On this day 49 years ago, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson rising American rock stars are killed when their chartered plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a flight headed for Moorehead, Minnesota. Investigators blamed the crash on bad weather and pilot error. Holly and his band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with “That’ll Be the Day.”

After mechanical difficulties with the tour bus, Holly had chartered a plane for his band to fly between stops on the Winter Dance Party Tour. However, Richardson, who had the flu, convinced Holly’s band member Waylon Jennings to give up his seat, and Ritchie Valens won a coin toss for another seat on the plane. read more.. (Lesson: if you are sick with the flu, stay in bed.)

New: rock and roll TuneFeed under My Music (left bar), click on headphone icon for all playlists.

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Congratulations for “Best Jazz Band” win to the Leah Randazzo Group!

Music for any time of day - but best at night - live. I heard the recently out of college Leah Randazzo Group at the infamous Juggling Gypsy Cafe. This seven piece band of tight talent is fronted by the sultry vocalist Leah Randazzo, bass guitar David Picchi, drummer Justin Annis, on horn Joe Mayo… the whole band is great! Check their site for more and tour dates. Listen here on TuneFeed (left bar). Buy here.

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TuneFeed
located on left bar.

Check out what I am listening to by listening to my TuneFeed. This is such a brilliant service. I have tons of my favorite music I have been listening to for many many years programed just for you…well - really for me. With TuneFeeds of mixed genre, styles and artists. If you want to hear what I am listening to, at anytime for free.

Just open in your favorite browser.

Click on Headphone Icon to locate your favorite TuneFeed playlist(s) and dig even deeper to locate specific songs.

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My new Playlist “No Borders” is here online now. I woke up Sunday am (Earth Day 2007) at 5:30am and went downstairs with my camera and ipod. My player was set to ’shuffle’ and this “no borders” is the order of the playlist as it played durring the sunrise. I think you’ll like it as much as I do. Watch for the panoramic sunrise like here at the top soon.

Check it out, 13 great songs complete with all the controls and cover art. Play for free now (in the left bar Tunefeed). Tell me what you think - comment below privately if desired. I have added a “launch player in popup“ link.
You can skip to the next song easily - just hover and click on the next song’s cover art. Also, you can hover your mouse over the other controls to see what they do. For instance, the headphone icon will bring up my previous playlists that you can play (Jamie Cullum Sampler, 2007 Lead In, Grammy Nominees, and more). I hope you find a new song or artist you like!

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Hamilton Loomis is a must listen for all ages -blues fan or not. His nitty gritty old school rock ‘n roll funk with exciting new riffs make this much anticipated new release by Hamilton Loomis (due out soon) one to watch for. Read the review and listen to a few samples (one with Bo Diddley) here. Buy earlier CDs.

“He began on drums and piano at age five, guitar at age six, then conquered the harmonica. At age 16, Loomis met Bo Diddley, and they become friends, and mentor and acolyte”.

See my earlier ‘Ham’ Loomis post here. Also, you can hear cuts from his previous records on my TuneFeed Playlist here on the lefthand bar (Hamilton Loomis Sampler).

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My new Playlist “Spring Fling ‘07″ is here online now. Check it out, 12 great songs complete with all the controls and cover art. Play for free now (in the left bar Tunefeed). Tell me what you think - comment below privately if desired.

So give it a listen - now…on the left bar…and keep this window open or it will re-load and cut off the music. Open other pages in “new tab or window”.

You can skip to the next song easily - just hover and click on the next song’s cover art. Also, you can hover your mouse over the other controls to see what they do. For instance, the headphone icon will bring up my previous playlists that you can play (Jamie Cullum Sampler, 2007 Lead In, Grammy Nominees, and more). I hope you find a new song or artist you like!

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“Ambulance LTD is a New York rock group. On their (New English) EP they offer a few new tracks and one beautifully constructed cover of Pink Floyd’s Fearless,” (which I love) “a song that originally appeared on the 1971 LP Meddle.

Hear it online at All Music Considered from NPR or on rotation here under ‘My Music’ (left bar). Buy Ambulance LTD.

This really is a great band - definitely worth a listen.

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Grey’s Anatomy. Season 2, Episode 8 “Let It Be” - (imo) an award winner. If you have never seen this series, watch this one and you’ll be hooked. Buy Grey’s Anatomy.
Hats off to Creator Shonda Rhimes, Composer Danny Lux (Boston Legal), the brilliant writers and the entire cast of professionals - all at the top of their game.

Oh, and Sandra Oh (HBO’s Arliss) rocks.

Listen to cuts on rotation of Grey’s Anatomy Grammy nominated ‘Best Soundtrack Album’ cuts on rotation here on ‘My Music’ (left bar).

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A multi-instrumentalist, Hamilton Loomis practically grew up in the spotlight. He began on drums and piano at age five, guitar at age six, then conquered the harmonica. Gigging non-stop since age fourteen, he formed a family doo-wop group with his musician parents. By seventeen, he had played the world-famous Delta Blues Festival for an audience of 40,000.

Before he was eighteen, he was writing, arranging, and performing his own material. He produced his first CD, titled simply Hamilton, which received a Grammy nomination for “Best Contemporary Album of the Year”.

Bo Diddley described Hamilton’s second disc, Just Gimme One Night, this way. “You got to put some seasoning in what you’re doin’, and this boy’s got the whole salt shaker!” Hamilton’s third release, All Fired Up, his fourth, Live: Highlights, and his latest, Kickin’ It, on Blind Pig Records, are both on radio rotation on both coasts. It has set the stage for him to stake his claim as a top contemporary performer.

He establishes an easy rapport with his audience, which instantly feels his love of the music. Chris Rose of Eminence Speaker Corporation summed it up. “Seeing him perform at the 2001 NAMM Show renewed my faith in new music. He’s the hottest thing out of Texas since the jalapeno!” Read more…

Note: Hear cuts from Ham Loomis on rotation under My Music in the left bar.

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You may have noticed (on the left bar) you will see my Faces.com TuneFeed. It’s a REALLY cool little (embedded) player that hosts your playlist(s) which Faces.com stores for you free (up to 100mg) or for a very small fee you can upload an unlimited playlist.

I change the ‘playlist’ every so often as the mood strikes me. Just hit the arrow ‘play’ button to listen to a sample of my favorites. There are only a select few and I guarantee you will like at least one of them - so hit play (the rt. arrow) …go ahead…hit play….now….do it.

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Music has always been a major part of my life. Whenever I ‘discover’ a new sound, song, artist that I can’t get enough of - life seems a whole lot better. One such incredible artist, songwriter and entertainer who has remained high on my list for over a year now is Jamie Cullum. A ten year ‘veteran’ at 26 years old, his depth of soul and lyrical brilliance are only enriched by his ‘balls to the walls’ twenty-something energy - all of which is destined to get your attention and keep it. His debut album Catching Tales is a must listen. If you get the chance to see a live show - do it. Check out the videos “Get Your Way”, “Photograph” and “All At Sea” (probably my all time favorite song…well today) as well as an interview at Yahoo Music.

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