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Duke Fakir, Last Surviving Member of the Four Tops, Dies at 88 He sang tenor on hits like “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch).”

Moby Grape Guitarist and Founding Member Jerry Miller Dead at 81 Moby Grape guitarist Jerry Miller, praised by Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin, has died at age 81.

RIP

Johnny Canales, Tejano TV Host Who Championed Selena, Dies at 77 Johnny Canales, the Tejano music legend and TV host who championed Selena and other artists, died at age 77.

RIP https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/francoise-hardy-dead-french-singer-actor-1236034297/

Cindy Walker Inducted Posthumously Into Songwriters Hall of Fame Songwriter Cindy Walker, whose most famous song is “You Don’t Know Me,” was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in Nashville on April 19, 2024.

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RIP Duane Eddy, the King of Twang. My first guitar hero. When I first got on Facebook I noticed that Duane Eddy didn’t have a page, and I felt like it was simply wrong to not have a tribute to him on here. So I started the Duane Eddy "The King Of Twang" page which has been going strong for over a decade, where you can find many posts that Murray and I made over the years celebrating his legacy.
I still want to buy a Gretsch someday, and that’s largely because of Eddy. His influence is still strong.
Twang on, Duane.
- Garrett

Sylvester - Blackbird http://calabazilla.com/tag/the-beatles/Cover of the Beatles song, from the album Living Proof (1979)

The banjo is a star of Beyoncé's new album. Turns out it has African roots In "Texas Hold 'Em," the singer is accompanied by a banjo. It's often thought of as a quintessential Americana instrument. But the history of the banjo tells a different story.

‘Elvis was as pilled up as me!’ Dan Penn on writing hits for Aretha, Otis, Dolly and more He was the boy from Alabama who wrote a hit while still at school. And the classics just kept coming – from I’m Your Puppet to Do Right Woman. The great songwriter relives his days with the stars

We were immensely saddened to see this farewell episode of Let It Roll Podcast pop up into our feed this evening.

Nate and producer Steph had an absolutely chaotic 2023 so they're understandably hanging things up for the moment due to commitments elsewhere but in the closing episode, they leave the door open for returning somewhere down the road, reflecting on goals not yet reached, and insights gained across the lengthy journey to document Nate's growing understanding of the arc of popular music history.

To say that Let It Roll was influential on TCBCast is like saying water's wet; Gurdip & I were both listening to it and learning the whole way through. We were thrilled to have Nate say yes to coming on TCBCast way back in our second year, and were extremely humbled to be invited on Let It Roll to discuss The Searcher, Last Train to Memphis, Careless Love and discuss Elvis's career overall.

I proudly nicked our mutual friend Garrett Cash for last year's Elvis & Country Music series, which was very much inspired and influenced by the numerous genre miniseries Nate and his guest hosts tackled over the years (including Garrett on their "Holy Roll" gospel miniseries).

We'll still always recommend Let It Roll's back catalogue highly and without hesitation to anyone who likes TCBCast and has that same sort of boundless curiosity for how the music world that Elvis was a part of was and is all interconnected and part of a broader evolution of a beautiful form of human expression.

We wish Nate and Steph all the best and look forward to hopefully hearing from them again!

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Host Nathan Wilcox welcomes back Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad to discuss the new, expanded edition of his classic "Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana." Listen here: https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E74G3E/traffic.megaphone.fm/PAN8022609206.mp3?updated=1705337997

Hosts Nathan Wilcox & Brooks Long discuss the memoir of Grandmaster Flash. Listen here: https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/E74G3E/traffic.megaphone.fm/PAN8906672966.mp3