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Tom Fowler, the bassist best known for playing with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention as well as Ray Charles, died this week at the age of 73. Engineer and producer Dennis Moody confirmed the loss in a Facebook post, noting that Fowler died on July 2 from complications of an aneurysm he suffered the previous week. Moody praised Fowler as “one of the most creative, intelligent and wackiest people I’ve ever met. Tom played bass on a half-dozen Frank Zappa albums, and as well of the last 10 years with Ray Charles. I met Tom and his brother Walt when I was 20 years old. He and I remained fr...
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Michael McDonald has looked back on an uncomfortable confrontation with Ray Charles, describing it as “one of the worst moments” in his life. It was the year 2000 and McDonald was being honored by NAMM with a tribute concert. As the singer recalled during a recent appearance on the Broken Record podcast, the event’s proceeds went to “a program that tries to seek to keep music programs in the public schools alive by donating instruments and texts.” Many luminaries were booked to perform at the concert, including McDonald’s former band, the Doobie Brothers, Boz Scaggs, Kenny Loggins and Steve Wi...
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Bettye LaVette has branded Bob Dylan a “motherf*****”. The ‘Let me Down Easy’ soul singer, 77, recorded an album of Dylan covers called ‘Things have Changed’ in 2018, which received rave reviews, but she is furious the folk-rock icon “never took the time to say how good it is” despite giving her an unwelcome kiss a few years before it came out. She raged in an interview with The Daily Telegraph about how he didn’t join the praise for her record: “When you're as big as he is, that can make a huge difference to sales.” Bettye added his silence over her album was even more infuriating after she r...
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Kerry Washington has shared a poignant message to Jamie Foxx following his hospitalisation this week. The 55-year-old Oscar-winning actor was treated by doctors following an incident on Tuesday (11.04.23) which his family described as a "medical complication" and is now said to be making a recovery - and Kerry - who played his onscreen wife in Ray Charles biopic 'Ray' - has now reached out to insist she's thinking of him. In a post on Instagram, she wrote: "A @iamjamiefoxx appreciation post. Sending you all the love and prayers my movie huzbin [husband]." Kerry added a picture which showed her...
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