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'Sunday Afternoon'
Date: 1/25/2007
By:
Stephen Koch
In 2004, Jason Morphew recorded his first score, for a film called "Runaway," starring Robin Tunney of TV's "Prison Break."
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The unknown supergroup
Date: 9/21/2006
By:
Stephen Koch
Can the term supergroup be applied to a band that rarely gigged, whose records are impossible to find and no one's ever heard of?
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Stones, others 'got' Carter
Date: 8/10/2006
By:
Stephen Koch
Bill Carter is not a musician. But the Rector native, author of the 2006 autobiography "Get Carter," has had a hand in the careers of Tanya Tucker, Reba McEntire and others, most notably the Rolling Stones for many years. Before that, Carter served in the U.S. Secret Service under presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.
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The Louis Jordan Tributes
Date: 7/6/2006
By:
Stephen Koch
But, despite being among the most important figures in American popular music, Louis Jordan isn't a household name in Arkansas. In the 1990s, a group of music lovers gathered to better preserve Jordan's legacy, at least in his home state.
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West Memphis soul, part 1
Date: 10/13/2005
By:
Stephen Koch
Horn player Wayne Jackson was born Nov. 24, 1941, in West Memphis, and helped craft the Memphis rhythm and blues sound especially typified by Stax and Hi Records.
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Fred Tackett: Unknown gun goes large
Date: 10/6/2005
By:
Stephen Koch
Little Rock native Fred Tackett, who will be performing Friday, Oct. 7, at the Ozark Folk Festival in Eureka Springs, gained fame in the late 1980s as a member of reformed rockers Little Feat, but he has been recording for decades with countless acts. In fact, Tackett played on Feat albums going back to 1973's "Dixie Chicken," and also wrote songs.
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