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by Brian W. Fairbanks

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Elvis is Everywhere

"Before Elvis, there was nothing." John Lennon's frequently quoted tribute to the King of Rock and Roll is an exaggeration.

Bob Dylan Live 1975
The Rolling Thunder Revue

For all his talk about being more at home on stage than in the impersonal environment of a recording studio, few of Bob Dylan's live albums lend credence to his claim.

The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan

Kenneth Tynan came to prominence as drama critic for England's The Observer where he championed the New Wave in theatre, passionately praising John Osborne's Look Back in Anger as "the best young play of its decade.

Paul McCartney: Carry That Weight

Does anyone still think of Paul McCartney as the "cute" Beatle?

Linda Eder: Broadway, My Way

When a female singer is blessed with a big voice, she is automatically cursed with comparisons to Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand.

Harlan Ellison at the Rock Hall

Author Harlan Ellison is not a fan of rock and roll, even though one of his earliest novels, Spider Kiss, about a doomed rocker named Stag Preston, is on display in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

That's Amore: A Son Remembers Dean Martin

It's the fourth book about the laid-back crooner to reach the bookshelves in the past decade.

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Of the many exhibits in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, one in particular captures the democratic nature of rock and roll.

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Severance Hall:
Home of the Cleveland Orchestra

If music is the universal language, The Cleveland Orchestra speaks it fluently.


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