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Quick Hits: Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Usher, Omarion, 50 Cent, Elvis Costello, Ben Folds & Shawn Stockman, Tommy Lee … (FMQB)

Written by NewsFeed. Published on November 25th, 2009 in Elvis News.
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Michael Jackson collectibles were a hot item at the Julien’s Auctions event at New York’s Hard Rock Café over the weekend. The biggest item on the block was Jackson’s rhinestone-studded glove from the 1983 Motown 25 concert, where he debuted the moonwalk. Continue reading Quick Hits: Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Usher, Omarion, 50 Cent, Elvis Costello, Ben Folds & Shawn Stockman, Tommy Lee … (FMQB) »

OBIT: Larry Knechtel, 69, Grammy-winning keyboardist, Bread group member (Grand Forks Herald)

Keyboardist for Simon and Garfunkel's 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' Larry Knechtel performed live and in studio recordings with a wide range of artists, including Neil Diamond, Randy Newman, Ray Charles, The Beach Boys, The Doors, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams Jr. and Elvis Costello. He also was a member of the ... Continue reading OBIT: Larry Knechtel, 69, Grammy-winning keyboardist, Bread group member (Grand Forks Herald) »

Keyboard artist Larry Knechtel dies at 69 (Skagit Valley Herald)

Written by NewsFeed. Published on August 24th, 2009 in Elvis News.
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YAKIMA — Larry Knechtel of Yakima, a Grammy award-winning keyboard artist who accompanied leading musicians and combos from Elvis Presley and Ray Charles to Elvis Costello and the Dixie Chicks,… Continue reading Keyboard artist Larry Knechtel dies at 69 (Skagit Valley Herald) »

Keyboard artist dies at 69 (Straits Times)

YAKIMA (Washington) - LARRY Knechtel, a Grammy award-winning keyboard artist who accompanied leading musicians and combos from Elvis Presley and Ray Charles to Elvis Costello and the Dixie Chicks, is dead at 69. Knechtel died on Thursday at a local hospital of an apparent heart attack. His death was confirmed ... Continue reading Keyboard artist dies at 69 (Straits Times) »

Keyboard artist Larry Knechtel dead at 69 (AP via Yahoo! News)

Written by NewsFeed. Published on August 23rd, 2009 in Elvis News.
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Larry Knechtel of Yakima, a Grammy award-winning keyboard artist who accompanied leading musicians and combos from Elvis Presley and Ray Charles to Elvis Costello and the Dixie Chicks, is dead at 69. Continue reading Keyboard artist Larry Knechtel dead at 69 (AP via Yahoo! News) »

Elvis Costello: His aim’s still true (The Desert Sun)

Written by NewsFeed. Published on July 10th, 2009 in Elvis News.
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Elvis Costello's concerts are so unpredictable, even his lighting guy gets surprised. He recently played a country song from his new narrative-driven “Secret, Profane and Sugarcane” CD followed by “Watching the Detectives” from his “angry young man” phase in the 1970s. Continue reading Elvis Costello: His aim’s still true (The Desert Sun) »

Elvis Costello channels his inner Boss (The News & Observer)

Written by NewsFeed. Published on June 15th, 2009 in Elvis News.
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Elvis Costello seemingly has next to nothing in common with Bruce Springsteen. And yet New Jersey's favorite son is exactly who Costello's Sunday night performance at Koka Booth Amphitheatre brought to mind. Continue reading Elvis Costello channels his inner Boss (The News & Observer) »

Classic rock 101: why dad’s music matters (The Western Courier)

Gram Parsons "Gram existed on a different plane." Emmy Lou Harris For: If you like alt-country or the mainstream variety. Influenced by: Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Bob Wills, Hank Williams Sr., Roy Acuff, the Kingston Trio, Merle Haggard. Influenced: Wilco, contemporary country music artists, Neko Case, Elvis Costello. Continue reading Classic rock 101: why dad’s music matters (The Western Courier) »

Elvis Costello’s Talk Show to Debut Today on Sundance (The Lakeland Ledger)

Written by NewsFeed. Published on December 2nd, 2008 in Elvis News.
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Elvis Costello would be a natural on TV - or so people kept telling him. For years he believed it, entertaining meetings with the BBC and others as far as the late 1980s about developing his own show. Continue reading Elvis Costello’s Talk Show to Debut Today on Sundance (The Lakeland Ledger) »

Elvis Costello out of tune as talk-show host (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Written by NewsFeed. Published on December 2nd, 2008 in Elvis News.
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To warp a saying -- those who can do, and those who can't, interview them. The thing is, Elvis Costello, host of "Spectacle," can do and has done since 1977. Since then he's been a punk-pop icon, has played with Elvis Presley's sidemen and dabbled in both classical and jazz, ... Continue reading Elvis Costello out of tune as talk-show host (Reuters via Yahoo! News) »