Irving Berlin Defined American Music

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Charles Tindley and Lucie Campbell: Pioneering Gospel Composers

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Ted Gioia on The Birth of Jazz in New Orleans

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The First Recording Stars: Enrico Caruso, Bert Williams and Al Jolson: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.8

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Edison's Phonograph vs. the Gramophone: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.7

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Beginning the Jazz Age: Vaudeville, Minstrelsy, WC Handy's blues and Louis Armstrong's Signifying on the Old Songs: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.6

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The Vaudeville Roots of Country Music

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Jubilee Singers and Barbershop Quartets Continued the Evolution of African-American Music

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How 19th Century American Music Got Hot: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.3

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American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.2

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My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.1

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Francis Child Collected Ballads and Kicked Off a Craze: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 8

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The most popular American musician of the 19th century connected Cuba and New Orleans: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.11

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Scott, Pepys, Dickens - The Literary Roots of The Ballads: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.10

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Beethoven freed music from the tyranny of patronage: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.9

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In America African Culture Survived as The Spiritual: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 8

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The Subversive Side of Classical Music: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 7

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Clave and the contradance in the colonial Caribbean: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 6

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The musics of Europe and Africa collided in Cuba: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 5

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The Ancient Repertoire the Folk Genre Built On: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 4

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The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 3

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Music as a Magical, Subversive Power: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 2

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The History of Music is Subversive, Not Respectable: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1

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Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martínez and Flaco Jiménez

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Grunge Bands Like Nirvana Drew All Eyes to the Seattle Music Scene

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The Time Nirvana Opened For Sonic Youth and Made a Movie About It

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The Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash

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The New York Dolls' Punky Glam Was Too Much, Too Soon

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ZZ Top Took Marshall Amps and Remade Boogie-Blues as Heavy Rock

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The MC5's Combination of Hard Rock and Radical Politics Was Too Volatile to Last

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Leon Russell Spotlighted in Les Blank's "A Poem Is A Naked Person"

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We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: RJ Smith Interview

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Betty Davis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Morris Day: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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James Brown: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Bootsy Collins: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Rick James: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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George Clinton: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: Interview With Producer Jeff Feuerzeig

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Blaze Foley: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Waylon Jennings: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Billy Joe Shaver: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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George Jones & Tammy Wynette: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Jerry Lee Lewis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Johnny Paycheck: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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80s Roll 20: Queen, Bowie & Jagger and other highs and lows of Live Aid

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80's Roll 19: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones led "We Are The World"

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80s Roll 18: British stars came together wrap up a huge 1984 with "Do They Know It's Christmas"

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80s Roll 17: Classic Rockers Like Don Henley, Foreigner and Steve Perry Had a Big 1984 Too

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80s Roll 16: Bruce Springsteen broke all the way through with Born in the USA

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80s Roll 15: Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Cyndi Lauper & Madonna at the First Ever MTV Awards

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80s Roll 14: The Olympics, Lionel Richie, Etta James, Marvin Gaye and R&B Radio

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80s Roll 13: Madonna comes out of the NYC club scene, 1st House records come out of Chicago, Hi-NRG is go, Electro becomes Freestyle

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80's Roll 12: R.E.M., Black Flag, Husker Du, the Minutemen and the Meat Puppets charted an alternative course

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80's Roll 11: Prince's Purple Reign

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80s Roll 10: The Jackson's Victory Tour was anything but

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80s Roll 9: Run-DMC revolutionized hip-hop in the year of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"

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80s Roll 8: Willie Nelson ruled the country music roost but George Strait and the Judds were coming up fast

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80s Roll 7: Bob Marley's Legend album was the biggest reissue of 1984

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80s Roll 6: Talking Heads' Movie Stop Making Sense Topped the Field of Rock n Roll Movies in 1984

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80s Roll 5: Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox, Boy George and Cyndi Lauper at the Grammy Awards

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80s Roll 4: Van Halen, Def Leppard & Motley Crue Led the Heavy Metal Charge

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80s Roll 3: Culture Club, The Eurythmics, The Human League, Duran Duran and The Police Led the 2nd British Invasion

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80s Roll 2: How the Late 70s Disco Implosion and Early 80's Stagnation of AOR Radio Made 1984 Possible

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80s Roll 1: How Great a Year Was 1984 for Pop Music?

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Metal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death & Black Metal

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Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah

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Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish

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Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson

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Korn and Limp Bizkit Led the Nu Metal Charge, Linkin Park Followed Up

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Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV

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Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience

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Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses

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Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

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Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music

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Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges & MC5 Invent American Hard Rock

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Heavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements of Classical Music and Opera

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Lil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent Triumph in the Mix Tape Era: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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How The Neptunes, Timbaland & Missy Elliott, J Dilla and Kanye West Became Hip-Hop's Super-Producers

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Houston's DJ Screw, Memphis' Three 6 Mafia and Atlanta's Lil Jon Innovated New Directions in Hip-Hop

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Bounce, Master P & No Limit and Cash Money's Mannie Fresh & Juvenile Brought New Orleans Hip-Hop to the Fore

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Outkast & Goodie Mob Took the Dirty South National After TLC and Kriss Kross Laid the Foundation in Atlanta

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Eminem, Mos Def & Black Star Emerge from Hip-Hop's Cypher & Battle Rap Cultures

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After The Notorious B.I.G.'s Reign, Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim and Jay-Z Step Up In The 'Jiggy Era'

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2Pac & Suge Knight Ignite the West Coast-East Coast Feud Against B.I.G and Puff Daddy: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. Brought NYC Back

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Tribe Called Quest & De La Soul Led the Native Tongues: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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Too $hort, MC Hammer, E-40, Digital Underground & 2Pac Brought the Bay: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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The 2 Live Crew, Geto Boys and UGK Come Out of the South: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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Ice-T, Eazy-E And N.W.A. Bring Gangsta Rap To The Masses: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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Run-DMC, Def Jam and Public Enemy Herald The Golden Age

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The Sugarhill Gang & Afrika Bambaataa Put Rap On Wax: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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Hip-Hop Is Born In The Bronx: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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CountryRoll 8: George Strait, Reba McEntire, & Dwight Yoakam Re-Center Country in the 80s, Garth Brooks Blows the Doors off in the 90s

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CountryRoll 7: Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings Outlaw Country and Dolly Parton's Pop-Crossover

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CountryRoll 6: George Jones & Tammy Wynette Were Mr & Mrs Country Music

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CountryRoll 5: Charley Pride Integrates Nashville, Buck Owens & Merle Haggard Bring the Bakersfield Sound

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Countryroll 4: Johnny Cash and the Rockabilly Revolution Were Answered by Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound

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Countryroll 3: Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, Lefty Frizzell and Kitty Wells Lead a Post-War Country Music Boom

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Countryroll 2: Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, Gene Autry and Woody Guthrie Lead Country Music Through Hard Times According to Ken Burns

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Irving Berlin Defined American Music

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Charles Tindley and Lucie Campbell: Pioneering Gospel Composers

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Ted Gioia on The Birth of Jazz in New Orleans

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The First Recording Stars: Enrico Caruso, Bert Williams and Al Jolson: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.8

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Edison's Phonograph vs. the Gramophone: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.7

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Beginning the Jazz Age: Vaudeville, Minstrelsy, WC Handy's blues and Louis Armstrong's Signifying on the Old Songs: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.6

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The Vaudeville Roots of Country Music

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Jubilee Singers and Barbershop Quartets Continued the Evolution of African-American Music

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How 19th Century American Music Got Hot: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.3

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American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.2

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My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.1

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Francis Child Collected Ballads and Kicked Off a Craze: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 8

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The most popular American musician of the 19th century connected Cuba and New Orleans: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.11

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Scott, Pepys, Dickens - The Literary Roots of The Ballads: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.10

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Beethoven freed music from the tyranny of patronage: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.9

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In America African Culture Survived as The Spiritual: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 8

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The Subversive Side of Classical Music: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 7

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Clave and the contradance in the colonial Caribbean: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 6

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The musics of Europe and Africa collided in Cuba: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 5

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The Ancient Repertoire the Folk Genre Built On: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 4

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The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 3

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Music as a Magical, Subversive Power: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 2

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The History of Music is Subversive, Not Respectable: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1

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Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martínez and Flaco Jiménez

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Grunge Bands Like Nirvana Drew All Eyes to the Seattle Music Scene

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The Time Nirvana Opened For Sonic Youth and Made a Movie About It

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The Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash

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The New York Dolls' Punky Glam Was Too Much, Too Soon

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ZZ Top Took Marshall Amps and Remade Boogie-Blues as Heavy Rock

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The MC5's Combination of Hard Rock and Radical Politics Was Too Volatile to Last

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Leon Russell Spotlighted in Les Blank's "A Poem Is A Naked Person"

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We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: RJ Smith Interview

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Betty Davis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Morris Day: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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James Brown: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Bootsy Collins: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Rick James: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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George Clinton: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: Interview With Producer Jeff Feuerzeig