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As the Years Go Passing By - Felix Pappalardi

Felix A. Pappalardi Jr. (December 30, 1939 – April 17, 1983) was an American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bass guitarist.Pappalardi was born in the Bronx, New York. A classically trained musician, he graduated from New York City's The High School of Music...

I Cried - Joe Medwick

Born in the northern New York bordertown of Watertown just a half hour from Ontario Canada, Joe Medwick was touched by music at the earliest of ages. "I swear I remember my mom playing piano when she was pregnant with me, especially that left hand... that's probably...

Steamy Windows - Shemekia Copeland

At only 19, Shemekia stepped out of her father’s shadow with the Alligator release of 1998 debut recording, Turn the Heat Up!, and the critics raved. The Village Voice called her “nothing short of uncanny,” while the Boston Globe proclaimed that “she roars with a...

MAGGOT BRAIN - EDDIE HAZEL

Edward Earl "Eddie" Hazel (April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992) was a guitarist in early funk music in the United States who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic. Hazel was a posthumous inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen...