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Jerry Reed - Much Loved Music Icon Dies at 71
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Jerry Reed — Country guitarist, songwriter, singer and Smokey and the Bandit sidekick died Monday of emphysema at the age of 71. Best known to movie fans as the truck-driving, hound dog-loving Snowman from Smokey and the Bandit, Reed also penned his biggest hit for the movie, “East Bound and Down.”
The Atlanta-born Grammy winner, who never lost his Georgia drawl, backed Elvis Presley and Waylon Jennings on guitar before emerging on his own in the late ’60s.
Within a decade, he had a string of radio hits such as “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” and “Amos Moses” and “East Bound and Down” from the Bandit” movies, in which he played trucker Cledus “Snowman” Snow.
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Bernie Mac Died Of Pneumonia Complications
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), better known by the stage name Bernie Mac, was an American actor and comedian. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer and D.L. Hughley as The Original Kings of Comedy.
After briefly hosting the HBO show Midnight Mac, Mac appeared in several movies in smaller roles. His most notable movie role was as Frank Catton in the remake of Ocean’s Eleven and its two sequels. Mac also starred in several movies, including Mr. 3000. He was the star of The Bernie Mac Show, which ran from 2001-2006, and earned two Emmy Award nominations.
Bernie Mac’s wife and daughter were with him until the very end, says the late comic’s sister-in-law in a personal and touching interview with PEOPLE magazine that took place Saturday.
Speaking of a heartbreaking moment between her younger sister, Rhonda, and the 50-year-old actor-comedian – who succumbed to complications from pneumonia in a Chicago hospital at 2 a.m. Saturday – Mary Ann Grossett says that the night before Mac died, “He struggled for his life. He couldn’t breathe.
“He opened his eyes on his own and looked at Rhonda. She called his name, and he opened his eyes and nodded to her. She smiled at him and told him, ‘Don’t leave me … ‘I’m waiting for you to come back.’ He shrugged his shoulders, and she said that’s when she knew he was tired. He signaled to her that his body was tired.”
Rhonda, Mac’s wife since 1977, and their 30-year-old daughter, Je’Niece, were with him when he died. “[The doctors] were working on him,” says Grossett. “They tried to resuscitate him two times. One time he came back for about an hour. Then he went into cardiac arrest the second time.”
Prior to that, the couple had last communicated on July 31. “He told his wife [non-verbally] that he could breathe on his own, and he wanted the ventilator out. He motioned that he wanted it out,” says Grossett.
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Brooks And Dunn Received Their Stars On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
Country stars Brooks and Dunn, consist of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn have joined esteemed ranks of Bob Hope, Lucille Ball and Bugs Bunny. They just received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The singing-songwriting duo were overwhelmed on Monday as Dr. Phil McGraw and wife Robin introduced them before unveiling the bronze star in the pavement.
“I’ve had the pleasure of knowing these guys really well for a number of years now,” said McGraw. ” It is truly an honor for me to be a part of this.”
Brooks told the crowd he was amazed “[to] see Morgan Freeman’s name right next to us.”
“I think people forget that Ronnie and I have dedicated our lives to music because originally we’re such huge fans,” Brooks, 53, said. “To have your name on a star on Hollywood [Boulevard] seems so out of reach.”
Dunn, 55, was practically at a loss for words. “There are hundreds of people that should be in the star with us,” he said. “We’re lucky to be here.
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Awesome Music in Ads
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Awesome Music in Ads by Roxanne McDonald
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Some say it’s a sellout move, others beg to differ. |
The other day at a neighborhood picnic, I was wrinkling my nose at hearing some favorite music being what I thought was bastardized in a car commercial. My neighbor gently corrected my single-mindedness, reiterating comments from some musicians that he said express their pleasure at “finally getting some recognition/exposure.”
“Anyone,” he paraphrased, “ thinking otherwise—that bands are selling out to commercialization—are idiots.”
Now, I’m pretty non-confrontational, in person, anyway, so I just thanked my friend for the new take on music in ads. But when I got home, I decided that no, I was not settling for this attitude overall.
True, the appeal to authority approach is and has been an effective one for decades, with everyone from actors who play doctors on TV to celebrities peddling hair and beauty products to singularly sexy and identifiable voices doing ads for everything from cars to candy (James Spader’s voice seems particularly convincing in Acura ads, for example, while Sally Kellerman—of M.A.S.H. movie—can be id’ed talking seductively to and about the Milky Way bar).
And okay, granted, some musical artists need income, need to find their niche. For example, when I was a kid, my mother gifted me a copy of an album by Jake Holmes, formerly of the Yardbirds. I played the hell out of that album, and to this day can sing the lyrics. Then I heard that distinctively crisp voice as if it was a blast from a past I thought no one else had access to—on television in an ad for deodorant or something.
Now, you might know, Jake has had a tough go in the rock world, having his classic “Dazed and Confused” allegedly ripped off, for example. He also has a virtual career making backdrop music and jingles for some of the biggest companies in the marketing world. Maybe, then, musicians like Holmes have an appreciation for the income, regardless of what the product is they are hocking [or helping to hock].
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Rambling on a Piece of Rock
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Rambling on a Piece of Rock by Roxanne McDonald
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What makes a song? What makes a song a favorite? What makes a song the greatest of all time? |
1. “Like a Rolling Stone,” Bob Dylan
2. “Satisfaction”, The Rolling Stones
3. “Imagine”, John Lennon
4. “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye
5. “Respect”, Aretha Franklin
6. “Good Vibrations,” The Beach Boys
7. “Johnny B. Goode,” Chuck Berry
8. “Hey Jude,” The Beatles
9. “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Nirvana
10. “What’d I Say,” Ray Charles
Top 10 of Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”
What does it mean to say “I love that song!”? How does one explain or justify, if, say, he or she has a grade hanging over the head and is forced to, a “favorite” song?
Most challenging, yet, is how does one go about discriminating between such a massive passel of “great” songs to come up with that definitive fav?
Besides the obvious universality of music in general, that is, what is it that makes us like or love a particular piece and, further, share this profound appreciation whether we can articulate it or not?
The air-quotes as necessarily irritating as they are, here I sit, wondering such things.
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All About CDs’ Music
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