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One of the most powerful men in the American recording industry who promoted Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin and Barry Manilow

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Clive Davis helped launch or shape the careers of these music stars, across genres and decades

The legendary music executive Clive Davis, who has died at age 94, was known for deep, trusting relationships with the musicians he represented

The Independent UK

10 songs to memorialize Clive Davis, the larger-than-life music executive

No music executive has ever been so powerful as to become synonymous with the whole of the music industry itself

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Clive Davis: How a New York lawyer became ‘the greatest record man of all time’

OBITUARY: The storied record executive, who has died aged 94, spent decades at the top of the music industry. Kevin E G Perry looks back at his influence on the careers of artists ranging from Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin to Bruce Springsteen and Aerosmith

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Clive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died at 94

Clive Davis, who rose from a job as a record company lawyer to become one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, has died at the age of 94

The Independent UK

Clive Davis: music industry executive who signed Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen dies aged 94

Davis, who discovered many of the defining musicians of the 20th century and helmed major record labels, said he ‘never’ tired of the music business

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‘The biggest, baddest, saltiest chick you would ever see’: why no one sang the blues like Big Mama Thornton

Gay, fearless and utterly unique, Thornton had a hit with Hound Dog before Elvis – but was then fleeced and forgotten. One hundred years after her birth, a new documentary sets the record straight

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"It was like something from Mad Max, with all the fires and steaming bodies." Meet the rock'n'roll Forrest Gump, who turned down Jimi Hendrix, butted heads with Lemmy, and was saved from a bad trip by Pete Townshend

As Ten Years After release an expanded version of their Ssssh album, founding bassist Leo Lyons recalls a live packed with rock'n'roll flashpoints

Louder

'Country' Joe McDonald, '60s rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84

“Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of the Woodstock music festival, died Sunday at 84

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“It took me forever to commit. Once I got there, I went, ‘I should have been doing this for a very long time’”: Joel Hoekstra was late to the Les Paul party – now he’s making up for lost time

The Whitesnake guitarist spent years playing Floyd Rose guitars, then Janis Joplin changed his world

Guitar World

Lawmakers accuse Pam Bondi of ‘mudding’ Epstein files release with names of long-dead Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe

In a six-page letter to members of Congress, the DOJ said it has released ‘all’ documents related to the required disclosures and listed a series of high-profile names – including those of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Monroe and Janis Joplin

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"There was about 380 people in the hall, sold out. There wasn’t a woman in sight." Carl Palmer looks back on the earliest Emerson, Lake & Palmer shows

The birth of a prog rock legend

Louder

“I don’t think Janis was living a life with the inevitability of death. She was getting cleaner and stronger”: The turbulent story of how Janis Joplin tried and failed to get off the rock’n’roll rollercoaster

In 1966, a strung-out Janis Joplin returned to her home town in Texas, intent on leading a normal life

Louder

12 Boomer Music Festivals That Make Coachella Look Like Amateur Hour

Modern music festivals are often more about the Instagram photo ops than the actual music. If you look at Coachella, you see carefully curated outfits, VIP glamping tents, and brand activations everywhere. However, the Baby Boomer generation invented the music festival, and they did it with grit. Their gatherings were…

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Homes & Gardens

A French country-style Woodstock home, which hosted Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and George Harrison, is on the market

Stone House, a sprawling, historic estate that has long been a creative hub for artists and musicians, is selling for just under $5 million

Guitar World

“What led to the end of my time with Steppenwolf? Egos and drugs”: Michael Monarch was just 18 when he tracked one of the most iconic riffs of the ’60s –next came Janis Joplin, Jimmy Page and Free’s Andy Fraser

Fan of slide-based tuning recalls not being credited for his work with Janis Joplin, why he left Andy Fraser’s band, waiting to work with Roger Glover, and why Led Zeppelin couldn’t save Detective, his band with Michael Des Barres

The Guardian - UK

Louis Vuitton captures zeitgeist for conclave chic at Avignon show

Palais des Papes show is big on tunic dresses and slouchy boots as heraldry meets Glastonbury for new collection

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Girls From Woodstock 1969 Show The Origin Of Todays Fashion

It's been almost 47 years since the famous concert that didn't take place in Woodstock, NY, and the music and fashion of those times continues to influence modern culture. As recently as 2013, Fashion Tag featured 60's revival collections, and Fashion Style Mag continues to publish articles such like "How…

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The Conversation

The 27 Club isn’t true, but it is real − a sociologist explains why myths endure and how they shape reality

There’s a certain allure to the notion that some of the world’s brightest stars burn out at the age of 27. The so-called 27 Club has captivated the public imagination for half a century. Its members include legendary musicians Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse.…

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“The Grateful Dead? Man, they were abysmal. After 20 minutes half the audience had gone”: Meat Loaf’s wild tales of Iggy Pop, the MC5, The Who and more

Iggy, Joe Cocker, Jerry Garcia, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – Meat Loaf crossed paths with them all

The Guardian - UK

Kris Kristofferson obituary

Songwriter, singer and actor known for such classic hits as For the Good Times and Me and Bobby McGee

The Independent UK

Kris Kristofferson: 5 songs you might not have realised were his

Legendary country singer, actor and songwriter has died 88, prompting a wave of tributes from his many admirers

Guitar World

“You can look at Nashville pre-Kris and post-Kris, because he changed everything”: Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88

The actor, songwriter and country giant was lauded by Bob Dylan, had his material covered by Johnny Cash and Janis Joplin, and joined a supergroup with some of country music's biggest names

Newcastle Herald

'I'm glad I got to see Kris Kristofferson': When an outlaw rode into town

Kristofferson last visited Newcastle in September 2019.

France 24

Kris Kristofferson, US country music icon and actor, dies at 88

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar who rose to fame as a country music superstar and Hollywood actor, has died at 88. Kristofferson passed away peacefully at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, surrounded by family, according to spokeswoman Ebie McFarland. No cause of death was provided.

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