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Dana Hall re-emerges with a new band and a fresh approach
Last year was a volatile one for the inimitable Chicago drummer-bandleader-composer Dana Hall. With the considerable help of ace arts administrator Kate Dumbleton, Hall had rejuvenated the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, which William Russo had created at...
Tags: Education, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Hyde Park, Plymouth
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Album review: Miles Davis Quintet's exceptional 'Live in Europe 1969'
Miles Davis had a raw, multi-syllable name for his group from 1969, and it wasn't one we can print in this newspaper. Known in various jazz-obsessive circles as the Lost Band, the powerful quintet of all stars Davis assembled between the release of...
Tags: Organized Crime, Netherlands, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock
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Deters to lead Boyne chamber board
BOYNE CITY -- The Boyne Area Chamber Board of Directors has elected its officers for 2013, with Realtor Gary Deters of Re/Max Resort Properties set to lead the chamber as president for the year ahead. Deters has served on the chamber board for three...Tags: Real Estate, Services and Shopping, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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Senate Dems file amicus brief in #VoterID case.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekState Senate Democrats .... ... have jumped into the state Supreme Court appeal of Pennsylvania's voter identification law, arguing in court papers filed this week that includes data they say "reinforces claims of disparate impact of the new voter ID........ -
Tuesday Morning Coffee: Senate panel drops statewide board from charters bill.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The state Senate tweaked a charter schools reform bill last night, dropping language that would have created a statewide authorizing board for the alternative public schools. The amended bill kicked out of the... -
General Truck Body moves to Forest following Roanoke fire
WDBJ7 ReporterThe fire was a tough sight to behold. Tony Williams surveyed the damage the day after a July 21st fire burned his business to the ground. Now, everybody on Interstate 581 South in Roanoke can see the charred remains of what once was for Williams' and...Tags: Fires, Norfolk Southern Corporation
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Roanoke business owner says he will bounce back after fire
ReporterContinuing coverage now of a Saturday fire that destroyed a local Roanoke business. The owner of General Truck Body, Tony Williams, was on the scene today meeting meeting with insurance representatives. Williams says he hopes to move into a new...Tags: Advertising
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Herb Reed, last surviving member of Platters, dies
VarietySinger Herb Reed, the last surviving member of early R&B and rock 'n' roll stalwarts the Platters, died in Boston on Monday after a period of failing health. He was 83. The only band member to feature on all of the Platters' official recordings, Reed...Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, David Lynch, Tourism and Leisure, Travel
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Herb Reed dies at 83; founder of the Platters
Herb Reed was in his 20s when he founded the Platters in Los Angeles in 1953, naming his vocal group after the term used by radio DJs for the vinyl records of the day.
Well into the digital download era — and into his 80s — Reed was still...Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, COPD, Music, David Lynch, Entertainment
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Herb Reed, original member of the Platters, dies at 83
Pop & HissBass singer Herb Reed, who co-founded the Platters in Los Angeles in 1953 and was the last of the original members of the vocal group, died Monday in Boston, his manager told the Associated Press. Fred Balboni told AP that...... -
An appreciation: Herb Reed helped R&B, pop soar with the Platters
Pop & HissSinger Herb Reed, the last original member of the '50s L.A. R&B group the Platters died Monday in Boston. Herb Reed continued touring with the Platters until 2011.... -
Tuesday Morning Coffee: Moving The Budget Dominoes.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. In case you missed it yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee got the next set of budget dominoes in line as it voted, along party lines, to send the $27.65 billion budget plan approved by the......
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