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Peter Case (born April five, 1954) is an yank singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has had a wide-ranging career starting from new wave music to people rock to solo acoustic performance.
Case was born in Buffalo, the big apple and lived in nearby Hamburg. A veteran of many rock bands and therefore the native bar scene as an adolescent, Case dropped out of highschool when he was fifteen (he would later earn a GED), and once many years of traveling arrived in 1973 in San Francisco, where he performed as a street musician. throughout this era a documentary regarding the native music scene, Nightshift, directed by Bert Deivert, captured the young Case on film. In 1976, he teamed up with Jack Lee and Paul Collins in to make the first new wave band The Nerves in San Francisco. The group’s 1976 single, “Hanging on the Telephone”, was later recorded by Blondie.
When the Nerves disbanded, Case moved to l. a. and shaped the pop-rock band The Plimsouls in 1980. The Plimsouls found a live of success when their songs “A Million Miles Away,” “The Oldest Story within the World,” and “Play the Breaks” were featured within the movie Valley woman, however by that point the cluster had already uneven. Case briefly toured with Gurf Morlix, Victoria Williams (Case’s initial wife), and Warren Tornado Klein because the Incredibly Strung Out Band, however their collaboration never resulted during a record.

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Peter Alsop is an yankee musician whose work has ranged from satirical music for adults to children’s music.
He graduated from Trinity faculty, Columbia University lecturers faculty, and Columbia Pacific University with a PhD. in academic psychology.He worked because the Director of The Harbor colleges Residential Treatment Center for emotionally disturbed adolescents in Maine, and as a replacement York town elementary college teacher within the South Bronx.He is married to Ellen Geer; they need 2 youngsters.

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Paul Siebel is an yankee singer-songwriter and guitarist, born on September nineteen, 1937 in Buffalo, NY. he’s best known for different artist’s cowl versions of his songs, most notably “Louise”. different notable Siebel songs embrace “Spanish Johnny,” Long Afternoons,” “Any Day lady,” “Nashville once more,” “She created Me Lose My Blues,” and “Then Came the Children”.
After serving within the military, Siebel began taking part in folks clubs, eventually moving to Greenwich Village, where he found support within the coffeehouse circuit.
In 1969, a set of songs he created with David Bromberg caught the eye of Elektra Records. 2 classic albums followed: Woodsmoke and Oranges (1970) and Jack-Knife Gypsy (1971). the 2 albums created him a musician’s musician. The songs were lined by, among others, David Bromberg, Willy DeVille, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kate Wolf, Mary McCaslin, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, and Leo Kottke, however songwriter Paul Siebel remained unknown to the larger public.

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Paul Frederic Simon (* October 13 1941 in Newark , New Jersey) is an American musician and actor.

Together with his friend Arthur Garfunkel , he in the early summer of 1953 during the rehearsals for the play Alice in Wonderland met, he was the first musician duo Tom and Jerry (after the eponymous cartoon characters). Later they called themselves simply ” Simon & Garfunkel , “Simon wrote with almost all the songs. The commercial breakthrough came in 1965 with the song The Sound of Silence .

Simon also published under the name “Jerry Landis” and as a member of the doo-wop group “Tico & The Triumphs” titles such as The Lone Teen Ranger (as Jerry Landis, 1963) and Motorcycle (Tico & The Triumphs, 1962), the as Motorbiene in Germany in the version with Benny Quick was a hit. He also worked as a composer of a number of times the pseudonym “Paul Kane”.
Paul Simon was born in Newark (New Jersey) and grew up in Queens (New York). His ancestors came from Europe of Hungarian Jews from. His parents, Louis and Simon Belle have a younger son, Eddie, Paul looks very similar. He also plays guitar.

1971, Simon Jury member of a singing competition in Rio de Janeiro , in this case he has already stated previously, the German participant, Marianne Rosenberg , give no points to try, as they came from Germany. Paul Simon was married from 1969 to 1975, with Peggy Harper . The couple has a son, Harper (b.1972), who appeared in three films and now in the band Menlo Park plays acoustic guitar. Harper also worked as a guitarist in the album Songs From The Capeman with his father.

From 1983 to 1984 Simon was with the actress Carrie Fisher married.

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Patrick Vaughn Stump (*April 27 1984 in Glenview, Cook County, Illinois) is an American musician and record producer. He was lead singer and guitarist of the pop-punk band Fall Out Boy.
Patrick Stump was originally a drummer. In his first semester at the high school he played for a band called “Public Display of Infection”. By chance he met Joe Trohman, guitarist of Fall Out Boy, as this about the band Neurosis spoke at the well he was interested. Shortly thereafter, he met Pete Wentz, the bassist of Fall Out Boy to Wentzs for new project, a punk-rock band to audition. He sang Through Being Cool by Saves the Day.

Patrick Stump now plays several instruments, including guitar, bass, piano, trumpet and drums. Patrick Stump wrote the guitar and bass parts for Fall Out Boy.

Most recently he worked with The Hush Sound together, The Cab and Tyga. He also worked as a singer in the song Cupid’s Chokehold the band Gym Class Heroes with.

Patrick Stump is also active as a music producer, primarily for artists from the label Decaydance Records, a sub label of Fueled By Ramen.

His real name is Stumph, but Pete Wentz Patrick advised that to omit the “h” to avoid any confusion in the debate.

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Otis Redding (* September 9 1941 in Dawson , Georgia , † December 10 1967 at Madison , Wisconsin ) was an American musician and is considered one of the most influential soul singers of the 1960s.
Redding was the son of a black Baptist preacher in Dawson, Georgia very soon get a feel for soul music . Even as a teenager he sang in a church choir. At the age of 15 he attended high school in Macon , Georgia, the birthplace of Little Richard , whom he admired as much as Sam Cooke and from their two styles he shaped his singing. After termination of studies, he joined Little Richard’s band at the then, the Upsetters .
From 1960 he worked with Johnny Jenkins and the Pinetoppers together and took the band in July of that year under the name Otis and The Shooters his first album (“She’s all right”). Especially in these early recordings (during “Shout Bamalama,” also from 1960) still strongly based on the Little Richard can be seen.

The breakthrough came with his own solo career, but only in 1962. In October 1962, took Otis Redding his chance when he was recording at the end of an unsuccessful day of Johnny Jenkins & the Pinetoppers able to include in the time remaining a separate plate. The self-composed song “These Arms of Mine” was recorded in no time and developed after the publication in November 1962 to his first hit (U.S. R & B 20, U.S. pop 85).

This shot was at Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee emerged that would become one of the most important soul labels of the sixties and seventies. Until his untimely death was one of the most important artists of the Otis Company and the opinion of all parties at that time musical heart and inspiration for all other participants. He thus became a major figure of the Memphis soul .

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Norman Blake (* March 10 1938 in Chattanooga , Tennessee ) is an American musician , singer and songwriter. In his career spanning more than 50 years he played in several folk – and country bands. He is one of the main players in the bluegrass -comeback in the 1970s. Together with his wife, Nancy Blake, he still takes on albums and in concerts.
When Blake was a year old his family moved with him to Sulphur Springs , Georgia , where he grew up.

He became known as one of the most famous acoustic guitar players. He also plays many other instruments and sings. For example, he plays the mandolin , the 6-string banjo , fiddle , dobro and banjo.

Blake was best known for his work with John Hartford , Tony Rice and his wife Nancy Blake. He played in the background for Johnny Cash , June Carter , Bob Dylan , Steve Earle , Kris Kristofferson , Ralph Stanley and Joan Baez . Blake also played on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album Will The Circle Be Unbroken . From 1969 to 1971 he was a member of The Johnny Cash Show on TV Sehner ABC as host of the Johnny Cash band The Tennessee Three .

Blake is in the credits of the Bob Dylan album Nashville Skyline and the Johnny Cash album Orange Blossom Special performed. He was on the Steve Earle’s comeback album Train A ‘Comin’ and the excellent multi-platinum O Brother Where Art Thou? involved soundtrack, which revived interest in bluegrass music and a Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2002 won. He was also on the Down from the Mountain tour involved, which resulted from the success.

The music that plays Norman Blake, can be described as neo-traditionalist, American folk (folk, bluegrass, country, blues). Many of his songs are traditional, but he plays the acoustic parts with a style, speed and quality that has become modern. However, he is best known for his performance, transfer to the classical violin to the guitar. He also wrote songs that are now considered as typical bluegrass Ginseng Sullivan from the album Back Home in Suphur Springs or Slow Train Through Georgia and Church Street Blues.

Blake has a total of 32 albums with various labels ( Rounder , Flying Fish , Country, Takoma , Shanachie, Western Jubilee, Red House, and Plectrafone) produced.

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Nick Granato (born; July eighteen, 1963) is an yank folks Singer/Songwriter, Winner of the Stonewall Society’s Pride within the Arts Award(2), 2007 Artist of The Year and 2007 CD of The Year “Outside The Lines”. No. one CD for the 2007 on the Outvoice Charts. Two No. one radio singles “My normal Life & “Color Outside The Lines” on Sirius Satellite Radio August 2007/September 2007.
Nick Granato spent his early career largely as a songwriter in Nashville, he has had over 250 songs recorded by varied artists together with Pamala Stanley, Heirline, Juice Newton and Buffalo Rome. Nick’s music has been used by several organizations together with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, The United means,and the US Olympic Committee.
Nick additionally served as Director of Music Publishing for Chestnut Mound Music/Cal IV Christian (1989–1994) – (1998–2000).
Nick Granato’s initial album, Sun Dance was released on the indie Label Song Harbor in 2003. The CD of twelve original Florida vogue music contained a duet with Stella Parton and a featured look by Nashville currently songstress Darlene Austin.The CD received prominate favor at folks radio, glorious reviews, garnering many award nominations and selling admirable for a primary unleash. Nick’s second album Plastic Pink Flamingos was released on Song Harbor in 2005. The CD conatined thirteen original Florida vogue songs. The title song was seriously thought-about as a replacement State song for the State Of Florida. Nick supported and promoted the CD releases by touring yank coastal communities. This CD additionally contains the super widespread song Survive.

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Neil Sedaka (* March 13 1939 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an US -American singer and songwriter . He wrote music for more than 1,000 songs, lined at the beginning of the 1960s hit after hit. His father is the son of Turkish-Jewish immigrants. The mother was the daughter of Russian-Polish-Jewish immigrants.
As a youth he studied piano. He later studied at Juilliard – Conservatory and worked at a classical music radio station. Initially, he also experimented with doo-wop and rock and roll was in the early recordings of the token there.

His first success as a composer he had with Stupid Cupid . The song was in 1958 for Connie Francis a big hit. He has been repeated by many other artists. Sedaka then received a contract as a solo artist for RCA Records. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 1962 was his first number one hit.He wrote Oh! Carol, Standing on the Inside, Stairway To Heaven, Calendar Girl, Little Devil, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen and Next Door To An Angel. 1963 ended the hit series.

In the 1970s he managed to support Elton John, a comeback in Britain. In 1974, he jumped with Laughter In The Rain topped the local charts. The of Captain & Tennille song written Love Will Keep Us Together won a Grammy.

Together with Howard Greenfield Sedaka wrote the song Is This the Way to Amarillo? who interprets himself only reached 44th place in the U.S., but in 1972 for Tony Christie became a No. 1 hit in Germany. 1973 Sedaka co-wrote with Phil Cody the English lyrics to ABBA’s Ring Ring . With his daughter, Dara, he came in 1980 with the title Should’ve never let you go in the top 10 of the United States.

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M. Ward (*1974 in Ventura County, California; actually Matt Ward) is an American guitarist and singersongwriter, in Portland, Oregon lives. His music is the genre of Alternative Country attributed.
M. Ward sees itself primarily as a guitarist. His voice is for him only a “guide” to the guitar dar. On his albums can be heard often purely instrumental pieces. On transistor radio that include such diverse interpretations of songs like You Still Believe In Me (Beach Boys) and the Well-Tempered Clavier JS Bach. The folk songs are influenced by styles such as Ward’s blues, rock and jazz, which represents the number of musical examples of the artist. Certainly the intention is the lo-fi sound of his albums, which can give the impression that Ward’s music is already several decades old.
First, M. Ward was one of California’s three-member band Rodriguez, who released an album by Grandaddy singer Jason Lytle, was produced. After the dissolution of Rodriguez Ward began his solo career, aided by Howe Gelb of Giant Sand . Yellow was inspired by a demo tape, M. Ward, and enabled him to publish his 2000 debut Duet for Guitars # 2 on his Ow Om label. This album was helped by the popularity of yellow to get already in Europe. In Europe also appeared EP Scene from # 12 .

His second album, End of Amnesia , a concept album with the theme of memories and dreams inspired by among others David Lynch’s films, appeared the following year, had moderate success, but like its predecessor, only with the public. Meant a significant increase in its popularity it for Ward, the opening act for the tour of Conor Oberst ( Bright Eyes ) to appear.

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