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Features

Jan 02 2023
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Dave Ruch: Taking music history from the classroom to the Tavern

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By Elmer Ploetz JAM Editor When people think about traditional music in America, they usually think of Appalachian mountain ballads  or country blues from the south. But through the years…

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Dec 06 2022
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Greg Hennessey captures WNY stories in his podcasts

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By Elmer Ploetz Editor For Greg Hennessey, his Rockabilly Greg podcast is a labor of love … specifically a love of Western New York music. Since March, Hennessey has done…

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May 02 2022
2

Gram Parsons’ contribution … to fashion

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By Buck Quigley When Gram Parsons decided to outfit the Flying Burrito Brothers in stage clothes designed by Nudie Cohn, he was following what had become a country music tradition….

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Mar 01 2022
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The long trip into the pandemic and back for Buffalo musicians

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By Lucy Bell “Bottom line: I’m a performer first, and for me nothing can replace an audience,” says Geno McManus. Well, types. Like so many things during the pandemic, the…

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Feb 01 2022
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Mardi Graski!

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By Elmer Ploetz JAM editor What would happen if you were to take two of the biggest party days in Buffalo — Mardi Gras and Dyngus Day — and combine…

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Feb 01 2022
1

She’s in the Band: Girls Just Want to Have Fun

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By ANNA GAGLIANO Contributing writer As a very famous woman once said in perhaps an even more famous song: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. And fun they shall have. On…

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Dec 03 2021
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A video look behind the scenes at the 2021 Last Waltz

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Jerry Hall, aka Neil Young for the Last Waltz purposes, put together a great video that shares a bit of the behind the scenes imagery from last month’s event. Here…

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Jun 02 2021
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June/Father’s Day edition

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Hi. It’s June, so we decided to dedicate a large part of this issue to celebrating fathers and music. So enjoy as you read pieces from Buck Quigley, Courtney Lennon,…

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Jun 02 2021
2

The gift of recognizing great music

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Courtney S. Lennon is a writer from Western New York whose oral history of legendary songwriter Billy Joe Shaver is due out early next year on Texas A&M University Press….

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Jun 02 2021
2

Dads and music – it’s not always simple

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It will be Father’s Day later this month, so we’ve decided to focus on dads and music this month. Like all relationships, father-son relationships can be complicated. That’s as true…

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