BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard The Jungle will play host to blues' Diddley daddy The "Bo Diddley beat" will be heard Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. at the Jungle, 23 W. Sixth Ave., when the 75-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer hits town for a single show. Bo Diddley's career highlights include two 1955 rhythm and blues rhythm and blues (R&B) Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. hits, "Bo Diddley" and "I'm a Man"; a 1955 appearance on `The Ed Sullivan Show'; "Say Man," a 1959 Top 20 U.S. hit in which he and his maraca-playing sideback, Jerome Green, jive-talked each other in a way that one music writer sees as "a forerunner of modern rap"; a 1963 tour of Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. with Little Richard Little Richard, 1935–, American musician and singer, b. Macon, Ga., as Richard Wayne Penniman. One of the first rock musicians in the 1950s, he recorded "Tutti Frutti," "Long Tall Sally," and "Good Golly Miss Molly." Since then, he has turned to religion. , the Everly Brothers and the Rolling Stones Rolling Stones, English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great influence. Members have included singer Mick Jagger (Michael Phillip Jagger), 1943–; guitarists Brian Jones ; opening for the Clash in 1979 on the band's first U.S. tour; induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in in 1987; and a lifetime achievement award from the Rhythm & Blues Foundation The Blues Foundation is an American nonprofit corporation headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee that is affiliated with more than 135 Blues organizations, and with a membership spanning some twenty countries. in 1996. The Revelators will open the legend's Eugene show at 7 p.m. Admission is $20. Stars will shine bright in Jacksonville this summer Hugh Masekela and Angelique Kidjo will kick off the 45-concert Britt Festivals season in Jacksonville on June 11. The season also will include Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Joe Ely and Guy Clark (June 15), Michael Bolton (June 17), Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Wayne Shorter and Brian Blade (June 18), Macy Gray (June 26), Blues Traveler (June 30), Burt Bacharach (July 1), Jonny Lang (July 6), Travis Tritt (July 7), Eric Burdon and the Animals and It's a Beautiful Day (July 16), LeAnn Rimes (July 21), Indigo Girls (July 22), three nights of Beethoven piano concertos with Andre Watts (Aug. 6-8), Anne Akiko Meyers (Aug. 14), Chaka Khan (Aug. 20), Natalie Merchant (Aug. 22), Pilobolus (Aug. 28), the Funk Brothers/Joan Osborne (Sept. 10) and Olivia Newton-John (Sept. 12). For a complete schedule, go to www.brittfest.org and open the "schedule' link. For tickets, open the "box office' link and click on "ticket order form" to get a downloadable order form. - The Register-Guard |
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