Arkansas Times

Floyd Cramer's country keys
Date: 5/3/2007
By: Stephen Koch

Floyd Cramer, who grew up in Huttig, became one of the most important piano players in the development of country music. /more/
Dorough finds his voice
Date: 3/15/2007
By: Stephen Koch

From his beginnings in Cherry Hill, Bob Dorough knew music was his thing. /more/
'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." /more/
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? /more/
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. /more/
Activist Lee Hays wove musical fabric
Date: 7/20/2006
By: Stephen Koch

Lee Hays was a singer and songwriter who gained fame in the Weavers, with that folk group being blacklisted in the 1950s and its music being branded as "un-American." /more/
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. /more/
More West Memphis soul
Date: 10/20/2005
By: Stephen Koch

After helping craft the Memphis R&B sound of the 1960s, trumpeter Wayne Jackson of West Memphis had many avenues to explore. /more/
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. /more/
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. /more/
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The Insider
Nurturing fiction
Date: 2/4/2010
By: Arkansas Times Staff

Last Wednesday, a column by Cathy Frye appeared in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette under the headline "Mothers in Haiti Face Living Nightmare." But Frye has never been to Haiti. /more/

Editorial
Return of Count Ed
Date: 2/4/2010
By: Arkansas Times Staff

Dracula can't stop biting necks and Ed Bethune can't stop debasing Arkansas politics. Persistence is but one of the traits they share. /more/

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