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Willie Nelson :: 09.23.10 :: Santa Barbara Bowl :: Santa Barbara, CA

Ryan Bingham by L. Paul Mann

"Living legend" is an oft-overused phrase in the music world, but 76-year- old Willie Nelson has surely earned the title. The proponent of American roots country music has created relevant music for close to 60 years while touring relentlessly. His bigger than life personal experiences and iconic outlaw image also help to bolster his legendary status.

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(10 diggs) Sunday Classics: It's a shame we don't have a verb that means "to celebrate by singing hymns" Mezzo Waltraud Meier is Santuzza in the Easter hymn from Cavalleria rusticana, with Riccardo Muti conducting (Ravenna, 1996).by KenIf you want to think of Cavalleria rusticana, which we've been previewing Friday night and last night, as background for the Stupak Amendment, and the attitude it represents toward women, feel free. But the havoc Francis Ford Coppola wrought on it in The Godfather, Part III, which probably exposed the opera to more people than all its opera-house performances since...

(1 diggs) Save Your Kisses For Me Save Your Kisses For Me
Song origins
Save Your Kisses for Me was originally written by member Lee Sheriden in August 1974. On bringing the song in to the next songwriting session, others thought that the title was clumsy and reworked it into Oceans of Love. Sheriden was unhappy with the changes and the song was shelved. A year later when it came to coming up with songs for the next album, they discovered that they needed one more song and Sheriden again put forth Save Your Kisses...

(1 diggs) Bankruptcy List Walt Disney (1901-1966). It is a well-known fact that one of the biggest influences in the field of modern entertainment did go bankrupt. In 1921, he established the Newman Laugh-O Grams studio in Kansas City, Missouri, producing cartoons that quickly gained popularity in the area. In spite of $15,000 from investors, Disney was forced to file for bankruptcy in 1923 when the studio was unable to cope with the debt and the high salary demands of his top animators. That same year, Disney packed his...

(1 diggs) New Music Releases: July 20 Filed under: MusicThe New Music Releases for July 20 will send you to the moon! Yeah! So we begin with everyone's favorite native of Kennett, Missouri--Sheryl Crow--dropping some old school soul on one heckuva good album. Impossible-to-categorize duo The Books return after five years with a new album full of sonic marvels. Frazey Ford of the Be Good Tanyas and Jimmy Gnecco of Ours both release their brilliant debut solo albums. Finally smooth jazz from Brian Culbertson turns 12. I hope you enjoy...