Musical Fruitcake

Although the U.S. and the Soviet Union had been wartime allies against Nazi Germany, the two sides differed on how to reconstruct the postwar world even before the end of the Second World War. The United States monopoly on nuclear weapons was broken in 1949 when the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear device, and […]

Here is a holiday clip from the animated series Family Guy, featuring the rock group KISS:

The Ramrods were one of hundreds of groups in the early 1960s who were playing instrumental rock and roll, but they became famous for their cover of Ghost Riders In The Sky and for their drummer, Claire Lane, who also did the group’s arrangements. Her brother Richard Lane played the saxophone and the other two […]

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Christmas at Carl Brutananadilewski’s house

Johnny Guarnieri (1917-1985) was a jazz pianist who had the ability to closely imitate Fats Waller, Count Basie, and Art Tatum. In 1939, he joined Benny Goodman’s orchestra, recording frequently with both the big band and the sextet. Through the 1940s he freelanced with many bands and and played with all of the top jazz […]

Troy Hess has performed since he was 2 years old, appearing with such stars as Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
His father, Bennie Hess, was a popular B-western movie actor and hillbilly singer in the 1940’s. Bennie also ran his own record label and record plating plant, and […]

John Denver (1943 – 1997) was an American singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who was one of the biggest selling artists of the 1970s. He had 14 gold and eight platinum albums in the United States, and his hit songs, such as “Take Me Home, Country Roads“, “Annie’s Song“, “Thank God I’m A Country […]