what with him having written the music for the original series and the subsequent movie as well as some material for the new season of the series, too, but beyond his work with David Lynch, how much do you really know about this man? Well, if you keep reading, then you’ll soon know at least five more things.. He wrote the processional march for his high school graduation. In the oral history It Happened in Brooklyn , by Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer, Badalam

Since it’s her birthday, we thought we’d favor you with five things that you might not know about the woman who’s given you “Silent All These Years,” “Cornflake Girl,” and so many other alternative radio hits over the course of her career. If you’re a diehard Tori fan, then you may know some of these things already, but we’re guessing you won’t know ‘em all…or at least that’s our hope, anyway! She was the youngest student ever admitted to the preparatory division of the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Amos was five and a half years old when she auditioned and was granted a full scholarship to a

Wilson Pickett sang of “Mustang Sally” and the “Land of 1,000 Dances,” but there was more to the man than just the songs that brought him his biggest fame. Join us, if you will, on a quick trip through 5 things you might not known about the “Wicked Pickett.” He enjoyed boating and fishing. Granted, this could be something that was played up for the press, but in a 1968 issue of Ebony , Pickett was shown with his wife, his saxophonist, Jack Philpot, and Philpot’s wife, on the open water. The caption reads, “Favorite hobby, boating, is enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Pickett and baritone saxophonist Jac

If you know all five of the things in the below list, then you might be a Jeff Foxworthy fan, but even if you aren’t a Jeff Foxworthy fan, you might still find these five things interesting. (That’s what we were going for, anyway, so we’re hoping it pans out as planned.) His first TV appearance was on a Rodney Dangerfield special. Entitled Opening Night at Rodney’s Place , the 1989 special was notable for more reasons than introducing the world at large to Foxworthy: it also offered most viewers their first look at a guy named Tim Allen. Before starring in The Jeff Foxworthy Show , he starred

Today we celebrate the birthday of Nile Rodgers, whose work with Chic is legendary and whose skills as a producer have been utilized to great effect by everyone from Duran Duran to Sister Sledge. Still, for as much as you may already know about Rodgers and his work, we’d like to think that there are at least few things in this list that you weren’t already aware of. 1. He once jammed with Jimi Hendrix. Although he was all of 16 years old at the time, Rodgers had an encounter with Hendrix in Greenwich Village, one which he detailed in his autobiography. “We moved and grooved like a flock of bir

As the drummer for Led Zeppelin, it’s hard to imagine that there’s much of anything about John Bonham – who died on this date in 1980 – that’s left to tell that hasn’t already been told, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t at least try to dig up a few things that might cause your eyebrows to rise in surprise. Check out these five facts about Bonham and see if you’re not at least slightly startled by a few of them. He was a big fan of Wall’s Sausages. In 2016, the food-centric site Extra Crispy posted a piece with the headline “What John Bonham Ate for Breakfast,” but it wasn’t exactly breaking