Bill Kreutzmann & Mickey Hart: Driven to the Beat
BILL KREUTZMANN BILL KREUTZMANN KEPT THE GRATEFUL DEAD’S groove going for 30 years, despite being told by his sixth grade band teacher he couldn’t keep a beat. The Grateful Dead … Read more
Influences
Smokey Robinson & Jimmy Webb: They Write The Hits
SMOKEY ROBINSON It all started with a local five-member harmony group called the Matadors. Those five teenagers caught the attention of Berry Gordy Jr., bringing the man who would define … Read more
Merle Haggard & Ryan Bingham: Rough Flights, Smooth Landings
MERLE HAGGARD It is a common misconception that Merle Haggard is a country music star. The man is, simply, country, the personification of every song about a road-weary traveler, heart-broken … Read more
Roberta Flack & Imelda May: Great Pipes
ROBERTA FLACK Born February 10 in Black Mountain, NC, Roberta Flack began playing piano young, winning several awards, eventually receiving a full scholarship to Howard University at age 15. After … Read more
Billy Gibbons & Snowy White: In Tune With the Blues
BILLY GIBBONS ZZ Top defined the MTV era when MTV actually played music. With good timing and great guitar riffs, the trio capitalized on newly-discovered synthesizer sounds, sexy cars, sexier women … Read more
Sharon Jones & Mavis Staples: Voices from Heaven
SHARON JONES Georgia native Sharon Jones was born Sheron Lafaye Jones on May 4, 1956, and though her family moved to Brooklyn soon after, she made regular visits to Augusta, where … Read more
Jim McCarty & DJ Fontana: Different Drums
JIM MCCARTY As a founding member of the Yardbirds, drummer Jim McCarty had an ear for talent, bringing in young guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page to play … Read more
Steve Cropper & Dick Dale: More Music Than Words
STEVE CROPPER One of the most important men in soul music spent his early childhood listening only to country. Steve Cropper was born on October 21, 1941 in Dora, Missouri, … Read more
John Scofield & Les Paul: All That Jazz
JOHN SCOFIELD Born in Connecticut, December 26, 1951, John Scofield took up the guitar at age 11, and later attended Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Now considered one of the … Read more
Booker T. Jones & Gregg Allman: Southern Accents
BOOKER T. JONES Born November 12, 1944 in Memphis, Booker T. Jones began experimenting with the family’s old upright piano early, probably around two. “He would get up there … Read more
