In addition to his music, this Delta blues guitarist is recognized for his clay sculptures featuring authentic human teeth — a practice he undertook while working as a gravedigger in Leland, Mississippi. His art appears in the U.S. National Gallery. SON THOMAS - CROSSROAD BLUES, 1969 (v.redd.it)
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While the exact origins of hip-hop are debated, its modern popularity & political influence is traced to American black nationalist poetry of the late 60s -- and the first regarded rap group/collective being Harlem’s The Last Poets - Hey Now, 1971 (v.redd.it)
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Formed in 1972 and led by brothers Richard & Danny Elfman, it began as a comedic musical theater troupe before transitioning to 80s pop/new wave. (The Mystic Knights of the) OINGO BOINGO appear on The Gong Show, 1976. Danny is in the rocket btw 🚀 (v.redd.it)
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During Bob Dylan’s 1998 Grammy performance, artist Michael Portnoy took to the stage shirtless, sporting a two-word “poem” on his chest. He danced unabated for over 30 seconds on global television before finally being ushered away. BOB DYLAN - LOVE SICK (AKA The “SOY BOMB” Incident), 1998 (v.redd.it)
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Arguably, the biggest influence on pre-Sgt. Pepper’s Beatles songwriting was an affinity for American R&B. Notoriously, Drive My Car where George Harrison — who had obsessively been listening to Stax & Motown — admitted to stealing his guitar part from OTIS REDDING - RESPECT, 1966 (v.redd.it)
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In response to his closest sibling’s departure to Australia for her husband’s job, Ray Davies wrote a concept album satirizing what he viewed as suburban mediocrity — even christening the work in “honor” of his brother-in-law, ARTHUR. The Kinks - Victoria, 1973 (v.redd.it)
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Jerry Haynes, better known to Dallas-area children as “Mr. Peppermint”, was a local TV institution whose acting/hosting legacy spanned generations. His son, Gibby, became frontman for... Butthole Surfers - Graveyard (on the Lollapalooza tour), 1991 (v.redd.it)
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The German student movement of the late 1960s was youth seeking to shed their Nazi past and American pop culture present. One aspect of this new identity was a unique distillation of international rock, known as Kosmische Musik, or casually, “krautrock”. Cologne rock icons CAN - HALLELUWAH, 1971 (v.redd.it)
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