Favorite Seventies Artists In The News

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A free exhibition in England on the Clash's 1979 acclaimed album London Calling that opened on Nov. 19 now has a new online film guide so that anyone who didn't manage to visit this acclaimed exhibition can now experience it from home. "The Clash: London Calling" was curated by Robert Gordon McHarg III with the Clash and Beatrice Behlen of the Museum of London. It features items from the Clash's personal archive including draft lyrics, stage clothes, photos and films that tell the story of the band's era-defining album, which features music and lyrics that remain as relevant today as they were on release. - Music-News.com, 5/1/20...... Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan says his band didn't quite intend to put out a song that includes references to the grave danger to humanity caused by the global coronavirus pandemic, but "Man Alive," which has been shared on YouTube and taken from the band's upcoming Whoosh! album, certainly feels appropriate for its time. "It's an abstract concept," Gillan says. "It's a post-humanity scenario. And then all of a sudden something's washed up on the beach, and it turns out to be a man, and it's the only living man -- but it's just a man, so... That's the end of humanity, because what use is one man? That was the idea. If it was a painting, you'd call it impressionistic." The prog-rock flavored song also features passages of spoken narration from Gillan for the first time in his 50 year on-and-off tenure with Deep Purple. "Don (Airey, keyboardist) was experimenting with an oboe to do a haunting, repetitive little piece to illustrate the echoes of emptiness," says Gillan. "So I just started speaking at the microphone and it fit perfectly. It just had to be something that wasn't sung -- it was almost like a voice bubble attached to the song. It just seemed to be the right thing to do." Whoosh!, the follow up to Purple's 2017 set Infinite, drops June 12 and is the band's third consecutive collaboration with producer Bob Ezrin (Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd). As for the album title, Gillan says Whoosh! represents how he feels about the band's longevity. "I look back at the 1970s as if it was yesterday and, whoosh, here we are now." Though Purple's last tour was dubbed "The Long Goodbye," Gillan says the operative word is "long." "We were all a bit under the weather, physically, so we decided on a goodbye tour," he says. "(But) we've got a bit to go yet. I think things are gonna be on the shelf for a while, but then I think we'll be back for a bit of fun." - Billboard, 4/30/20...... The Rolling Stones have debuted a song on the Billboard Hot 200 pop chart for a mind-blowing seventh decade as their new single, "Living in a Ghost Town," enters several Billboard charts for the week ending May 2. "Living in a Ghost Town" debuted at No. 98 on the Hot 100, No. 30 on the streaming-, sales- and airplay-based Hot Rock Songs chart, and No. 3 on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart (marking the Stones' best rank in the chart's decade-long history). Released on Apr. 23, the song made the Hot 100 exactly 56 years after the band's first appearance on a Billboard survey, with "Not Fade Away." The song has been shared by the band on Spotify.com. - Billboard, 4/29/20...... According to a death certificate acquired by the celebrity gossip site TMZ.com, soul star Bill Withers died on Mar. 30 at age 81 after suffering a cardiopulmonary arrest. The certificate shows the singer's immediate cause of death was a cardiopulmonary arrest, with underlying causes listed as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bradyarrhythmia, or slow heart rate. His passing prompted several tributes by his pals and industry peers, including Brian Wilson, Nile Rodgers, Sheryl Crow, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend and Kid Rock, as well as a singalong to this classic "Lean on Me" by Justin Bieber, Avril Lavigne and Michael Buble as part of a Canadian COVID-19 relief fundraiser. - TMZ.com/Music-News.com, 5/29/20...... Queen + Adam Lambert have shared a new version of their classic 1975 song "We Are The Champions" as a tribute to healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Redone as "You Are the Champions" and shared on YouTube, the song features singer Adam Lambert, guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor performing the song in quarantine alongside footage of doctors and nurses fighting COVID-19. "We're putting the emphasis on the word 'you' in 'you are the champions', which is what they are," Roger Taylor said during a phone interview. "We're dedicating this song to the people on the front line putting themselves at risk. All the proceeds are going to the World Health Organization to get the right ventilators, PPE, et cetera to the healthcare workers... we're just trying to help a little bit," he added. Taylor noted his daughter is a doctor and he was "very worried" about her not having enough PPE. "We were very slow in this country getting people organized," he says. "Every day she's coming into contact with people with COVID-19 [in London] and I was very worried about her. We talk every day." While he admits some of her stories are "scary," he's proud of her nonetheless, and his daughter is one of the people holding up a "you are the champions" sign at the end of the video. Taylor says he "has his fingers crossed" that Queen can get back on the road in 2021, after being forced to cancel a summer tour and concerts in south America due to the pandemic. - Billboard, 4/30/20...... SiriusXM Radio has announced it is pulling out all the stops to entertain music fans during the virus pandemic lockdown with free access to exclusive content from the likes of David Bowie, the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Guns N' Roses, Metallica and Prince. The personally curated channels from these superstar acts will roll out in coordination with SiriusXM's Stream Free period, which has been extended through May 31, allowing anyone to get free access to the streaming network's full lineup of streaming content on the SiriusXM app. On the David Bowie Channel, for example, Bowie fans will hear rare tracks and demo versions of some of Bowie's greatest songs as well as interpretations of his work from artists including Beck, Annie Lennox, Nirvana, Tears For Fears, Barbra Streisand, and more. SiriusXM's Eagles channel, will feature music from the band's extensive career, stories behind the making of their biggest hits, and the band's own "Eagles Pandemic Playlist." Led Zeppelin Radio will feature every song from the iconic band's music catalog, and exclusive access to the sounds and insights from Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones. - Billboard, 4/29/20...... In related news, Bruce Springsteen said during his latest DJ set on Sirius XM's "E Street Radio" channel that the coronavirus outbreak has highlighted the huge divide between the American Dream and the reality of life in the US. "There was an op-ed a while back in the New York Times that I would advise every American who cares about his country to read. It is called 'The America We Need'," Springsteen said. The Boss referred to former Franklin Roosevelt who strived to help every American make a decent living according to the standard of the time. "Now the current pandemic has laid bare the inequalities in wealth and in health that plague our nation... This pandemic has shown the great divide between our American dream and American reality, between current America versus the ideals enshrined in our founding documents... in Paterson and other New Jersey cities, in Michigan, in rural America, and all across the United States, this reality is so frustrating that, as the great Marvin Gaye said, we should want to holler," he added. After finishing the impassioned quote, Springsteen went on to play Gaye's "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)." Meanwhile, a virtual 24-hour DJ set of Springsteen songs has been announced to help raise money for charity. Hannah Summers and Jon Beck, the brains behind the "Hungry Heart Club Night," will spin 24 hours of nothing but The Boss on May 2 beginning at 1:00 p.m. London time. The duo will divide the event into a selection of festival-style sets, including Springsteen's best known hits, rarities and covers of his back catalogue. "We want everyone from around the world to get involved and join our Springsteen-athon. It doesn't matter what time it is, we will be live streaming our DJ set all day and all night, splitting the hours up into different themes!" the pair said. "We're so pleased that our Hungry Heart house parties have spread some joy at this difficult time -- now let's go one step further and raise what we can for the other people who need our help right now!" Fans who wish to take part can log on at HungryHeartEvents.com. - New Musical Express, 4/29/20...... An excerpt from Peter Frampton's forthcoming autobiography has been released in which Frampton reveals that David Bowie once saved him from a smoking plane. Frampton says Bowie helped save his life on two occasions after they met first at school in Bromley, south east London. The second life-saving moment came when Frampton was on tour with Bowie as his guitar player during Bowie's 1987 "Glass Spider" World Tour, as Frampton tried to launch a major career comeback. As the pair were awaiting take-off in the cabin of a private tour plane, Bowie noticed smoke billowing into the cabin. Frampton recalled that Bowie shouted "smoke, smoke" before springing into action and lifting Peter out of his seat and helping him down the rescue chute. "I will never forget that," Frampton said in an interview with The Sunday Mirror. "He coulda ran out but he wanted to make sure I was okay. That was the kind of guy he was with me, and in general. He was a lovely man." Frampton, who suffers from an incurable muscle disease called inclusion body myositis, is currently undergoing clinical trials for John Hopkins University in a bid to minimize the effects of the condition. He will release his new memoir later in 2020. - New Musical Express, 5/27/20...... In a new interview with Britain's MOJO magazine, Genesis members Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks say it would be "weird" to have former Genesis members Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett involved in their upcoming reunion tour. "I think a reunion with Steve and Pete would be uphill. Playing with Mike and Tony is the easy option," Collins told the magazine. Rutherford added: "I know people love the idea that the five of us will get together again, but the songs most people know and love are from the last 40 years. Peter left so long ago. I really don't know what we could do with him now." Banks added that "as much as I love those early albums, it would be weird to just do songs from that period." Genesis will be embarking on its first concert series since 2007, with Collins' 18-year-old son Nicholas covering for his dad on drums (as he did on Collins' 2018 solo tour) because Phil is no longer able to play because of a spinal condition. - Music-News.com, 4/27/20...... Patti Smith serenaded Johnny Depp on May 26 as the pair took part in a digital music festival to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Smith serenaded the actor/musician with "Nine," a song she wrote for his birthday, followed by renditions of "Grateful," "My Blakean Year," "Because the Night" and "People Have the Power." Depp himself covered John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" and was joined by Cat Power, who played her own version of the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and Bob Dylan's "Kingsport Town." The stream was set up by the nonprofit organization Pathway To Paris, which Smith has supported heavily in the past. - NME, 5/27/20...... Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" was covered by Miley Cyrus as the pop sensation appeared on Saturday Night Live's latest "At Home" episode on May 25. Cyrus performed from beside a campfire bathed in dramatic red lighting and was introduced by Brad Pitt, who also appeared in a sketch as infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci after Fauci once jokingly said he thought the handsome Hollywood "A-lister" would be the best actor to portray him. Pink Floyd, meanwhile, are regularly uploading full live performances from across their lengthy career to YouTube. They began with 1994's legendary show "Pulse," which appeared online on Apr. 17. - NME, 5/27/20...... During a virtual gay pride event on Apr. 26, Barbra Streisand shared a message of support to LGBTQ+ fans on GLAAD's "Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone" livestream. The Hollywood superstar made a point of highlighting the need for funds to operate local LGBTQ+ community centers during the coronavirus crisis. "Hi everyone, it's Barbra Streisand and I am so thrilled that GLAAD's 'Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone' event is happening tonight to raise much-needed funds to support local LGBTQ community centres all over the country who are being seriously affected by Covid-19," she said. "I know that times are tough but I really hope you'll help save these organizations... give as you can, every bit helps," the 78-year-old songstress went on to say. - Music-News.com, 4/28/20...... Fans of the wholesome 1970s series Little House on the Prairie have noticed that two haunting episodes of the series chillingly foreshadow the current coronavirus crisis in the form of a typhus epidemic, a common occurrence in the mid- to late-19th century when the series was set. The fans say there are striking similarities between the storylines of episodes titled "Plague" and "Quarantine" and the grim reality of today's coronavirus pandemic, which has so far claimed more than 60,000 lives in the US. "I've been preparing for the #Coronavirus since watching the Little House on the Prairie episode "Quarantine" as a kid," one fan posted on Twitter. The social media reaction has been so prevalent that Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls Wilder on the show, says she's been thinking a lot about how the series tackled life in isolation while she herself is on lockdown in her converted hunting cabin in the Catskills. "I realized how prescient it was," says Gilbert, 55. "We can all learn something from what happens in that episode." Gilbert revealed she got goose bumps watching real life father and daughter Michael Landon and Etta Landon, the latter who appeared as sick Etta Plum in the "Plague" episode, tell Charles Ingalls she is not afraid to die. "I know I will go to heaven, especially when you die in church," says Etta. "It was beautiful and extraordinary that they got to film that together," Gilbert says. - The New York Post, 4/29/20...... Drummer Hamilton Bohannon, a Motown legend and also a prominent bandleader for such Motown acts as Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Four Tops, has died at age 78 of an as yet undisclosed cause. Bohannon became a drummer for Stevie Wonder after touring with such acts as Jimi Hendrix and Gorgeous George. Leaving Motown when it moved to Los Angeles at the start of the 1970s, Bohannon became a solo artist and producer in Detroit, landing him a legacy as one of the creators of disco. More recently, his work has been sampled by the likes of Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg. Musician Questlove paid tribute to Bohannon on social media: "A drummer with a unique sound of his own. Hamilton Bohannon's unmistakable 4 on the kick AND snare trademark made me think he hailed from Africa when he first started making records. Why his Dakar catalogue isn't available for the public to discover is beyond me." - NME, 5/27/20.

Several famous New Jersey performers including Bruce Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa, Fountains of Wayne, Halsey and SZA participated in a "Jersey 4 Jersey" benefit livestream on Apr. 22 to raise money for the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund. The Springsteens performed a version of "Land of Hope and Dreams," then returned later to play a cover of Tom Waits' "Jersey Girl." The event is the latest in a growing number of high profile livestreams aiming to raise money for frontline workers across the world as the coronavirus pandemic continues. - New Musical Express, 4/23/20...... Organizers of an Elvis Presley festival in Presley's hometown of Tupelo, Miss., announced on Apr. 22 that the Tupelo Elvis Festival music event slated to be held in June will now be a virtual gathering due to the coronavirus pandemic. The annual fest honors its most famous son and features performances from musicians, gospel groups, and includes a competition to qualify for the "Ultimate Elvis Tribute Contest" held in Memphis. Organizers are offering refunds for those who do not want to attend a virtual festival. - AP, 4/23/20...... Neil Young revealed on his website on Apr. 25 that he's working on a new archival album based around material from the mid-to-late 1980s. Road of Plenty will consist of music made with his band Crazy Horse during a 1986 US tour, along with tracks recorded in 1989 with the same band he performed with on Saturday Night Live during that time. Road of Plenty's title track is an early version of a song Young went on to release as "Eldorado" on his 1989 LP Freedom. In his website post, Young said "Road of Plenty" dates back to a private reunion in the late '80s with his 1960s group, Buffalo Springfield. "It was my fault that we didn't get together at the time and have a reunion, tour and album," Young wrote. He also noted he and Crazy Horse have a "monster take of the track, recorded at a show in Minneapolis in October 1986 which will be included on the album. "How this song escaped is hard for me to believe," he said. Young did not specify a release date for Road of Plenty, however several archival Young releases are on their way soon. His legendary "lost" 1975 LP Homegrown will finally see daylight after 45 years on June 19, and a 1970s-spanning compilation The Neil Young Archives Volume 2 will be released on Aug. 21, just to name two. Earlier in April, he reworked the video for his song "Shut It Down" from his latest album Colorado in a nod to the the coronavirus pandemic. - NME, 4/25/20...... After Paul McCartney appeared on Howard Stern's Sirius XM radio show earlier in April and agreed with Stern that the Beatles were "better" than the Rolling Stones, Stones frontman Mick Jagger has responded in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music and shared on YouTube. "That's so funny. [Paul's] a sweetheart. There's obviously no competition," Jagger said, laughing when asked for his response. "The big difference, though, is and sort of slightly seriously, is that the Rolling Stones is a big concert band in other decades and other areas when the Beatles never even did an arena tour, Madison Square Garden with a decent sound system. They broke up before that business started, the touring business for real... we started doing stadium gigs in the '70s and [are] still doing them now. That's the real big difference between these two bands. One band is unbelievably luckily still playing in stadiums and then the other band doesn't exist." In McCartney's comments, he noted that the Stones "are rooted in the blues." "When they are writing stuff, it has to do with the blues. We had a little more influences. There's a lot of differences, and I love the Stones, but I'm with you. The Beatles were better," he said. Jagger was speaking to Lowe to promote the Stones' new single "Living In A Ghost Town," a four-minute bluesy and harmonica-driven song released by the band on Apr. 23. "I'm a ghost/ Living in a ghost town/ You can look for me/ But I can't be found," sings Jagger, who wrote it with guitarist Keith Richards. The band has shared the surprise track, its first proper studio single since 2016 and their cover album Blue and Lonesome, on Spotify.com. - NME/AP, 4/24/20...... Billy Joel was sued for copyright infringement on Apr. 22 in Brooklyn federal court -- but not over one of his songs. A contractor is claiming the Piano Man ripped off his architectural designs for renovations of Joel's sprawling Long Island residence by handing them off to another builder. Home improvement contractor Paul Laruccia of Berry Hill Development Corp. claims his company was abruptly fired from renovating Joel's 12,000 square-foot Oyster Bay manse after he was told that a structural engineer found defects in his work. But Laruccia claims he already had architectural designs drawn up, which cost more than $126,700, and a portion of those costs have gone unpaid. Joel moved forward with a different contractor that submitted architectural drawings to the Centre Island Building Department -- which Laruccia alleges are "nearly identical" to the plans he had drawn up. Berry Hill is asking for unspecified damages, and a spokesperson for Joel said his LLC has "had to pay to fix Berry Hill's deficiencies" -- and that the price tag for that work was larger than the amount left on the contract with Laruccia. - Pagesix.com, 4/23/20...... Paul McCartney is among 100 celebrity contributors to a new charity book titled Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You, a book paying tribute to the UK's National Health Service. Dear NHS will be published on July 9, and includes personal stories from the likes of McCartney and Ricky Gervais which aim to highlight the outstanding work done by the NHS over the years. Meanwhile, Sir Paul reminded citizens of the world to celebrate Earth Day on Apr. 22 with a post on Twitter. "Take care of this beautiful place," McCartney urged. - NME, 4/17/20...... In other Beatles related news, a sing-a-long version of the Fab Four's animated film Yellow Submarine was hosted by the band on its official YouTube channel on Apr. 25. A remastered version of the 1968 film was released in cinemas in 2018 to celebrate its 50th anniversary, but the new premiere marked the first time it has been available online. Ringo Starr released an invitation for fans to join in the sing-a-long on YouTube on Apr. 22. "Share your photos and videos with us of you singing along at home and tag them #YellowSubLive. Following the film, we'll be sharing your images and videos on Instagram Stories," Ringo said. - NME, 4/22/20...... Ozzy Osbourne is offering fans the opportunity to buy a long-sleeve black T-shirt and matching cloth face mask with the elegant phrase "F--k Coronavirus" below an image of a bat wearing a white protective mask, a nod to Ozzy's legendary history with the creepy flying mammals. The $40 shirt, which Ozzy is promoting on his Instagram account, comes with the free mask, which, Ozzy notes is "not medical grade and are not meant to take the place of the N95 masks." In March, Ozzy announced that he was canceling a planned trip to Switzerland for treatment for Parkinson's disease due to the coronavirus outbreak. - Billboard, 4/23/20...... Filmmaker and photographer Andrew Bennett has published a new book titled Eruption in the Canyon: 212 Days and Nights with the Genius of Eddie Van Halen in which he claims Eddie Van Halen once held a gun to the head of Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst following an ill-fated jam session. In the book, Bennett writes that Durst and Eddie were introduced to each other after Wes Borland had quit Limp Bizkit and the band were seeking a replacement guitarist. Bennett claims that a jam session took place at a house in Beverly Hills, but Eddie was unhappy that Durst was smoking marijuana and left without his guitar and amps, describing it as "like being a scholar amongst kindergartners." The next day, according to Bennett, after being unable to get in contact with Durst for 24 hours to retrieve his gear, Eddie decided to take matters into his own hands, driving to Durst's house in an assault vehicle he had bought at a military auction. "He got out wearing no shirt, his hair in a Samurai bun on top of his head, his jeans held up with a strand of rope and combat boots held together by duct tape. And he had a gun in his hand," Bennett writes. "Eddie Van Halen stood on the front lawn of a residential home in Beverly Hills in broad daylight, smoking a cigarette while holding a gun on Fred Durst as he went back and forth from the house to the assault vehicle, lugging amps and guitars," according to Bennett. Van Halen have previously expressed their dissatisfaction at Bennett's work, and ended up in court over an ownership dispute in 2018. - New Musical Express, 4/24/20...... The Grateful Dead are the latest band to cancel their upcoming live performances due to the pandemic. "Because of the global coronavirus outbreak and to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, we have no choice but to cancel Dead & Company's Summer Tour 2020," the band wrote in a statement. "The well-being and safety of our Deadhead community, venue staff and the band's touring family is of the utmost importance. We also want to get refunds back to our fans while so many are hurting economically. All tickets will be fully refunded at point of purchase." The band added that they "look forward to the day when we can all be reunited... In the meantime, keep the faith and believe in the power of music. We will return. We will get by. We will survive." - Billboard, 4/21/20...... In related news, Queen's Brian May says he believes that live artists will have to face major ethical questions when touring commences once more after the coronavirus pandemic. "We've been able to reschedule our concerts, but I wonder whether we'll be asking the question about whether it's actually appropriate to be using up lots of the world's resources to rush around?," he told New Musical Expess. "And will it be safe to have thousands of fans in one place and take a risk of some kind, unless we have some way of dealing with an outbreak like this? I'm hoping things will be sorted and we'll have the antidote for this horrible disease and we can get back to some kind of normality, and playing live," he added. May's comments come after Queen were forced to push back their 2021 shows, which included a ten night stand at London's O2 Arena. May is currently promoting the release of "Get Up," a new track which sees him lending his talents to upcoming London band King's Daughters. - NME, 4/23/20...... Jeff Beck has announced rescheduled dates for his 2020 UK tour in May which he has been forced to postpone due to the coronavirus. Beck has moved the shows to 2021, beginning with an Apr. 21 gig in Sheffield, followed by shows that month in York, Manchester, Birmingham, Gateshead, Glasgow and Cardiff. On May 1 and 2, 2021, he'll play London's Royal Albert Hall. - NME, 4/23/20...... Legendary R&B singer and producer Babyface (real name Kenneth Edmonds) offered up an intriguing anecdote concerning Michael Jackson during a recent Instagram "live music battle" with pal Teddy Riley on Apr. 20. "One time Michael called me," he began. "Michael said, 'Babyface...! Do you know who Halle Berry is? Do you know Halle Berry?' I said, 'Yeah, I know Halle Berry.' He said, 'Could you do me a favor? I want you to call her, 'cause I wanna take her out on a date.' I said, 'What?' He said, 'Call her -- I wanna take her out on a date.'" Babyface continued, "So I reached out through the agent, 'cause I didn't have Halle Berry's number. So, I called and get the message to her manager, and he said, 'What?' (I said), 'Yeah, he (Jackson) wants to take her out on a date.'" The "Tender Lover" star couldn't recall Berry's exact response, and did not reveal if the actress ever took Jackson up on the date. However, the revelation had MJ fans in awe and they flocked to social media to comment on the story. Berry has not yet commented on the story. - Music-News.com, 4/22/20...... Harold Reid, bass singer for the Grammy-winning country group The Statler Brothers, died on Apr. 24 after a long battle with kidney failure. He was 80. Mr. Reid was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and also a comedian. The Statler Brothers frequently sang backup for country icon Johnny Cash, and some of their biggest hits included 1965's "Counting Flowers on the Wall" and 1970's "Bed of Rose's." "He is and will always be loved by his family, friends and millions of fans," a statement on the band's website said. "His singing, his songwriting and his comedy made generations happy. He has taken a piece of our hearts with him." The Statler Brothers originally sang mostly gospel music before switching to country music in 1964, after meeting Cash and joining his road show. Over the next two decades, the Statlers won three Grammy Awards and were named top vocal groups nine times by the Country Music Association. - AP, 4/25/20...... Ian Whitcomb, an English born entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor whose song "You Turn Me On" reached number 8 on the Billboard pop chart in 1965, has died. He was 78 and an apparent victim of coronavirus. At Bryanston, a public school in Dorset, England, Whitcomb started a skiffle group in 1957 and then a rock and roll band in 1959. In the early 1960s, while studying history at Trinity College, Dublin, he became a founding member of Dublin's first rhythm and blues band, Bluesville. During his summer vacation in 1965, Whitcomb went to America to appear on such television programs as Shindig, Hollywood A Go-Go and American Bandstand. Whitcomb played the Hollywood Bowl with the Beach Boys in 1965 and then toured with the Rolling Stones, The Kinks and Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Whitcomb often performed at music festivals throughout America, and beginning in Nov. 2007, he hosted an internet radio program at LuxuriaMusic.com. He signed with Premiere Radio Networks in Sept. 2010 to launch The Ian Whitcomb Show on XM satellite radio, Channel 24. He was named as a BEST OF L.A. in 2008 by Los Angeles magazine. - 4/20/20.