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<p><strong>(This excerpt was originally published in <em>Rap Whoz Who: The World Of Rap Music, Performers, Producers, Promoters</em> by Steven Stancell in 1996 Schirmer/Simon &amp; Schuster.)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Producer Larry Smith was responsible for some of the early hits on the Def Jam Recordings label. His collaborations with Russell Simmons, and his album productions for Run-D.M.C. (<em>Run-D.M.C.</em>, <em>King of Rock</em>) and Whodini (<em>Escape</em>, <em>Back in Black</em>) helped establish those two groups and the Def Jam label. Initially a bass player, Smith is also</strong>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6146346/the-importance-of-larry-smith">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p><strong>Glad to see someone actually did a documentary on Kathleen Hanna. Known for her work with the group Bikini Kill, and the whole Riot Grrl movement, I was first turned on to Hanna by way of Carla DeSantis’ publication ROCKRGRLback in the mid 1990s, a magazine which focused on female musicians. (A magazine that I still miss to this day.) I never thought Hanna’s work was completely appreciated. Oh yeah, she’s got her fans and all that, but it always seemed to me that when I wanted to find out what was</strong>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6146345/kathleen-hanna-documentary">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p><strong>One of the most revolutionary places for a gearhead to get a car back in the day (late 1960s) was at the Motion Performance shop in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, headed by Joel Rosen. Rosen, who raced on the weekends and changed back into a businessman during the week a la Clark Kent/Superman, knew how to tune an engine, and would guarantee your car would be an 11 second&nbsp; car on a quarter-mile track when he got through with it. The deal was this: a person would purchase a car (Chevys we’re talking</strong>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6146344/the-legend-of-baldwin-motion">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p><strong>I met Frankie Crocker at a party many years ago, and you wanna know what we talked about? His program directing at WBLS-FM? No. His VH-1 VJ gig? No. His professional beginnings in Buffalo, New York? No. We talked about Cuban cigars! During that period I smoked Havanas every single day for over 25 years, so when I met him I was surprised to see him with one in his hand. I was already familiar with his value as an artist, so we didn’t have to talk about that. That’s right.</strong>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6146340/the-8th-wonder-of-the-world">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p><strong>Bet you didn’t think that when Bob Dylan wrote his iconic piece,  “Mr.Tambourine Man,” that a Mr. Tambourine Man actually existed. Well he  does, and his name is Bruce Langhorne.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Langhorne, who was influenced by Staple Singers’ patriarch Roebuck  Staples and Sandy Bull (one of the first artists to use tape recorders  and loops on stage), started out as a session guitarist in</strong>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6146339/bob-dylan-s-mr-tambourine-man">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p><strong>Walking to the yearly Indian Larry Grease Monkey block party to see heavy metal band Judas Priestess, I heard the band’s lead vocalist MilitiA, three blocks away, above the Williamsburg din of cars and horns and trains I hear over here all the time. There’s nothing like the power of a good female vocalist!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>And there’s nothing like a woman who wears many hats. Listen to this: she writes, she sings, she performs solo, she heads another hard rock band, Swear On Your Life, as well as her Judas</strong>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6146341/the-many-hats-of-militia">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p><strong>Stefanie Eulinberg. Drummer and vocalist. Been with Kid Rock’s  Twisted Brown Trucker band for over 10 years now. One of the hardest  working drummers in the business today. She’s played cruise ships,  lounge circuits, bars, prisons, everywhere she could. Hailing from  Berea, Ohio (a western suburb of Cleveland), Eulinberg also plays bass,  guitar, writes jingles and does soundtracks, something she went to  school for when she lived in L.A. Sometimes you might find her</strong>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6146338/drums-by-stefanie-eulinberg">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p><strong>Seems like people have forgot about Phil Lynott. He headed the group  Thin Lizzy, the band known for its dual lead guitars. If you’re not  familiar with the band, you can hear elements of them in some of Bruce  Springsteen’s earlier work. Thin Lizzy had hits with “The Boys Are Back  in Town,” “Jailbreak” and “Don’t Believe A Word,” to name a few.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Yeah, that’s the title. ‘Cause while we appropriately condemned him  for the widely disseminated accounts of abuse he bombarded on the great  Tina Turner, we have forgotten his real place in rock ‘n’ roll history.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Ike Turner was a key figure in rock ‘n’ roll in the early 1950s. He  was a performer, a businessman with his own band, the Kings of Rhythm,  and a talent scout, for RPM/Modern Records, as well as the legendary Sam  Phillips. He recorded everyone from</strong>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6146336/did-ike-turner-only-beat-up-tina">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>Fats Domino (L) and Dave Bartholomew, Courtesy of Franck-Bertacci Collection The Historic New Orleans Collection</p>
<p><strong>Woke up this morning thinking about Dave Bartholomew for some  reason. Dave Bartholomew: a legendary historic figure in rock n roll  production, known for his work with Fats Domino, Shirley and Lee, Lloyd  Price and others, it was THAT guy who asked me to come and perform as a  guitarist at his club, on a permanent basis, and I couldn't go! One of  the things you</strong>…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6146335/talking-with-dave-bartholomew">Read more</a></span></div>
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