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Minneapolis became noted as a center for rhythm and blues (R&B) in the 1980s, when the multi-talented star Prince (d. 2016) rose to fame. The city had little history in African American popular music, such as R&B, until Prince made his debut in 1978, eventually achieving five #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with " When Doves Cry ", " Let's Go ...
The Triple Rock Social Club was a bar, music venue, and restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, co-owned by Gretchen Funk and Erik Funk of the punk band Dillinger Four. [ 1 ] The club is mentioned in the Motion City Soundtrack song "Better Open the Door", as the "T-Rock" in the Doomtree song "Bangarang", and in the Limbeck song ...
He also recorded for the Mr. Blues label. These recordings were later reissued by Rooster Blues, Blue Loon Records, and the British JSP label. [2] Buford died on October 11, 2011, at the age of 81, in Minneapolis, after a long hospitalization. [2] [5]
A definitive history of the store was written in 2006 by Penny Peterson and Charlene Roise: "A History of the Electric Fetus" as prepared for the Greater Twin Cities Blues Music Society. The Electric Fetus Onestop is the wholesale distribution portion of the Electric Fetus.
Percy Lee Strother (July 23, 1946 – May 29, 2005) was an American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. [1] [2] After a tragic start in life, from the mid 1970s, Strother went on to become a mainstay of the Minneapolis blues scene.
“The Blues Society” will be available to rent/own on all digital HD internet, cable and satellite platforms worldwide, as well as on DVD, on July 9. The film is available through Freestyle ...
In the days before the first Memphis Country Blues Society festival in July 1966, some 400 members of the KKK marched at Overton Park, even burning a cross at the parking lot. That didn’t stop ...
His repertoire includes blues and jazz and in his nineties, Harris still plays Minneapolis nightclubs [5] including the Loring Pasta Bar in Dinkytown, Clubhouse Jäger in the North Loop and Palmer's Bar [6] and the Nomad World Pub on the West Bank. [7] Harris is a mentor to Cadillac Kolstad and City Pages calls them the "must-see dueling-piano ...