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		<title>Vanilla Fudge Embodied Psychedelic Sixties Sound</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Bembridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who the hell are these guys? That was Ringo Starr’s reported response upon hearing the Vanilla Fudge’s explosive cover of “Ticket to Ride.” Ringo wasn’t the only Beatle blown away by the Fudge’s symphonic interpretations of “Ticket” and “Eleanor Rigby” on the group’s 1967 debut album. George Harrison reportedly played the album to anyone who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor of MacDougal Street Was King of Village</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He was an early mentor to Bob Dylan and a pioneer of modern acoustic blues, but his music is seldom heard today. Dave Van Ronk was the Grand Poobah of the early Sixties Greenwich Village folk music scene. Second only to Woody Guthrie in his influence on Dylan, Van Ronk never achieved the commercial success [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elvis Schmaltz Obscures Role as Music Pioneer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Bembridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surprise quiz. Who was a bigger influence on popular music, Elvis Presley or the Beatles? If you guessed the Beatles, you guessed wrong. Elvis was a “true musical pioneer,” according to history professor Charles Ponce De Leon, author of “Fortunate Son: The Life of Elvis Presley.” Elvis was the first recording artist to integrate America’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freewheelin&#8217; with Dylan &#8211; A Sixties Memoir</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mention folk music today, and many Americans would think of the 2003 movie spoof, A Mighty Wind. Yet the folk music revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s was a powerful influence on American youth. Folk music nourished college kids who rejected the mainstream pap offered by Frankie Avalon and Connie Francis. Greenwich Village [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woodstock Memoir Marks 40th Anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Bembridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have always been two Woodstocks – the event and the myth. Woodstock the event consisted of lots of rain, little food, bad acid, and sometimes bad music.  Woodstock the myth, according to festival promoter Michael Lang, gave young Americans “a sense of possibility and hope” that “spread around the globe.” Lang’s long-awaited memoir, The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beatles Bio Looks Behind the Myths</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Bembridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To London record executives in 1962, Liverpool may as well have been Timbuktu. Small wonder that a provincial rock band calling itself &#8220;The Beatles&#8221; couldn&#8217;t beg, borrow, or steal a record contract.  How a desperate Brian Epstein, after a crushing rejection by Decca, finally secured a recording contract is one of the many engaging stories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sixties Live! &#8212; on You Tube</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Bembridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robin Williams said if you remember the Sixties, you weren’t there. One thing you couldn’t forget was the music.  Bob Dylan sparked an artistic renaissance in rock music which hasn’t been equaled since.  Most of those great songs of the Sixties are now available on You Tube.  Here are a few of my favorite music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faithful Friends: A Forgotten Sixties Gem</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Bembridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was easy to have your album overlooked in 1969.   That was the year of Abbey Road, Let it Bleed, Volunteers, and debut albums by Blind Faith, Santana, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, and the Allman Brothers.  One overlooked gem that year was the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble&#8217;s &#8220;Faithful Friends&#8230;Flattering Foe.&#8221; The 1969 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cousin Brucie, WABC, and the Demise of AM Radio</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 11:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Bembridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Movin and a groovin, Big M Movin and a groovin, Big M Movin and a groovin, having a ball With Cousin Bruce   How important were Cousin Brucie and WABC Radio to New York area teens in the Sixties? Imagine the Pope, the President, and Mickey Mantle rolled into one.  Maybe throw in Roger Maris. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Forever Changes&#8221; Photo Foretell Love Breakup?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Bembridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This group’s 1967 album is considered a rock classic, but the band attracted no more than a cult following outside its native Los Angeles.   Love’s Forever Changes is rated number 40 on Rolling Stone’s 500 best albums of all time.  Headed by singer-songwriter Arthur Lee, Love’s critical reputation today outshines its modest record sales from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dylan Bio No Puff Piece</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Bembridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Dylan was one little twerp. Don&#8217;t take my word for it.  &#8220;The Twerp&#8221; was the name given to Dylan by former girlfriend Suze Rotolo and other members of her family, according to Dylan biographer Bob Spitz.  Suze was Dylan&#8217;s inspiration for many of his early Greenwich Village songs such as &#8220;Don&#8217;t Think Twice&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
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